http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23242/marcial-maciel-degollado-legionaries-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23242/marcial-maciel-degollado-legionaries-christ#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:23:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23242 The Legionaries of Christ, an influential Roman Catholic religious order, have been shaken by new revelations that their founder, who died a year ago, had an affair with a woman and fathered a daughter just as he and his thriving conservative order were winning the acclaim of Pope John Paul II.

Jim Fair, a spokesman for the Legionaries, said only: “We have learned some things about our founder’s life that are surprising and difficult for us to understand. We can confirm that there are some aspects of his life that were not appropriate for a Catholic priest.”]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23242/marcial-maciel-degollado-legionaries-christ/feed 0