TIL about Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, who leaked confidential documents and letters of the papcy and Catholic church in hopes of exposing what he saw as corruption in the Vatican's business dealings.

reuters.com

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Did anything come from these documents?

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Doesn't seem like it

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That is actually quite depressing.

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Screwed over for trying to do the right thing

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practicalmagicOP

He wasn't the one with the money or connections