Overview
- The Vatican and Peru’s bishops, which announced the time‑limited “first listening channel” Thursday, will take testimonies May 4–22 at the apostolic nunciature in Lima under diplomatic protection.
- Victims can request an in‑person meeting or email a signed claim that identifies the parties and details the facts, and cases may cover physical, sexual, spiritual, conscience, authority, or economic abuses.
- Officials call this the last opportunity to file with the Church, as no new complaints or indemnity requests will be accepted after May 22.
- The procedure is administrative rather than criminal, and case decisions will be communicated after a review period expected to take at least about three months.
- The effort forms part of the final liquidation of the group suppressed in 2025, and any payments will come from Sodalicio property and asset sales, not from the Holy See.