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"Marcial Maciel: the Wolf of God": Who Was the Mexican Priest in Hbo's New Documentary Series?

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By Karen Esquivel, CNN en Español For years, Father Marcial Maciel displayed an image as a charismatic leader, admired in the Catholic Church. Over time, a double life contrary to the values he preached came to light. His story—one of the most outrageous in the Catholic Church in Mexico—has been portrayed in the new HBO Max documentary series “Marcial Maciel: The Wolf of God,” which exposes the abuses committed by the priest and how the ecclesia…

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Argentine director Matías Gueilburt warns that in his country the Legionaries of Christ have never reached the same degree of influence as in other parts of Latin America and the world. In that sense, at first he felt less familiar with the subject than when he made the documentaries Vilas: You will be what you should be or will not be anything (2020) and The seller of illusions: The case Generation Zoe (2024), both premiered in Netflix and focu…

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By Karen Esquivel, CNN en Español For years, Father Marcial Maciel displayed an image as a charismatic leader, admired in the Catholic Church. Over time, a double life contrary to the values he preached came to light. His story—one of the most outrageous in the Catholic Church in Mexico—has been portrayed in the new HBO Max documentary series “Marcial Maciel: The Wolf of God,” which exposes the abuses committed by the priest and how the ecclesia…

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“How is it possible that a man who committed crimes and immorality for more than 70 years has died in absolute impunity?” asks the documentary series Marcial Maciel: The Wolf of God.

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The recent premiere of the documentary series Marcial Maciel: The Wolf of God in HBO Max reopened one of the darkest chapters in the contemporary history of the Catholic Church. Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information that interests you, at the moment and in the palm of your hand. Production not only addresses the sexual abuse and institutional cover-up that surrounded the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, but also a less…

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La Jornada broke the news in Mexico on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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