Abusos IVE y SSVM

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  • Father Antony del Castillo (IVE): sent to Peru after sex scandal, reappears on Instagram as if nothing had happened

    Father Antony del Castillo (IVE): sent to Peru after sex scandal, reappears on Instagram as if nothing had happened

    A few weeks ago we reported on the scandal involving Father Antony del Castillo, a priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), who had relations with a young woman of just 18 years of age in the framework of a summer oratory organized by the Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matará (SSVM) in Jonzac.

    At that time, the Institute reacted by urgently transferring the priest to Peru, in what seemed to be a disciplinary and preventive measure. However, reality shows another side.

    A video on Instagram from Peru

    Antony del Castillo himself recently posted on his Instagram account a video recorded from Peru, showing himself relaxed, speaking in French, without alluding at all to the scandal that motivated him to be evacuated from France. The publication has caused outrage among those who know the case, as it shows that there is no real sanction or recognition of the seriousness of the facts.

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  • Sex scandal: Father Antony del Castillo (IVE), priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, is urgently transferred to Peru

    Sex scandal: Father Antony del Castillo (IVE), priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, is urgently transferred to Peru

    Recently, a serious case involving Father Antony del Castillo, a priest belonging to the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), has come to light. According to various sources, Castillo’s father would have had sexual relations with an 18-year-old girl, in circumstances that point to a possible exploitation of a vulnerable adult.

    The sexual relations would have occurred in the context of the summer oratory, organized by the congregation of the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará in Jonzac (Diocese of La Rochelle, in France), where the reported events took place.

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  • Turin and Granada: the IVE faces new expulsions

    Turin and Granada: the IVE faces new expulsions

    In recent weeks, two European dioceses have informed the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) that it will not be able to continue its pastoral presence in the future: Turin, in Italy, and Granada, in Spain. Although the priests of the Institute are currently still in their respective destinations, the expulsion notices have already been delivered and the news has been made public in both cases.

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  • On the street without social security and with only 500 euros after 20 years as a nun

    On the street without social security and with only 500 euros after 20 years as a nun

    Today, different media in Spain echoed the story of the former Sister Fidelis, thus joining many victims around the world who denounce exactly the same thing. Without going any further, in Mendoza, Argentina, the SSVM are on trial for abandonment of person and moral damages of the former Sr. Piaghe, who was also more than 25 years and got sick inside. Today she must face the courts without her superiors having the slightest charity to face the damages they caused. In Spain they interviewed the former Sister Fidelis who had the courage to tell us her story. Here we replicate that of the media “La voz de Galicia”, although the news has been published in different media in Spain.

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  • A statue, a lie: the IVE quietly prepares its rewriting of history

    A statue, a lie: the IVE quietly prepares its rewriting of history

    In the circles of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), it has emerged that a statue of St. John Paul II dressed in the chasuble of the institute itself has been manufactured and is destined to be installed soon in its church in Manresa, Spain.

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  • Article by 3cat.cat (Spain): “This is how the IVE congregation acts, accused of manipulating girls in Vic and Girona: ‘If necessary, escape from home'”

    Article by 3cat.cat (Spain): “This is how the IVE congregation acts, accused of manipulating girls in Vic and Girona: ‘If necessary, escape from home’”


    After years of accumulating complaints, Pope Francis has removed the leadership of the congregation, founded 40 years ago by a man convicted of sexual abuse

    Marta Freixanet/Ferran Moreno (16/01/2025 – Updated 17/04/2025)

    “The message didn’t say anything, just a location.” And yet, Adriana was clear: her sister had gotten into trouble. He did not hesitate and took the first flight to come and help him. He traveled from the United States to Manresa, a place he had never heard of. The surprise was even greater when he saw that the address was from the parish of La Merced de Manresa .

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  • Sodalitium of Christian Life signs its decree of suppression

    Sodalitium of Christian Life signs its decree of suppression

    Source: Vatican News

    At the headquarters of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in the Vatican, they signed the decree of suppression as a society of lay apostolic life: “We also ask forgiveness from the whole Church and society for the pain caused.” Among the reasons for the suppression was the lack of foundational charisma.

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  • “The law is made, the trap is made.” Worrying practices in the Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matará (SSVM)

    “The law is made, the trap is made.” Worrying practices in the Servants of the Lord and of the Virgin of Matará (SSVM)

    The situation surrounding the Servants of the Lord and of Our Lady of Matará (SSVM) continues to generate deep concern due to recent revelations about their practices in relation to the admission of new vocations.

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  • “It hurts and shames us”: The Pope suppresses the women’s branch of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (Diario “El Debate” [Spain])

    “It hurts and shames us”: The Pope suppresses the women’s branch of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (Diario “El Debate” [Spain])

    Article originally published in El Debate on April 7, 2025.

    The decision responds to decades of abuses of power, spiritual manipulation and financial scandals within their communities

    By María Rabell García (Correspondent in Rome and the Vatican of “El Debate”)

    By decision of Pope Francis, the Holy See has decreed the definitive suppression of the Public Association of Faithful Servants of God’s Plan, one of the female branches born of the Sodalitium of Christian Life and founded by the Peruvian Luis Fernando Figari.

    This measure, executed by a decree of the dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, is part of the process of dissolution of all the works promoted by Figari, who has been accused for years of abuses of power, conscience and sexual abuses, as well as financial irregularities.

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  • McCarrick and the IVE: An Uneasy Relationship

    McCarrick and the IVE: An Uneasy Relationship

    On April 3, 2025, former Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick died at the age of 94. His death closes a dark stage in the recent history of the Catholic Church in the United States, but it also invites us to turn our gaze to its protective environment, its network of allies and beneficiaries. Among them, a congregation that our readers know well: the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE), founded by Carlos Miguel Buela in Argentina in 1984.

    The relationship between McCarrick and the IVE was not superficial or merely diplomatic. It involved direct financial support, participation in key institutional events, shared accommodation with seminarians. This article compiles public sources to critically examine this alliance.

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