Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation. The probe uncovered sexual abuses by its founder, financial mismanagement by its leaders and spiritual abuses by its top members. The Sodalitium on Monday confirmed the […]
Peru archbishop who sued two journalists over reports on abuses, financial corruption resigns early
Rome, Italy AP A Peruvian archbishop who sued two journalists over their reports about sexual abuse and alleged financial corruption in his religious movement, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, has resigned amid a Vatican investigation. Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Piura Archbishop José Eguren. At 67, he is several years shy of the normal retirement age […]
Vatican abuse investigators begin their audit of secretive Peru-based Catholic society
Lima, Peru AP Two key Vatican investigators on Tuesday began an audit in Peru’s capital of a secretive Roman Catholic society with chapters across South America and in the US following allegations that its founder sexually molested young recruits. Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the […]