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...writing in response to the cover story on Opus Dei published in the April 10th issue of FM magazine, ( “Opening the Doors of Opus Dei?? ). In it, the suggestion is made that Opus Dei members may subconsciously lose their freedom. Illustrating how “destructive cults are often characterized by a false pretense of freedom,” cult expert Steve Hassan is quoted as saying “[a] lot of members of cults say, ‘I’m free to leave whenever I want; I just choose...
...transcendence of state and national borders has enabled Opus Dei to expand into a group that boasts 80,000 members worldwide and 3,000 in 35 cities across the United States. These are likely conservative estimates of Opus Dei??s scope. Many of those affiliated with Opus Dei are not official members, but supporters not included in these statistics...
Opus Dei crossed the Atlantic and took root in Chicago in 1949. Since then, according to Opus Dei??s Office of Communications, it has spread its “apostolic activities” into about 35 cities in the United States. Internationally, the Work is known foremost for its members’ conservative political influence, according to the British journalist Robert Hutchinson, author of Their Kingdom Come: Inside The Secret World Of Opus Dei, and a reporter for The Guardian...
Hutchninson argues that Opus Dei??s political contacts “blossomed” in the United States during the Reagan years when the Work “placed its agents inside the White House and recruited among the middle ranks of the Pentagon...
...Silva says he was told that he could either accept Opus Dei as it was or leave the group. He left. But Silva, who lived at Elmbrook from 1980 to 1986, still believes that much of Opus Dei??s mission is good. “In many ways it has a very beautiful style of doing things,” he says. “There is an emphasis on study, and friendship—what a pity...