Pope Lauds Peru’s Young, but Stays Silent on Church Sex Abuse And he said he hoped "that degradation be overcome by fraternity, injustice by solidarity and violence silenced by the weapons of peace." Meeting with a group of nuns on Sunday morning, Francis told them to pray for a church that is "tempted to disunite." He also offered them advice on maintaining unity. Francis told that Gossip is like a bomb, An early member of Sodalitium, he was accused of physical abuse and was initially included in the complaint that led prosecutors to close in on Mr. Figari, said Hector Gadea, the lawyer who prepared the case. Dozens of former members of the Peru-based Catholic group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae have said in recent years that they were subjected to physical and sexual abuse. The issue sexual abuse in the church has loomed large over Francis’ weeklong visit to Chile and Peru, where he discussed the plights of indigenous populations in the jungle and of those recovering from catastrophic flooding in Peru’s sandy desert coast.
