PERU
Peru Reports
Peru’s attorney general has opened a sexual abuse investigation into Luis Fernando Figari, founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) apostolic society.
Attorney general Pablo Sanchez said that a 60-day investigation was opened in wake of the revelations. However any crimes committed before 2004 would be ineligible for prosecution under Peru’s statute of limitations.
Last Sunday investigative news program Cuarto Poder featured a first look at the new book, “Half Monks, Half Soldiers” by journalists Pedro Salinas and Paola Ugaz. 30 former members alleged widespread sexual and psychological abuse within SCV. Three men who claimed to be abused by Figari himself.
“At times I literally felt nauseous, on the point of tears,” author Pedro Salinas said about writing the book. “Because they are such shocking testimonies, especially those who allege sexual abuse, that I doubt anyone would be unfazed. They are traumas people have carried with them for years, that cost them a lot to recount.”
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