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Part 1: How did the Legion of Christ survive Two Vatican Interventions? The Diseased Tree Parable
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).
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
Pope Francis suppresses the Peruvian Catholic Movement of “Sodalits”
For a few years questions have been raised regarding the Peruvian group called Sodalits, Sodalitium Vitae Christianae, founded by lay person Figari who held sway among the Peruvian elite. The Vatican sent “visitators” to look into complaints, his dependable posse of Bishop Scicluna and his side-kick Jordi Bartimeu. Their report has been devastating, leading to the recent Vatican move to suppress this foundation
Dear Readers,
you are aware how during the pontificate of Saint John Paul II a number of lay movements were approved by the Vatican. Some of these have now demonstrated weaknesses in the founder and in the foundation structure. One we may have mentioned already is the Heralds of the Gospel which continues to spread in Latin America despite Vatican censures.
For a few years questions have been raised regarding the Peruvian group called Sodalits, Sodalitium Vitae Christianae, founded by lay person Figari who held sway among the Peruvian elite. The Vatican sent “visitators” to look into complaints, the dependable posse of Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and his side-kick Catalan Mons. Jordi Bartimeu. Their report has been devastating, leading to the recent Vatican move to suppress this foundation.
<By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation. The probe uncovered sexual abuses by its founder, financial mismanagement by its leaders and spiritual abuses by its top members.>
(See full article with above link)
Founder of the Heralds of the Gospel dies
Sao Paulo – The founder of the order, Joao Cla Dias, has made the new evangelization of his community his goal. Growth and worldwide dissemination were accompanied by scandals and Vatican investigations. Now the founder is dead.
Founder of the “Heralds of the Gospel” dies
Sao Paulo – The founder of the order, Joao Cla Dias, has made the new evangelization of his community his goal. Growth and worldwide dissemination were accompanied by scandals and Vatican investigations. Now the founder is dead.
Published on 04.11.2024 at 10:44 –
The founder of the spiritual community “Heralds of the Gospel”, Joao Scognamiglio Cla Dias, is dead. The former Superior General died on All Saints’ Day at the age of 85 in Franco da Rocha, Brazil, his community announced. The cause of death is said to be the consequences of a stroke he suffered 14 years ago.
Cla Dias was Superior General of the “Heralds of the Gospel” until his resignation in 2017. In the same year, the Vatican ordered an investigation into the community after former members reported abuses. The apostolic visitation found, among other things, deficiencies in the leadership of the community and financial irregularities. Pope Francis then appointed the former Archbishop of Aparecida, Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, as provisional head of the community. Due to alleged formal errors, the heralds did not want to recognize the appointment of the provisional leader.
Brief presence in Germany
Cla Dias founded the Heralds of the Gospel in Brazil in 1999, and the spiritual community was recognized by Pope John Paul II in 2001. A male and a female branch of the order emerged from the community. One of the community’s priorities is to seek new ways of proclaiming the Gospel, as well as Marian devotion in close connection with the Marian apparitions of Fatima. They also dedicate themselves to church music. Their religious garb resembles medieval military uniforms. In Germany, the Heralds were active for a short time in the diocese of Regensburg in the early 2000s.
The community has its roots in the Brazilian Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Private Property, a conservative Catholic organization that opposed the theology of liberation, among other things. In internal conflicts within the society, Cla Dias belonged to the wing that wanted to be less socio-political and more religiously committed. (KNA)
LA MANIPULACIÓN Y ABUSO PSICOLÓGICO EN GRUPOS Y OTROS AMBIENTES: Un Psicólogo Clínico Analiza la Experiencia de Paul Lennon en la Legión de Cristo/Federación Regnum Christi
desde hace tanto tiempo había querido que un psicólogo leyera y analizara mis memorias donde detallé mi vida, incluyendo mis veintitres anyos en la congregación religiosa católica de la Legión de Cristo/Federación Regnum Christi.
Queridos Lectores,
desde hace tanto tiempo había querido que un psicólogo leyera y analizara mis memorias donde detallé mi vida, incluyendo mis veintitres años en la congregación religiosa católica de la Legión de Cristo/Federación Regnum Christi.
Un diálogo con el psicólogo José Fernandez, autor de Las Relaciones Respetuosas, Auténticas y Libres propiciado por la International Cultic Studies Association, cumplió mi deseo.