Luis Garza

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Luis Garza Medina is a Roman Catholic priest of the Legion of Christ who previously served as its Vicar General and Territorial Director of North America. Garza is accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in the early 1990s.^[1]

Biography[]

Garza was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico. He has a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University. He entered the Legion of Christ in 1978.

Garza became Vicar General of the Legion from 1992. In that office Garza is said to lead efforts to investigate charges of sexual misconduct brought against Legion founder Marcial Maciel although he had known about the abuses for years and chose to cover them up.^[2]

Garza resigned from the post of Vicar General in 2011 and was appointed Territorial Director for the United States and Canada.^[3]

His older brother is the CEO of Tenedora Topaz. His younger sister is the editor of Milenio magazine in Mexico City.^{[citation needed]}

Until 2019, Garza resigned from his mission in the Philippines and is currently living in Mexico.^[4]

Notes[]

External links[]

• Regnum Christi announcement of Garza's appointment to head North American Region
• Vatican Insider article on Garza's resignation
• Jason Berry "How Father Maciel Built His Empire" National Catholic Reporter Apr 12, 2010

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