LIMA, Peru — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority -- and called for “transparent ...

the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae. The message was read out loud on Friday night in Lima during a performance of a play based on the Sodalitium scandal and the work of the journalist, Paola Ugaz. “It ...

The group, known as the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, was formally dissolved by Pope Francis this year after a Vatican investigation uncovered sect-like spiritual, physical and sexual abuses by ...

The group, known as the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, was formally dissolved by Pope Francis this year after a Vatican investigation uncovered sect-like spiritual, physical and sexual abuses by ...

Jose Enrique Escardo, a victim of Peru's Sodalitium Christianae Vitae movement, poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Saturday ...

Jose Rey de Castro, a former member of the Sodalitium, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Guadalupe Pardo/AP. ... known as the Sodalitium ...

Pope Leo XIV’s record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8. And overall, one of the biggest ...

The group, known as the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, was formally dissolved by Pope Francis this year after a Vatican investigation uncovered sect-like spiritual, physical and sexual abuses by ...