Legion of Christ

[mgc1961]

He hobnobbed with Mexico's rich and famous, cut lucrative real estate deals and was rumored to travel on occasion with a briefcase full of cash. He fathered at least one child, molested seminarians and boys and is said to have boasted that he had the pope's permission to get massages from young nuns.

And all the while the conservative priest was building one of the most influential organizations in the Roman Catholic Church.

Two years after the death of the Rev. Marcial Maciel, a Mexico native, scandals continue to unfold: Just the other day in Mexico City, two brothers came forward, claiming tearfully that not only was Maciel their father, he had also sexually abused them.


Here's the link courtesy of John Amato at Crooks and Liars: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-mexico-priest28-2010mar28,0,2941222.story

[damntexdem]

1. I've long said that the Catholic hierarchy has special devotion to two saints: `

Santa Bureaucracia and Santo Testosterone. But some also seem to venerate Saint Nambla.

[Ho Tai]

8. Don't forget

Saint "Peter."

:rofl:

Hehehehthat'snotfunny...

[Dr.Phool]

9. And Saint Pedophile.

[fatbuckel]

2. Good boy...Jesus loves money....

[mgc1961]

3. My favorite part of the article?

"Blanca Estela Lara said she met Maciel more than 30 years ago, when she was 19 and he 56. He told her he was a CIA agent to explain his long absences."

:silly:

[formercia]

4. He probably was.

:rofl:

[awoke_in_2003]

5. "get massages from young nuns"

I will get in line for that one- but then, I have always had a thing for nuns. Lucky I don't believe in hell :)

[formercia]

7. Those nasty habits.

The Nuns at the school my parents sent me to were gay. Their rooms were right on the North wall of our dorm and we had to listen to them carry on all night.

At least they were having fun.

[awoke_in_2003]

6. I wonder

if Ratso covered this one up, too?