Mexico City, Mexico, May 19, 2010 / 18:04 pm
Bishop Ricardo Watty Urquidi of Tepic, Mexico, one of the five bishops who carried out the Apostolic Visitation of the Legion of Christ, discussed his experiences during the process and explained to reporters yesterday that the results of the Vatican investigation would soon be released.
Bishop Watty noted that he could not give full details of the visit, because, “I have to be very careful because the Holy Father is the one responsible for speaking and acting regarding the Visitation.”
The bishop continued his remarks by lamenting the double life of Father Marcial Maciel, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. Commenting on the 43 communities he visited in Mexico and Central America during the investigation, Bishop Watty said that most of them “said they needed help.”
“Faced with this reality,” he added, “they felt discouraged, affected and hurt.” He said that the members “have slowly learned that the way in which Fr. Maciel lived and acted affected what he began, which is the work of the Legionaries and its associated movement, Regnum Christi.”