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The Secretariat of State’s computer technician, Paolo Sciarpelletti, is appealing against the Vatican tribunal’s sentence

Giacomo Galeazzi
Vatican City

He risks dismissal, has two children and will not accept being called a poison pen letter writer. Paolo Sciarpelletti, the Secretariat of State’s computer technician who was tried for his involvement in the Vatican document leak scandal, has presented an appeal against the sentence handed down from the Vatican tribunal. Sciarpelletti was sentenced to four months in prison but the court that granted extenuation reduced this period to two. The sentence was suspended for five years.

Sciarpelletti’s lawyer had stated that the defence would be appeal against the sentence because a suspension put his client at risk of being dismissed from his position. Sources close the Sciarpelletti say he had rejected jobs offering him 10 thousand Euros a month just to serve the Holy Father….