{"id":7262,"date":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:50:45","slug":"legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-founder-almost-removed-from-priesthood-in-1950s-vatican-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr\u00fcnder der Legion\u00e4re Christi w\u00e4re in den 1950er Jahren fast aus dem Priesteramt entfernt worden, wie Vatikan-Dokumente zeigen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Source Father Marcial Maciel. \/ Credit: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons National Catholic Register, Jul 25, 2024 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Pius XII\u2019s Vatican was on the verge of removing from the priesthood the founder of the Legionaries of Christ over sexual abuse allegations in 1956, 50 years before he was removed from active ministry, documents from the time show.Father Marcial Maciel (1920\u20132008), who founded the religious congregation as a young seminarian in Mexico in 1941,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Source Father Marcial Maciel. \/ Credit: DominikHoffmann, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons National Catholic Register, Jul 25, 2024 \/ 12:30 pm (CNA). Pope Pius XII\u2019s Vatican was on the verge of removing from the priesthood the founder of the Legionaries of Christ over sexual abuse allegations in 1956, 50 years before he was removed from active ministry, documents from the time show.Father Marcial Maciel (1920\u20132008), who founded the religious congregation as a young seminarian in Mexico in 1941,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29146,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/legionaries-of-christ-priest-accused-of-abusing-5-schoolgirls-in-spain\/","url_meta":{"origin":7262,"position":0},"title":"Legionaries of Christ priest accused of abusing 5 schoolgirls in Spain","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"M\u00e4rz 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 \/ 06:40 am (CNA). Father Marcelino de Andr\u00c3\u00a9s N\u00c3\u00ba\u00c3\u00b1ez, a priest of the Legionaries of Christ and former secretary of Marcial Maciel, was arrested in Spain and released subject to restrictions, accused of abusing five underage girls at a school where he served as a primary and secondary school chaplain.Maciel, the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, sexually abused at least 60\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/highlands.school.march_.2025.jpg?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/highlands.school.march_.2025.jpg?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/highlands.school.march_.2025.jpg?fit=670%2C447&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29068,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/regnum-christi-to-review-abuse-prevention-policies-following-arrest-of-former-official\/","url_meta":{"origin":7262,"position":1},"title":"Regnum Christi to review abuse prevention policies following arrest of former official","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"M\u00e4rz 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Highlands El Encinar School in Madrid. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Highlands School Madrid, Spain, Mar 13, 2025 \/ 15:35 pm (CNA). 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