{"id":7262,"date":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","slug":"legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Stichter van de Legionairs van Christus werd in de jaren 50 bijna uit het priesterschap gezet, zo tonen Vaticaanse documenten aan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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National Catholic Register, Jul 25, 2024 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

Pope Pius XII\u2019s Vatican was on the verge of removing from the priesthood the founder of the Legionaries of Christ over sexual abuse allegations in 1956, 50 years before he was removed from active ministry, documents from the time show.<\/p>\n

Father Marcial Maciel (1920\u20132008), who founded the religious congregation as a young seminarian in Mexico in 1941, was investigated in the mid-1950s on claims that he sexually abused boys and abused morphine, according to a verhaal<\/a> published Sunday by The Associated Press. He was temporarily removed as head of the Legionaries but later regained control over the congregation not long after Pius XII died in 1958.<\/p>\n

In 2006 \u2014 50 years after that Vatican investigation \u2014 Pope Benedict XVI removed Maciel from active ministry based on an investigation the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith conducted when Benedict headed it before his election as pope in 2005. Benedict invited Maciel to a life of prayer and penance.<\/p>\n

Maciel sexually abused at least 60 minors, most between the ages of 11 and 16, according to a rapport<\/a> issued by the Legionaries of Christ in December 2019. He also carried on sexual relationships with several women and fathered several illegitimate children and lived in luxury while ordering other members of the congregation to live a life of prayer, poverty, and mortification.<\/p>\n

Maciel survived largely through denials of wrongdoing and his ability to cultivate friends in high places in the Church, including bishops and cardinals, during his long time as head of the Legionaries. He also had the confidence of St. John Paul II, who died in 2005.<\/p>\n

The AP story noted that, in 2012, Mexican victims of Maciel Gedragscode voor religieuze geestelijken op internet<\/a> 200 leaked Vatican documents online and a related book called \u201cLa Voluntad de no Saber\u201d (\u201cThe Will Not to Know\u201d).<\/p>\n

Het Vaticaan opened<\/a> its Pius XII archives in March 2020.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the Legionaries of Christ said the information published in the AP story this past weekend was already known through the 2012 publication of Vatican documents \u201cby unofficial sources.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Legion of Christ we continue to want to know of any revelations about our past that would allow us to know and be able to live in the truth about our history, and we thank the Holy See for opening these archives in 2020 and for the possibility of accessing them,\u201d the Legionaries spokesman said in a written statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Between 1995 and 2011, the National Catholic Register, CNA\u2019s sister news partner, was owned by Circle Media, a ministry of the Legionaries of Christ.<\/p>\n

Dit verhaal <\/em>werd voor het eerst gepubliceerd<\/em><\/a> door het National Catholic Register, de zuster-nieuws-partner van CNA, en is bewerkt door CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

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