Benedictine monks in New Mexico have accused their abbot of homosexual predation, sexual harassment, sexual grooming, medical neglect, elder abuse, retribution, abuse of power, and financial malfeasance.Several monks of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (MCID) near Santa Fe have alleged in official complaints filed with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Consecrated Life in Rome that Abbot Christian Leisy, O.S.B.—elected Abbot of MCID in 2018—is guilty of numerous counts of sexual abuse and … [Read more...]