Gloria.TV News on the 9th of December.
Guilty: An internal investigation of the Legion of Christ has revealed that 85-year-old Father William Izquierdo has been found guilty of sexually abusing a minor. The abuse occurred between 1982 and 1994 while Izquierdo served as instructor of novices in Cheshire, Connecticut. He is now “in an advanced state of dementia.” A total of 9 Legionary priests have been found guilty of sexually abusing minors throughout the congregation’s history.
Ousting the Traditionalists: Father Fidenzio Volpi, the Apostolic Commissioner of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, has leveled strong accusations against the Friar’s founder, Father Stefano Maria Manelli in the Italian paper La Stampa. He claims that Manelli early in January 2012 refused a - quote - “constructive dialogue” with dissenting members of the order who complained about a – quote – “crypto-lefebvrist and certainly traditionalist driftage” in the community.
An assault on Religious Freedom: In …More