For the first time, one of the hundreds of victims of Opus Dei’s cruel system of grooming and coercing impoverished young girls into a life of servitude tells her own story.
Anne Marie Allen’s new book SERVE comes out in May.
A THREAD 🧵
https://linktr.ee/annemarieallen
Anne Marie Allen’s new book SERVE comes out in May.
A THREAD 🧵
https://linktr.ee/annemarieallen
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And we wonder why the US is going full #fascist? CULTS
-Voltaire
https://churchandstate.org.uk/2019/03/opus-deis-influence-on-the-u-s-judiciary/
Here we are.
He wasn't a mean or evil guy, but lived in an alternative right wing Catholic universe with latin masses and the whole the works. Never had a chance at sanity, since his mother was literally close friends with Phyllis Schlafly.
Filling childrens minds with superstition and lies from the day they could understand language. Especially girls, who they want to control and use, because all religions are patriarchal and misogynist.
Religion, by its nature emphasizing faith in the unknowable, is the perfect context to create a positive feedback loop between your two hypotheses.
He deserves to be the downfall of this corrupt religion!
Years later, i had the pleasure of attending a gig in Ely house in Dublin.
There may have been some substance abuse, loud tunes and the kitchen never looked the same again
We weren't invited back
I consider that a 'draw'
Seeking a better life, she moved to the west of Ireland.
Her happiness was short-lived as it became clear she had been tricked into a life of domestic servitude in Opus Dei.
What followed were years of misery in slavery, forced celibacy and traumatic physical suffering under an ambitious and tyrannical institution that demanded perfection, humiliation and pain.
SERVE is Anne Marie’s remarkable story of strength and resilience in the face of religious zealotry.
But there are hundreds of women like Anne Marie.
I tell the story of how Opus Dei targeted, groomed and then trafficked these girls around the world in my own book.
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opus/Gareth-Gore/9781668016145
Four Opus Dei priests will take the stand. The deputy leader of Opus Dei is also implicated.
https://apnews.com/article/argentina-opus-dei-c04dc1f54c033a967975c6261922f698
In more recent years, journalists such as @paulabistagnino.bsky.social have also helped raise awareness about this huge and ongoing global scandal.
https://buenosairesherald.com/society/opus-dei-the-handmaids-school