Vatican City, Dec 3, 2012 / 16:45 pm
The Vatican court said in a detailed sentence issued Dec. 1 that the testimony given by the computer technician Claudio Sciarpelletti was neither "credible" nor "truthful."
The sentence was handed down Nov. 10, and was filed Dec. 1, as the final installment of the "Vatileaks" saga. It is not unusual for Italian courts to deposit sentences weeks after the handing down of a verdict.
The court found the computer technician guilty of aiding and abetting former butler to the Pope, Paolo Gabriele, in his theft of sensitive documents.
Sciarpelletti was originally sentenced to four months in prison, but his sentence was reduced two months due to extenuating circumstances.
His sentence came as part of the Vatican's investigation into the theft of private documents belonging to Pope Benedict, which were then leaked to a journalist who published them in a best-selling book.