RHODE ISLAND
National Catholic Reporter

Jason Berry | Feb. 16, 2015

The Legion of Christ has emerged from several years of high-stakes litigation in Rhode Island after a period in which the order founded by Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado sold off major property assets because of scandals surrounding his history of pedophilia and siring out-of-wedlock children.

In one case, brought by Paul Chu, the Legion paid an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum to end the litigation.

In the other, more high-profile case brought by Mary Lou Dauray, the state Supreme Court on Feb. 6 affirmed a 2012 ruling that she did not have the legal standing to contest the disposition of her late aunt Gabrielle Mee’s estate and dismissed her claim.

Dauray sought the return of $30 million from the Legion, roughly half the value of the gifts and bequests from Mee in her later years and as…