Scandal-plagued Peru group, movement announce suppression by Vatican

Sodality of Christian Life signs its official dissolution decree

Archbishop Charles Scicluna (left) and Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu (right). / Credit: Claudio Reyes/AFP/Getty Lima Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 13:31 pm (CNA). The Vatican announced Tuesday that the suppression of the Sodality of Christian Life and all the institutions founded by Luis Fernando Figari has been formalized as a result of an investigation ordered by Pope Francis.The Sodality of Christian Life (SCV by its Latin acronym) was officially disso…

Peru-based Catholic movement formally suppressed by the Vatican

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has ordered the suppression of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based lay movement active across Latin America and the United States, and three related lay movements following decades of abuse allegations and internal investigations. "At the conclusion of an investigation ordered by Pope Francis on July 5, 2023, it

Vatican suppresses Sodality of Christian Life

The Superior General of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (SCV), José David Correa González, signs the decree that definitively dissolves the society of apostolic life following accusations of abuse and corruption by the founder and leadership of the group. Read all

Scandal-plagued Peru group, movement announce suppression by Vatican

ROME – On Monday, the Peru-based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV) and the Christian Life Movement (CLM) attached to it announced that after nearly two years of investigation by the Vatican, they had been formally suppressed by Pope Francis, bringing a close to a decade-long saga marred by allegations of abuse and financial corruption. In the April 14 statement, the SCV said that earlier that morning, “the Superior General of the Sodalitium sign…

The Vatican Suppresses the Sodalitium of Christian Life After a Long Discernment Process – Exaudi

On April 11, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life signed the decree suppressing the Sodalitium of Christian Life (SVC), a society of apostolic life under pontifical right founded in 1971 by Peruvian layman Luis Fernando Figari, currently removed from all functions and community residence by order of the Vatican. The measure has been confirmed by the Dicastery itself and represents the canonical dissolu…

The Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana officially ceased to exist since yesterday, April 14, after the superior general of the community signed the decree of suppression as Society of Laical Apostolic Life.The dissolution was confirmed by the Sodalicio himself through a statement published on his website.The decision, approved by Pope Francis, puts an end to an institution marked for years by allegations of physical, psychological and sexual abuse agai…