VATICAN CITY
ABC News (Australia)
The Vatican has ordered the former butler of Pope Benedict XVI to stand trial for theft and leaking confidential papers in a scandal that has embroiled the Holy See.
The Vatican says former butler Paolo Gabriele stole a $100,000 cheque made out to the Pope.
Another man, identified as computer expert Claudio Sciarpelletti, has also been charged with complicity over the scandal that saw the leaking of confidential Vatican papers to an Italian journalist.
Gabriele faces up to six years in prison. The Vatican has said the trial will not take place until October at the earliest.
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