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Pedro Salinas in conversation with Santiago Vanegas

Sodalitium: rise and fall

Arequipa 2025, 

The Sodalitium of Christian Life was a machinery of power and abuse, and one of the darkest cases involving the Church in Latin America. In La verdad nos hizo libres, Pedro Salinas (Peru) reconstructs the workings of the sect through personal testimonies and rigorous research. This was a network of power and concealment that began to unwind when victims raised their voices and finally the truth became stronger than impunity. The writer will talk to the BBC Mundo journalist, Santiago Vanegas.