Members of Chile’s Legion of Christ express sorrow for the actions of its founder
The recent accusations of pedophilic abuse and fatherhood involving Marcial Maciel - the founder of the Legion of Christ, an international Roman Catholic congregation - have moved leaders in Chile’s chapter to publicly comment on the matter and express regret.
The Legion, founded in 1941 and brought to Chile in 1980, released a statement on March 26 acknowledging that its founder and former leader, the late Marcial Maciel, engaged in a drug-addled double life of pubescent molestation and sexual affairs at unspecified moments throughout his 64-year post.
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