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18 January 2018

Vatican takes over scandal-hit Catholic society on eve of pope's trip to Peru

The Vatican has taken over a Peru-based Catholic movement whose founder was accused of sexual and psychological abuse, just days before Pope Francis starts a trip to Chile and Peru where the sexual abuse scandal is expected to play out on the sidelines. A Vatican statement said the congregation for religious orders had issued a decree naming a commissioner to take over the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a conservative movement that has chapters and about 20,000 members throughout South America and the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/vatican-catholicism-peru-pope-francis