Maciel managed to weave a vast network of dubious complicity with political and business leaders in order to enhance their power and influence, where the hook was its mystical personality and in his speech Redemptorist purity.
Last year, Pope Benedict XVI reversed, in a move unprecedented in the history of the papacy, two internal votes-votes that make the union members of a religious order before the order itself and not The Vatican itself to individuals to the Legion of Christ, one never want to ask, seek or obtain lobbying responsibilities or senior positions in the congregation to himself or others and, second, never criticize the acts of foreign government or any officer or person of superior of the congregation by word, letter or in any other way. To be certain that one brother had broken this promise, should without delay INFORMED supervisor of the offender. This omerta, or silence, denial and demonization external domestic critics before the strategy has been true of the Legion of Christ, even when Benedict XVI condemned in May 2006 Maciel "a reserved life of prayer and penance, renouncing any public ministry ", the Order attempted a gentle facade elusive innocence papal punishment, stating that: "In connection with the news of the conclusion of the investigation of allegations Fr Marcial Maciel, our revered founding father, the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ reported (...) Facing the accusations made against him, he asserted his innocence and, following the example of Jesus Christ, decided not to defend himself in any way (...) He, with the spirit of obedience to the Church that has always characterized him, has accepted this communiqué with faith, complete serenity and tranquility of conscience, knowing that this is a new cross that God, the Father of Mercy, has allowed him to suffer and which will thank you very much for the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi Movement. " This facade of St.
infallibility fell apart when the LC Ex blogs Blog, Life and American Papist alter LC uncovered on Monday February 2: "Today, Fr Scott Reilly, LC, regional director in Atlanta, Georgia, announced to those working in the territorial address of the Legion of Christ, Marcial Maciel had an affair, fathered with her at least one child and lived a double life. " The news was quickly picked up by major newspapers in the world.
The truth is that, according to the New York Times and eyewitnesses who requested anonymity, Corcuera and other senior leaders of the Order had weeks and closer to its most loyal supporters to inform them of the fact. But there is no indication that they thought it public or at least not soon.
As word of Jim Fair, his spokesman: "We have discovered some things about the life of our founder that are surprising and difficult to understand. We can confirm that there were aspects of his life inappropriate for a Catholic priest. "
To date, the appellants are versions that Maciel had at least one daughter who today would be about 22 years and during that time Maciel unknown amounts of money funneled to the family. According to the NYT, Fichter Steven's father, who left the order 14 years ago and was formerly the chief financial officer, said who informed him three years ago, at the end of the sentence of imprisonment "to the Vatican that whenever Maciel traveling outside their house in Via Aurelia in Rome, asked $ 10,000 in cash and $ 5 000 in 5 000 in the currency of the country where he was headed. Asked how these charges justified the founder, Fichter said, "The Legionaries were living in poverty, if one went out and bought a bic pen and a chocolate bar, had to report receipts. Maciel But there was never any accounting. Always effective, no electronic trail. And how was this extraordinary hero for us, never questioned; even a second. Maciel was the mythical hero who lived on a pedestal and had all the answers. When you become a Legionnaire, you read every letter he wrote, such as 15 or 16 volumes. "
Today's Order, contrary to usual practice, the denial of criticism and contempt for those who do not embrace the discourse, the open hostility or ostracism for those who renounce it and the cult of personality Maciel-accept, reluctantly but publicly-Corcuera's open letter, available on the website of the Order, is an anthology of vagueness, "that Marcial Maciel," Our Father "as they call it with reverence, had a mistress and a daughter with it. But the stale allegations of sexual abuse and addiction to dolantina-a derivative of morphine, not a word. The question is: Why now accepts the Order at least that sin if ever denied others?
Perhaps because it is difficult to prove to the founder of substance abuse or juvenile, although many indicators to the contrary: there are the innocent rumors among the female congregation about the many pains he suffered "Our Father" and that "neither the strongest drugs" could be cured, and the testimonies of the abused. But DNA tests do of paternity something provable beyond any doubt: everything points to the unusual confession of fallibility is due, rather than the desire to clean the house, the need for "better positioned face a possible lawsuit over the inheritance," as the expert in anthropology of religion AFP Elio Masferrer on Thursday, 6. A lawsuit by the estate or millionaire blackmail at the hands of someone who knows both the bulging coffers of the order and the double life of Marcial Maciel.
But bearing a daughter is the least of the sins of Maciel. For the Legion, with 800 priests in 22 countries and over 50 thousand members wrapped his arm lay Regnum Christi, has been compared to more fanatizantes religious cults and denounced more than once, but never in Mexico, "brainwashing" and breach of trust. Just last June, Edwin F. O'Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, wanted to expel them from his diocese for "lack of transparency in their operations, but was persuaded by Vatican officials to impose rather restrictive control measures. Maciel
managed to weave a vast network of dubious complicity with political and business leaders in order to enhance their power and influence, where the hook was its mystical personality and purity in his speech Redemptorist very similar Franco's fascism to the Michoacan admired. And in Mexico, better than anywhere else, the phenomenon flourished: the Legion capitalized on the void left by the Jesuits among the ruling classes, interest in liberation theology was frowned upon by the latter, entering the powerful intimacy by providing proof of life where the economic position was not a handicap to get to heaven-the proverbial needle-eye, but a grace that allowed save and save. Unconditional surrender to the agenda of the Order was embedded in the discourse: hence the need to deify the figure of the founder, received with screams, choking and fainting, as a rock star, by a predominantly female audience: no one should doubt the sanctity of "Our Father." He himself would say in my life is Christ: "My struggle has been one way: Christ crucified. Yes, I think I could suffer for the various tests that God has allowed in my life. I do not deny this. But I have seen many men suffer senselessly, and I think that's the worst that can happen to a man. With the help of God and his grace, I was able to make sense of my struggles. And, therefore, have always considered myself blessed, very fortunate and I have tried, to the extent of my limitations, to help those men who suffer without knowing why, giving them a reason to live and suffer. " Social play barricade
speech: to be committed to the Legion's main cities of Mexico, a quick way to enter that world was through his permission: the unconditional adherence to the Order provided access, through recommendations and "groups prayer "selected, the country's most powerful families. Who was not out of conviction or fear did interest: the Legionaries face meant, until recently, ostracism in a country that spends more financial security for the contacts that talent. This explains the fierce but irrational defense-and the reluctance with which the Legion has taken the revelation of his deceit, of those who make the Order and Maciel their way of life, as seen in these lines signed by Lucrecia Rego Planas, director of catholic.net, site run by the Legion:
"Yesterday, 4 February, no one expected it, suddenly appeared as if from nowhere, a daughter of P. Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Christ. It was great news to eight columns that ran the presses in the world (...) I can not deny that it has made me feel a little jealous, well ... I will not be published in all newspapers (maybe none) and also am a child of P. Maciel! I have no blood in my veins (that's why I'm not news), but much part of who I am (almost everything) I owe to him. Yes, Father Maciel is my father (Our Father, as we affectionately call the members of Regnum Christi) (...) my brain is full of thoughts he taught me, my words are infected by the words that I read as a child in his letters, to the extent sometimes confuse yours with mine, my spirituality is the spirituality that he taught me to develop, my prayer life is the way he taught me how to pray, my heart feels as he taught me how to feel, always putting the others before me (...) I am, without doubt, a true daughter of P. Maciel. " Who
made possible the double life of Marcial Maciel, their growth and its long impunity? Without doubt the Church, including Pope John Paul II who, knowing the sins of Maciel, let them pass in the interest of the substantial contributions in cash and souls, that the order made him at times when the devotions and falling vocations. There is also the Legion itself, efficient structure, despite the lukewarm mea culpa, still clings to its own services and fees of the founder. But they are guilty as those who chose to remain silent about the poor academic standards of its schools in order to attend the illustrious families enrolled in their classrooms, the community leaders who made own moral superiority of an order that coalesced in the arrogance of being elected, the authorities agreed to protect or overlapped to avoid clashes with their protectors, those who sold his pen, speech and convictions in exchange for recognition or money, the entrepreneurs who used their muscle to support the Legion in order to quiet the conscience, those who closed their eyes to the aggressive recruiting practices and control which, to date, border on psychological abuse. Because, yes, Maciel was a fraud, a cheat, one that left many victims in its wake. But he had accomplices. Many accomplices.
managed to weave a vast network of dubious complicity with political and business leaders in order to enhance their power and influence, where the hook was its mystical personality and purity in his speech Redemptorist very similar Franco's fascism to the Michoacan admired. And in Mexico, better than anywhere else, the phenomenon flourished: the Legion capitalized on the void left by the Jesuits among the ruling classes, interest in liberation theology was frowned upon by the latter, entering the powerful intimacy by providing proof of life where the economic position was not a handicap to get to heaven-the proverbial needle-eye, but a grace that allowed save and save. Unconditional surrender to the agenda of the Order was embedded in the discourse: hence the need to deify the figure of the founder, received with screams, choking and fainting, as a rock star, by a predominantly female audience: no one should doubt the sanctity of "Our Father." He himself would say in my life is Christ: "My struggle has been one way: Christ crucified. Yes, I think I could suffer for the various tests that God has allowed in my life. I do not deny this. But I have seen many men suffer senselessly, and I think that's the worst that can happen to a man. With the help of God and his grace, I was able to make sense of my struggles. And, therefore, have always considered myself blessed, very fortunate and I have tried, to the extent of my limitations, to help those men who suffer without knowing why, giving them a reason to live and suffer. " Social play barricade
speech: to be committed to the Legion's main cities of Mexico, a quick way to enter that world was through his permission: the unconditional adherence to the Order provided access, through recommendations and "groups prayer "selected, the country's most powerful families. Who was not out of conviction or fear did interest: the Legionaries face meant, until recently, ostracism in a country that spends more financial security for the contacts that talent. This explains the fierce but irrational defense-and the reluctance with which the Legion has taken the revelation of his deceit, of those who make the Order and Maciel their way of life, as seen in these lines signed by Lucrecia Rego Planas, director of catholic.net, site run by the Legion:
"Yesterday, 4 February, no one expected it, suddenly appeared as if from nowhere, a daughter of P. Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Christ. It was great news to eight columns that ran the presses in the world (...) I can not deny that it has made me feel a little jealous, well ... I will not be published in all newspapers (maybe none) and also am a child of P. Maciel! I have no blood in my veins (that's why I'm not news), but much part of who I am (almost everything) I owe to him. Yes, Father Maciel is my father (Our Father, as we affectionately call the members of Regnum Christi) (...) my brain is full of thoughts he taught me, my words are infected by the words that I read as a child in his letters, to the extent sometimes confuse yours with mine, my spirituality is the spirituality that he taught me to develop, my prayer life is the way he taught me how to pray, my heart feels as he taught me how to feel, always putting the others before me (...) I am, without doubt, a true daughter of P. Maciel. " Who
made possible the double life of Marcial Maciel, their growth and its long impunity? Without doubt the Church, including Pope John Paul II who, knowing the sins of Maciel, let them pass in the interest of the substantial contributions in cash and souls, that the order made him at times when the devotions and falling vocations. There is also the Legion itself, efficient structure, despite the lukewarm mea culpa, still clings to its own services and fees of the founder. But they are guilty as those who chose to remain silent about the poor academic standards of its schools in order to attend the illustrious families enrolled in their classrooms, the community leaders who made own moral superiority of an order that coalesced in the arrogance of being elected, the authorities agreed to protect or overlapped to avoid clashes with their protectors, those who sold his pen, speech and convictions in exchange for recognition or money, the entrepreneurs who used their muscle to support the Legion in order to quiet the conscience, those who closed their eyes to the aggressive recruiting practices and control which, to date, border on psychological abuse. Because, yes, Maciel was a fraud, a cheat, one that left many victims in its wake. But he had accomplices. Many accomplices.
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