Abusos IVE y SSVM

Tag: Sexual abuse

  • 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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  • Sectarian drifts: document of the French Bishops’ Conference

    Sectarian drifts: document of the French Bishops’ Conference

    We publish here a document of the bishops of France on sectarian drifts, by Sr. Chantal-Marie SORLIN, Head of the Office of the Episcopal Conference for Sectarian Drifts, June 2014

    Translation by Ana Azanza. Original text in French .

    This list of criteria follows a behavioral process in four chronological steps:

    1. The cult of personality

    The members of the group feel attracted and grouped around a founder with a complex personality in his career and pretensions…

    1.1 The birth of the group

    A dysfunction in the discernment of vocations can have dire consequences. Examples abound of candidates for the priesthood rejected in one diocese but accepted in another. The same applies to the recognition of an association of the faithful or a community. Likewise, the Swiss bishops have just recalled this requirement: “when candidates for the priesthood or religious life change their place of formation or community, information must circulate among the directors in a clear and precise manner.”

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  • Excellent video from the Archdiocese of Madrid on spiritual abuse: application to the IVE/SSVM

    Excellent video from the Archdiocese of Madrid on spiritual abuse: application to the IVE/SSVM

    This video published by the Archdiocese of Madrid explains many aspects of life in the IVE and SSVM

  • AICA: The Vatican decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi religious institute

    AICA: The Vatican decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi religious institute

    We reproduce here the article published by the Argentine Catholic News Agency today, March 6, 2025.

    The Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi clerical religious institute of diocesan right.

    “This decision was specifically approved by Pope Francis on February 6, 2025,” an official statement said.

    In this way, the task of Pontifical Commissioner of Monsignor Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva was concluded and the dicastery appointed Monsignor Mauricio Landra, auxiliary bishop of Mercedes-Luján, as pontifical delegate for the execution of the suppression of the institute.

    The communication bears the signature of Monsignor Landra.

    Text of the communication

    On February 19, 2025, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life decreed the suppression of the Miles Christi Diocesan Religious Clerical Institute of Diocesan Right.

    This decision was specifically approved by Pope Francis on February 6, 2025.

    In this way the task of Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva as Pontifical Commissioner is concluded, and I have been appointed by the same Dicastery as Pontifical Delegate for the execution of the suppression of the Institute.

    We have notified the Institute of this decision today.

    Bearing in mind the delicacy and complexity of the situation, in order that everything may be carried out with justice and charity, in order to give effect to the decision taken by the Holy See, we entrust this time to Mary, Mother of the Church.

    Buenos Aires, March 6, 2025.

    Msgr. Mauricio Landra, Pontifical Delegate.+