Luis Fernando Figari, the controversial lay founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, accused of sexual and psychological abuse, was expelled by the Vatican from the lay movement he established, the Peruvian bishops’ conference announced. In a statement published Aug. 14, the Peruvian bishops’ conference published the decree, which was signed by Pope Francis Aug. 8 and issued by the Vatican Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Citing several sections of the Code of Canon Law dealing with the dismissal of members of a community, the decree stated that Figari’s actions were “incompatible and therefore unacceptable in a member of an institution of the Church, as well as for cause of scandal and grave harm to the good of the Church and of each of the faithful.” (OSV News)
