worth an estimated 25000000000 euros. as the church floundered from a shortage of priests, the legionaries of christ was regularly holding mass ordinations with as many as 60 men ordained at a time. marcia must see eliot. i won t shame yell, said marcial. marcial was a brilliant seducer, a brilliant charlatan. dev. so he knew how to sell his image and communicate what people wanted to see, be a and feel e 70 members of the congregation revered marcial, like a living saint. lou. certain cardinals were friends of the legion. they were cardinals and archbishops in the vatican curia. that supported the legion and protected the legion. but a number of these cardinals, especially cardinal sedano, the cardinal secretary of state, was given, you know, significant amounts of money by people in the legion for his charities. well, that s a euphemism. as for him, radson, who refused. he refused to take any bribes. he refused to take any of the gifts cardinal tar cheesy or tony, whom with