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...

This is a tough one: The case of the pregnant 9-year-old was shocking enough. But it was the response of the Catholic Church that infuriated many Brazilians. Archibishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho of the coastal city of Recife announced that the Vatican was excommunicating the family of a local girl who ...

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...

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...

In the midst of the Maciel scandal breaking, a former writer for the (Legion-owned)Register published a lengthy piece in First Things demanding that the Register end its silence on the issue, saying: "A good Catholic newspaper must not shy away from the truth. But it would frankly make the newspaper...

The short answer, of course, is that we don't know. Unofficially, from the background chatter I'm hearing, I'd wager a few bets. These hypotheses do not entail any sort of privileged knowledge on my part, just connecting the dots. First, some sort of "serious clarification" is in the works, but has ...

As we wait for the Legion's promised "serious clarification" statement, I'll continue to select what I find to be compelling comments which will provide a starting point for further discussion. Today's comments originate from someone claiming to be a Legionary priest, who says: I am an active LC pri...

Someone has created a website to offer "Spiritual Bouquets" for LC priests and RC consecrated members. I'm told it began as a Facebook group and crossed-over onto a full website. The individual who registered the website lives in Connecticut, near where the Legionaries of Christ are based in the Uni...

Marjorie Campbell: "No one knows what stirs in the dark, lonely heart of a human being, especially driven people like Fr. Maciel – many of whom share their worst worries and battles in confession and spiritual direction. While I am disappointed, deeply disappointed, in Fr. Maciel’s disordered de...