When I left the consecrated life of Regnum Christi several years ago, I promised myself one thing - I wouldn't let myself get bitter.
Then 2006 happened, and Father Maciel was asked to retire to a life of penance. He's innocent, I thought. This is just like the persecution he'd always prayed for; Father Maciel is being asked to give the ultimate sacrifice - to die in complete and utter ignominy.
But after 2006, something interesting happened. A veil started to be lifted little by little from before my eyes.I couldn't explain it at the time, but small aspects about the Legion or RC and its members - things that I always just took in stride - would start to grate on me.
I'd see loyal RC members be assigned to important apostolic posts that they weren't prepared for just because the Legion knew that in a pinch, they could count on them, and it would annoy me. I'd meet up with an old RC friend of mine who couldn't bring herself to say anything bad about the Legion or Father Maciel, and I'd come away with a bad taste in my mouth.
- Testimony recorded by Pete Vere
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