Pope Benedict’s former butler goes on trial

VATICAN CITY
Yahoo! News UK

The chosen few are taken to a Vatican courtroom under tight security.

Eight journalists are permitted to attend the trial of the Pope’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, in one of the more embarrassing episodes in recent Vatican history.

Once one of the Pope’s most trusted of aides, he says he wanted to clean up corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.

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