Damian Thompson @holysmoke This investigation raises very troubling questions about Opus Dei that I also raised in the early 1990s, including in a cover story for the @spectator . The moment I lost faith in @JohnLAllenJr was when he published a book about Opus that glossed over many scandals...
This investigation raises very troubling questions about Opus Dei that I also raised in the early 1990s, including in a cover story for the . The moment I lost faith in was when he published a book about Opus that glossed over many scandals. But is also glossing over scandals, implying that the reforming Pope Francis will address Opus Dei’s misbehaviour while making no mention of the pontiff’s complicity in the cover-up of the suspected *rape* of nuns by one of his friends, the latest example of his readiness to protect his abuser allies. I also suspect that Opus Dei has changed for the better in recent years; I no longer hear the horror stories from ex-members that led me to argue strongly against the canonisation of Escriva. But my main point is that it’s indefensible to let Francis off the hook in an investigation into abuse of Catholic women at a time when Rupnik, accused of trying to force women to drink his semen out of a chalice, is still a priest and still has many powerful friends here in Rome.
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