ReGAIN, Religious Groups Awareness International Network
Monitoring harmful groups in mainstream Churches and Religious Groups
The Best Kind of Witnesses are Dead Witnesses would seem to be the Legion of Christ’s motto and method They have left it to the last moment to attempt outreach and compensation to the victims. And only to the victims who will accept compensation on … Continue reading “Giving voice to Fr. Maciel’s Accusers before they die off (updated 9/16/2022)”
After the Legion of Christ Chapter General in early 2021, the New -first US born- General Director (Superior General), Fr. John Connor set about damage control. He would take action to compensate the victims of Legion of Christ -now morphed into Regnum Christi Federation- Founder Fr. Marcial Maciel’s rampant sexual abuse of his seminarians in … Continue reading “Fr. Connor’s Damage-Control Strategy: Divide and Conquer Maciel’s Accusers”
WOMEN ABUSED BY FORMER, EXITING OR ACTIVE LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST AND REGNUM CHRISTI MEMBERS! WOMEN, BEWARE OF LEGIONARIES OF CHRIST ON THE TIGHTROPE! Over the past year a number of women who have been deceived or abused physically, emotionally, sexually or spiritually by Legionary of Christ and Regnum Christi members have approached me: they have tangled with priests, struggling priests and seminarians, and by exited or exiting members. For me, a former Legionary priest, listening to these “victims” is a sad and frustrating experience. Each case is different. I realize that the roles can be reversed when the LC/RC in question is a woman of whom men need to be wary. But I hope I can put together some ideas which may be helpful to those who choose to heed the following caveats:
Fr. Maciel (1920-2008) began abusing his adolescent seminarians soon after the foundation in Mexico City 1941. He was investigated twice by the Vatican, never went to trial in canon or civil law, and lived out his days in luxury and pleasure, unrepentent. Names of Not Compensated Sexual Abuse Victims of Fr. Maciel, Founder and … Continue reading “Names of Non-Compensated Sexual Abuse Victims of Fr. Marcial Maciel, Founder and Superior General of the Legion(aries) of Christ/Regnum Christi Federation”
Two of Fr. Maciel’s Victims describe in detail the places where sexual abuse took place: the Infirmary of the Legion mother house, Via Aurelia Nova 677, Rome, Italy Link
