Editing Communion and Liberation (section)

=== Sexual abuse ===
In 2016, Italian priest Mauro Inzoli, formerly of Communion and Liberation, was convicted of sexual abuse against five boys.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/pope-francis-defrocks-italian-priest-convicted-child-sex-abuse|title=Pope Francis defrocks Italian priest convicted of child sex abuse|date=2017-06-28|work=National Catholic Reporter|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en}}</ref> Inzoli had been removed from the priesthood in 2012 by [[Pope Benedict XVI]], but in 2014, he was reinstated by [[Pope Francis]].<ref name=":2" /> This reinstatement was reversed following the 2016 conviction, and Inzoli has been permanently out of ministry since 2017.<ref name=":2" />

On 31 October 2023, officials of CL's US branch announced they had confirmed multiple cases of sexual abuse between 1997 and 2018 on the part of Christopher Bacich, who led the US branch from 2007 to 2013. CL first learned of complaints about Bacich in 2018. He has denied any fault and resigned from the movement.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 8 November 2023 | work = National Catholic Reporter | date = 6 November 2023 | url = https://www.ncronline.org/news/abuse-allegations-against-communion-and-liberation-leader-deemed-credible | title = Abuse allegations against Communion and Liberation leader deemed credible |first = Gina | last = Christian | agency = OSV News }}</ref>