 | This articlerelies excessively onreferences toprimary sources. Please improve this article by addingsecondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Taylor Marshall" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(January 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Taylor Marshall | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Marshall in 2023 | |||||||||||
| Born | Taylor Reed Marshall (1978-03-29)March 29, 1978 (age 47) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | |||||||||||
| Occupations |
| ||||||||||
| Movement | Traditionalist Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||
| Children | 8 | ||||||||||
| Website | taylormarshall | ||||||||||
Ordination history | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Taylor Reed Marshall (born March 29, 1978) is an Americantraditionalist Catholic writer andYouTube commentator.
A former priest of theEpiscopal Church, Marshall converted to Catholicism and became an advocate oftraditionalist Catholicism. Marshall promotes a number ofconspiracy theories, and openly criticizes the Catholic hierarchy. He is the author of multiple books, includingInfiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within and his bestselling historical fiction seriesSword and Serpent. Marshall currently teaches at the New Saint Thomas Institute, an online Catholic education institute that he founded in 2013.
Marshall graduated magna cum laude fromTexas A&M University in 2000 with aBachelor of Arts degree in philosophy.[1] After studying atWestminster Theological Seminary andNashotah House, Marshall was ordained apriest of theEpiscopal Church in 2005 byJack Iker, theBishop of Fort Worth.[2][3] Marshall had previously served as a youth minister atSaint Andrew's Episcopal Church while an Episcopaldeacon.[4]
Shortly thereafter, in 2006, he and his wife converted to Catholicism.[5] They receivedconfirmation again from BishopKevin Vann in May 2006.[6][7]
In 2009, Marshall earned hisMaster of Arts degree in philosophy, and in 2011 earned aDoctor of Philosophy degree in philosophy, at theUniversity of Dallas with his 600-page doctoral dissertation "Thomas Aquinas on Natural Law and the Twofold Beatitude of Humanity."[1][8] From January 2012 until June 2013, Marshall served as thechancellor of the formerCollege of Saints John Fisher & Thomas More.[9][10] Prior to his administrative work at the college, he was a professor of philosophy. Marshall also formerly served as the assistant director of theArchdiocese of Washington's Catholic Information Center.[1] He is a founder of the New Saint Thomas Institute, an online Catholic theology educational program, and theTroops of Saint George, a Catholicscouting organization.[11][12]
Marshall has published books in the fields of theology, philosophy, and historical fiction.[13] All but one have been self-published by Saint John Press and Media, a company held and managed by Marshall.[14][15] His 2019 book,Infiltration, posits aconspiracy theory that, over the last two centuries, thehierarchy of the Catholic Church has been actively subverted to promoteFreemasonic power.[16] The foreword of the book was written by BishopAthanasius Schneider. The book has been controversial in Catholic circles, drawing both positive and negative reviews from various media outlets.[17][18] Marshall, on his YouTube channel, regularly comments on statements from ArchbishopCarlo Maria Viganò, former Nuncio to the United States.[19]
In October 2019, Marshall received media attention for publicizing an incident at the Catholic Church'sAmazon Synod in whichAlexander Tschugguel and an accomplice filmed themselves removing indigenous statues, reportedly ofPachamama, from theChurch of Santa Maria in Traspontina in Rome and throwing them into theTiber river.[20][21] In March 2020, it was revealed that Marshall himself had personally funded Tschugguel's trip to Rome and uploaded the video of the theft.[22]
Marshall briefly received attention fromDonald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign for popularizing Archbishop Viganò's letter warning of adeep state working to undermine the United States of America.[16] Marshall was noticed by the campaign in return, and retweeted on thepresident's Twitter account.[23] Traditionalist Catholic writer Matthew Walther criticized both Marshall's advocacy for then-President Trump and his claims againstPope Francis. Walther accused Marshall of "distorting or simply lying" about the pope in order to anger Catholics.[24]
In May 2023, Marshall announced he was running as a candidate in the2024 United States presidential election.[25] He launched an independent “Christ the King” presidential bid, rejecting church–state separation. Absent FEC filing or ballot access, the campaign halted any operation by July 2023.
Marshall met his wife, Joy McPherson, in 1999. They were married on June 9, 2001, atSaint Andrew's Episcopal Church inFort Worth, Texas. They have eight children.[26]
With the exception ofInfiltration andChristian Patriot, Marshall's books are self-published under the imprint of Saint John Press and Media, a company held and managed by Marshall. Most are also available on the Kindle platform from Amazon as well as in paperback with some in hardcover.
Now a Ph.D. philosophy student at the University of Dallas, he started reading Wright while attending Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
Taylor Marshall [is] a convert and a former Episcopalian priest
Marshall briefly served as an Anglican priest before converting to Catholicism in 2006
There was no official claim of responsibility for the thefts, but a conservative U.S. author, Taylor Marshall, issued a statement and tweeted the video of it. 'I announce to you with great joy: the Pachamama idols that polluted the Church of St Maria Traspontina have been cast away into the Tiber River as an act of obedience to Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ & in reparation to His Sacred Heart wounded by sin,' Marshall tweeted.
The video of the theft and news about it spread quickly on Twitter. Marshall was critiqued as having aided in theft and vandalism and being morally culpable as a result. Taylor Marshall, author of the book 'Infiltration: The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within' and a frequent critic of the use of the statue, told Twitter followers 'with great joy' that the images had been tossed into the river 'as an act of obedience to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ & in reparation to his Sacred Heart wounded by sin.'
So you worked out your plan with your friend, and I wired you some money for airfare, and you guys flew from Vienna over to Rome, and you got it done.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
