HOW DID THE LEGION OF CHRIST SURVIVE TWO VATICAN INTERVENTIONS?
Autor: John Paul Lennon,
MA Theology, Gregorian University Rome 1970; Licensed Professional Counselor, Catholic University of America 1990; Active and contributing member of the International Cultic Studies Association
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
(Matthew 7, 17-19)
So, the question is not whether the Regnum Christi Federation bears good fruit or not.
The question is whether a totally psychologically unbalanced (Narcissistic Personality Disorder),
Morally Depraved Predatory Pedophile and Conman Manipulator
can/could found a healthy and holy religious order (“congregation”, in technical terms).
Pope Francis orders suppression of Sodalits. Conservative Catholic Movement[i]
Crisis Magazine, a reputable conservative Catholic publication called for the supression of the Legion of Christ in 2020
Matthew 7 is what Jesus says. The Vatican says the opposite in the case of Father Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi Movement, now in their latest reincarnation Regnum Christi Federation. After the most recent Vatican investigation, politely called in Vaticanese “Visitation”, we are to believe that the diseased tree (Corrupt conman and predatory sexual abuser of his own junior seminarians Marcial Maciel 1920-2008) can bear good fruit, namely the renewed Regnum Christ Federation.
Jesus’ words are so clear and so strong; so black and white and we are inclined to make them many shades of grey. It might be said that Sacred Scripture is not the RCF’s strong suit. It would be painful to think the same could be said of the Vatican. Now I find myself ripping into the Vatican, as the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church; something I am not accustomed to doing.
So, the question is not whether the Regnum Christi Federation bears good fruit or not. The question is whether a totally corrupt person, who is morally and psychologically sick, can found a healthy religious order (“congregation”, in technical terms).
By the way, the two Vatican interventions I am referring to are 1956- 59[ii] and May 2009- [iii]
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[i] Pope dissolves Peru-based conservative Catholic movement after abuses uncovered by Vatican | AP News
[ii]Cassandra: The first apostolic visitation of the Legionaries of Christ: 1956-1959
[iii] Pope initiates Apostolic Visitation of the Legion of Christ | Catholic News Agency
