Introducing: Sacred Scandal: The Many Secrets of Marcial Maciel
The Girlfriends: Untouchable - Season 4
iHeartPodcasts and Novel
4.2 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Hello, Girlfriends Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, Sacred Scandal: The Many Secrets of Marcial Maciel
About the show: Sacred Scandal is back for a fourth season. The Many Secrets of Marcial Maciel is a gripping investigative podcast that uncovers the mysteries behind one of the Catholic Church’s most powerful and controversial figures. Through the voice of Elena Sada—a former consecrated lady in the Legion of Christ—the series exposes Marcial Maciel’s double life of abuse, fraud, and manipulation, as well as the silence and complicity that allowed him to thrive. Blending survivor testimony and in-depth reporting, the show reveals how faith, power, and secrecy collided to protect a predator, and how those who lived inside his empire found the strength to break free.
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| 0:00.0 | I was 19 years old when Marcel Masel took me in the eye and told me I had a calling. |
| 0:06.8 | Marcian Marcel Masiel was a charismatic Mexican priest who founded the Legionaries of Christ, |
| 0:12.4 | a powerful and rapidly growing religious order, but more than anything, he was an abuser |
| 0:18.5 | in every sense of the word. |
| 0:25.6 | I realized how much fear these men felt for this priest. Masiel seemed untouchable, but even the darkest secrets eventually find their way to the light. |
| 0:32.6 | My name is Elena Sada. I was a consecrated lady and known for the Legion of Christ. |
| 0:39.9 | And this is my story. |
| 0:41.8 | It's a story of how I learned to hide, to cry, to survive, and eventually how I got out. |
| 0:48.5 | Listen to Secrets Scandal, the many secrets of Marcial Masel as part of the My Cultura |
| 0:54.0 | Podcast Network |
| 0:55.2 | on the IHeart Radio app, |
| 0:56.9 | Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:58.0 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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