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...just as much as he emphasizes this idea of everyday spirituality, Escriva in his writings preaches the trickle-down theories Bucciarelli, an Opus Dei priest, espouses as his own. In Escriva’s most widely read collection, The Way—an assortment of strikingly powerful points of prose which Opus Dei members reflect on during prayer—the trickle-down idea is clear...
...June 16 story reported that Hanssen’s wife told investigators that her husband confessed his crime to his priest. That priest was Bucciarelli who, according to Hanssen’s wife, eventually advised Hanssen not to turn himself into authorities but instead to give the dirty money to charity...
...when the Hanssen ordeal thrust his personal role as a spiritual leader into the public eye, it made sense that Bucciarelli would keep a low proifle. As talking heads debated whether clerical law should protect a Catholic priest from being interviewed by the FBI, Bucciarelli took refuge at Elmbrook, an Opus Dei center in Cambridge, where only one journalist dared seek him out (a pesky New York Times reporter whom Bucciarelli calls “courteous” despite his “uncalled-for” intrusion...
Today, the Opus Dei priest gives the same response to questions about the Hanssen matter that he gave to the press in 2001: as a priest respecting the confidentiality of his conversations, he has no comment...
...their daughter drew increasingly apart from her family, the DiNicolas brought their concerns to members of Opus Dei. Dianne DiNicola contacted a Catholic priest who told her he knew others with similar stories. She says, however, she wasn’t satisfied with the response from Opus Dei, and so she started ODAN to share her family’s cautionary tale. Twelve years after DiNicola started the network, she estimates that about 3,600 people from across the country have contacted ODAN with concerns about Opus Dei. This is a very rough estimate, as ODAN does not keep figures...