Legion
of Christ investigation: The cover-up continues | USCatholic.org
The Associated Press has another disturbing story about the ongoing
investigation into the Legion of Christ, once the darling of the Vatican
establishment and a special favorite of Pope John Paul II, whose founder,
Marciel Maciel, turned out to be a drug addict and pedophile, who also fathered
children with at least two women and whose financial machinations included
bribery and financial misconduct. Now, as Legionaires leave the order in droves,
the Italian cardinal charged with cleaning up the mess has taken a pass on
digging up the truth and removing from leadership those that abetted Maciel's
crimes, including those against his own seminarians. From the AP story: "I don't
see what good would be served" by further inquiry into a coverup, the Italian
cardinal [Velasio De Paolis] said. "Rather, we would run the risk of finding
ourselves in an intrigue with no end. Because these are things that are too
private for me to go investigating."
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