VATICAN CITY
BBC News
The former butler to Pope Benedict XVI will stand trial for stealing confidential papers and leaking them to the press, a magistrate has ruled.
Paolo Gabriele was arrested in May after police found confidential documents at his Vatican flat.
He has been charged with aggravated theft while another Vatican employee, a computer analyst, faces complicity charges.
The Vatican says it is continuing to investigate the leaks.
Mr Gabriele told investigators he acted because he saw “evil and corruption everywhere in the church”, according to Reuters.
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