VATICAN CITY
Vatican Information Service
Vatican City, 26 May 2012 (VIS) – Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. today made the following declaration concerning investigations taking place in the Vatican on the leaking of reserved documents.
“I can confirm that the individual arrested on Wednesday evening for illegal possession of reserved documents, which were found in his domicile located within Vatican territory, is Mr. Paolo Gabriele, who is still being held in detention.
“The first phase of the ‘summary investigation’ under the direction of Nicola Picardi, promoter of justice, has come to an end and given way to the phase of ‘formal investigation’, which is being conducted by Piero Antonio Bonnet, investigating magistrate.
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