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Marcial Maciel, Mexican-American priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi (born 1920)

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Marcial Maciel

Mexican priest, founder of the Legion of Christ, sexual abuser

Marcial Maciel Degollado was a Mexican Catholic priest who founded the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christi movement. He was general director of the Legion from 1941 to 2005. Throughout most of his career, he was respected within the church as "the greatest fundraiser of the…
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Legionaries of Christ

Roman Catholic religious congregation

The Legionaries of Christ is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right founded on January 3, 1941, by Mexican Catholic priest Marcial Maciel. It belongs constitutively to the spiritual family of Regnum Christi together with the Consecrated Women of Regnum…
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Regnum Christi

International Catholic organization

Regnum Christi, officially the Regnum Christi Federation is an international Catholic Federation. It is made up of lay Catholics, as well as the religious congregation of the Legionaries of Christ, and the Societies of Apostolic Life of the Consecrated Women of Regnum Christi,…
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