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Another cult leading sexual predator

Posted by moonshiner on May 22, 2006 at 01:45:17

Vatican Disciplines Founder of Order Over Abuse Charges

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/world/europe/20vatican.html?th&emc=th

"The Vatican's move is going to be devastating, because unlike a lot of religious orders like the Jesuits, the Legion is the cult of the persona of Maciel," said Todd Carpunky, a lawyer in New York City who belonged to the Legionaries for six years as a religious brother. "When you go to a Legion home or a Legion center there are pictures of Maciel hanging next to pictures of Jesus. The Legionaries always call him 'Nuestro Padre,' which in Spanish means 'Our Father.' "