As I previewed yesterday, Cardinal George has gone on the record with the UK Catholic Herald : Cardinal George Pell has become the first senior Church figure to call for outside intervention to tackle the crisis afflicting the Legion of Christ. The cardinal, speaking in Oxford last week, said a Chur...

I'm hearing reliable reports that during Cardinal Pell's recent visit to England he said on the record that he thinks the Legion can't possibly be expected to sort out its own affairs and that some sort of Vatican involvement is needed, probably in the form of an apostolic visitation. Stay tuned.......

Forwarded to me by a member of Regnum Christi. This was sent out to select members this morning: After the image cut-off the phone number and details are given, along with the text "We look forward to you joining us! ~ Sincerely yours in Christ, Fr. Anthony Bannon, LC." Can you guess what the questi...

While new English-language reports on the Legion situation are almost non-existent (with the exception of this flawed Hartford Courant piece), the Spanish and Italian presses are still rolling.One thing I'm consistently hearing is the strong possibility of appointing an "apostolic visitor" to superv...

From what I'm hearing, the clarification statement by the Legion won't be released anytime soon. From what you're hearing, how are members of Regnum Christi handling the news now? Are people leaving the movement? Are they scaling back their personal involvement/financial support? How much weight are...

Before the previous thread passes 1,000 comments, I'm starting a new one. For fresh discussion: Damian Thompson: Is it time to dissolve the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi?: "The Vatican is taking far too long to sort out the crisis caused by the collapse of the Legionaries of Christ and th...

Karna Swanson writes in (Legion-run) Catholic news service Zenit that Archbishop O'Brien will not close a Legioniary academy and "does not plan to ask the congregation to leave his archdiocese." This in response to an article published this Wednesday where Abp. O'Brien, among other things, said the ...

Because the last post on this subject is approaching 500 comments - let's start fresh here, with a firm amendment to clearly speak the truth with charity, so that our comments inform and encourage others....

Still no official statement from the Legion today. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, however, has become the first bishop to comment about the Maciel scandal, in an interview with his Archdiocesan newspaper The Catholic Review. I'll quote the first part of the article in full: Concerned that the Legion of C...

If CNA is right, we should have it today. update: well, it didn't appear in today's VIS, that's for sure. update 2: if the statement is coming from Europe, it's already almost end-of-business there....