VATICAN CITY
The Associated Press
By FRANCES D’EMILIO, Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican judge on Monday ordered the pope’s butler and a fellow lay employee to stand trial in the scandal of pilfered documents from Pope Benedict XVI’s private apartment.
The indictment accused Paolo Gabriele, the butler under arrest at the Vatican since May, of grand theft.
While the Vatican had insisted throughout the investigation that Gabriele was the only person under investigation, the indictment also orders trial for Claudio Sciarpelletti. He is a layman in the Secretariat of State office and is charged with aiding and abetting Gabriele.
The scandal has embarrassed the Vatican, exposing infighting at high church levels, primarily involving Italian prelates.
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