How I Left the Opus Dei

After joining Opus Dei, numeraries and assistants begin lives of celibacy, poverty and obedience. Former members recount how they were encouraged to sacrifice everything, including possessions, relationships and even their salaries.

At age 18, members of Opus Dei must sign a living will leaving everything they have to the organization. The survivors share how they were manipulated through guilt and emotional abuse … and the courage it took to have a true "heroic minute" and escape.