Rome, Italy, Nov 18, 2017 / 06:01 am
Reports about the Legion of Christ's offshore accounts date to the time of its disgraced founder and do not apply to the religious institute today, a spokesman has said.
"Today the Legion of Christ does not own offshore companies nor does it own resources in offshore companies," Legionaries of Christ spokesman Father Aaron Smith told Vatican Insider.
"The companies, in Bermuda, Panama, Jersey and Virgin Islands, to which the articles refer, were created at the time when Father Marcial Maciel was general manager and then were closed," he said.
According to Smith, the offshore companies were managed "in compliance with the law and were not shell companies used for illegal activities."