ROME
Vatican Insider
After his conviction in the Vatileaks trial and having been granted a papal pardon, Paolo Gabriele is to start a new job in the “Bambino Gesù” children’s hospital, in Rome
Alessandro Speciale
Vatican City
Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler, Paolo Gabriele, should shortly begin working in the Vatican children’s hospital, “Bambino Gesù”. The news was reported by a number of international news agencies after Italian daily “Il Messaggero” published an article about it.
After being sentenced to 18 months in prison for the “aggravated theft” of confidential documents, in the famous Vatileaks trial, “Paoletto” as he is known to those close to him, received the Pope’s pardon in time for Christmas. Since then, he has been living with his wife and three children in a small apartment given to them.
In a statement issued upon receipt of the papal pardon last 22 December, the Vatican Secretary of State stressed that “although he could not have his old job back and continue to live in the Vatican,” the Holy See would be granting Gabriele and his family “the possibility to resume their lives peacefully.”
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