Maciel Meltdown: Day 2

The latest (from newsest --> oldest):

• 4pm - Two LC priests to appear on EWTN this Friday
• 12pm - Fr. Paolo Scarafoni, spokesperson of the Legion in Rome:

"We cannot deny the existence of these facts but we cannot go into detail as we respect the privacy of those involved... We have learnt recently of certain aspects of his life that are very hard to understand, aspects of his life that are not appropriate to the life of a priest." (source)

• Andrew Sullivan picks up my reporting, but gets all the interpretation wrong, as I explain
• Whispers posts on the recent developments and fills in some of the backstory
• Associated Press, briefly: "Spokesman Jim Fair ... declined to comment Wednesday about claims on blogs that Maciel fathered a daughter ... The order's Rome headquarters declined to comment."
• UK blogger Damian Thompson: "The question for this wealthy and well-connected order is: what next? And no one seems to know the answer."
• Reuters covered the story this morning: "News reports and blogs in the Catholic media have said that Maciel, a Mexican, had lived a double life for many years and members of the order had been told privately that he had an affair and fathered at least one child."

This post will be updated throughout the day. Stay tuned.

Yesterday's comprehensive coverage of this story can be viewed here (scroll down the page).