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The Sodalicio Case (in English)

  • 27 Oct 2015 - Sodalitium Christianae Vitae has an apostolic visitor to investigate its founder - Catholic News Agency
  • 21 Apr 2016 - Report released on abuse scandal in Sodalitium Christianae Vitae - Catholic News Agency
  • 16 Jun 2016 - Abuse allegations follow leader of Peruvian Catholic sect to Rome - The Guardian
  • 24 Jan 2017 - Number of Peru abuse survivors reject 'offensive' compensation offer - Raidió Teilifís Éireann
  • 10 Feb 2017 - Vatican bars Sodalit founder from contact with members - Catholic News Agency

Media coverage of the Report

  • 11 Dec 2016 - Listening to male survivors of church sexual abuse - Pāho: Otago Humanities Research Blog
  • 23 Jan 2017 - ¿Qué cla­se de Dios psi­có­pa­ta ha­ría eso de po­ner un ni­ño en una prue­ba se­xual a los 14 años? - Altavoz (article on the Spanish version of the report, en español)
  • 26 Jan 2017 - En el Sodalicio había una búsqueda de poder antes que una búsqueda de espiritualidad - Altavoz (interview with Rocio Figueroa, en español)
  • 31 Jan 2017 - Si Figari usó el nombre de Dios para hacer lo que hizo, pues era su propia versión de Dios - Altavoz (interview with David Tombs, en español)
  • 1 Feb 2017 - The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuses - Tui Motu InterIslands Magazine
  • 17 Feb 2017 - Confronting sexual abuse in the Catholic Church - Otago Daily Times
  • 5 Mar 2017 - El expediente Figueroa-Tombs - La Republica (article on the Spanish version of the report, en español)

Other media

Click here to listen to the song that musician Steve Cournane wrote in 2016 as a result of the scandal.

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