Another news day is about to begin in Europe and hopefully the Vatican Press Office will issue some kind of definitive statement on the status of the investigation of Father Maciel.
As was noted earlier, there have been claims and counter-claims on the status of the investigation amid allegations that the Vatican has lied, the Legionaires have spun a quote into a definitive statement, etc. The interesting thing today has been pretty much the bandwagon effect of the mainstream media who picked up the original CNS story and other versions of it from some of the early reporting and added comments from the alleged victims as well as supporters. The general media picture is too muddy at this point to really sort through.
But the hope is from this standpoint that the Vatican will issue a statement that spells out the status of the investigation and if a canonical process (canon law-speak for 'trial') has been ruled out.
I am of the opinion that the Vatican at the very least has been misquoted. It just makes no sense for the Press Office and the CDF to play games on this issue in trying to maintain a veil of secrecy through deception. We'll see...
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