Vatican Expels Founder of Peru's Sodalitium Movement

Luis Fernando Figari ousted after long-standing allegations of abuse and corruption within the influential religious group.

Pope Francis authorized the expulsion following a high-level investigation by the Vatican's top sex abuse experts.
Figari's actions were deemed incompatible with church values, causing significant harm to the faithful and the institution.
The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae was a powerful conservative movement in Latin America, founded in reaction to liberation theology.
Victims' complaints date back to 2000, but substantial action was only taken after a 2015 exposé by journalist Pedro Salinas.
The future of the Sodalitium movement is now uncertain, as it grapples with the fallout from Figari's expulsion.