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Individual Legionaries founder sexual abuse

In Mexico, suspects and victims of Maciel children rejected the apology for “superficial and false.”

In a statement, state that “we had thought and hoped that the accusations against our founder were false or unfounded “but that has not happened so” we can not look to him as a model of Christian and priestly life. “

” We are deeply shocked and we must recognize that are certain allegations against Father Maciel, among which included sexual abuse of minor seminarians, “the statement said.

Mexican priest acknowledged that he had a daughter” of a stable and prolonged “with a woman,” and other serious behaviors. “

In addition, she had two children by two different women, he said.

” We condemn these acts contrary to Christian duty, religious and priestly life of Father Maciel and affirm that not what we strive to live in the Legion.

“We once again express our sorrow and weigh each and every one of the people that have been damaged by the actions of our founder, “said the statement, which also called for” forgiveness “for all those people who accused him in the past” and were not believed or not known at the time to listen because we could not imagine such behavior. “

” We deal with pain that given the gravity of1000his fault, we can not look to him as a model of Christian life or priests, “they conclude in the note, which they commit to” provide security “to children in their institutions.

The congregation recognizes that it has been very difficult to” assimilate (the) perfidious “of his life.

In Mexico, Jose Raul Gonzalez Lara, one of Maciel”s alleged children also said that he was sexually abused by her father, described as superficial and false forgiveness that Legionnaires ask victims.

“Forgiveness is accompanied by the recovery of damages … at all times remain with their surface pardons because they have been doing for some time and earlier, as they handled the church, “said Gonzalez in MVS Radio.

Gonzalez said she maintains her request that the Legionaries of Christ give to his family 26 million dollars, and which has 6 million that includes his father had promised them if he died and 20 million as compensation for Maciel”s sexual abuse against him and his brother.

Blanca Estela”s Mexican Lara Gutierrez and his sons Jose Raul Cristian and Omar were filed on March 3 in MVS Radio as Maciel”s family and said to submit to sexual abuse to two of them.

Lara Maciel said he met in the border city of Tijuana, when she was 19 and he 56, and from there began a life together, during which procreated two sons, Jose Raul and Cristian. The founder of the Legionaries also adopted a boy, Omar, that she had in previous relationships, he said.

Maciel said he posed to them as a widower who said working for Shell and sometimes claimed it was a private detective or even a CIA agent.

founder of the Legionaries of Christ died in 2008 away from the exercise of religious life. On 19 May 2006, Pope Benedict had ordered him to refrain from acting as a priest in public and lead a life of prayer and penance.

Following allegations of sexual abuse of his former seminarians, Maciel stepped down leadership of the order in 2004, after denying the facts for decades.

Founded by Maciel in 1941, the order has 800 priests and 2,500 seminarians in more than 20 countries around the world and has one of the major pontifical universities in Rome.

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With information from AP reporter E. Eduardo Castillo from Mexico.