Lennon joined the order together with Farrell's brother Brian who is now a bishop in the Roman Curia.
In November 2016 Cardinal Farrell told the Irish Times that “maybe I would have met Maciel once or twice, but I never suspected anything”.
Lennon does not believe him. Talking to Churchmiltant.com (July 25) he states that Farrell knew Maciel “on a personal basis”.
According to Lennon's information, Farrell and other Legionaries participated on at least one occasion in a "pillow fight in their pyjamas to entertain Maciel.”
Already while being a seminarian in Rome, Farrell received special tasks from Maciel like being the chauffeur for the late Argentina born Curia Cardinal Eduardo Pironio (+1998).
Lennon said that the vast majority of Legionaries did not know that Maciel abused seminarians,
“However, Kevin was in a closer relationship and had much more access to Fr Maciel than the regular men in the trenches."
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