VATICAN CITY
IOL
October 25 2012
By Philip Pullella
Vatican City – The Vatican on Thursday moved Pope Benedict’s former butler, who admitted leaking sensitive documents, from house arrest to a cell in the city-state’s police station and indicated he would not be getting a papal pardon anytime soon.
In a detailed statement that attacked Paolo Gabriele for violating papal trust, the Vatican insisted he acted alone in what it called a personal “criminal plan” that resulted in the biggest breach of Vatican security in recent history.
Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months by a court on Oct. 6 for stealing and leaking the documents, was moved to the cell to serve the remainder of his term after the prosecution decided not to appeal, making the ruling definitive. The prosecution had asked for three years.
“(This) puts an end to a sad situation that has had many painful consequences,” the Vatican statement said.
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