While on specific occasions he was allowed to deviate from them due to his age and family needs, the measures remain in effect, he said. He said Cipriani accepted the measures. The sanctions are similar to those imposed on other high-ranking churchmen who have been accused of sexual abuse. The former archbishop of Agana, Guam, Archbishop Anthony Apuron and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning former bishop of East Timor, Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo , were both forced to leave their home countries and limit their public ministries following allegations of abuse.
The lay group, which was greatly favored by St. The allegations against Cipriani add to the upheaval in the Peruvian church following confirmation last week that Pope Francis had decided to dissolve the powerful and influential Peruvian-based movement Sodalitium Christianae Vitae , another conservative lay Catholic movement.
After years of attempts at reform, Francis decided to suppress the group after a Vatican investigation uncovered sexual abuse by its founder, financial mismanagement by its leaders and spiritual and physical abuse by its top members. Cipriani was archbishop when the first victims presented formal accusations against Sodalitium in to the church. He said they discussed the dissolution of the movement and the need to keep victims front and center as the Vatican dismantles the group and tends to its members.
The Sodalitium was founded in as one of several Catholic societies born as a conservative reaction to the left-leaning liberation theology movement that swept through Latin America in the s. At its height, the group counted about 20, members across South America and the United States. It was enormously influential in Peru and has its U. Last week the group confirmed the Vatican planned to suppress it. The AP is solely responsible for this content.
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