Opus Dei cardinal acknowledges Vatican sanctioned him after abuse allegation but denies wrongdoing
- Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne acknowledged that the Vatican imposed sanctions on him in 2019 after an allegation of sexual abuse, but he denied any wrongdoing.
- Cipriani, the first cardinal of Opus Dei, stated that the allegations are 'completely false' and asserted, 'I haven’t committed any crime.'
- The Vatican's action follows a scandal involving the Peruvian-based movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, which was dissolved after a Vatican investigation uncovered abuse and mismanagement.
- Cipriani led the Peruvian church during the time of the first allegations against Sodalitium, which were publicly aired in 2000 and formally reported in 2011.
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