VATICAN CITY
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)
The Pope’s butler, accused of stealing confidential Vatican documents, will remain in custody for at least another 10 days as investigations continue into his role in the murky affair.
By Nick Squires, Rome
3:16PM BST 12 Jul 2012
The Holy See had been widely expected to release Paolo Gabrieli to house arrest at his apartment within the Vatican because he had been held for 50 days, the maximum time allowable under an initial detention order.
But under Vatican law the order can be extended for another 50 days and Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said he would remain in detention for another 10 days as inquiries continue into a scandal that has shone a spotlight on dark machinations at the highest levels of the Catholic Church hierarchy.
Piero Antonio Bonnet, the Vatican judge investigating the affair, “still needs to collect some statements” said Father Lombardi.
The butler, who the Vatican has said is collaborating fully with the inquiry, will be detained “for about another 10 days”, he added.
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