Controversies Marcial Maciel

1 controversies

1.1 drug addiction
1.2 mistresses , children
1.3 plagiarism

controversies
drug addiction

during life, maciel focus of several investigations of behaviour. there allegations of drug abuse, investigated in 1956; hospitalized morphine addiction. investigated allegedly sexually abusing children. nonetheless returned head of congregation.

mistresses , children

in july 2009, spanish daily published interview woman had child maciel in 1986 , living in luxury apartment in madrid maciel had purchased her. day later, mexican media reported attorney josé bonilla represent 3 of possible total of 6 of maciel s natural children in civil lawsuit recover maciel s estate. lawyer claimed maciel owned several properties in mexico , around world in own name.

in february 2009, news broke maciel had led double life. Álvaro corcuera, general director, visited each of legionary territories , publicly apologized maciel s behaviour. additionally, legion has publicly acknowledged maciel had fathered daughter. result of these acknowledgements, pope benedict xvi intervened , initiated formal vatican visitation of legionary houses.

plagiarism

in 1959 maciel published book, el salterio de mis días (the psalter of days), read among members of legion , partially translated english. memoir of experiences of persecution.

on december 11, 2009, agencia católica de informaciones of lima, peru, sister agency of catholic news agency, reported legion of christ internal memorandum acknowledged, without using word plagiarism , book copied memoir of luis lucia (ca; es), spanish journalist , christian democrat politician. although legion s memorandum described maciel s book slight rewriting , spanish legionary familiar stated copied lucia s memoir 80 percent in style , content.

lucia s memoir titled el salterio de mis horas (the psalter of hours). completed in 1941 while political prisoner of franco regime; published posthumously in spain in 1956; edition believed have been used maciel basis of own work.