Legionaries Need to Undergo a Radical Reformation

[johnpaul613]

Given the steady stream of horrible news regarding Legionaries of Christ founder Marcial Maciel (now on the English wire).  I would agree with Thomas Peters...

1. The leadership of the Legionaries must apologize and seek restitution for Maciel’s victims
2. The Church must determine a pastoral way to either re-found the Legion under a new charism or disband it completely and allow them to be absorbed into pre-existing local Church and religious structures
3. The Church must identify which living members of the Legion are guilty of colluding with or intentionally ignoring Maciel’s grave crimes, and punish them accordingly

And all of us must continue praying for Maciel’s victims, those in the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi movements, and for Maciel himself. I will probably post an update to this story once we have some clue as to what were the findings of the apostolic visitation currently taking place in the United States, Mexico and Europe (mostly Spain).

May God have mercy on all souls.  B-(