Leaked Recording of Vatican Official Discussing FBI Probe Suggests Money Laundering

The Vatican is facing mounting questions after the publication of a leaked audio recording in which Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, an official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Vatican’s commissioner overseeing the suppression of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, acknowledges that the Holy See was aware of an ongoing FBI investigation into suspected money laundering tied to the group.
The recording, released on 25 November by InfoVaticana, appears to show Mons Bertomeu discussing the case with a Sodalicio representative and outlining ways to “avoid scandal” as the legal pressures surrounding the movement intensified. Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) – also known as the Sodalitium of Christian Life – was, until its suppression by the Vatican, a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right within the Catholic Church, which was founded in Lima, Peru, by Luis Fernando Figari on 8 December 1971.
In the audio, Bertomeu acknowledges that the Holy See had interacted with US …