Following an investigation into an influential Peru-based Catholic movement that has expanded across Latin America and the United States, Pope Francis has expelled ten members from its ranks for physical and spiritual abuse. The group, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, which operates in seven Latin American countries and has communities in the archdioceses of Denver and Philadelphia, Read more
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Abusive Catholic group attacks its critics, victims
Monday, September 9th, 2024
Peruvian Catholic group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae – SCV – is becoming ever more aggressive to its victims and their supporters since the Vatican began investigating the group’s alleged crimes. The Vatican is examining complaints against the SCV that include sexual and psychological abuse and financial malpractice. The SCV is using media to discredit critics. Some Read more
Expulsion of Sodalicio founder shows limits of canon law
Thursday, August 29th, 2024On 14 August, the news that the founder of the church community, “Sodalitium Christianae Vitae”, had been kicked out by the Vatican made headlines, particularly in the USA and South America. The organisation originates from Peru and has a much stronger presence there than in Europe. With around 20,000 male members who, whether priests or Read more
Vatican expels founder of Peru’s influential Sodalitium religious movement
Thursday, August 22nd, 2024The Vatican on Wednesday expelled the founder of an influential Peruvian religious movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after the Catholic hierarchy spent more than a decade downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse and financial corruption against him and his community. The decree against Luis Fernando Figari came after Pope Francis last year ordered an Read more
Pope backs Peruvian villagers against church land grab
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Pope Francis has voiced his support for a group of Peruvian villagers. The villagers claim they are facing attempts to seize their land by companies associated with a prominent South American church organisation. The villagers, part of the San Juan Bautista de Catacaos farmers community in northern Peru, allege they have been targeted through legal Read more
Vatican ruling bans abusive leader
Monday, February 13th, 2017
A Vatican ruling has banned the leader of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae from having any contact with members of the order. An investigation into allegations of sexual and psychological abuse committed by Luis Fernando Figari,who also founded the order, found him unsuitable to run the order. Accusations against Figari were first lodged in 2011. The investigation Read more