ROME
The Tablet (United Kingdom)
[General Chapter – Legion of Christ]
08 January 2014 12:43 by Robert Mickens
The scandal-scarred Legion of Christ today began a general chapter at its Rome headquarters aimed at re-writing the constitution of the conservative men’s order and electing a new superior general.
Today’s meetings were attended by 61 priest-delegates from 22 countries where the order is present.
Their main task will be to write a new charter for the religious community and then begin voting on 20 January for a new superior and his assistants.
The sessions could last for up to two months.
The Legion was thrown into scandal in 2008 when it was confirmed that its late founder, Marcial Maciel, a key fundraiser for the Church during the papacy of John Paul II, had long been sexually abusing young seminarians and had even had children.
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