Sodalitium Christianae Vitae remains active in Peru after suppression, some victims charge
November 14, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: Some abuse victims charged that the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (Sodality of Christian Life) remains active in Peru in all but name, even after its suppression by Pope Francis early last year.
“The only thing they’ve done is take away the name Sodalitium,” said Jose Enrique Escardó, who alleges he was abused as a teenager by the institute’s co-founder. “The same leaders have stayed in the same places, the same priests in the same places with the same names, the parishes with the same symbols, the same activities, inviting the same members of Sodalitium who have been expelled to continue doing exactly the same with the same financial support that they had before.”
In a 2011 statement on its co-founder, the institute said that “we cannot consider Germán Doig as an exemplary person,” granted the “consistency and credibility of the testimonies” against him.
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