Pope Benedict XVI's butler Paolo Gabriele (in the back) with the pope and Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the Vatican, on May 6, 2010. Vatican police arrested Paolo Gabriele on May 25, 2012 at the Vatican, reportedly the pope's butler on allegations of having leaked confidential documents and letters from the pontiff's private study to newspapers .The Vatican, which has been embroiled for months in a scandal involving the leak of secret papers, said its police had detained Paolo Gabriele in possession of confidential documents. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM # 321819_008