Alleged accomplice to former papal butler to face trial November 5

VATICAN CITY
Reuters

VATICAN CITY | Tue Oct 23, 2012

(Reuters) – A Vatican computer expert will go on trial on November 5 for aiding and abetting the pope’s former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was convicted this month of stealing papal documents, a spokesman for the Holy See said on Tuesday.

Claudio Sciarpelletti was not tried with Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by a Vatican court but is currently serving the sentence under house arrest in his Vatican apartment.

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