Rome, Italy, Jul 15, 2010 / 12:02 pm
The Vicar General of the Legionaries of Christ recently denied media reports claiming that the congregation's general director knew of Legion founder Father Marcial Maciel's double life.
On July 14, Vicar General of the Legionaries of Christ, Fr. Luis Garza Medina, released a statement following an MVS radio program which featured an audio recording of a previous conference the priest gave to a group of consecrated women from Regnum Christi—the lay branch of the Legion. In the recording, Fr. Garza addressed the misconduct of Fr. Maciel and those who had knowledge of his actions.
In his Wednesday statement, Fr. Garza said, “Yesterday, Tuesday, July 13, several Mexican newspapers published stories about a recording of a private meeting I held in the month of September, 2009. This recording was aired yesterday during the MVS news program with numerous edits and comments that, in part, distorted the meaning of my words.”
The priest then remarked that he “would like to clarify” some of the assertions made by some in the media, particularly “from an article published online by the newspaper, Reforma.”