Scandal-plagued Peru group, movement announce suppression by Vatican

ROME – On Monday, the Peru-based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV) and the Christian Life Movement (CLM) attached to it announced that after nearly two years of investigation by the Vatican, they had been formally suppressed by Pope Francis, bringing a close to a decade-long saga marred by allegations of abuse and financial corruption.

In the April 14 statement, the SCV said that earlier that morning, “the Superior General of the Sodalitium signed the decree suppressing our community at...