{"id":3085,"date":"2008-06-24T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/06\/baltimores-archbishop-holds-meeting-over-legion-of-christ-controversy.html"},"modified":"2008-06-24T08:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T08:10:00","slug":"baltimores-archbishop-holds-meeting-over-legion-of-christ-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/06\/baltimores-archbishop-holds-meeting-over-legion-of-christ-controversy.html","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore’s Archbishop holds meeting over Legion of Christ controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, the Archbishop of Baltimore had a meeting to discuss his ongoing concerns<\/a> over the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi. <\/p>\n

A priest who was there has blogged about it<\/a>: <\/p>\n

On Saturday, Archbishop Edwin O\u2019Brien met with a group of members of Regnum Christi after the priesthood ordination in Baltimore. Recognizing that they probably had already heard much of what was the impetus for the meeting, the archbishop told the roomful of 150 people, \u201cIt is out of pastoral concern that I speak to you. \u2026 I want you to hear [these things] directly from me.\u201d He began the meeting by restating the content of his letter that went to Fr. Alvaro Corcuera, the head of the Legion of Christ in Rome. In restating these concerns raised in the letter, O\u2019Brien emphasized again the three areas of concern he had with regard to the operations of the Legion and Regnum Christi in the Archdiocese:<\/p>\n

First was the lack of pastoral transparency in the sharing of information about programs and participants. Second was the nature of youth programs and activities that seem to show a lack of respect for parental rights and duties, and a call to cease ongoing spiritual direction with children under 18. And finally was a need to respect the parental role in encouraging and fostering vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life.<\/p>\n

After his brief words of explanation, the archbishop opened the discussion up to the concerns and comments of the assembly. Most of the comments reflected the very positive role that involvement in Regnum Christi has had in the lives of the families who participate. They said that they are closer to their Church and Jesus, and that they have been active and integral participants in their parishes as well. They didn\u2019t feel the \u201ccoercion\u201d to follow the LCs vocational promotion or the \u201cflaws endemic\u201d to them that the archbishop\u2019s letter had referred to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the link <\/a>for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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