Vatican: Pope's butler moved to house arrest

Paolo Gabriele (Bottom), the pope's butler, sits in the popemobilenext to Pope Benedict XVI as they arrive in St. Petr's square on April 18, 2012Paolo Gabriele (bottom) is accused of stealing classified documents

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The Pope's butler has been released from custody and moved to house arrest.

The Vatican said that Paolo Gabriele will remain under house arrest pending a decision on whether he should stand trial for leaking confidential papers to the media.

He was charged in May after a series of leaks exposed alleged corruption and internal conflicts at the Holy See.

Mr Gabriele's lawyer Carlo Fusco said his client had operated on his own in an "act of love" toward the Pope.

The so-called "Vatileaks" scandal saw an Italian investigative journalist publish hundreds of secret documents detailing fraud scandals, nepotism and cronyism within the Holy See.

'Acted alone'

Italian media reported in May that a stash of confidential documents had been found in the apartment Mr Gabriele shares with his wife and three children inside the Vatican.

"There are definitely no networks, no internal or external plots in which Paolo was involved. His motivations were all internal," AFP news agency reported Mr Fusco as saying.

"He wanted the Church to be more alive. He had an idea to help a situation."

The Vatican's judge, Piero Antonio Bonnet, has been instructed to examine the evidence of the case and to decide whether there is sufficient material to proceed to trial.

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said a magistrate would decide whether to proceed by early August.

Italian media reported that if convicted, Mr Gabriele could face a sentence of up to 30 years for illegal possession of documents of a head of state, probably to be served in an Italian prison due to an agreement between Italy and the Vatican.

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NOTE; Can you believe this.The Pope and the corrupt Vatican have there own court and judge to convict the butler who released to the Italian press proof of the Church's tie with the mafia and laundering there money.And if convicted will go to a Italian jail. Wheres the justice? It should be the Pope and the church to go to the Italian court and jails. Again we see a turn around of justice by the DC. Look at the Popes face, doesn't it look evil. On X-Mass mass he was carrying a cross, not with the image of Jesus but of the demon Goat devil upside down on the cross.What is happening. Rev. Joshua.Adonai

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