Opus Dei targets girls as young as 12, promising them an education.
They are then taught how to cook, clean, and do household chores as they work 12 hour days without breaks.
Some are trafficked to other countries, off the books, and not registered with social security systems.
They are then taught how to cook, clean, and do household chores as they work 12 hour days without breaks.
Some are trafficked to other countries, off the books, and not registered with social security systems.
https://twitter.com/ReflectingMan/status/1459329104604446723
“The hierarchy (of Opus Dei) is aware of these practices,” said Sebastián Sal, the women's lawyer. “It is an internal policy of Opus Dei. The search for these women is conducted the same way throughout the world. ... It is something institutional.”
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The women's complaint, filed in September with the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, also points to dozens of priests affiliated with Opus Dei for their alleged “intervention, participation and knowledge in the denounced events.”
The allegations … are similar to those made by members of another conservative Catholic organization also favored by St. John Paul II, the Legion of Christ [which] recruited young women to become consecrated members of …Regnum Christi, to work in Legion schools & other projects
For information about how the Opus Dei-linked Catholic Information Center in D.C. appears to influence the selection of Republican federal court judges, see @craigunger’s book.
https://twitter.com/craigunger/status/1377389653540540418
To dive further down the rabbit hole of Opus Dei and the Catholic Church, from Louis Freeh to Father McCloskey, see this thread by @loonyberg.
Not all inferences are real/meaningful connections, but the networks are broad.
cc @barrelrider684 @StringwallApp
Not all inferences are real/meaningful connections, but the networks are broad.
cc @barrelrider684 @StringwallApp
https://twitter.com/loonyberg/status/1377401351152365570
“Although he left Washington at perhaps the height of his fame, McCloskey’s legacy is the ongoing influence of the Catholic Information Center. The center’s board includes Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society”
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“White House counsel Pat Cipollone is a former board member [of the Catholic Information Center], as is William P. Barr
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The small center — its members and its leaders — continue to have an outsize impact on policy and politics.”
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The small center — its members and its leaders — continue to have an outsize impact on policy and politics.”
Opus Dei has its roots in fascist Spain.
Its founder, Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, was reportedly a supporter of Franco.
Many members were recruited from Spain's wealthy and powerful families, and members were allowed to serve in Franco’s government.
theguardian.com/world/2002/oct…
Its founder, Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, was reportedly a supporter of Franco.
Many members were recruited from Spain's wealthy and powerful families, and members were allowed to serve in Franco’s government.
theguardian.com/world/2002/oct…
Oct, 2016
The [Catholic Information Center] posthumously honored Scalia with its fifth annual St. John Paul II Award for the New Evangelization. Scalia was an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 until his death Feb. 13 at age 79.
The [Catholic Information Center] posthumously honored Scalia with its fifth annual St. John Paul II Award for the New Evangelization. Scalia was an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 until his death Feb. 13 at age 79.
https://twitter.com/StringwallApp/status/1392897749352337413
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