Poignant story of a someone who went to prison without entering a cell.

Carefree: Bridget Crosbie in her late 20s. During the Swinging Sixties she worked in hotels in London and the Channel Islands but a decade later her life took a different outlook

 

Religious cult took our sister from us, says family of Bridget Crosbie

She died alone and lonely and lay undiscovered in her Wexford home for two months. But 84-year-old Bridget was once full of the joys of life … before she joined a secretive religious sect.

Graham Clifford

Published 28/11/2015

http://www.independent.ie/life/religious-cult-took-our-sister-from-us-says-family-of-bridget-crosbie-34237646.html

 

Shipwrecked in the Spirit: Implications of Some Controversial Catholic Movements

Tydings article with comment by Father Michael Duggan

Subject: Shipwrecked in the Spirit: Implications of Some Controversial

Catholic Movements, CSJ 16-2 1999

What’s so secret about Opus Dei?

What’s so secret about Opus Dei?

Seen as one of the most controversial organisations within the Church, Siobhán Tanner looks at Opus Dei in Ireland.

The Word From Rome – Opus Dei

The Word From Rome
December 16, 2005
Vol. 5, No. 16
John L. Allen Jr.
Vatican Correspondent

From Where I Stand

I’ve been traveling recently related to my book Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic church (Doubleday). I was in Lisbon for the Portuguese launch of the book a couple of weeks ago, and this week I was in New York and Washington. On Monday, I was on NBC’s “Today Show,” which posted an excerpt from the book on its site: www.msnbc.msn.com