Newly Ordained Legion Priests Still Deceived by Fr Maciel

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. http://www.am.com.mx/Nota.aspx?ID=424458 http://www.am.com.mx/Nota.aspx?ID=424459

[video] Vatican Prosecutor Scicluna not Duped by Maciel or Legion

The Scicluna/Ratzinger partnership brought Fr. Marcial Maciel to ground, beginning with launching an investigation effective April 2005 into the Legion of Christ Founder's behavior.

Recent interview of Mons Scicluna re how then Cardinal Ratzinger became increasingly sensitive [2005-2008] to the plight of victims of clergy abuse and how he determined to bring abusers to justice

Here is a July, 2010 video of Mons Scicluna discussing the new norms emanating from the Vatican re handling Priestly Pedophilia

Scicluna personally carried out the investigation beginning in New York with Juan Jose Vaca and continuing in Mexico City with other victims; his findings led to a public reprimand for Maciel and ultimately to an Visitation into the Legion of Christ this year which concluded with a communique on May 1, 2010

Neuhaus Stood by his Man Maciel

Fr. Maciel gives Holy Communion to the author, at the time an ordained LC Priest; "such was the honor of receiving Holy Communion from Nuestro Padre's hand"

Thanks to folks who have purchased a copy of the booklet. Not earth shattering BUT

You get a glimpse of Neuhaus engaged in discussion;
of what he thought about the sex abuse scandal;
of how he minimized the offense;
how he stauncly stood by Maciel and the Legion impressed by the Glittering Images and Pontifical Approval

Praise for this book and Questions re Vatican Action re Legion

[from a member of the Catholic hierarchy]

unto thee, my ghostly father, that I have LIED. I will NOT be taking NEUHAUS with me tomorrow. Why not? Because I finished it this morning.

I think that the little volume is a precise compilation of the pertinent facts re: Maciel/LC/RC. The whole situation is so deviated from all that is good & right that I wonder if I will ever have it all sorted out.


I further confess that I thought suppression of LC/RC would have been the proper outcome of the Vatican Investigation. But, I guess there is at least a part of me that can sympathize with the innocent victims within LC/RC of Maciel's criminal, really diabolical, behavior. We will have to wait & see what B16 comes up with by way of commissioner, administrator, or whatever. I am not ready to make any predictions.

R, J. Neuhaus Duped by Legion and Fr, Maciel

I had already written a couple of articles on REGAIN, INC: my debate with this champion of Catholic Conservatism regarding his defense of the Rev. Fr. Marcial Maciel, Founder of the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi Movement, accused of sexually abusing his seminarians. So I decided to go whole hog and publish a booklet  containing that correspondence, successive revelations, and Vatican actions.