Scandal-hit Vatican says restoring trust will take time

VATICAN CITY
Chicago Tribune

Silvia Aloisi
Reuters

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – It will take time to restore trust within the walls of the Vatican and ease the pain caused by a leaks scandal that led to the arrest of Pope Benedict’s butler, the pontiff’s spokesman said on Wednesday.

“Clearly to restore a climate of serenity and trust is a process, it is not something that can be solved in a few days,” said Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s chief spokesman.

Paolo Gabriele, 46, the papal butler arrested on May 23 as part of a investigation into the “Vatileaks” scandal, was questioned by Vatican prosecutor Piero Antonio Bonnet for the second straight day on Wednesday in the tiny city-state’s tribunal.

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