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Vatican to probe treatment of Pope’s butler

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Pope's butler Paolo Gabriele sits in the wood-trimmed courtroom of the Vatican tribunal last Saturday.

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Pope Benedict XVI's onetime butler declared Tuesday he was innocent of a charge of aggravated theft of the pope's private correspondence, but acknowledged he photocopied the papers and said he feels guilty that he betrayed the trust of the pontiff he loves like a father.