Los Angeles Times - Sarah Delaney, 9/29/12
As the trial of Paolo Gabriele begins in the theft and leaking of confidential papal papers, the court rejects a defense request to enter evidence from a parallel inquiry.
The trial of Pope Benedict XVI's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, gets underway in a Vatican courtroom. (L'Osservatore Romano / December 31, 1969)
VATICAN CITY — The self-proclaimed whistle-blowing butler of Pope Benedict XVI went on trial Saturday for allegedly stealing confidential documents from the papal apartments, with the court swiftly rejecting a defense request to enter evidence from a parallel investigation of broader issues of Vatican infighting.
Paolo Gabriele, 46, is charged with aggravated theft for admittedly taking hundreds of papers, including personal letters to the pope, and passing them on to an investigative journalist for use on television shows and a bestselling book describing corruption and division at the center of the Roman Catholic Church.
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