Infovaticana has received two rectification requests sent by former members of the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana, regarding which we wish to clarify some points.
We have been informed that some of the statements published by this medium regarding an alleged FBI investigation are false and must be rectified. However, this point is not an assertion made by Infovaticana, nor is it a fact that this medium can verify independently. What Infovaticana reported in its information was the statement of an official from the Holy See, acting on behalf of the Secretariat of State.
If said official was untruthful, this is not attributable to this medium, which merely reproduced with journalistic rigor the content of what was stated by a Vatican authority.
We consider that the right to rectification does not apply in this case, since the published information is truthful as far as Infovaticana is concerned—without this implying any judgment on the veracity of the statements attributed to Jordi Bertomeu—.
Nevertheless, and for reasons of editorial transparency, we publish in full the letter received by José Antonio Dávila Guerrero, the last economist of the Sodalicio, in the format of “Letter to the Editor”, so that those who feel affected by the declassified information can express their position.
Letter to the Editor
Dear Mr. Editor:
In my capacity as the last economist of the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana (SCV), I am writing to you with reference to the article “The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith asked for money in exchange for covering up the Sodalicio in an FBI investigation for money laundering”, published on November 24, 2025. Said article disseminates an audio in which Prelate Jordi Bertomeu Farnós is heard offering a series of benefits linked to the report that the Holy See allegedly would present to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). This report would be, always according to what was expressed by Bertomeu Farnós, part of an investigation for alleged money laundering that would involve the Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana.
I must state, first of all, that we have never been notified—neither by the Holy See, nor by the FBI, nor by any U.S. authority—of the existence of an open investigation in the United States involving the SCV. Therefore, the published statement regarding this is false. Likewise, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith never asked us for money.
Secondly, neither in the Sodalicio nor in the institutions and companies linked to its apostolic mission have there been proven evidences of economic corruption in any form, nor of undue profit or “money laundering”. This is stated in audits carried out by international firms and in official expert reports conducted by experts registered with the Peruvian State.
After being notified of the decision to suppress the SCV, I held five meetings with Mons. Bertomeu in Brazil, Ecuador, and Lima, some of them in the presence of SCV authorities and the Pontifical Delegates, Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda S.J. and Fray Guillermo Rodríguez O.F.M., who passed away recently. On several occasions, the prelate exerted pressures with legal actions in terms similar to those recorded in the disseminated audio. On more than one occasion, I asked him to specify what the alleged illicit acts attributed to us consisted of, since they contradicted the results of external audits and expert reports. His response was blunt: “they would never see that report”. Consequently, we are unaware of it to date, just as we are of the alleged crimes that are supposedly the subject of investigation by the Vatican authority.
Between January and April 2025, we also suffered new attempts at pressure from Mons. Bertomeu, aimed at achieving the illegitimate transfer of assets belonging to others to the Sodalicio before its suppression. I wish to record that the assets of the SCV have always been at the disposal of the liquidators, as provided by the Holy See.
Since what is stated here sheds light on these facts for both your readers and the faithful in general, I respectfully request that my letter be published as soon as possible. I do so convinced that this is the best for the Church, for the truth sets us free, and we are called to live in the light of justice to radiate it.
Sincerely,
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