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	Legion of Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Legion of Christ is a Catholic religious congregation established in 1941 in Mexico by Fr.
		The Legion of Christ, like the Catholic Church, is also against homosexual activity as it considers the act a sin, and collaborates with psychologists who treat same-sex attraction as a disorder (see reparative therapy).
		As a whole, the Legion is dedicated to advancing the Church's mission in the world, and to this end submits candidates to a rigorous formation of four stages: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Legion_of_Christ (1946 words)

	Foundation and History of the Legion of Christ - Regnum Christi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Legion of Christ is born in the basement of a friend´s house in Mexico City, with a 20-year-old founder and 13 adolescents.
		By the end of the decade, the Legion of Christ operates 17 educational institutions and 214 centers for the formation of the laity.
		Christ are ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Severino Poletto, Archbishop of Turin (Italy), in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome.
	www.regnumchristi.org /english/quienes/index.phtml?se=3&ca=34&te=10&id=3515 (975 words)

	Legion of Christ v. Town of Mount Pleasant
		The Legion of Christ purchased a vacant 168 acre parcel of land in Mount Pleasant, New York from IBM in December 1996.
		The Legion of Christ then filed an application for exemption of the property with the assessor of the Town of Mount Pleasant, prior to the taxable status date of June 1, 1997.
		The Legion of Christ filed suit against the Town of Mount Pleasant in the Supreme Court, Westchester County, arguing that it is not required by law to obtain land use permits in order to receive a mandatory exemption from real property taxation.
	www.becketfund.org /index.php/case/17.html (932 words)

	Talk:Legion of Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		If anything, this sort of behavior is not only contrary to the practices of wikipedia but also serves to further disclaim those who support the legion, and the legion itself.
		The Legion of Christ is not a recognized order of the Catholic Church, but a congregation.
		As being a ex-student at a Legion school, I must say, some of the previous edits have been vehemently anti-Legion, while some of them have been praising the Legion so much that it might be considered propaganda.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Legion_of_Christ (1065 words)

	Matter of Legion of Christ v Town of Mount Pleasant (2004 NYSlipOp 01058)
		Legion planned to develop the property into a "campus-like environment" where members could enjoy "quiet reflection, meditation, reading, studying and group discussions." In addition, the property was to be developed "for outdoor religious activities"—including an outdoor chapel, a rosary path, Stations of the Cross and a grotto.
		It reasoned that because Legion's intended principal use of the property was for religious institutional purposes, its proposed use of the property was illegal absent a special use permit and such "illegal" use barred tax exemption (303 AD2d 507, 508 [2003]).
		Legion argues that an application for a special use permit, while at times a relevant factor in determining good faith, cannot properly be made a prerequisite to real property tax exemption under section 420-a (3) (a).
	www.courts.state.ny.us /reporter/3dseries/2004/2004_01058.htm (1979 words)

	Vatican reportedly drops probe of Mexican cleric - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Latin America/Caribbean - News
		MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican founder of the Legion of Christ, an influential Roman Catholic order, will not face a church trial on allegations that he sexually abused young seminarians in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, according to the Legion and news reports citing a Vatican spokesman.
		In December, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith opened a full-scale investigation into the allegations by eight former seminarians against the Rev. Marcial Maciel, the 85-year-old founder of the Legion of Christ.
		But on Friday, the Legion announced that it had been told by the Holy See that no charges would be brought against Maciel, adding that the priest ''unambiguously affirmed his innocence." A Vatican spokesman confirmed yesterday that the investigation had ended, and that there were no plans to reopen it, according to the Associated Press.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/05/23/vatican_reportedly_drops_probe_of_mexican_cleric (782 words)

	Why hasn't Legion founder been defrocked?
		Finally, at the end of the family, was the young man with eyes on the priesthood and the Legion of Christ.
		The Legion has 489 priests and 2,500 seminarians, is active in 20 countries on four continents, and concentrates its efforts in education, with schools in Latin America, Europe and the United States, including a seminary in Orange, Conn.
		Christ, who had harsh words for those who would scandalize the young, would tell us that this is so.
	www.takingfive.com /defrockLegion.htm (1588 words)

	Rise of the Catholic Right
		The legion owns an impressive network of 10 universities and 154 mostly upmarket private schools - prompting some wags in the Mexico City press corps to dub the order the Millionaires of Christ.
		Legion officials have reportedly hired private detectives to snoop on some of their own priests.
		In the mid-1980s, when Sahagun was still married to her first husband and living in the city of Celaya, she was appointed treasurer of the local branch of the legion's lay movement.
	www.rickross.com /reference/loc/loc24.html (1104 words)

	Sacramento News and Review July 04, 2002
		Legion founder Father Marcial Maciel was accused of sexual misconduct by nine former seminarians in 1996.
		The Legion, with its worldwide chain of seminaries and schools, is primarily a teaching institution.
		That's exactly what Palacioz, Morales and other local critics of the Legion are afraid of, that the order is using their church as a base to reach the large number of middle-class Hispanics in the area, folks with enough money to send their kids to Legion schools and seminaries.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/sacto/2002-07-04/cover.asp (4652 words)

	The Legion of Christ: a history
		Canonical establishment of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and the Virgin of Sorrows (Legionaries of Christ) by Alfonso Espino y Silva, bishop of Cuernavaca.
		Inauguration of the Legion of Christ's major seminary (Colegio Mayor) in Rome, currently the general directorate of the Legionaries of Christ and the Regnum Christi Movement.
		Pope Paul VI entrusts a vast mission territory to the Legionaries of Christ on the Mayan coast of Quintana Roo.
	www.legionofchristhistory.net /index.php?nav=chrono (645 words)

	LegionaryFacts.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		As the discomfort continued, the Legion of Christ sought second and third doctor's opinions until it was determined that the young man needed surgery to remove his gall bladder; this was performed September 16, 1993.
		Upon leaving the Legion of Christ, Todd Carpunky maintained a positive relationship with Legionary priests, particularly Father Anthony Bailleres, who urged Todd to attend law school and wrote a letter of recommendation for him.
		The Legion of Christ is dedicated to forming priests to serve Christ and his Church in total freedom and charity.
	www.legionaryfacts.org /wtnh.html (980 words)

	Catholic Citizens
		The Legion has since dropped those plans in favor of a proposed $200 million undergraduate college on its vacant property.
		In February, the Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's finding that the Legion was not entitled to tax exemption solely because the order did not seek a special-use permit.
		This week, the Appellate Division ruled the Legion plan was made in good faith, so the property should be tax-exempt for 1997 through 2001.
	www.catholiccitizens.org /platform/platformview.asp?c=19438 (529 words)

	New Oxford Review
		The defense of Maciel by the Legion is essential because both Regnum Christi and the Legionaries of Christ are built around a cult of personality, that of Fr.
		In short, their problem is with the Legion’s use of “orthodoxy” to manipulate faithful Catholics in order to build an empire, a “parallel church” (as one bishop expressed it).
		The Legion’s tentacles are far-reaching, as many staunchly conservative Catholics who have been burned by the Legion or Regnum Christi are afraid to speak out, for fear of retribution.
	www.newoxfordreview.org /reviews.jsp?did=0505-rose (2181 words)

	Removing the Myths From Christ's Childhood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Bible speaks of this expectation of the Messiah in Christ's time: "And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel (the fulfillment of the Hebrew prophecies about the Messiah), and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
		Luke, in describing Christ's birth, tells us that shepherds were in their fields at night at the time Christ was born.
		If Christ had performed miracles before this time, under the inspiration of God, John could not have written that the miracle at Cana was the first sign or miracle performed by Jesus Christ.
	www.ucgstp.org /lit/gn/gn025/myths.html (3461 words)

	Gerald Renner’s response to an open letter that appears on the Legion of Christ Web site
		The first I knew of the Legion’s existence was in 1989 when I was on assignment in Rome for The Hartford (Conn.) Courant to cover a meeting of the 35 American archbishops with Pope John Paul II and Vatican officials.
		That was the beginning of a runaround and of stonewalling by the Legion that I have long since become familiar with.
		The Legion said Maciel was the victim of a plot by disgruntled former members of the order to depose him.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/documents/RENNER.htm (3143 words)

	Cover story: Tactics aside, the Legion is growing
		Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legion of Christ, has pursued passionately his vision to build a militant new movement within the Catholic church to ward off her enemies -- including communists, socialists, Masons, secular humanists and even Catholics considered to be “dissidents.”
		The Legion has a spreading network of activities in the United States, where a Legion presence was established in 1965.
		The Legion runs a 264-acre education center for meetings of its members in Mount Pleasant, N.Y. It bought the center several years ago for some $30 million from IBM.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/110300/110300d.htm (454 words)

	Vatican Investigates Legion of Christ Founder
		The Legion, which was founded in 1941 in Mexico, is one of the fastest growing Roman Catholic orders, with more than 650 priests and 2,500 seminarians in some 20 countries.
		He was later exonerated -- a fact used by the Legion to defend his innocence.
		Vaca said that in 1976, when he was the Legion's top official in North America, he was asked to cover for another priest's sexual abuse.
	www.unitypublishing.com /Newsletter/LC2005.htm (1147 words)

	TCR Opinion, Legionaries of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Legion is new, and so it doesn't have a lot of history texts and other literature and lives of the saints of the order and all that material that make it obvious to all exactly what they're all about.
		People outside the legion are referred to as 'outsiders', they are viewed with the utmost distrust, communication with them is monitored and usually discouraged (except when the Legion is trying to attract them for the aims of the order.
		The Legion of Christ is fully approved by the Church, but that doesn't mean everyone in it is flawless, or handles each situation as he should, or that every priest has been treated impeccably.
	www.tcrnews2.com /genarticle2.html (5228 words)

	The Legion of Christ \| The-Tidings.com
		The other serves as the goat of the story: Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legion of Christ, which is one of the so-called new movements in the Catholic Church that have received special attention and favor during this pontificate.
		Building upon their copyrighted articles published in The Hartford Courant in 1997, Berry and Renner detail the charge that Father Maciel was himself guilty of sexual abuse in the past by quoting nine victims of his unwanted attentions, all ex-Legionaries.
		With the encouragement of the papal ambassador to Mexico, a canonical case was filed with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in 1998, accusing Father Maciel of "absolving the sins" of his victims in confession --- an ecclesiastical crime that has no statute of limitation.
	www.the-tidings.com /2004/1022/essays.htm (731 words)

	THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP? VATICAN CRANKS EXORCISM MILL AMDIST SENSATIONALIST HEADLINES, RELIGIOUS RIVALRY
		The course is taught by representatives of the Legion of Christ.
		There is also speculation regarding possible Legion of Christ ties with other members of Fox's inner circle, as well as the president's wife who is a "lay associate" of the secretive group.
		A similar policy which banned the Legion and its subsidiary organs from using church resources and property was announced by the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio in October, 2002.
	www.atheists.org /flash.line/devil3.htm (1953 words)

	On Mission with Legionaries of Christ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		I had been involved with the Legion from time to time prior to this trip, but I soon found out I had a lot more to learn more about them and myself.
		I took a closer look into the Legion this past spring when I went out east to visit a few of my cousins who are in the seminary.
		It was easy to tell which houses the Legion roofed, because there were a couple extra dentsin the roofs, but it kept the rain off of the people and that was what really mattered.
	www.catholicmission.org /Stories-OnMissionWithLegionOfChrist.html (1549 words)

	Observer \| Catholic hero now faces Vatican inquiry
		It was nearly 50 years ago, but José Barba winces as he remembers Father Marcial Maciel, founder and icon of the Legion of Christ, the secretive Roman Catholic order said to be second only in papal influence to Opus Dei.
		Maciel, now 84, formed the ultra-conservative Legion of Christ in Mexico in 1941 in the wake of religious wars that pitted Catholics against the anti-clerical revolutionary regime and ended with an uneasy mutual tolerance.
		The defining moment came, he says, when he was promoted to be head of the Legion in the US as a reward for successfully covering up a case of abuse involving one of his colleagues.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5120626-102275,00.html (1057 words)

	Challenges for Legionaries and Regnum Christi
		Q: You are succeeding, in the office of general director of the Legionaries of Christ and of the Regnum Christi movement, the founder, Father Marcial Maciel, who has directed the congregation since its foundation.
		Before God, he has seen that the best for the Legion and Regnum Christi is to take an institutional step of this sort so that he will be able to be with his successor during the years that God still grants him life.
		This knowledge and love of Christ is the foundation and driving force of the New Evangelization to which John Paul II has called us, with the goal of creating a civilization of Christian justice and love.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CHISTORY/ZLEGREG.HTM (2735 words)

	Home
		Now if I see the Legion at work in the world I can say with truth that it is an instrument of grace.
		From time to time in these days of stress, and rightly, that Christ is in the center of Christianity.
		"The object of the Legion of Mary is the glory of God through the holiness of its members developed by prayer and active cooperation, under ecclesiastical guidance… in advancing the reign of Christ.”
	legion-of-mary-ny.home.att.net (312 words)

	LegionaryFacts.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The works or apostolates of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi are many and varied: schools and universities; Catholic media outlets; youth programs; missions; humanitarian aid and economic development; family and parenting programs; adult education in the faith; and more.
		Basic Questions: A more in-depth discussion of the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi, with answers from the founder himself, Father Maciel.
		Historic Testimonials: See how the Legion of Christ has been perceived through the years by outside observers who have come to know them very well.
	www.legionaryfacts.org /LOCRC.html (637 words)

	Legion Of Mary - Bangalore , India
		The object of the Legion of Mary is for the Glory of God through the sanctification of its members by prayer and active cooperation under ecclesiastical guidance in Mary's and Christ's work of crushing the head of the serpent and advancing the reign of Christ.
		The Legion of Mary was founded by Brother Francis Duff on 16th September 1933 at Dublin.
		The Legion of Mary has spread from Bangalore throughout the State of Karnataka, and at present there are 2 Comitiums, one in Mysore and the other at Mangalore; 21 Curiae were formed, 15 in Bangalore 6 outstation; and 5 directly affiliated Praesidiums.
	www.geocities.com /athens/2960/lom.htm (625 words)

	Legionaries of Christ :: Man Says Religious Order Misled Him
		The Legion says Walsh's decision to transfer the property in November 2003, with the right to live in the home for life, was made knowingly and voluntarily.
		Deborah Pothier, Stratford tax collector, confirmed that he lost his exemptions but said that "taxes should be the responsibility of the Legion of Christ unless a private agreement was made." Such an agreement was made among the papers the father signed at closing.
		The Legion of Christ, which has a seminary in Cheshire, has a reputation for aggressiveness in recruitment and fund-raising.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /10132 (1206 words)

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