New report offers confirmation that Pope dissolved secret Legion vows

Rorate Caeli translates an excerpt from an article published yesterday in Mexican newspaper La Jornada:

"The derogation of the secret vows of the Legionaries"

The Pope has derogated the private vows of the Legionaries of Christ, precisely those which were used by the superiors of this religious congregation to protect themselves from possible complaints. The sources of news agencies indicate that these are "parallel measures" to the disciplinary penalty imposed on Marcial Maciel for sexual abuses in 2006.

Pope Benedict XVI had personally asked for the repeal of the private vows professed by the seminarians and priests of the Legionaries of Christ. These were oaths, related to the internal life of the order, which assured its secrecy and impermeability: the first [oath of "charity"] prevented any kind of criticism of superiors and their decisions by members, while the second [oath of "humility"] forbade the religious men from aspiring to positions within it.

{Read the entire report (in Spanish).}

I covered this story last month: Did the Pope dissolve two private vows in the Legionaries of Christ?

Ph/t: Amy.