Pope Benedict XVI at the Holy Easter Mass at St Peter's Basilica square in this file picture.VATICAN CITY - Paolo Gabriele, the butler of former Pope Benedict who passed on the pontiff's personal documents to the media and was convicted in the so-called"Vatileaks" case, has died. He was 54.
After his trial and conviction on charges of theft and divulging classified documents, he spent several weeks in the Vatican's tiny jail. Benedict granted him a pardon for the Christmas season. Gabriele was later given a job at a Vatican-owned paediatrics hospital. He is survived by his wife and three children.
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