VATICAN CITY
The Globe and Mail (Canada)
VATICAN CITY — The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, Jan. 08 2014
The Vatican delegate running the troubled Legion of Christ has urged its priests to elect a new leadership worthy of authority, after suffering for years from shame and suspicion following revelations that its founder was a pedophile.
He says the new leaders must infuse the religious order with a new spirit to finish a process of reform that he said had only just begun.
Cardinal Velasio De Paolis presided Thursday over a Mass opening a month-long meeting of Legion delegates to elect a new leadership and finalize new constitutions that must be submitted to Pope Francis for approval.
The meeting is the culmination of a three-year Vatican experiment to try to turn the congregation around after a Holy See investigation uncovered serious problems in the cult-like movement.
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