This blog was sent data to the effect that 161 priests who left the Legion. See the comments below. It is partial, from 2011, and missing many; some of those names may not have been ordained to the priesthood in the LC. Members with knowledge could probably add a few more to the list: such as
- Fr. Pablo Perez Guajardo from Cancun, expelled in 2013
- Fr. Michael Caheny, now married and living in Brazil
- Fr. Thomas Williams
- Fr. Kevin Walsh was only a seminarian when he left; later ordained to the diocese of Arlington, VA, USA
- Fr. Santiago Perez Santana
- Acero Buenaventura
- Alarcón Félix
- Amezcua Mario
- Andere José
- Atuire Cesar
- Bancale Pier Luca
- Barry Douglas
- Bata Jose Antonio
- Batta Marco A.
- Belardi Todd
- Belasque Emerson
- Bennett Thomas
- Berg Thomas
- Blanco Carlos
- Blum José
- Brosnan Christopher (Eamon?)
- Browker Jeffrey
- Brown Ned
- Bui Dai
- Bustamante Navarro Francisco
- Byrne Bernard
- Carrasco Manuel
- Castón José María
- Castro Juan Manuel
- Cerda Patricio
- Coates Desmond
- Cointreau Santiago
- Cronin Peter (Deceased)
- Cutanda Fernando
- Davidson Andreas
- Del Bosque Alejandro
- Desmond Patrick
- Deveney Cathal
- Devlin Eoghan
- Díaz Corona Eduardo
- Díaz Guardamino Ramón
- Donahue John
- Donelly Russell
- Droeghe Bernard
- Ermantinger Roderick
- Ermantinger Cliff
- Escobar Ernesto
- Fagan Kevin
- Farfaglia James
- Farrel Kevin
- Favreau Glenn (Deacon)
- Fernández Pablo
- Fernández Amenabar Juan Manuel, R.I.P.
- Ferreira Luis
- Fichter Stephen
- Fito José Ignacio
- Flores José de Jesús
- Freymann Joseph Diácono
- Fuenzalida Leonel
- Fune Héctor
- García Hipolito
- Gayarrola José Maria
- Gil J.Ricardo Sánchez
- Gill Richard
- Gonzalez Jose Antonio
- González Juan José
- González Maciel Franciso
- Goodyear Michael
- Green Matthew
- Greenslade Richard
- Gutiérrez Jesús Arturo Diácono
- Hennigan Thomas
- Herman Van de ???
- Hernández Jesús
- Hernández Anselmo
- Herrera Guillermo
- Higgins Vincent
- Hurtado de Mendoza Marcos
- Iglesias Rubén
- Jambom Jeffrey
- Keogh John
- Kunze Christopher
- Larocca Rafael
- Larrey Phillip
- Larson James
- Lennon Paul
- Leonard Donal
- Lerma Luis
- Llanes Rafael
- Long Daniel
- Maher Thomas
- Marques Adilson
- Martín Pedro
- Martínez Racionero José
- Martínez Sada Carlos
- Mc Cormick John
- Mc Gowan Maurice
- Mc Ilhargey James (R.I.P.) See article on www.regainnetwork.org
- McCrahn Christopher
- McGrath Lancelot
- McNair Andrew
- McNeil Neil
- Melo Carlos
- Mertha Lawrence
- Molino Jorge
- Mollenhauer Arthur
- Moreau Paul
- Morris Jonathan
- Mulcahey Andrew
- Murphy Declan
- Nakvasil Richard
- Nazzaro Alfonse
- Nguyen Joseph
- O’Brien John
- Obradors Ángel
- Ordieres Alejandro
- Oriol Santiago
- O’Rourke Patrick
- Parga Gonzalez Francisco
- Pérez Gregorio
- Pollok Martin
- Polzer Daniel
- Poncini John
- Preciado Rodolfo
- Prieto Leopoldo
- Pulido Ruben Darío
- Quilez Alberto
- Ramirez Rafael
- Renedo Guillermo
- Rivas Juan
- Rivero Juan
- Rodríguez Jorge
- Rodríguez Jenaro
- Rueda Edgar
- Ruiz Héctor
- Russo Paolo
- Sada Derby Alfredo
- Sada Derby Salvador
- Sanchéz José María
- Sanchéz Neftalí
- Sandstadt Erik
- Sasse John
- Scroggin Christopher
- Sevillano Aurelio
- Sherlock John
- Sherman Branigan
- Silva Rosendo
- Snell Francis
- Spillane Jeremy (never ordained in Legion?)
- Stegniki John
- Stenson Brian
- Tarragó Jorge
- Tennyson Bryant
- Torres Francisco
- Trevisan Leandro
- Vaca Juan José
- Villalba Eduardo
- Villalobos Jorge
- Villalobs Oscar
- Villasana Alberto
- Villaseñor Gustavo
- Villaseñor Álvaro
- Voor Richard
- Wallace Jason
- Weighner Robert
- White Thomas
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AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 3:41 PMPlease remove my name from this list. I was never a priest in the Legion of Christ.Reply
G. Favreau (46)- AnonymousJune 9, 2011 at 6:48 PMYes I can do this for you but I have to ask you if are the Favreau Glenn Diácono? If not, then I will leave the name. Were you ever associated with the Legion of Christ? Again, if not, then this is not you but another Favreau Glenn Diácono. The world is a big place.Reply
If it is true that you are the same Favreau Glenn Diácono I would like to know if were you a seminarian with the LC? and did you leave the LC as a seminarian?
Most names on the list were also seminarians, I could change the title to include seminaries. If I do then I would leave your name on the list as a true statement.
dxv515 - AnonymousSeptember 27, 2013 at 8:42 AMApparently, you do not know English. Therefore, let me make something clear to you. You claim to have a list of 161 priests. You now include seminarians? Deacons? So, why not simply say "List of 161 Legionaries" rather than 161 priests? That would make more sense.Reply
Also, you have priests that left the legion spanning at least 40 years.
I consider your list to be very inaccurate and very deceiving. I left the Legion a few years back. I am not on the list. 
Dear Anonymouses,
I did not post this list
From a superficial perusal I agree that there may be some who were never ordained priests in the Legion and that the list spans many years. But it is an effort in the right direction. Because for so many years the Legion buried the names and memories of those that left and we were taught that other religious orders had major desertions but not the Legion. It appears that since the death of Maciel there has been an increase in those members who doubt and question, and in those who leave the Legion; of the priests there seems to be a good number that have sought the diocesan clergy.
Dear Paul I have nothing against you, but I'am priest in the Legion. May you be so kind to remove my name? Juan Rivas, L.C.
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Dear Paul i was a seminarian in santa maria de la montaña, a lot of my classmates did not make it through the 13 year formation program at the time, and that was part of the process. It can not be taken as a desertion. My spiritual guide Jorge Fernandez Tijerina told me at the time that my temper was not compatible with the legion ideology and he was right.
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