Jail Term For Pope's Thieving Butler, The Vatican has found the Pope's former butler guilty of stealing secret papers from the papal chambers. Ex-papal butler convicted, sentenced to 18 months, A Vatican court convicted Pope Benedict's former butler of stealing sensitive documents and sentenced him to 18 months detention on Saturday, at the end of one of the most sensational trials in the recent history of the Holy See.
A Vatican spokesman said the pope, who reigns as a supreme monarch in the world's smallest city state, would "most likely" pardon Paolo Gabriele.
Until such time, he will serve his sentence under house arrest in his Vatican apartment and not go to an Italian jail as is foreseen by bilateral agreements due to the Vatican's lack of any such facility, his lawyer Cristiana Arru told Reuters.
She said the house arrest provision had been approved by the Vatican's promoter of justice, or prosecutor, after the verdict.
A Vatican spokesman said the pope, who reigns as a supreme monarch in the world's smallest city state, would "most likely" pardon Paolo Gabriele.
Until such time, he will serve his sentence under house arrest in his Vatican apartment and not go to an Italian jail as is foreseen by bilateral agreements due to the Vatican's lack of any such facility, his lawyer Cristiana Arru told Reuters.
She said the house arrest provision had been approved by the Vatican's promoter of justice, or prosecutor, after the verdict.
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