"Why is it that so many founders of these ecclesiastical institutions have had credible charges of either sexual or financial impropriety against them. And it's not just a very recent phenomenon. Look at Jean Vanier (L'Arche) or Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado (Legionaries of Christ)."
These are mostly, all communities founded after VAtican II. There have been hundreds of Orders and communities founded …More
"Why is it that so many founders of these ecclesiastical institutions have had credible charges of either sexual or financial impropriety against them. And it's not just a very recent phenomenon. Look at Jean Vanier (L'Arche) or Fr Marcial Maciel Degollado (Legionaries of Christ)."
These are mostly, all communities founded after VAtican II. There have been hundreds of Orders and communities founded after Vatican II, some, stupidly enough, founded "in the Spirit" of Vatican II. Of thouse, 98% have already gone extinct, or (if they were traditional leaning) persecuted into extinction (Trinitatians of Mary for example, founded in Mexico). There have been about 100 'Orders" founded in the USA after VAtican II, and nearly 100% of them are now extinct.
Building on the "Novus Ordo" is impossible. It's sad. The Novus Ordo is spiritually bankrupt. Unless the community is otherwise traditional, usues some Latin, wears a traditional habit, it woun't grow.
I can think of 3-4 Orders of sisters founded within the last 40 years, which started with a handful, and still have only a handful (less than 40). Before VAtican II in the USA, religious Orders founded from the 1820's thru the 1930's had beteen several hundred, to several thousand sisters within 30 years of foundation. Impossible with the VAtican II reforms and Mass.
Two good examples of failed VAtican II Orders are the Missionaries of the Eternal Word (priests and brothers), which still has only about 15 members after nearly 40 years, and the Sisters of St. Joseph the Worker, which began with about 18 members, and today has anout 7. They have only Novus Ordo, short habits, etc.
Don't be surprised if the Institute of the INcarnate Word is disbanded.