VATICAN CITY
Huffington Post UK
Huffington Post UK | By Felicity Morse
Seven priests from the secretive Catholic religious order the Legion Of Christ are being investigated by the Vatican over claims of child sex abuse, the Associated Press has reported.
Two other priests from the conservative order are also being investigated for other alleged crimes, according to the news agency, after the Legion issued a statement to AP.
The Legion of Christ has already been forced to cope with a wave of scandal after it was proved that the order’s late founder, Reverend Marcial Maciel Degollado, had abused and raped students of the Legion.
In the wake of the revelations, the Vatican insisted that the crimes of Degollado, who was also a close ally of Pope John Paul II, had been his alone, and the Legion was to continue under their leadership.
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