Pope's butler sentenced to 18 months in Vatican leaks trial | Inquirer News

Pope’s butler sentenced to 18 months in Vatican leaks trial

/ 06:39 PM October 06, 2012

Paolo Gabriele. AP

VATICAN CITY—Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Saturday for stealing secret documents from the Vatican that revealed fraud and intrigue in the tiny state.

Presiding judge Giuseppe Dalla Torre gave the former butler three years but immediately cut the sentence to 18 months on the grounds of service rendered to the Catholic Church in the past and his apology to the pope for betraying him.

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