Dozens of former members say organisation targets young teenagers to commit to strict religious life
Dozens of former Opus Dei members have accused the group of recruiting children in recent years, challenging the organisation’s claims that it does not target minors. The individuals, the most recent of whom left the conservative Catholic group this year, told the Financial Times they were recruited as minors or witnessed targeted attempts over the past decade to draw under-18s into the group.
The women were “assistant numeraries”, a female-only category of members who dedicate themselves to domestic work at Opus Dei centres. Earlier this year an FT investigation uncovered similar allegations in Europe, the US and Africa. Sixteen women said they were coerced as young girls from low-income backgrounds into decades of unpaid domestic service. Opus Dei strongly denied the claims of exploitation and psychological control.
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