The Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic religious order, has officially accused its founder, Father Marcial Maciel, of "reprehensible and objectively immoral behavior." Maciel is accused of being a drug addict, a womanizer and a pedophile. The order officially denounced him, eight years after former Pope Benedict removed him from service. It also issued an apology: "We want to express our deep sorrow for the abuse of minor seminarians, the immoral acts with men and women who were adults, the arbitrary use of his authority and of material goods."
As Legionaries delegates from around the world met in Rome, the apology was to show they are willing to start a new chapter and head in a new direction. Or could it be the apology only came because of a United Nations report accusing the Legionaires of ignoring child abuse by priests and specifically denouncing the "magnitude of the evil and scandal" the U.N. felt Maciel had caused?
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Pope Francis Needs to End the Catholic Child Abuse Scandal - US News
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