Fr. Alvaro Corcuera, LC, R.I.P., The Pedophile's Choice as Successor

to lead the Legion after Maciel was forced to step down by the Vatican circa 2005.

Naturally, we should not speak ill of the dead. But may the Good Lord forgive us for continuing to speak the truth.

Alvaro was chosen by Maciel,
Alvaro, who had been cultivated by Maciel from an early age, traveling to Ireland from adolescence under Maciel's tutelage, 
was chosen by the man he adored as a founding member for the Regnum Christi male branch. 
When Maciel needed a docile priest for the Legion, he promoted Alvaro de the priesthood.. 
Alvaro, because of Maciel's protection/promotion, always had leadership posts in the Legion.
He was what Maciel would call "un tonto util"
Alvaro was putty in the hands of the pedophile founder and would always be at his beck and con.
Alvaro would do anything for Fr. Maciel. 
Maciel assigned sweet Alvaro to cultivate the friendship of Pope John Paul II's personal secretary, Mon. Dziwisz with adulation and gifts.
Pope Paul's secretary was the one who did not let any negative news of the Legion and its Founder reach the pope's desk and so staved off investigation of Maciel for decades. Until Ratzinger became pope.

A Spanish speaking writer had this to say about Fr. Alvaro 

¿De qué le sirve al hombre ganar los privilegios de Maciel si pierde su alma? La vida de AC muestra la tragedia del macielismo: un gran talento que podía haber hecho mucho bien a las almas y a la Iglesia ha sido malgastado en vivir de fachadas y mentiras, engañando y dañando a numerosas vocaciones y personas de bien, encadenado en una demoníaca deformación de conciencia invencible que equiparaba la adoración a Dios con la adoración a Maciel y a su obra. Recemos porque Dios tenga misericordia de él, considerando que desde la infancia, inocentemente, fue subyugado por la pederastia y el fraude de MM.:
 

"I Accuse Fr. Peter Hopkins, LC of torturing fellow Catholics in the Name of the Father (Maciel)!

from facebook:

[Blogger inquiries seem to lead to Fr. Peter, whose star once shone brightly on the US Legion horizon being assigned to a modest school in Mexico City. Readers, please research. Could this correspond to the usual Legion tactic of sending overseas members who could be sued in the USA?...as in the case of Fr. Anthony Bannon, etc.]

not me,
not this blogger
another person does the accusing
And its all because of this "life.after.rc" blog, which may be approved by the Regnum Christi!

It all happened in 2010 when that blogger took Fr. Peter to task for comments made regarding Gateway Academy, a pristine Legion of Christi [or Regnum Christi, not sure which, does it matter?] institution.


I think this article, Peter Hopkin's comments, needs a serious redress.
Peter Hopkins LC is the same Peter Hopkins who was behind taking Paul Lennon and Regain to court a la scientology.
He makes no real address to the allegations about manipulation of conscience or going against parental authority. He picks out the Vatican's hope that the legion continues its good works over the serious flaws it points out. (Is it a stretch to say the Vatican hopes this? is this hope in the place of faith? as in I hope it rains because we're in a drought?).
Bishop Watty and the Vatican have clearly expressed that the Maciel effect has infected the entire Legion.
To acknowledge the mistakes/crimes/failings/sins of a dead man is one thing, to be able to recognise how that dead man has influenced your thoughts and behaviour is another. Maciel did NOT simply live a parallel life, his life AS a legionary was twisted and manipulative and this gave him power and wealth.
He was a sociopath and created systems to cope and live. Unfortunately his idea of living was exploitation and the systems he used to exploit have been in place in the Legion since the start. These are the serious problems that need addressed.
Fr. Hopkins has the luxury of making these comments about Gateway because the details, the dates and occurrences were contained in www.exlegionaries.com and comparable with the other US schools. This is the website that Peter Hopkins shut down.

Posted by: Aaron | June 24, 2010 at 05:40 AM

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Now when I Googled Fr. Peter I got some nasty stuff saying that he can be nasty too. So Aaron is not alone. I hope Fr. has not made enemies for himself:

"Anyway getting back to the tale at hand, one such tradition was the good old fashioned one of physical mortification, via tying various(metal) straps around ones limbs to impede circulation and cause discomfort or whipping oneself. Yes, whipping oneself! I still remember one evening in the winter of 1982 when Br. Peter Hopkins, now Fr. Peter Hopkins and a big wig in the States with the Legion, gave us the Legionary spirituality class and introduced the not(at)ion of whipping oneself as a penance. Now, I had hear(d) about hair shirts a la Matt Talbot and could stomach the cilicio (I think they were called) but whipping oneself sounded so twisted to me that I stood up and protested aloud that this was against the very law of God, that we were each temples of the Holy Spirit and that this was an insult to the Holy Spirit! Naturally this lead to a counter blast from Peter Hopkins who had to restore order to the community and negate my questioning of a long standing legionary tradition. He tore strips off me that evening in public for questioning him and his authority on this....and being the tender novice I meekly conceded and swallowed my pride on the matter.

How Fr. Maciel Made a Baby

    
                                            That's me, not the person of interest, stupid!

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Bro. X.... left the Legion in July 2009. At that time, the religious did not have any information about the sins of MM. (His spiritual director,

 Father William Brock, in Salamanca, Spain), told him that one day MM had made a mistake; he had taken too much beer -yes, he actually told him that- and somehow fathered a child...

[blogger's comment: Fr. B did not describe how some naughty woman got Fr.  Maciel's pants and his/her chastity belt off; but you can be sure she took advantage of Fr. Maciel's naivete...]

He left, to some extent,  because of me [writes the witness narrator]. I had been in contact with his family which was very upset over the MM scandal. For a long time they were already "fighting" against the Legion to get more freedom for their son... and felt betrayed. But since he joined the Apostolic School, Siliberto was under the control of the cult... and was always justifying the LC.