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	Legionaries Used Donations to Amass Influence at Vatican Catholic Culture April 7, 2010 http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=5945 An eye-opening report by Jason Berry details how the Legion of Christ under Father Marcial Maciel accumulated power and influence at the Vatican, currying favor with lavish donations to key prelates. One Vatican official who refused the gifts, and insisted on pressing an investigation of Father Maciel, was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
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