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On Monday, the Vatican arrested a monsignor and a public relations employee on charges of leaking confidential information to the media. The arrests preempt the Thursday release of two books, purported to reveal new scandals in the Holy See.

NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome that the PR employee, a woman, has been released after agreeing to cooperate with investigators, but the priest was in a Vatican jail cell:

The statement goes on to condemn the books as creating confusion instead of bringing clarity.

One of the books was written by Gianluigi Nuzzi, the journalist who wrote the 2012 book on the "Vatileaks" scandal that some say contributed to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. That controversy centered on corruption in the Holy See.

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Days before the release of books that purportedly contain revelations of corruption, the Holy See charged a monsignor and a public relations expert with leaking confidential information to the media.

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