Still Running Off at the Keyboard

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER COVER-UP

From Spirit Daily - a letter from the Legionaries's Communictions Director for North America:

The Holy See has recently informed the Congregation of the Legionaries of
Christ that at this time there is no canonical process underway regarding
our Founder, Fr Marcial Maciel, LC, nor will one be initiated.

Fr Maciel has unambiguously affirmed his innocence. On April 22, 2002 he
made the following statement, "Before God and with total clarity of
conscience I can categorically state that the accusations brought against me
are false. I never engaged in the sort of repulsive behavior these men
accuse me of, and nothing could be further from my way of dealing with
others, as is evident to any of the thousands of Legionaries who know me."

Let me get this straight...According to Sandro Magister, there are new accusations:

During those same days, his promoter of justice, Scicluna, was leaving for America to investigate the accusations against Maciel. He arrived in New York on April 2, and interviewed not only Vaca, one of the eight who issued the canonical denunciation, but also another important former Legionary, Lennon, who confirmed the accusations of the former with his own testimony relating to more recent years. On the 4th Scicluna arrived in Mexico City, where he continued his interviews until April 10. He spent a total of twelve hours listening to the two formal issuers of the canonical denunciation, Jurado and Barba Martin. He also interviewed the rest of the eight, except for Fernando Pérez Olvera, who sent him a written account. But above all, he interviewed many new witnesses from Mexico, the United States, Ireland, and Spain, some of whom had been Legionaries until just a few years ago. They all added new accusations to the investigation, not only against Maciel, but also against younger leaders in the Legion, always for the same “filth.”

With Scicluna was a priest taking dictation. He kept a written transcript of each testimony, and at the end had this checked and approved by the witness. When the two returned to the Vatican in mid-April, they had on their agenda the names of twenty former Legionaries in Spain and Ireland who had asked to be interviewed. Scicluna might soon visit these two countries. In any case, he will as promoter of justice prepare a report with his concluding proposals at the end of his preliminary investigation. The Vatican authorities will decide on the basis of this whether or not to begin a real and proper canonical trial.

Opposing that is Fr. Maciel's claim that he is innocent.

So all of these seminarians and former seminarians are lying, but Fr. Maciel is telling the truth. That would mean that this representative of the Legion is calling Jason Berry and Gerald Renner liars as well, because their book Vows of Silence leaves one with the very definite opinion that there has been abuse. And we know that all of these people are lying because a representative of the Legion says so.

The background to this claim is that the Church has been engaged monstrously in a cover-up.

Phuleeese--don't make me laugh. If you believe that Fr. Maciel is innocent and all of these other people are simply lying, maybe we could talk about the nice Terminal Tower I have for sale.

If this letter is correct and the Vatican has dropped the investigation, I can only conclude that they are trying to completely destroy any shred of credibility they have left!


Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!