2012年8月13日星期一

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Paolo Gabriele: troubled butler who betrayed the pope

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI (R) waves as he stands in his popemobile with his butler Paolo Gabriele (C)The pope's former butler Paolo Gabriele, who will stand trial for leaking confidential papers, was a model employee in many ways but also a troubled and frustrated character, the Holy See says.


Pope's butler Paolo Gabriele: whistleblower or traitor?

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:29 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Paolo Gabriele, a reserved family man and devout Catholic, worked in Pope Benedict's private apartments in the Vatican's Apostolic palace, serving the pontiff meals and helping him dress. Yet while tending to the man Catholics believe is Christ's vicar on earth, the clean-cut, black-haired butler became disillusioned with his Church, according to an indictment issued on Monday in which the Vatican ordered him to stand trial. ...

Pope's butler, 2nd layman face trial in theft case

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi meets with journalists at the Vatican, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. A Vatican judge on Monday ordered the pope's butler and a fellow lay employee to stand trial in the scandal of pilfered documents from Pope Benedict XVI's private apartment. The indictment accused Paolo Gabriele, the butler under arrest at the Vatican since May, of grand theft. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)A Vatican judge on Monday ordered the pope's butler and a fellow lay employee to stand trial for the alleged pilfering of documents from Pope Benedict XVI's private apartment, in an embarrassing scandal that exposed power struggles and purported corruption at the Holy See's highest levels.


Pope's butler, 'accomplice' must stand trial

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:08 AM PDT

Paolo Gabriele was arrested in May and could be jailed for up to six years if found guiltyPope Benedict XVI's former butler and another Vatican employee must stand trial for leaking confidential papers in a scandal that exposed feuds within the Church, a magistrate said Monday.


Vatican orders butler to stand trial, charges second man

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:39 AM PDT

File photo of Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Monday ordered Pope Benedict's former butler to stand trial for leaking documents alleging corruption in the Holy See, revealing the involvement of a second Vatican employee and details of secret nocturnal meetings with a reporter. A complex 35-page document on a scandal which has rocked the Holy See since butler Paolo Gabriele was arrested last May showed that the butler saw himself as an "infiltrator" of the Holy Spirit who wanted to clean up the Roman Catholic Church. ...


The Pope's Whistle-Blowing Ex-Butler Is Going on Trial

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:12 AM PDT

The Pope's Whistle-Blowing Ex-Butler Is Going on TrialPaolo Gabriele, better known as the Pope Benedict XVI's ex-butler, found out today that he might have to spend six years in jail for stealing and leaking confidential papal papers to the press. The Vatican announced that he will go on trial in October, despite the fact that the Vatican does not have its own official jail. (They've worked out a deal that would allow Gabriele to spend his jail time in a real Italian jail. ...


Pope's butler and 2nd Vatican lay worker face trial in theft of documents from papal apartment

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 04:13 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican judge has ordered the pope's butler and a fellow lay employee to stand trial in the scandal of pilfered documents from Pope Benedict XVI's private apartment.

Vatican judge orders trial for pope's butler, another Holy See employee in theft of documents

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 04:04 AM PDT

Vatican judge orders trial for pope's butler, another Holy See employee in theft of documents.
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