Further Controversies
Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, then archbishop of Baltimore, banned the Legion of Christ from counseling people under the age of 18 in his jurisdiction. O’Brien banned the Legion and Regnum based on concerns that they practice “heavily persuasive methods on young people, especially high schoolers, regarding vocations.”
Archbishop O’Brien further wrote among other matters, “I want to ensure that encouragement of vocations is carried out in a way that respects the rights of parents in the upbringing of their children and the rights of young persons themselves to be able to make free and fully informed decisions about their futures.”
Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, also banned the Legion of Christ from his area.
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