Update: More details on Miami expelling Regnum Christi

Yesterday I broke the news that the Archdiocese of Miami has chosen to ban the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi from the territory.

Interestingly no local press has taken notice yet. Zenit publish a short story confirming the veracity of the letter I published yesterday and adding:

"Both Msgr. Souckar [chancellor of the Archdiocese of Miami] and Legionary of Christ spokesman Jim Fair were unavailable for comment.

The letter said that Archbishop Favalora made the decision based on alleged abuses of earlier permissions given to the Legionaries that restricted their work to attending to the needs of members of the Regnum Christi movement, a lay apostolic association connected to the Legionaries.

... The letter furthermore stated that the Regnum Christi movement is not permitted to work in schools or parishes in the archdiocese."

Here's what I can add:

Sources close to the situation tell me that this decision took place on Wednesday of this week, and that it was prompted largely by the letters of parents concerned that their children were being approached by members of Regnum Christi without parental consent and knowledge. These episodes, it was claimed, had mostly taken place in an affluent Archdiocese of Miami parish and school.

Yesterday and today the Archdiocese has been contacting parishes and schools where they believe Regnum Christi members were operating and making sure that these parishes and schools are aware of and in compliance with this new Archdiocesan policy.

Since this story surfaced yesterday, I've been trying to compile a list of other arch/dioceses which have taken similar measures against LC or RC (either banning them or restricting their access to diocesan property, etc). John Allen names seven, and I'll add two others (in bold):

• Baltimore, St. Paul-Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, Richmond, Fort Wayne-South Bend, Columbus, Miami, Seattle

As some commenters mentioned, Regnum Christi is active in many dioceses with no apparent problems or disputes with the local arch/bishop and diocesan structures.