José Luis Damián Zúñiga, a member of the Legion's lay affiliate, Regnum Christi, acknowledged that the scandals were testing the faith of some members.
The group, also known as the Legion of Christ, has 650 priests worldwide, 2,500 seminarians in 20 countries and 50,000 members in its lay affiliate, Regnum Christi.
Known as consecrated women, they are lay Catholics affiliated with a conservative religious order who dedicate their lives to the church, making promises of chastity, poverty and obedience similar to the vows taken by nuns.
It has 800 priests in 22 countries, and 70,000 members worldwide, many of whom are lay people in its affiliate, Regnum Christi.
In response to state budget cuts, Rowan University's president, Donald Farish, last week announced plans to close four affiliate operations and lay off 18 full-time employees, with more reductions to be announced next month.
A convert to Christianity, he is a licensed lay reader in the Church of England and affiliated with several Christian organisations.
A Melbourne Australiaa) university affiliated, tertiary obstetric hospital provides lay and professional education about influenza vaccine in pregnancy annually each March, early in the local influenza season.
The meeting is sponsored by a Catholic lay group, the Parish Voice Manhasset-Port Washington, an affiliate of Voice of the Faithful.
There may be other significant groups that would agree to lay down arms — Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is only loosely affiliated with the Taliban, is said to be tired of war and ready to talk.
Ford forced it to lay off 2,000 workers, shuttered hundreds of subsidiaries and affiliates and mothballed a large chunk of its production in Hiroshima.
The Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin, a Church of God in Christ minister, officiated, with assistance from Marionette Fennell-Patterson, who is affiliated with Soka Gakkai International U.S.A., a Buddhist lay organization.
