[6] Fr. Williams is hung out to dry by the Legion

Not really defense but at least some kind of empathy.

RECONSTRUCTION OF EVENTS
I stand corrected in all of the below by anyone who has more info/facts

Let us try to make sense of this public confession.
Why did he confess?
Why did he confess NOW when the "sin" happened maybe 10 years ago?
What was he and the Legion doing all this time.

I do not have any concrete information on the girl/woman, the nature of that relationship, and the intimate details. I imagine that the whole experience must have been pretty harrowing for Fr. Williams when he realized that the woman was pregnant.

It seems that Fr. Williams' superiors knew about this around the time it happened. It also seems logical that they would have taken steps and given Fr. advice, if not ordered him "in virtue of holy obedience" to do certain things.

It appears that Fr. Williams was taken out of circulation around that time and sent to Cheshire for the Legion's damage control to do its work.

It is the blogger's opinion that later Fr. Williams returned to Rome and was "reinstated" in his high profile ministries: teacher at Mater Ecclesiae university, Legion official clerical spokesperson, TV personality, writer...

Something must have happened recently to spur Father to publicly confess. Pressure from the mother of his child and her family? Confrontation by the Media?

Anyway, Fr. Williams is hung out to dry by the Legion 


 As the "Naive and Sentimental Dubliner in the Legion of Christ" I sang this song when I felt betrayed by the Legion [see my memoir]

Song lyrics to Love On The Rocks:
Written by: Neil Diamond and Gilbert Becaud

Love on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Pour me a drink
And I'll tell you some lies
Got nothing to lose
So you just sing the blues all the time

Gave you my heart
Gave you my soul
You left me alone here
With nothing to hold
Yesterday's gone
Now all I want is a smile

First, they say they want you
How they really need you
Suddenly you find you're out there
Walking in the storm
When they know they have you
Then they really have you
Nothing you can do or say
You've got to leave, just get away
We all know the song

You need what you need
You can say what you want
Not much you can do
When the feeling is gone
May be blue skies above
But it's cold when you're love's on the rocks

First, they say they want you
How they really need you
Suddenly you find you're out there
Walking in the storm
When they know they have you
Then they really have you
Nothing you can do or say
You've got to leave, just get away
We all know the song

Love on the rocks
Ain't no surprise
Pour me a drink
And I'll tell you some lies
Yesterday's gone
And now all I want is a smile