VATICAN CITY
Deutsche Welle
Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and an accomplice have been ordered to stand trial for stealing and leaking confidential papers. The scandal is the latest to afflict the Roman Catholic Church.
The former butler, 46-year-old Paolo Gabriele, is accused of “aggravated theft” in a case that has come to be known as “Vatileaks.”
Judge Piero Bonnet also charged an analyst and programmer in the Vatican state secretariat with complicity.
If found guilty, Gabriele could face up to six years in prison. The Vatican says the trial will not take place until October at the earliest.
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