Legionaries founder Maciel fathered children, could be renounced as spiritual founder

American Papist ^ | Tuesday, February 03, 2009 | Thomas Peters

[GonzoII]

Reports of this story have been circulating for several days now, and some figures have even made a veiled mention of its imminent publication. They involve new revelations of misconduct by the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel. I'm now receiving multiple confirmations that members of the Legionaries of Christ and its lay branch Regnum Christi are being informed of the findings in their private meetings this week.

Like it or not, the news is quickly becoming public.

The Ex LC Blog is claiming that Marcial Maciel is being renounced as the spiritual founder of the Legionaries of Christ, at least in some chapters, due to recent details that have emerged as the result of an internal investigation by the Legionaries: Today, Fr. Scott Reilly, LC, Territorial Director in Atlanta, Georgia, announced to all those who work in the Territorial Direction of the Legion of Christ, that Marcial Maciel had a mistress, fathered at least one child, and lived a double life. For this reason, the Legion is renouncing him as their spiritual founder.

[GonzoII]

"The health of the Legion depends on denouncing him as founder and moving on."

Amen.

[GonzoII]

"The mainstream media is sure to have a field day on this one. In this storm of coverage, we must not lose sight of our duty as brothers and sisters in Christ to support one another in prayer, and especially to reach out to those hurt and surprised by this news who are part of the Legionaries and Regnum Christi. In these situations we can often become confused and angered, but let us not miss this opportunity to perform spiritual and personal acts of mercy. In all this, a frank admission of the facts at hand are key to moving forward."

[Hieronymus]

Ping

[Palladin]

Is this possble? He was SO GAY! Remember when all those former seminarians, now in their twilight years, came out with allthe horrid details of how he abused young boys?

I guess the famous Maciel was AC-DC (with all the Satanic connotations) all his life.

[Unam Sanctam]

I would think they really do need a new founder and a new start and makeover to their charism as an order to get past this. How sad — the one LC priest I came in contact with seemed quite solid.

[Jeff Chandler]

This is the news Patrick Madrid was blogging about.