OUR FATHER MACIEL, WHO ART IN BED - the book - "I have rarely encountered such a fair, balanced and honest response to religious abuse and the perpetrator of such a wicked attack on the human spirit. Lennon's memoir of his years with the LCs is not only 'all that' but, through the use of song lyrics, Hesse's novel SIDDHARTHA, his account is both lyrical and emotionally compelling."
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Contents of "Our Father [Maciel] who art in bed..."
Fr. Maciel giving Paul Lennon his 'holy picture' at Patron Saint New Year Celebration, Salamanca 1962
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD xvii
1- RECRUITING 1
Bundoran, July 1961, Postulancy, Meeting “Our Father” Maciel, Feeling Special
2- REMINISCING 29
“Am I your boy, Mammy?” Sports Fan, Hero Worship, School, Holidays, Primed
3- RESPONDING 57
The Call, Daddy, Mammy, Sex
4- RELOCATING 75
Traveling with Father Maciel, August, 1961: Enchanted Spain, San Sebastian
5- RENOUNCING 85
The Self in Salamanca, 1961-63: Bearing with Crisis, Novice Master Father ArumÃ, Automatic Compassion Pilot
6- RETREATING 105
From the world, Rome, Italy, 1963-69: Quick Passage to Profession, A Slap and a Pat from the Founder,
7- RE-AWAKENING 139
Surprise after ordination, 1969-1975: “Get thee to the Missions”, Fed by the flock, The Sap rises, Eros stirs
8- RESISTING 165
School of Faith, Mexico City, 1975-82, The Lovely Ladies of Lomas, “Get rid of that contemptible woman!”
9- REACTING 175
Easter Candle trick, Back down on Maggie’s Farm 1982-84; Lost Letter Last Straw
10- REBELLING 189
Gunfight at the Cotija Corral, October 11 1984, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Love on the Rocks
11- REGROUPINING 209
Underground Railway 1984-85:
Furtive Phone call, Dublin, Merida, Cancun, “Happy Fault”
12- RECOVERING 225
Thanks to the Milk of Human Kindness, 1985-89:
A tribute to his Eminence Cardinal Hickey, The Kindness of others
13- REVIEWING 237
Personal Correspondence with Father Maciel, 1985-89:
Talking the talk, but not walking the walk, Legion’s support for ex-members
14- REVISITING 265
Fr Maciel’s Modus Operandi:
Attachment to finery and money, Revenge, Shafting the rivals, Above the Law, Holy Hypochondria
15- REFLECTING 289
On Sexual Abuse in the Legion:
Maciel’s Seducers in Seville, Celibate and Hibernate, The Survivors, Recent Accusation.
16- REGAINING 313
REGAINing self, the Re-GAIN Organization is conceived and born
17- RESPONDING 331
To the big questions regarding leaving the Legion and the priesthood
EPILOGUE 343
APPENDICES
I
Vatican Communiqué regarding Father
Marcial Maciel, Founder of the
Legion of Christ 353
II
The Day the Pope Died,
My Participation
in the Maciel Sexual Abuse Investigation 355
III
Echoes of the REGAIN 2004
Atlanta Conference
ETC.
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