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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

The pontiff met with a disgraced Opus Dei cardinal this past week - but has completely ignored pleas from victims of this abusive group for him to meet with them

What's going on?

🧵 A THREAD

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

There have been various signs of rapprochement between the Vatican and Opus Dei - the latest being the Cipriani meeting

Meanwhile, Leo refuses to meet victims of Opus Dei, who wrote to him asking for an audience in June. They never got a reply.

He's made his priorities clear

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Francis will be turning in his grave

I have been writing about this and all of the Opus Dei developments on Substack

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Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

He met with the Opus Dei cardinal on Monday - but won't meet with victims

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

There have been various signs of rapprochement between the Vatican and Opus Dei - the latest being the Cipriani meeting

Meanwhile, Leo refuses to meet victims of Opus Dei, who wrote to him asking for an audience in June. They never got a reply.

He's made his priorities clear

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Francis wanted to come down hard on Opus Dei - but there are signs that Leo may go easy

Why?

Well, the Church's finances are in a dire state right now - it's possible he doesn't want to alienate the group, which has many wealthy and powerful members

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

I write extensively about Opus Dei's abuses, its involvement in human trafficking and the group's connections to the far-right (including Project 2025) in my book

a.co/d/ct87gtL

Amazon.com: Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church: 9781668016152: Gore, Gareth: Books

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Last week's meeting comes at a critical time for Opus Dei, the group that Cipriani is a member of

It is also accused of abusing it members - Pope Leo is currently deciding what to do about the group

It will be his first big test

www.ncronline.org/opinion/pope...

Pope Leo XIV faces major test over Opus Dei reforms

When Pope Leo XIV summoned the leader of Opus Dei to see him, in one of his first official papal audiences, Vatican watchers immediately began to wonder what the meeting meant.

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Prize-winning author and fellow Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa said Cipriani “represented the worst of the Church”

He criticised the Opus Dei cardinal him for failing to condemn the forced sterilization of indigenous women across Peru

elpais.com/diario/2011/...

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

He is also accused of helping shield the Sodality of Christian Life, a group founded in Peru that spread across South America and to the United States, from abuse allegations made against it

The Sodality was shut down by the Vatican earlier this year

apnews.com/article/vati...

Vatican says sanctions still in effect against Opus Dei cardinal following sex abuse allegations

The sanctions imposed on Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne include restrictions “relating to his public activity, place of residence and use of insignia,” Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

apnews.com

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Why would Pope Leo meet with this guy?

Cipriani has long been a controversial figure: he hung out with military officers accused of human rights violations and was taped giving a speech to army cadets filled with obscenities

www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/a...

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

But, within hours of Francis' death in April, Cipriani unilaterally decided he would no longer comply

He was photographed standing over Francis' corpse defiantly in breach of the restrictions the dead pope had placed on him

The image provoked outrage

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

He finally went to the Vatican, which resulted in Pope Francis imposing restrictions on Cipriani

He was prohibited from wearing his cardinal robes and banned from public events

The message was clear: the Church didn't want to be associated with him

www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

Vatican confirms disciplinary measures against Cardinal Cipriani - Vatican News

Following recent reports regarding accusations against Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, the Director of the Holy See Press Office confirms that a ...

www.vaticannews.va

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

The victim reported the assault to Opus Dei TWICE - both times it did nothing

After the second attempt, the victim started to receive threats — and was told that, if he went public, he'd be sued and his identity leaked

elpais.com/america/2025...

Cipriani fue cardenal muy joven, doctor honoris causa, amigo del Papa. Y un depredador sexual

El ultraconservador exarzobispo de Lima miembro del Opus Dei fue apartado y exiliado de Perú por una denuncia por pederastia que llegó hasta el Vaticano

elpais.com

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

The man in question is Juan Luis Cipriani, an Opus Dei cardinal from Peru and a hero of conservatives

He is accused of fondling a young boy in the confessional back in the 1980s

cruxnow.com/vatican/2025...

Pope meets Peru cardinal who’s defied restrictions due to abuse allegation

Pope Leo XIV Monday met with Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, a conservative lightning rod whose participation in pre-conclave meetings earlier this year became a source of global scandal ...

cruxnow.com

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

The pontiff met with a disgraced Opus Dei cardinal this past week - but has completely ignored pleas from victims of this abusive group for him to meet with them

What's going on?

🧵 A THREAD

5 25 43

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1d

One reason might be US Opus Dei affiliated billionaires & GOP pedophile protectors, like Leonard Leo and Tim Busch. Cardinals were told before Pope Leo was elected that billions in donations were available if the right pope was elected 🤷‍♂️

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Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

He met with the Opus Dei cardinal on Monday - but won't meet with victims

open.substack.com

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 17d

In our latest podcast, the #Taxcast: @naomifowler.bsky.social talks to @garethgore.bsky.social about Opus Dei, it's influence and its secret bank & Erica Hanichak @factcoalition.bsky.social on the US financial regulator's plans to actually delete company ownership information

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24d

Is Pope Leo XIV planning to relax the punitive measures against the cult of Opus Dei that his predecessor ordered? Gareth Gore see signs of that in the making.

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

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Naomi Fowler @naomifowler.bsky.social · 18d

Out soon on the #Taxcast, @taxjustice.net's podcast: @garethgore.bsky.social talks about his book on the outsized influence of the secretive Opus Dei, from Spain's dictator Franco to Trump. Plus: the battle to end anonymous ownership in the US - the govt is DELETING company ownership information...

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 24d

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 23d

It is kind of strange that if you want honest reporting on the Catholic Church, you pretty much have to go to a guy from Wigan who I used to talk to about bank capital trades. (buy Gareth's book btw, it's very good)

Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 24d

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

open.substack.com

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks, Dan!

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John W Farrell @johnwfarrell.bsky.social · 24d

Post of the Week: Is Pope Leo playing a long game with trad Catholics and the cult of Opus Dei?

Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 24d

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 24d

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...

Is Pope Leo about to go easy on Opus Dei?

Some recent signals coming out of the Vatican certainly point that way

open.substack.com

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · Sep 12

An Opus Dei priest told Hanssen not to turn himself in. Such a scandal might have been hugely embarrassing for the religious group. But that priest’s advice would have major consequences - and lead to people losing their lives.

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Gareth Gore (@garethgore)

An Opus Dei priest told Hanssen not to turn himself in. Such a scandal might have been hugely embarrassing for the religious group. But that priest’s advice would have major consequences - and lead to...

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