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Related: About this forumDisgraced Catholic order denounces founder, apologizes to victims
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A disgraced Catholic religious order whose late founder lived a double life as a paedophile, womanizer and drug addict officially denounced him on Thursday and apologized to his "many victims".
The Legionaries of Christ, which former members said was run like a cult rooted in secrecy, accused Father Marcial Maciel of "reprehensible and objectively immoral behavior" as head of the order from 1941 until former Pope Benedict removed him in 2006.
http://news.yahoo.com/disgraced-catholic-order-denounces-founder-apologizes-victims-155230384.html
John1956PA
(2,671 posts)I recall posting in a thread about that incident some time ago. I am not sure of the outcome of the litigation regarding the widow's legacy.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Now if you find a new article bashing Richard Dawkins, THAT will spruce things up! Nothing like a good straw Dawkins beatin'!
progressoid
(50,013 posts)Well, that should take care of it then. All's well that ends well.
On a more important note, did you see the big chocolate Pope?
Pope Francis gets a look at a lifesize statue of his likeness in chocolate form. The statue, made with 1.5 tons of cocoa, was presented to the Pope during the general audience of Feb. 5. (AP)
http://whateverblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/pope-francis-meets-chocolate-pope-francis-made-with-1-5-tons-of-cocoa.html/
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Do I eat the ears first, or the feet.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Although the Spanish Inquisition created a device that slowly pulled out your intestines to maximize your pain as you watched yourself die.
Got to hand it to the Catholics. They knew how to spend their research endowments.