Suppress the LCs

Ref:https://t.co/OvQPLBr6Nf

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) May 4, 2021

Do They Have Any Credibility?

The Legionaries of Christ presented a report on their fight against sexual abuse of minors by members of the congregation.

The report describes the steps taken in caring for victims & the development of safe environments where they carry out their work.https://t.co/uxbO4XEBJT

— EWTN Vatican (@EWTNVatican) March 24, 2021

Is ZENIT 100% LC-Funded?

Or did it receive some outside funding as well?

Catholic news agency, #ZENIT, announces indefinite suspension of all English, Spanish, and Italian editions from December 31, 2020. pic.twitter.com/0iGHPvG2K4

— Austine J. Crasta (@austinecrasta) November 19, 2020

"Traditional Christian Teaching"

I doubt it.

Just a reminder that according to justice & traditional Christian teaching, food is a human right to everyone (based on being human, not meeting some criteria for being "deserving") in a society like ours that can easily afford it. https://t.co/wp0erGUwAi https://t.co/VCwRY32Q2o

— Fr Matthew Schneider LC🙏 (@FrMatthewLC) October 24, 2020

Have prisoners grow their own food and pay back the taxpayer for the initial investment into farming supplies and materials. This should be feasible in minimum-security facilities, even if there are concerns about them stealing tools to make weapons. Or theys hould be doing some sort of labor to repay the taxpayer.

It is our duty to respect the humanity and dignity of incarcerated people, even those justly imprisoned for serious, even heinous, crimes. This is the teaching of our religions and it is sound morality. It is no insult to the victims of their crimes to treat them humanely. https://t.co/0ooHcJGjJ0

— Robert P. George (@McCormickProf) October 16, 2020

The Legacy of the LCs

It would probably have been better if he had not been ordained in the first place, and who knows what the facts are behind that and his formation with the LCs.

"No shame? But some fame—and scandal!" Fr. Peter Stravinskas writes @cworldreport that the shamelessness of Jonathan Morris and the resultant scandal cannot go unremarked: https://t.co/2yLZNPqSd8

— Ignatius Insight (@ignatiusinsight) July 20, 2020

The Uhmerican Church

As I've said before, LCs and ex-LCs generally don't uphold any standards for liturgy.

This clip is from Bishop McElroy’s 2020 Pentecost Mass of All Cultures. For a minute it looked like a woman was going to offer the Mass! What is going on here? @Johnthemadmonk https://t.co/x2V4GRA3CV pic.twitter.com/VQSNaw1oNn

— V.B. (@vb2616) June 1, 2020

How Many Years Will We Have to Wait

Before its attempts at reform are declared failures?

CNA/CWR: Legion of Christ seeks forgiveness, change with new norms

The document also encouraged its members to reflect on how to best comfort the victims of these scandals and correct these instances of abuse moving forward. According to the statement, the congregation seeks to instill a new attitude.

“In addition to confronting past cases of abuse and accountability, the Congregation seeks a change of mentality, a change of habits and a change of the institutional culture that allowed so much suffering to occur, and also to continue the effort of renewal based around the creation of safe environments together with the whole Church.”

What reason do we have to think that they have the viri to accomplish this?

Shortly after Connor was elected, the new leader received criticism about his negligence regarding past abuses. He was accused of mishandling abuse complaints surrounding Fr. Michael Sullivan, a Legion priest who reportedly acted inappropriately with women through touching and other interactions.

Gail Gore, a spokesperson for the Legion, told CNA Feb. 7 that Connor and the order handled the situation with the proper levels of communication, including sending an open letter about the situation to all members of the Legion in December. He said the accusations do not accurately represent the exchange.

Official website for the general chapter (Spanish). Photos (candid? or staged publicity photos? you decide)

Good Luck

CNA/CWR: Francis calls Legionaries of Christ to ‘continuous conversion’ at end of Rome meeting

Pope Francis Saturday told the Legionaries of Christ religious order to look toward the future as they continue to reform themselves, seeking continuous conversion under the guidance of the Church.

Guidance from a compromised hierarchy that is unaware of problems with “human formation” because of their own defects, and what is required to properly form men as a result? There are no vir to take charge of the circus that is the LC and make some necessary changes to salvage the order. I submit as evidence the following, to be marked exhibits A, B, C, and D.










Boot camp or even some sort of Q-course at the very least, that would be a start to test the character of the men in the order. "But that sort of physical and mental asceticism isn't necessary for a presbyter!" It is necessary for a vir.

I see the young LCs still maintain their look -- from last year: Three Legionary Deacons Ordained in Indiana.

And their 2019 ordinations in Rome:









Celebrada en la basílica menor de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Roma el 13 de febrero de 2020 por el Mons. José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. secretario de la Congregación para los Institutos de Vida Consagrada y las Sociedades de Vida Apostólica durante el capítulo general de los

Bishop José Rodríguez Carballo has a decent voice but the typical Latin episcopal portliness is really not appropriate for the office.

Agree 100%

Crisis: Suppress the Legion of Christ by Michael Warren Davis

More Revelations

Where's the reform?

CNA/CWR: Court evidence suggests abuse cover-up by high ranking Legionaries of Christ

Rod Dreher: The Rotten Legion of Christ

Their Charism? It Was Fundraising

CNA/CWR: Legionaries of Christ elect new superior general

Related: New Legionaries of Christ superior accused of mishandling priest allegations
Father John Connor, an American, is elected the new superior general of the Legionaries of Christ.
Legionaries of Christ Release a Letter: Our Commitment to Safe Environment

Captain Obvious Is Necessary for the Vatican

CNA/CWR: No reform possible without new leaders in Legionaries of Christ, advocates and survivors say

Cheshire is still in business.


From 2014:

Still in Business

Legionaries of Christ to discuss handling of abuse at Rome meeting

Someone points out:

Other topics of discussion will include the formation of seminarians, advances in support of victims of sexual abuse, and possible coverup, negligence or omission in relation to past abuse by Legionary priests.

Given that their own formation system was corrupt thanks to Maciel and his assistants, how are they possibly qualified to discuss this? It's as bad as Jesuits and Boston College talking about the reform of clerical formation, or worse.

If JP2's Reputation is Dimininshed, So Is Dziwisz's

Dziwisz of course isn't going to talk about his own part in covering up for Maciel

CNA: St John Paul II’s abuse record defended by his long-time secretary
“The emerging opinions that John Paul II was sluggish in guiding the Church’s response to the sexual abuse of minors by some clerics are prejudicial and contradict the historical facts,” says Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the archbishop emeritus of Krakow.

Still Trying to Make a Sale

Confirming what had been swirling around on the internet right before Maciel was punished

Edward Pentin: Vatican Knew About Legionary Founder Maciel’s Abuse From 1943
The head of the Vatican’s dicastery for religious life blames ‘a mafia’ for the cover-up, adding those responsible ‘were not the Church.’

1Peter5: 13 Years after Maciel Crimes Revealed, Legionaries of Christ Still Celebrating His Legacy by Steve Skojec

Young Catholic Professionals

The name and purpose of the group sounds like "Opus Dei lite."



The local affiliate has a Legionary of Christ as chaplain/spiritual director -- is the national organization affiliated with the LCs?

For the first event there is a dress code (business professional) -- not business casual? Reminds me of the Catholic "social" group (forgot the name) which admits only people who have a college education.

Will YCP be like SJ Catholic Professionals?

NCR: Francis heads to Mexico amid Legionaries of Christ disclosures

No Longer Advertising Itself as a Spiritual Day Spa

Ah, spoke too soon -- the local Legionary house still in operation: Spa for the Soul for Women, though that is from 2013. Otherwise, the website has been revamped. Who keeps this house financially afloat? Meanwhile, there is no longer a distinct LC website; the info for the LC is to be found in the Regnum Christi website.

The cult seems to be slowly dying out.

Life After LC

For one priest...

One aspect of Pope Francis's encyclical: green and pro-life. As it says at the bottom of the page, Thomas D. Williams, a...

Posted by The Catholic University of America Press on Friday, June 19, 2015

I suppose he hasn't been disavowed by CUA Press yet.