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	Why the Legion's Visitation Is Such Good News Jay Dunlap April 4, 2009 http://blogs.familink.com/blogs/jaydunlap/item_26.htm At the same moment the Holy See made public its plans for an apostolic visitation of the Legionaries of Christ, the Legionary leadership announced its gratitude for the move. The Legion and members of Regnum Christi, like myself, have every right to be grateful, though of course this is just the beginning of a process which could at times be painful, as any purification would be. After the public acknowledgement of misdeeds by Father Maciel, founder of the Legion and Regnum Christi, a flood of suggestions came forth for how the Church should respond. The suggestions fit four general categories: (1) the Legion should be disbanded and a core of priests untainted by scandal should be brought together to re-found the congregation as a new canonical entity; (2) the Holy See should intervene in the Legion, appoint outside visitors to observe it and to recommend any changes they see as beneficial, and the Legion would thus be reformed; (3) the Legionary leadership, which has been noted for its obedience to the Holy See, should be allowed to continue its own investigation and reflections and make any changes it sees fit; (4) Father Maciel is dead and gone, so the problem is gone, therefore no additional changes are necessary.
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