Overview

• The Vatican formally dissolved the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae in April 2025 after uncovering decades of spiritual, physical, and sexual abuse within the group.
• As bishop in Peru, Robert Prevost—now Pope Leo XIV—worked closely with survivors, securing reparations and facilitating a pivotal 2022 meeting with Pope Francis that led to the investigation.
• The investigation resulted in the expulsion of the group's founder Luis Fernando Figari, Archbishop José Eguren, and nine others before the society's dissolution.
• Prevost is now facing a defamation campaign, reportedly driven by Sodalitium supporters, questioning his handling of past abuse cases, including a reopened 2023 investigation in Chiclayo.
• Victims and journalists credit Prevost with taking significant steps to hold abusers accountable, despite mounting challenges to his reputation as pope.