{"id":10233,"date":"2021-10-06T08:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/?p=10233"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:51:29","slug":"christian-legionaries-and-pandora-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2021\/10\/christian-legionaries-and-pandora-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Legionaries of Christ and Pandora Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"p1\"><b>What Have the Legionaries of Christ Said About the Pandora Papers?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">On October 4th, the Congregation of the <span class=\"s1\">Legionaries of Christ<\/span> published a key statement to clarify confusions generated by the so-called \u201cPandora Papers,\u201d since several publications falsely attribute to the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ the capital and activity of two trusts (Salus Trust and AlfaOmega Trust) that were neither established by the Congregation nor are in any way under its control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This statement also explains which trust (Retirement and Medical Charitable Trust \u2013 RMCT) the Congregation has established and what its purpose is. You can read all this information in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legionariosdecristo.org\/direcciongeneral\/pandora-papers-legionarios-de-cristo-rmct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">Legionaries of Christ informational note about the Pandora Papers<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legionariosdecristo.org\/direcciongeneral\/pandora-papers-legionarios-de-cristo-rmct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">Statement from the Legionaries of Christ about the Pandora Papers<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><b>Is it true that the Legionaries of Christ have millions of dollars in trusts in New Zealand?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">No, that is not true. The publication of these articles about the Legionaries of Christ and the Pandora Papers has raised some questions, which have been addressed with answers in a list of the most frequently asked questions arising from the publications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some of these questions, besides whether it is true that the Congregation has millions of dollars in trusts in New Zealand, include whether the congregation currently has offshore entities, whether it has evaded taxes with the trust it did establish to receive donations, or why it has sold houses and properties over the past 10 years if it has so many millions in a trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">You can access all these questions and answers at the following link.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legionariosdecristo.org\/direcciongeneral\/pandora-papers-legionarios-de-cristo-rmct\/#preguntas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">Answers to frequently asked questions about the Legionaries of Christ and the Pandora Papers<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Have the Legionaries of Christ Said About the Pandora Papers? On October 4th, the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ published a key statement to clarify confusions generated by the so-called \u201cPandora Papers,\u201d since several publications falsely attribute to the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ the capital and activity of two trusts (Salus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[643,644,642],"class_list":["post-10233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-offshore","tag-pandora-papers","tag-trusts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legionaries of Christ and Pandora Papers - Legionaries of Christ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about the Legionaries of Christ response to the Pandora Papers and clarifications on their trusts and financial activities.Legionaries of Christ Pandora Papers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/blog\/2021\/10\/christian-legionaries-and-pandora-papers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legionaries of Christ and Pandora Papers - 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