Pope's ex-butler Paolo Gabriele to stand trial

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BBC News
13 August 2012 Last updated at 11:59 ET

The former butler to Pope Benedict XVI will stand trial for stealing confidential papers and leaking them to the press, a magistrate has ruled.

The Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele (bottom left) arrives with Pope Benedict  at the Vatican (23 May 2012).
Paolo Gabriele (bottom left) was one of a select few lay people with access to the papal apartments

 

Paolo Gabriele was arrested in May after police found confidential documents at his Vatican flat.

He has been charged with aggravated theft, including stealing a 100,000-euro (£78,000) cheque, while a computer analyst faces complicity charges.

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