VATICAN CITY
Washington Post
Lawyer for pope’s butler, charged in Vatican leaks scandal, quits over differences in strategy
By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, August 30
VATICAN CITY — A lawyer for the pope’s ex-butler, who is facing trial for his role in the Vatican leaks scandal, has resigned.
Attorney Carlo Fusco said Thursday he had quit as Paolo Gabriele’s attorney over differences in defense strategy. It wasn’t immediately clear if Gabriele’s other lawyer, Cristiana Arru, was remaining on as counsel.
A Vatican judge earlier this month ordered Gabriele to stand trial for allegedly stealing documents from Pope Benedict XVI’s private apartment. The documents formed the basis of news articles and a book exposing power struggles and purported corruption at the highest levels of the Catholic Church’s governance.
Fusco has essentially acknowledged Gabriele’s guilt after Vatican police found papal documents in Gabriele’s Vatican City apartment.
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