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1. Comments on the full article are just like neighbours deciding how a family in their street should settle their affairs. You know what? You don't have the right to tell them what to do.
   
   If the LC members wish to continue despite the failings of their founder, and still see their Charism (which has been approved by the Church) to be inspiring, what has that got to do with you? Mind your own business neighbours, and look to your own homes. Btw, im not a LC member.

   Posted By: Tom McKibbin

2. As I said in an earlier post, the Legionaires of Christ have to be disbanded and re-founded as a new order.
   
   The Church cannot permit the continuation of the existing Order as there have been so many incidents of the Order choosing to defend the founder and obfuscating the investigations into his crimes of sexual assault.
   
   The Order has surrendered its credibility and should not expect the rest of us to surrender ours.

   Posted By: Fr Mick Mac Andrew Bombala-Delegate NSW

3. Comments on the full article are just like neighbours deciding how a family in their street should settle their affairs. You know what? You don't have the right to tell them what to do.
   
   If the LC members wish to continue despite the failings of their founder, and still see their Charism (which has been approved by the Church) to be inspiring, what has that got to do with you? Mind your own business neighbours, and look to your own homes. Btw, im not a LC member.

   Posted By: Tom McKibbin

4. May I suggest that Damian Thompson's real concern is not the aberrant double-life of Fr Maciel, but the fact that the rest of the Legionaries and Regnum Christi are faithful and obedient to the Church. Heterodoxy is always intolerant of orthooxy and orthopraxis.

   Posted By: Robert Haddad

5. Neither The Legionaries of Christ nor Regnum Christi have "collapsed"
   
   I find it ironic that people want serious and complete answers in a matter of days. What do you want - A quick answer or a substantial one? As you say, we are dealing with over 70,000 people. And how many of the 800 priests you mention are guilty of horrific behavior? 1? 2? 3? Ok, even if we include all those that people on the internet speculate over (with no proof) we are still way under the 1% mark AND the worse one is dead! - Can any other order or secular organization do any better? And you are calling for them to close the doors on how many schools (including three that made the US top Catholic Schools list), universities (including one that specializes in bio-ethics), clubs, retreat houses (including one in Jerusalem), media outlets (including the support of movies like Bella and the Passion of the Christ), news outlets (NCR and Zenit), etc etc etc.... The Legionaries of Christ are awesome!!! They will heal from this just like the rest of us do when tragedy hits our home.

   Posted By: Mary

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