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	Founder of Arizona Community Described As "Erratic, Authoritarian" Catholic Sentinel August 17 2010 http://www.catholicsentinel.org/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=34&ArticleID=12274 The ousted founder of the Miles Jesu Catholic community, begun in Arizona in 1964, “presented erratic behavior totally beyond the scope of the powers given to him,” said the priest appointed to guide the community as it writes a new constitution. U.S. Father Barry Fischer, a former superior of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, was given full authority over the community last year, which includes consecrated laymen and laywomen. The community’s founder, Spanish-born Father Alfonso Duran, was removed as superior general in 2007 because of mental and physical health problems. Miles Jesu includes men and women, both celibate and lay. The celibate members live together in communities; they have houses in the United States, India, Spain, Nigeria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia. Earlier, Pope Benedict named an Italian archbishop to oversee the Legionaries of Christ. The Legionaries are rewriting their constitution after revelations that their founder, the late Father Marcial Maciel Degollado abused seminarians and fathered children.
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