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EMPLOYMENT MATTERS – PETER CULLEN
OPINION: Few readers will recognise the name Paolo Gabriele, but they might know him as the Pope’s ex-butler. Gabriele copied the Pope’s private papers and provided them to a journalist who in due course published them.
He claimed he was motivated by a desire to root out “corruption and evil” which he alleged was at the heart of the Catholic Church, but ultimately Gabriele’s actions led to his dismissal.
He has since been convicted of the theft of the documents and sentenced to a modest term in jail.
Gabriele is certainly not the first employee to be guilty of leaking his employer’s confidential information. Nowadays, not only do employees often know a lot more about their employers than was the case previously but the speed at which information can spread has increased significantly.
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