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Marcial Maciel
March 10, 1920 – January 30, 2008
Mexican priest and founder of the Legion of Christ (1920-2008)
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Marcial Maciel Degollado was a Mexican Catholic priest and sex offender. Maciel 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 modern Roman Catholic church" and as a prolific recruiter of new seminarians.
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- Birthday · March 10
- Anniversary · January 30
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