{"id":107,"date":"2010-05-01T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/breaking-news-pope-will-appoint-new-leader-for-disgraced-legionaries-order.html"},"modified":"2010-05-01T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T13:06:34","slug":"breaking-news-pope-will-appoint-new-leader-for-disgraced-legionaries-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/breaking-news-pope-will-appoint-new-leader-for-disgraced-legionaries-order.html","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Pope Will Appoint New Leader for Disgraced Legionaries of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a bonus Pope Watch, updating yesterday&#8217;s post: The Vatican has just&nbsp;announced that Pope Benedict will appoint a new leader and oversee restructuring of the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative Catholic order<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/pope-watch-vatican-reviews-investigation-on-legionaries-of-christ-group-founded-by-abuser.html\"> investigated recently due to revelations <\/a>that its founder, the Rev. Marcial Maciel, had fathered children and abused seminarians.<\/p>\n<p>Links to some of the coverage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5gr--cvFSDTkGlXe2dGEvNS4PBSyQ\">Pope to appoint new head of disgraced Legionaries order <\/a>(AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/02\/world\/europe\/02legion.html\">Pope reins in Catholic order tied to abuse <\/a>(NYT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748704608104575217921161835094.html?mod=WSJ_business_EuropeNewsBucket\">Pope Benedict to overhaul Legion of Christ <\/a>(WSJ)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jQWrzPjAEtxgfa_tARqu5413A4PAD9FE26TO0\">Pope names envoy, commission to reform Legionaries <\/a>(AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/fr._maciel_guilty_profound_revision_of_legion_needed_report_apostolic_visitors\/\">Fr. Maciel guilty, &#8216;profound&#8217; revision of Legion needed, report Apostolic Visitors <\/a>(CNA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check back Monday for more updates, and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a bonus Pope Watch, updating yesterday&#8217;s post: The Vatican has just&nbsp;announced that Pope Benedict will appoint a new leader and oversee restructuring of the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative Catholic order investigated recently due to revelations that its founder, the Rev. 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