VATICAN CITY
The Australian
AFP
May 29, 2012
An UNNAMED cardinal is suspected of being a leading mole behind a series of embarrassing leaks of confidential papal documents, the Italian media reported yesterday.
“A cardinal led the crow,” read the headline in Il Messaggero, referring to the Pope’s personal butler Paolo Gabriele, who was arrested last week in the “Vatileaks” scandal after secret papers were found in his home.
“The real brains are the cardinals. Then there are the monsignors, secretaries and smaller fry,” according to one source quoted by La Repubblica.
Gabriele, who has worked at the Vatican since 2006 and was one of a select few with access to the Pope’s private quarters, was arrested a month after the Pope set up a special commission of cardinals to probe the leaks.
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