File:International ecclesiastical institutional complaint against Opus Dei for regulatory fraud against the Holy See and the members themselves.pdf

Summary

By Antonio Moya Somolinos and other signatories, on June 27, 2023

In the complaint, the "secret normative documents that Opus Dei has systematically hidden from the Holy See" are presented, which the complainants consider "fundamental evidence" of the same. In the summary with which the letter begins, the "characteristics of sectarian drift that can be seen in Opus Dei" are emphasized, among which, as a Decalogue, the following stand out:

1. The group is united by a doctrine that is transmitted in a 'messianic' way and is led by a charismatic figure who considers himself the possessor of the Absolute Truth.
2. The structure of the group is theocratic, vertical and totalitarian.
3. Total adherence to the group is required, which implies distancing from social relationships, affective ties and previous activities.
4. Members live in a closed community or in total psychological dependence on the group
5. Individual liberties and the privacy of the followers are suppressed.
6. The information that reaches the members of the group is controlled.
7. A set of manipulation and coercive persuasion techniques are used, such as meditation or spiritual rebirth.
8. A more or less strong rejection of the rest of society is encouraged, considering them enemies or at least suspects.
9. The main activities of the group are proselytizing and collecting money.
10. Under duress or psychological pressure, followers are obtained the delivery of their personal assets and considerable sums of money

Seven consequences derived from regulatory fraud, the modification of the Opus Dei charism under the pressure of a sectarian drift and its structure of sin through regulatory fraud:

1. Abuse of conscience, spiritual and power abuse
2. Fraud on the concept of "spiritual family" (depression, suicides, psychiatric issues)
3. Ideologization of the figure of the founder
4. Fraud to the Church
5. Fraud to the state and civil society
6. Distortion of the Christian vocation, aggressive proselytism
7. Auxiliary numeraries