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Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service | May. 29, 2013
ROME — As the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi prepare for a new beginning after a Vatican-ordered reform, the groups are asking members to participate in a novena of atonement and healing in the aftermath of their founder’s misconduct.
“In each of us, the healing process has been and continues to be deeply personal,” said a letter signed by Legionary Fr. Sylvester Heereman, acting superior; Gloria Rodriguez, director of the consecrated women’s branch of Regnum Christi; and Jorge Lopez, director of the consecrated men’s branch of Regnum Christi.
The general chapter of the Legionaries and the general assemblies of Regnum Christi’s male and female branches are likely to be held early in 2014, bringing the election of new superiors and the adoption of new constitutions and statutes, the three leaders said in a letter Tuesday to members.
In 2010, Pope Benedict XVI ordered the reform and reorganization of Regnum Christi and the Legionaries after revelations that their founder, the late Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, had fathered children and sexually abused seminarians.
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