Controversies about Opus Dei have centered on allegations of secretiveness, including the cover-up of sexual abuse in Spain, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, and the United States; recruiting methods aimed at teenagers becoming numeraries; the illicit use of psychiatric drugs in its central headquarters; the misleading of its ...

What's bad about Opus Dei?

Opus Dei has been accused by critics of having "cult-like" practices. Religious scholars say Opus Dei is not a cult. But many do say it engages in practices that appear cult-like, practices used by many strict religious groups and that used to be common in some Roman Catholic orders.

Is Opus Dei a traditionalist?

With special ties to the pope, Opus Dei takes a traditionalist approach and has been portrayed as an important counterforce to liberal reforms in the church since the 1960s and to concerns such as declining attendance.