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    SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BY REVEREND FELIX ALARCON AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE CHANCERY JUNE 21, 1979 Father Alarcon was born in Madrid on February 3, 1934. . contact with the Legionnaires of Christ was his one—year attendance at their Apostolic School in Santander in 1950. After that year he was sent to their Novitiate in Rome where he studied for two years before making his first profession as a Legionnaire of Christ in I953. He remained in Rome at the Novitate for five more years ~ two years of Juniorate and three years of Philosophy. He studied Philosophy at the Gregorian University, obtaining his Ph.L. in 1958. During R this period of time he made his perpetual profession as a Legionnaire of Christ. In 1958 he was transferred to Salamanca to study Theology at the University while residing at the Novitiate of the Legionnaires located there. He remained in Salamanca four years, completing his theological studies in 1962. Although he had completed his academic training, he was not ordained a priest in July 1962 as would normally occur. Instead he was sent to the United States without even minor orders to help in fund raising and vocation work on behalf of the Institute. He first went to New York and then to Boston, Massachusetts to pursue these goals. Finally, In December 1963 he returned to Rome where he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Antoniutti. He then returned to Boston to continue his work. He was transferred to a newly—formed Novitiate in Woodmont, Connecticut in April l964 where he remained until December 1965. From December 1965 until April 1966 he was visiting at home while waiting for a U.S. Immigrant Visa in Spain. Finally, in April l966 he returned to the United States, working for a brief period at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Thereupon, he came to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Personnel history in Rockville Centre: June l966—assigned to St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove; January l972—to St. Aloysius, Great Neck; June 1972-to St. Anne's Church, Brentwood; September 1977- leave of absence to return to Spain for six months; May l978—to St. Hugh of Lincoln, Huntington Station; June l979—to Chaplaincy at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre. - Father Alarcon was incardinated into the Diocese of Rockville Centre on July 10, 1973 after completing an appropriate period of experimentation on the basis of an Indult of secularization. His'firstN;LV/ . . V. ' “V ! Father Alarcon's eyewitness testimony deals with the period prior-to / . his transfer to Salamanca in l958 for during his stay in Rome he »5 served as a personal secretary to Father Maciel. After he left A Rome, however, he was very familiar with what continued to transpire at least until his transfer to the United States to pursue fund raising and vocation work (July l962). During his second year of Novitiate (1952), Father Alarcon became aware of the Founder's dependence upon drugs and his involvement in homosexual acts. Father Maciel was able to carry on this type of activity by surrounding himself solely with those Confreres and students whom he could trust totally. Father Alarcon explained that involvement in such activity on the part of the students without betrayal to authorities was possible because they worshipped Father Maciel. In looking back at the experience, Father Alarcon felt that it was a type of sophisticated cult. ‘ Father Maciel was a powerful and charismatic figure. He was very close to churchmen in very high places both in Mexico and in Rome. He began the Congregation while he was still a theology student in Mexico and moved it to Spain. He was the youngest founder of a Congregation in the history of the Church. Very quickly a decretum laudis was obtained for the proposed Congregation. There was a great deal of financial backing for the foundation of the Congregation with rich persons living in

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    SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BY REVEREND FELIX ALARCON AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE CHANCERY JUNE 21, 1979 Father Alarcon was born in Madrid on February 3, 1934. . contact with the Legionnaires of Christ was his one—year attendance at their Apostolic School in Santander in 1950. After that year he was sent to their Novitiate in Rome where he studied for two years before making his first profession as a Legionnaire of Christ in I953. He remained in Rome at the Novitate for five more years ~ two years of Juniorate and three years of Philosophy. He studied Philosophy at the Gregorian University, obtaining his Ph.L. in 1958. During R this period of time he made his perpetual profession as a Legionnaire of Christ. In 1958 he was transferred to Salamanca to study Theology at the University while residing at the Novitiate of the Legionnaires located there. He remained in Salamanca four years, completing his theological studies in 1962. Although he had completed his academic training, he was not ordained a priest in July 1962 as would normally occur. Instead he was sent to the United States without even minor orders to help in fund raising and vocation work on behalf of the Institute. He first went to New York and then to Boston, Massachusetts to pursue these goals. Finally, In December 1963 he returned to Rome where he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Antoniutti. He then returned to Boston to continue his work. He was transferred to a newly—formed Novitiate in Woodmont, Connecticut in April l964 where he remained until December 1965. From December 1965 until April 1966 he was visiting at home while waiting for a U.S. Immigrant Visa in Spain. Finally, in April l966 he returned to the United States, working for a brief period at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Thereupon, he came to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Personnel history in Rockville Centre: June l966—assigned to St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove; January l972—to St. Aloysius, Great Neck; June 1972-to St. Anne's Church, Brentwood; September 1977- leave of absence to return to Spain for six months; May l978—to St. Hugh of Lincoln, Huntington Station; June l979—to Chaplaincy at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre. - Father Alarcon was incardinated into the Diocese of Rockville Centre on July 10, 1973 after completing an appropriate period of experimentation on the basis of an Indult of secularization. His'firstN;LV/ . . V. ' “V ! Father Alarcon's eyewitness testimony deals with the period prior-to / . his transfer to Salamanca in l958 for during his stay in Rome he »5 served as a personal secretary to Father Maciel. After he left A Rome, however, he was very familiar with what continued to transpire at least until his transfer to the United States to pursue fund raising and vocation work (July l962). During his second year of Novitiate (1952), Father Alarcon became aware of the Founder's dependence upon drugs and his involvement in homosexual acts. Father Maciel was able to carry on this type of activity by surrounding himself solely with those Confreres and students whom he could trust totally. Father Alarcon explained that involvement in such activity on the part of the students without betrayal to authorities was possible because they worshipped Father Maciel. In looking back at the experience, Father Alarcon felt that it was a type of sophisticated cult. ‘ Father Maciel was a powerful and charismatic figure. He was very close to churchmen in very high places both in Mexico and in Rome. He began the Congregation while he was still a theology student in Mexico and moved it to Spain. He was the youngest founder of a Congregation in the history of the Church. Very quickly a decretum laudis was obtained for the proposed Congregation. There was a great deal of financial backing for the foundation of the Congregation with rich persons living in

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    SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BY REVEREND FELIX ALARCON AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE CHANCERY JUNE 21, 1979 Father Alarcon was born in Madrid on February 3, 1934. . contact with the Legionnaires of Christ was his one—year attendance at their Apostolic School in Santander in 1950. After that year he was sent to their Novitiate in Rome where he studied for two years before making his first profession as a Legionnaire of Christ in I953. He remained in Rome at the Novitate for five more years ~ two years of Juniorate and three years of Philosophy. He studied Philosophy at the Gregorian University, obtaining his Ph.L. in 1958. During R this period of time he made his perpetual profession as a Legionnaire of Christ. In 1958 he was transferred to Salamanca to study Theology at the University while residing at the Novitiate of the Legionnaires located there. He remained in Salamanca four years, completing his theological studies in 1962. Although he had completed his academic training, he was not ordained a priest in July 1962 as would normally occur. Instead he was sent to the United States without even minor orders to help in fund raising and vocation work on behalf of the Institute. He first went to New York and then to Boston, Massachusetts to pursue these goals. Finally, In December 1963 he returned to Rome where he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Antoniutti. He then returned to Boston to continue his work. He was transferred to a newly—formed Novitiate in Woodmont, Connecticut in April l964 where he remained until December 1965. From December 1965 until April 1966 he was visiting at home while waiting for a U.S. Immigrant Visa in Spain. Finally, in April l966 he returned to the United States, working for a brief period at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Thereupon, he came to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Personnel history in Rockville Centre: June l966—assigned to St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove; January l972—to St. Aloysius, Great Neck; June 1972-to St. Anne's Church, Brentwood; September 1977- leave of absence to return to Spain for six months; May l978—to St. Hugh of Lincoln, Huntington Station; June l979—to Chaplaincy at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre. - Father Alarcon was incardinated into the Diocese of Rockville Centre on July 10, 1973 after completing an appropriate period of experimentation on the basis of an Indult of secularization. His'firstN;LV/ . . V. ' “V ! Father Alarcon's eyewitness testimony deals with the period prior-to / . his transfer to Salamanca in l958 for during his stay in Rome he »5 served as a personal secretary to Father Maciel. After he left A Rome, however, he was very familiar with what continued to transpire at least until his transfer to the United States to pursue fund raising and vocation work (July l962). During his second year of Novitiate (1952), Father Alarcon became aware of the Founder's dependence upon drugs and his involvement in homosexual acts. Father Maciel was able to carry on this type of activity by surrounding himself solely with those Confreres and students whom he could trust totally. Father Alarcon explained that involvement in such activity on the part of the students without betrayal to authorities was possible because they worshipped Father Maciel. In looking back at the experience, Father Alarcon felt that it was a type of sophisticated cult. ‘ Father Maciel was a powerful and charismatic figure. He was very close to churchmen in very high places both in Mexico and in Rome. He began the Congregation while he was still a theology student in Mexico and moved it to Spain. He was the youngest founder of a Congregation in the history of the Church. Very quickly a decretum laudis was obtained for the proposed Congregation. There was a great deal of financial backing for the foundation of the Congregation with rich persons living in

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    SUMMARY OF TESTIMONY GIVEN BY REVEREND FELIX ALARCON AT ROCKVILLE CENTRE CHANCERY JUNE 21, 1979 Father Alarcon was born in Madrid on February 3, 1934. . contact with the Legionnaires of Christ was his one—year attendance at their Apostolic School in Santander in 1950. After that year he was sent to their Novitiate in Rome where he studied for two years before making his first profession as a Legionnaire of Christ in I953. He remained in Rome at the Novitate for five more years ~ two years of Juniorate and three years of Philosophy. He studied Philosophy at the Gregorian University, obtaining his Ph.L. in 1958. During R this period of time he made his perpetual profession as a Legionnaire of Christ. In 1958 he was transferred to Salamanca to study Theology at the University while residing at the Novitiate of the Legionnaires located there. He remained in Salamanca four years, completing his theological studies in 1962. Although he had completed his academic training, he was not ordained a priest in July 1962 as would normally occur. Instead he was sent to the United States without even minor orders to help in fund raising and vocation work on behalf of the Institute. He first went to New York and then to Boston, Massachusetts to pursue these goals. Finally, In December 1963 he returned to Rome where he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Antoniutti. He then returned to Boston to continue his work. He was transferred to a newly—formed Novitiate in Woodmont, Connecticut in April l964 where he remained until December 1965. From December 1965 until April 1966 he was visiting at home while waiting for a U.S. Immigrant Visa in Spain. Finally, in April l966 he returned to the United States, working for a brief period at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Thereupon, he came to the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Personnel history in Rockville Centre: June l966—assigned to St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove; January l972—to St. Aloysius, Great Neck; June 1972-to St. Anne's Church, Brentwood; September 1977- leave of absence to return to Spain for six months; May l978—to St. Hugh of Lincoln, Huntington Station; June l979—to Chaplaincy at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre. - Father Alarcon was incardinated into the Diocese of Rockville Centre on July 10, 1973 after completing an appropriate period of experimentation on the basis of an Indult of secularization. His'firstN;LV/ . . V. ' “V ! Father Alarcon's eyewitness testimony deals with the period prior-to / . his transfer to Salamanca in l958 for during his stay in Rome he »5 served as a personal secretary to Father Maciel. After he left A Rome, however, he was very familiar with what continued to transpire at least until his transfer to the United States to pursue fund raising and vocation work (July l962). During his second year of Novitiate (1952), Father Alarcon became aware of the Founder's dependence upon drugs and his involvement in homosexual acts. Father Maciel was able to carry on this type of activity by surrounding himself solely with those Confreres and students whom he could trust totally. Father Alarcon explained that involvement in such activity on the part of the students without betrayal to authorities was possible because they worshipped Father Maciel. In looking back at the experience, Father Alarcon felt that it was a type of sophisticated cult. ‘ Father Maciel was a powerful and charismatic figure. He was very close to churchmen in very high places both in Mexico and in Rome. He began the Congregation while he was still a theology student in Mexico and moved it to Spain. He was the youngest founder of a Congregation in the history of the Church. Very quickly a decretum laudis was obtained for the proposed Congregation. There was a great deal of financial backing for the foundation of the Congregation with rich persons living in

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