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Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Butler's Trial: A Vatican Whitewash to Protect a Powerful Cardinal(s)?/Time for Women Priests in Top Jobs Inside Vatican

Another reason we need women priests in top jobs inside the Vatican!  Is this a sham trial or what? How can the Vatican allow this travesty of justice and claim to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our modern day world? Why is the Butler's evidence not admitted? Who is the Vatican protecting and why? How about the issue of transparency and accountability? I think if Jesus was in the Vatican courtroom today, he would  be ticked off and take action to shake the hierarchy up! Bridget Mary Meehan, arcwp, www.arcwp.org, sofiabmm@aol.com

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/09/30/Evidence-rejected-in-Popes-butlers-trial/UPI-13921349012570/

BBC Story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19767667
"Vatican judges have refused to admit key evidence in the trial of the Pope's former butler, charged with stealing sensitive documents.

Paolo Gabriele's lawyers had asked to include evidence gathered by cardinals who carried out an inquiry into the "Vatileaks" scandal for Pope Benedict.

But judges at the high-profile trial said they would rely only on evidence from the Vatican police and prosecutor.

They adjourned the case until Tuesday, when Mr Gabriele will be questioned.

The 46-year-old admitted to investigators that he had leaked confidential documents to expose "evil and corruption"..."
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Analysis:BBC


"The first session of the Pope's butler's trial, held under heavy security inside Vatican City's only courtroom, confirmed the intention of the Vatican authorities to try to limit the fallout from the worst security breach to occur in living memory.
Secret evidence collected earlier in the year by three senior Cardinals appointed by Pope Benedict to look into the theft of papers from his own desk, theoretically one of the most secure places in the entire city state, has been disallowed by the panel of three judges.
The Vatican makes a clear-cut distinction between ecclesiastical matters dealt with by the Holy See, defined as the international headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, and the ordinary administration of the tiny city state, the world's smallest sovereign state. The butler's case is being dealt with under Vatican City's criminal code, which closely follows Italian judicial procedure. If convicted, Paolo Gabriele could serve up to four years in an Italian jail under the terms of a treaty the Vatican signed with Italy during fascist times.
In other words, the Vatican is in serious damage control mode, anxious to avoid the prying eyes of world media into the rarefied world of decision makers within the Holy See.


He was identified as the source of leaked documents that were published in a book by an Italian journalist in May.

The documents included private correspondence between senior Vatican figures, and appeared to reveal bitter power struggles and corruption."

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