Feb 13, 2009 / 17:48 pm
The president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), Austin Ruse, has penned a letter calling on the Legionaries of Christ to remain faithful to their charism because, as he writes, despite their failings of their founder, it has brought souls into Heaven.
"There are souls in Heaven because of the charism of the Legion of Christ and of Regnum Christi," begins Ruses’ letter. And this is to be attributed to "the spiritual insights and writings of the Legion's founder Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado," he says.
Summarizing the reactions to the news that Fr. Maciel led a life contrary to his own teachings, Ruse writes, "We do not know the whole story and the bad news will probably get worse. The inevitable braying in the media and in the blogosphere is deafening."