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Legion of Christ’s records released

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: February 16, 2013 at 5:21 a.m.

Documents detailing the fundraising practices of the Legion of Christ were released to the public Friday, showing how the Roman Catholic religious order took control of an elderly woman’s finances and persuaded her to bequeath it $60 million.

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