"It's too early in the investigation to know what the motive is, " Sheriff's Office spokesman Will Rooker said of McMillian's death.

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What the trial has not revealed so far is the real motive behind Mr Gabriele's apparent betrayal of the Pope's confidence, nor whether any Vatican senior clerics were involved in the most serious internal security breach suffered by the Holy See in living memory.

BBC: Vatican trial: Verdict due for Pope's ex-butler Gabriele

If there was ever an argument for what is profoundly wrong with the profit motive in medicine, this must surely be that argument.

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