A correspondent penned the following note re testimonies by recently ordained Mexican Legionaries. They seem to live in a time warp that never knew or believed the 'accusations' against Fr. Maciel, the Founder...
They found him always edifying:
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Two local [Mexico] interest articles about two LCs recently ordained deacon who are from Celaya in Mexico. I'm unsure which of these gems is the best: "Rogelio remembers having known the founder of the Legion personally having spent a year en the General Direction when Marcial Maciel was still the director. 'Personally I never received a bad example from him, in fact the opposite, his concern for others, to help them, edified me.' " (Rogelio Aguilera Jimenez, 30 years old) or: "I knew our founder in person, I received a great testimony from him and he motivated me a great deal to commit myself to a generous answer to Christ as a priest in the Legion." (Juan Carlos Duran, 31 years old.) The correspondent comments: I believe it is worth noting that these have lived their entire life under LC censorship and did not know any of the allegations/scandal about Maciel before entering. I believe that this is very significant and is an indication as to why there are still "large" groups of ordinations. I notice that the groups have never been more then 60 so there is no indication of growth and, as I have said, they do not yet take into consideration the effects of the scandal on admissions. I believe that vocationally the Legion is at its peak - we are seeing today the fruits of the expansion and recruitment drive of 12+ years ago in the pre-scandal days. |
