Vatican will not try founder of Mexican order for abuse
The founder of an influential Roman Catholic order in Mexico will not face a church trial on long-standing allegations that he molested teenagers, a Vatican spokesman said.
In December, the Vatican opened a full-scale investigation into the Reverend Maciel Degollado, the 85-year-old founder of the Legionaries of Christ and a prominent religious figure in Mexico. At least eight people came forward in the late 1990s to accuse him of abusing them between 1943 and the early 1960s.
Read the article at iht.com Dated May 23, 2005
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