A New Zealand-based theologian has expressed hope in a high-level investigation by papal envoys of abuse in a lay organisation in Peru, of which she was once a member.
Once a powerful lay institution with massive membership not only in Peru, but in several other countries, the Sodalitium was accused of promoting systemic spiritual, physical and sexual abuse against dozens of members for decades, as well as financial corruption.
On Tuesday the Vatican’s top investigators began holding interviews in Peru as part of their inquiry into a scandal-plagued lay group whose founder has been sanctioned for various abuses and barred from contacting the group.
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Dioceses and church organizations have been working to help cyclone victims and the sick, distributing donations and being present in the affected districts.