Sodalitium of Christian Life Archives

Survivors’ group, archbishop back journalist sued by Sodalitium members

Jan 10, 2020

A network of clergy abuse survivors has joined calls for an end to lawsuits against a journalist who investigated alleged sexual abuse and financial irregularities within a controversial Catholic group.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Journalist who broke SCV scandal faces legal charges from Peruvian archbishop

Aug 18, 2018

Pedro Salinas, author of the 2015 blockbuster book ‘Half Monks, Half Soldiers,’ detailing years of allegations of physical, sexual and psychological abuse by members of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), is being sued by an archbishop belonging to the group, who is charging the journalist with defamation.

By Elise Harris

Vatican denies protecting founder of Peruvian movement accused of abuse

Jun 4, 2018

Vatican officials have denied protecting the founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based religious movement, who is accused of sexual, physical and psychological abuse of minor and young adult members of the group.

By Barbara Fraser

Canonist warns Church oversight of troubled lay groups has ‘no teeth’

Aug 12, 2017

Through the years the Vatican has developed strong rules and regulations to fight sex abuse in the clergy, but two recent sex abuse scandals in Catholic lay associations show that in these cases the Church is still very slow to respond and that often local bishops fail to exercise the necessary monitoring.

By Claire Giangravè

Survivors denounce Vatican handling of Peru abuse case

Feb 25, 2017

The sanctions the Vatican imposed against Luis Fernando Figari, the whistleblower Pedro Salinas said, amount to a “golden exile, where he can live comfortably with all his needs taken care of.” As a layman, Figari was not subject to the same defrocking punishment used to sanction abusive priests.

By Associated Press

Vatican bars Sodalit founder from contact with members

Feb 11, 2017

An ethics commission created to investigate accusations of abuse against Luis Fernando Figari had released a report which detailed an internal culture of extreme “discipline and obedience to the founder” which was “forged on the basis of extreme physical demands, as well as physical punishments, constituting abuses which violated the fundamental rights of persons.”

By Catholic News Agency