The story goes that Paolo Gabriele, the last pope's butler, who was tried, was found guilty and served a couple of months in the Vatican's jail for the theft of incriminating documents, never meant to pass them on to the press. In the atmosphere of the Vatican, that would have been unthinkable. He was collecting the confidential documents to protect his own position and perks in case he fell out of favour with Georg Gänswein, his immediate superior.