Vatican confirms pope's butler arrested in scandal

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Source: Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican confirmed Saturday that the pope's butler had been arrested in its embarrassing leaks scandal, adding a Hollywood twist to an already remarkable tale of power struggles, intrigue and corruption in the highest levels of Catholic Church governance.

Paolo Gabriele, a layman who lives inside Vatican City, was arrested Wednesday with secret documents in his possession and was being held Saturday, the Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said in a statement.

Gabriele is often seen by the pope's side in public, riding in the front seat of the pontiff's open-air jeep during the pope's general audiences. Lombardi said Gabriele had two lawyers representing him as the Vatican judicial system takes its investigative course.

The "Vatileaks" scandal has seriously embarrassed the Vatican, at a time in which it is trying to show the world financial community that it has turned a page and shed its reputation as a scandal plagued tax haven.

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Vatican leak inquiry: Pope's butler named as suspect.

The Pope's butler has been formally named as a suspect in the Vatican's inquiry into a series of media leaks from the Catholic Church's top levels.

Vatican magistrates accused Paolo Gabriele, 46, of illegal possession of confidential documents.

A series of leaks, dubbed Vatileaks, has revealed alleged corruption, mismanagement and internal conflicts.

Last month, Pope Benedict XVI set up a special commission of cardinals to investigate the leaks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18219390


The butler, in the library , using the candle stick.