Vatican's Pius XII archives shed light on another contentious chapter: The Legion of Christ scandal
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The recently opened archives of have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out . But they’re also providing details about another contentious chapter in Vatican history: the scandal over the founder of the that arrived in the Holy See in the 1940s and 1950s proving its officials had evidence of the Rev. Marciel Maciel’s dubious morals, drug use, financial recklessness and sexual abuse of his young seminarians. Yet it took the Holy See more than a half-century to sanction Maciel, and even more ...
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