VATICAN CITY
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The Pope’s former butler made new revelations in his testimony today, during the course of the second hearing of the Vatileaks trial
Giacomo Galeazzi
Vatican City
Despite the intention to bring the start of the second hearing in the former papal butler’s trial forward, the session began late because of the Italian public transport strike today which kept the prosecuting attorney stuck in traffic.
But Paolo Gabriele made a number of controversial comments during the second hearing in the Vatican. His testimony had some very interesting twists.
“I plead not guilty to aggravated theft. I feel guilty for betraying the trust vested in me by the Holy Father, whom I feel I love as a son,” Paolo Gabriele, Benedict XVI’s former butler stated in his testimony in response to the accusations of theft of confidential documents made against him.
Over time, he explained, “I have become convinced that it is easy to manipulate someone who has such enormous decision-making power.”
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