Mexico City, Mexico, Jun 2, 2010 / 16:07 pm
The Legion of Christ in Mexico rejected a lawsuit brought before the country’s attorney general by a local congresswoman charging that the Archbishop of Mexico City and other noted officials were responsible for covering up the sexual abuse committed by Legion founder Fr. Marcial Maciel.
Congresswoman Leticia Quesada Contreras claimed that Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City and various members of the Legion of Christ, including its superior general, Father Alvaro Corcuera, were complicit in a cover up regarding the sex abuse crimes of the Legionary founder.
The Archdiocese of Mexico City told CNA that Congresswoman Quesada likely lacks the necessary information to understand that Cardinal Rivera has no civil or canonical responsibility in the case of Legion’s founder and that an effort would be made to make that information available to her.
Releasing its own statement responding to the claims, the Legion asserted that “the congregation has always been open to collaborating with all civil and ecclesial authorities, and at the same time we deplore the commission of any illegal act.”