Maciel Degollado, the Rev. Marcial
- Maciel Degollado, the Rev. Marcial
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▪ 2009
Mexican Roman Catholic priest
born March 10, 1920, Cotija de la Paz, Mex.
died Jan. 30, 2008, Houston, Texas
founded (1941) the Roman Catholic religious order Legionaries of Christ (also known as the Legion of Christ), of which he remained head until 2005. The order attracted some 2,500 seminarians in 20 countries and had 650 priests across the globe; its lay affiliate, Regnum Christi, boasted a membership of 50,000. In 2006, following an investigation into former seminarians' allegations of sexual abuse (dating back to the 1940s–'60s), the Vatican requested that Maciel end his public ministry.
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