Apostolic School

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As Apostolic school one is boarding the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ referred. In these religious schools, underage boys who want to become priests are prepared for the Abitur . They are instructed within the Order and strengthened in their calling as priests. Worldwide there are (as of August 2010) 20 Apostolic Schools.

This type of school follows the long tradition of the "small seminars", which are also known as seminars for boys . As early as the Council of Trent (1545–1563) it was decided that "every cathedral, metropolitan or even higher church [...] a certain number of boys from the city and the diocese [...] in a college [...] ...] to take care of, to educate religiously and to educate in the ecclesiastical sciences. " (Sess. XXIII c. 18) In contrast to the Apostolic Schools, the small seminaries are diocesan institutions .

Germany

The Collegium Maria Immaculata in Bad Münstereifel near Cologne has existed in German-speaking countries since 2008 . The school was approved by the Archdiocese of Cologne , the school authority of the Cologne district government and the Euskirchen district youth welfare office . It was recognized as a general education supplementary school in accordance with Section 118 (2) of the School Act for the State of North Rhine-Westphalia on October 1, 2008. At the beginning of the 2008/2009 school year, the school had 17 students between 11 and 18 years of age. The original plan was to take in up to 70 boys. The first class of high school graduates left the school in 2012. The school does not have its own classrooms for science subjects. That is why the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cologne has instructed the director of the nearby Archbishop's St. Angela Gymnasium to make his premises available to the boys.

Distribution outside of Germany

There are apostolic schools outside of Germany in:

  • Mexico (3)
  • USA (2)
  • Brazil (2)
  • Spain
  • Argentina
  • Colombia
  • Venezuela

Sexual abuse

Main article : Sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church: Legionaries of Christ

The sexual abuse of underage boys in several apostolic schools and by various members of the order, mostly by lay people (everyone working there, except for clergy) is now considered to be proven. For decades there have been allegations of abuse against the founder of the congregation , Marcial Maciel Degollado, who allegedly abused minors in schools. These cases have now been confirmed by the Legionaries and the Holy See. The founder is said to have molested 20 underage boys in apostolic schools. Vatican Radio also reports that boys received absolution from him after the sexual acts committed together in confession . The Roman Curia positions itself clearly: “ The extremely grave and objectively immoral behavior of Fr. Maciel, which has been corroborated by incontrovertible evidence, sometimes consists in real crimes and reveals an unscrupulous life with no real religious meaning. "

It has now also been revealed that other members of the Order abuse students in some Apostolic Schools. Abuse in schools in Chile, Italy, Spain and the USA is well known.

On the website of the Collegium Maria Immaculata , the link to the subpage about-us / protection-of-minors / is not available.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Apostolic School of Legionaries Christ. In: www.apostolischeschule.de. Retrieved November 21, 2019 . The subpage "Protection of minors is not available (as of November 21, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b Heike Nickel: For those who feel a calling within themselves. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . January 26, 2009, accessed December 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Information from the Cologne District Government on the approval of the school: School details : Apostolic School of the Legionaries of Christ
  4. ^ "Apostolic School" of the Legionaries of Christ in Bad Münstereifel ( Memento from June 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Zenit, January 7, 2009
  5. ^ Günter Hochgürtel: Legionaries as "subtenants". In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . February 4, 2009, accessed December 2, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Christian Modehn: A corrupt Founder. M. Maciel and the Legionaries of Christ. Radio broadcast. In: NDR INFO. Sunday, August 1st, 6:05 am to 6:30 am and 5:05 pm to 5:30 pm. NDR , July 27, 2010, accessed December 2, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Declaration of the Holy See on the apostolic visitation of the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ of May 1, 2010 ( Memento of July 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Pope condemns the chief of the legionaries of Christ. In: Tages-Anzeiger . May 2, 2010, accessed December 2, 2017 .