Sunday, July 19, 2009

Consternation with the Legion of Christ's Hombre Nuevo


This is the text of a letter which Exlcblog received from the author. Hombre Nuevo is a long time apostolate of the Legion of Christ in California.

HOMBRE NUEVO, Legionaries of Christ Organization
GUADALUPE RADIO 87.7 FM
12036 Ramona Blvd. El Monte, CA 91732
(626) 444-4442

Dear Father Juan Rivas, L.C.:

It has been almost two months since I have requested Hombre Nuevo to return my ­­$50,000 which was given specifically for the construction of the Chapel for Our Lady of Guadalupe 2½ years ago.

Your staff finally offered me their payment plan only after knowing that I have sent copies of my letters written to you to Cardinal Mahony and Bishop Zavala. Their plan is to return my money little by little every two months beginning at the end of August 2009 until the end of April 2010. This is NOT acceptable. I am going to have a Chapel elsewhere for Our Lady of Guadalupe remodeled. Therefore, I will need the whole amount to be returned to me in full at one time immediately.

I would like to tell you one of Hombre Nuevo’s lies. Their exact quote was “At the time this donation was solicited Hombre Nuevo had received the pilgrim image of Our Lady of Guadalupe for custody. In late 2006 there was a misunderstanding and we thought that we would be entrusted with this image permanently. The plan to construct a permanent chapel seemed adequate. This is why Fr. Juan Rivas, L.C. solicited the donation and you generously supported the project…..Last December we were informed that in fact the image was not to be retained by Hombre Nuevo permanently, therefore the investment in a chapel at this time would be irresponsible.” Their lie was: In the meeting with the president of Hombre Nuevo Francisco Fernandez and his staff in May 2009, when I asked them to give me back the money which I gave for the construction of the Chapel 2½ years ago, they acted surprised and claimed to have no knowledge of the fact that the money was given for the new Chapel. One of his staff members Johannes Absburg, later on in the meeting, stated that he remembered that you Father have mentioned briefly about your desire of having the Chapel built for Our Lady and that was the end of it. At the end of the meeting, they stated that they had to discuss this matter with you Father because they had no knowledge that the money was given for the construction of the Chapel for Our Lady.

I would like to remind you of another lie of Hombre Nuevo. Rafael Orozco, Hombre Nuevo business manager, lied to me in that same meeting in May 2009. He stated that all of my money was invested in the current Chapel. I know for a fact that it was a lie. Obviously, the rest of the staff including the president of Hombre Nuevo Francisco Fernandez went along with that lie because they all have already planned to give me that lie so that they would not have to return the money to me. So, they have had no intention of giving me back my money ever. They took me for a fool. Please tell your staff not to insult my intelligence. They lied so much that they could not keep track of their own lies. They contradicted themselves.

An organization that is working for God would have given me back my money 2½ years ago and would not have to wait for me to ask for my money back. Also an organization which is working for God would have asked the Archdiocese for permission to build the Chapel for Our Lady of Guadalupe but instead letting Her Image stay in an undignified room for the past 2½ years. Let me describe for you the condition of the hall where the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe resided at Hombre Nuevo which you and your staff were fully aware of all along. The room is filthy. The floor is dirty, the windows are dirty, the blinds are dusty, and a whole bunch of chairs are stacked up in one corner. When Hombre Nuevo conferences and meetings in that room were over, the tables and chairs were all over the place. The ceiling light close to the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been flickering since last year and still is. The volunteers and I had to wipe the floor and clean the room every time I brought the fresh roses over for Our Lady of Guadalupe. The walls in Her room were finally repainted by a group of volunteers. In short, the room where the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe stayed at your place Hombre Nuevo was disrespectful, disgraceful, and undignified. That hall is nothing than a “DUMP”. Hombre Nuevo is making so much money, yet they could not even spend some money to make Her place look nice. Your organization did not even want to spend the money to hire someone to wipe the floor in Her room. The way you have treated Mother of God and the way your staff have treated Mother of God is unspeakably. What would you call that – respecting, loving, and worshiping Mother of God?

I would like to tell you about the vendors who participated in Hombre Nuevo event early this year Feb 2009. It was approximately 11-hour event. They were doing body massages (various parts of the body) with the people lying on the stretchers being covered with the white sheet from feet to upper chest leaving the shoulders and axillae (armpits) naked. This was taking place during the whole day event including during the entire Holy Eucharistic Adoration Hour and during the entire Misa. When people were in line receiving the Holy Communion, the vendors gave out their flyers advertising body massage. It was disrespectful and disgusting. I could not believe my eyes. I was hoping that they would have stopped. They were also selling makeup products - lipsticks etc., jewelry, shoes, cookware - pots and pans, and Faja product which is supposed to make a person looking thin and skinny. The promoter of that product was looking like a female stripper. All of these were going on during the entire 11-hour event. And you, Father were condoning that. Your staff especially the president of Hombre Nuevo Francisco Fernandez were not only fully aware of what was going on but allowing those vendors to be in that event purposely because they only wanted MONEY. All of you are so MONEY HUNGRY - wanting more and more and more. No matter how much money Hombre Nuevo made, it would never be enough for them. Again, what would you call this – working for God and Mother of God?

You know all of the bad and evil things that your staff are doing and have been doing for many years. Yet, you are condoning their countless evil acts.

Why, Father? Your staff’s actions and your actions speak louder than words!

The reason that I continued to help Hombre Nuevo for the past 2½ years spending tremendous amount of my money for all of Hombre Nuevo events by having beautiful roses for Mother of God and God knowing that YOUR ORGANIZATION IS DOING COUNTLESS EVIL ACTS was because I was doing that for Mother of God and God and to bring God’s poor souls to God even though I knew that I was making Hombre Nuevo your evil organization get richer and richer in the process. Money means nothing to me. Yes, I need money to live but most importantly I need money to do things for Mother of God and God and the poor souls. I work extremely hard to earn money for God. The money that I make is honest money. If I loved money, I would have kept the money that I earned all to myself, I would not have helped your organization or anybody, I would not have sponsored all of Hombre Nuevo’s events for the past 2½ years knowing that your organization is evil. I’ve helped your evil organization for the reasons mentioned above. Unlike Hombre Nuevo, I do not worship the false god which is money. I worship and work for The Only One True God.

GOD was the One Who GAVE me the ORDER TO EXPOSE YOUR EVIL ORGANIZATION GUADALUPE RADIO-HOMBRE NUEVO and GOD wanted the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to be out of Hombre Nuevo permanently. GOD said that HOMBRE NUEVO is USING THE IMAGE OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE AND my IMAGE OF THE DIVINE MERCY TO MAKE MONEY AND THAT IS ALL THEY CARE ABOUT. HOMBRE NUEVO DOES NOT CARE FOR THE POOR SOULS. I am obeying God and am carrying out God’s Orders. I’ve known that your organization is evil shortly after I’ve started helping you which was about 2½ years ago. I wanted to expose your evil organization a long time ago, but it would have been my time not God’s Time. Now, it is God’s Time.

All of you are claiming that you are working for God. On the contrary, you and your staff are NOT working for God and all of you have shown that by doing countless evil acts. That scares the heck out of me. Coning people to make money is one thing. But USING GOD TO CON PEOPLE FOR MONEY IS THE GRAVIEST SIN OF ALL. I am worried for all of your souls. Remember all of you can not take the money with you when you die. The only thing that God allows you to take with you when you die is your own soul.

Father, can you see the real issue here? It really is not about my money. Yes, Hombre Nuevo has to return the money to me because it does not belong to them. But it is one of God’s Many Ways of Showing the Holy See and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles how evil your organization Hombre Nuevo is among their many other evil acts. Hombre Nuevo is doing a pretty good job all on its own of showing the Holy See and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles how evil they are by wanting to keep the money which does not belong to them.

While owing Hombre Nuevo absolutely nothing, I have sponsored for and spent tremendous amount of my money on all of Hombre Nuevo events for the past 2½ years . The least Hombre Nuevo can do for me is to honor my request by returning the money to me so that I can have the Chapel elsewhere for Our Lady of Guadalupe remodeled. I am not asking them to give me their money. I am simply asking them to give me back the money which does not belong to them. You, your staff, and I we all know very well that Hombre Nuevo is MORE THAN CAPABLE of returning to me the whole amount of $50,000 in full at one time. Would you please see to it that my wish is carried out.

Sincerely,
Truc Truong, M.D.

­­CC: His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, His Eminence Cardinal Roger Mahony of the United States, His Excellency Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver-Colorado, His Excellency Bishop Gabino Zavala of Los Angeles-California, His Excellency Bishop Ricardo Watti Urquidi of Tepic-Mexico, His Excellency Bishop Giuseppe Versaldi of Alessandria-Italy, and General Director of Legionaries of Christ Fr. Alvaro Corcuera

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amazing. Father Bannon had better fly out there to smooth things over.

Anonymous said...

And maybe get a new $5000 suit while he's at it. His tailor is out there, after all, and he better get while the getting is still good.

Anonymous said...

WELL HERE IS ONE PERSON WITH DESISION TO STOP THIS CORRUPTION. AND NOW WHAT? NOTHING IS CHANGE. THIS PEOPLE STILL ON THE SAME POSITION AND CONTINUES WITH THERE OPREATIONS. WHY NO BODY CALL THE OFFICE OF SECURITY HOMELAND TO CHECK THE USA VISAS FOR THIS PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM MONTERREY MEXICO. ANY BODY NOW ABOUT THE INTIGER? IS PART OF THE LEGION BUT THEY WHERE CRATE FOR MAKE MANY AND KEEP THE GOOD LIFE OF THE LEGION.
WHAT IS INTIGER? JUST CHECH THIS.
I HOPE THE PEOPLE STOP SENDING MONEY TO HOMBRE NUEVO.

Anonymous said...

I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MEAN YOU ARE, TO DIFAME GUADALUPE RADIO, GOD SAYS GIVE WITHOUT LOOKING WHO YOU GIVE... AND HERE YOU ARE PROBABLY DONATED THE MONEY TO AVOID SOME TAXES, IS NOT FAIR, AND THE THRUTH ALWAYS COMES OUT... FORGIVE YOURSELVE OF DIFAME OUR PRIEST AND OF JUDGING, YOU SHOULD CHECK A PSICOLOGIST, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SOME MENTAL ISSUES. AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU

Anonymous said...

We won't stop supporting this amazing radio, if you give money you cannot demand how your money should be use, it is tacky!!! and up til this beautiful day, thruth won!!!! nothing happened, God Protects !!! by the way I am OPUS DEI member...

Anonymous said...

Please stop what you are doing. You are viciously trying to destroy the work that God is doing through this ministry. You have no need to tell us all what you have tithed, nobody has asked. This arrangement is between you and God, you have no need to shout it to the world. Your title says that you are an educated person. But your witness of faith says that you have not been formed in the things of God. I do not know you personally, but I pray that you come to reconcile in your heart what peace you are lacking. Let the Lord reward you for what you give, He Loves You and I can assure you He Loves every one of His Children you are trying to defame. They are working towards te conversion of souls and maybe you are too, but whatever debt you feel you are owed is not worth all the damage you can do to one soul with all of what you are writing. Our Heavenly Father and Our Blessed Mother would prefer one lost soul to return home, than to have all of the flowers in the world. Let's be instruments of peace. May the Lord Bless You and bring you peace.

Cesar said...

Cesar Padilla Zuniga
I am taking the time to open the eyes of those who has come and difame themselves againts people that may be caring and wondering were are souls are going to go once we leave this place.
first of all who are we to judge what others do with our apreciation. look not into the dust in your brothers eye.look inside of your heart and clean it with peace and love to others no matter what.
what does Padre Juan Rivas has to do with what humans are doing with his creation to bring more souls into God's womb and worries that we may condemned ourselves.
Let's do something to make ourselves better in Christ look in the books request copies of the expenditures if you are a faithfull Catholic as you say you ar e but don't fill the Internet with stupidities or make an organization tryying to save your soul look bad to others that do believe.
The letter that you wrote its well understand it but all it talks abut its your money and you said that money its not your God.
Brother please let's look ourselfs in the mirror and look at what our souls are fill with you don't hate you are concern let's build the chapel that you want for our Lady of Guadalupe I may not have the type of money you have but I will be there to give my time and streng to build it as long as you have everything prepare and give our Lady of Guadalupe what your dream my be and donated to the archidiocesis of Los Angeles without looking at who did what or who did wrong let's give what we have for what we really care,and stop looking for people at fault. look who finds himself without sin to throw the first stone. trow it to me if you are the one or let me help you what you are looking for. I love my Lady very much and I will leave my bussines to help you as long as you tell me where you plan to build.place a post of where you plan to build it and I will be there personally I will shake your hand and help you stone by stone to build what you and millions of us is but please don't blame the one's who though you the way.
and those who are at fault will be judge by our Lord not by us unless they are criminals a judge will give them what they deserve.

In God our Lord I leave you in peace

Anonymous said...

yes its true they do steal alot of money just imagine all the events and stuff they sell there. plus if there isnt money why not just stick to the radio and not go on to tv ? who knows but it sure is helpful to many .... God Bless Them and hopefully it isnt what we all think.

Anonymous said...

Felix V
Dr. Truck H Truong

No doubt that the more you extend your comments about Guadalupe Radio and Hombre Nuevo the more you tell us abouth you what type of person you are and at what level you are mentaly and spiritualy, so please please start working more on yourself and don't tell us more about you, I hope you route this comment into a positive way. God Bless You

Anonymous said...

Basically they're stealing. Stealing is wrong. No matter who you are or represent.