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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Legionaries of Christ</title>
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		<title>Rev. Marcial Maciel, Controversial Religious Leader Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, the charismatic founder of the religious order Legionaries of Christ, who was disgraced toward the end of his life by Vatican censure over sexual abuse accusations dating from the 1950s, is dead at the age of 87.]]></description>
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		<title>G. A. Renner Dies at 75; Wrote of Abuse Within Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gerald A. Renner, a religion reporter and editor who helped uncover a trail of sexual abuse accusations against the powerful founder of a Roman Catholic religious order, the Legionaries of Christ, died Wednesday in Norwalk, Conn. He was 75 and lived in Norwalk.]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Order Files Suit Over Documents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former priest John Paul Lennon says the Legion of Christ is a dangerous and ultra-secretive cult that still idolizes its founder even though the spiritual leader was sanctioned by the Vatican after years of sexual abuse allegations. The Legion accuses the Alexandria man of distributing stolen property and "malicious disinformation" about a fast-growing Roman Catholic Church order with tens of thousands of followers worldwide.]]></description>
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		<title>Legionaries of Christ: Conservative Order Faces Tough Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) &#8212; As founder of the Legionaries of Christ, the Rev. Marcial Maciel is a central figure for the thousands of followers in the Roman Catholic order. Students study his life, portray him in skits to celebrate his birthday and follow his instructions on everything from table manners to how to wear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Disciplines Founder of Order Over Abuse Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME, May 19 — The Vatican announced Friday that it had disciplined the most prominent priest to be accused of sexual abuse, taking a step that Pope John Paul II had long resisted.
Without addressing specific allegations, the Vatican statement said the priest, the Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, 86, the founder of the conservative Legionaries of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Says Religious Order Misled Him</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state&#8217;s attorney general is investigating the complaint of an elderly Stratford man that a controversial Roman Catholic religious order gained title to his home through misrepresentations and by exerting undue influence.
John T. Walsh Jr., 79, lodged his complaint against the Legionaries of Christ, based in Orange, with the public charities unit of the attorney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legionaries of Christ elect successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY - The Legionaries of Christ have elected a successor to the Mexican priest who has headed the embattled religious order since its founding 64 years ago.
The Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, 84, declined re-election, but a spokesman for the order said the decision had no tie to recent reports that the Vatican has reopened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial Priests Tapped for Jerusalem Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope John Paul II has awarded control of an important Catholic cultural center in Jerusalem to a controversial, right-wing priestly order whose founder has been accused of sexual abuse.
The order, the Legionaries of Christ, received the administrative keys to the Jerusalem landmark, the Notre Dame Center, in a festive ceremony at the Vatican on November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Leader Steps Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founder Of Order Under Vatican Probe
The Rev. Marcial Maciel Degollado, the subject of a Vatican investigation into accusations of sexual abuse, has stepped down as head of the Rome-based religious order Legionaries of Christ.
Maciel declined to accept re-election as general director of the order, which he founded in Mexico in 1941. The order&#8217;s U.S. headquarters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican to reopen case against Maciel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A canon lawyer representing eight former members of the Legionaries of Christ who filed pedophilia charges in 1998 against the order’s founder, Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, recently informed the men that a Vatican prosecutor has agreed to reopen the dormant case.
Martha Wegan, a canonist who works at the Holy See, informed Arturo Jurado and José [...]]]></description>
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