Opus Dei: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church | Gareth Gore
About this episode
James Altucher interviews Gareth Gore about his investigation into Opus Dei and its disturbing connections to dark money and human trafficking within the Catholic Church.
A Note from James: Have you ever read The Da Vinci Code ? That book was definitely a page-turner. Before I read it, I had never really heard of Opus Dei. And after today’s conversation with Gareth Gore, you might wish you had never heard of Opus Dei either. In The Da Vinci Code , Opus Dei is a mysterious organization tied to the Catholic Church, secret history, and global power. But today’s guest, Gareth Gore, started investigating Opus Dei from a completely different angle. He was looking into the 2017 collapse of a major Spanish bank. He found something much bigger: a secretive organization with connections to global finance, politics, elite schools, the FBI, and even the highest levels of power in Washington, D.C. His book is Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church . And what he found is disturbing. Officially, Opus Dei promotes holiness in everyday life. And honestly, I like parts of that idea. But Gareth argues that behind the public message is a high-control organization built on secrecy, manipulation, financial opacity, and alleged abuse. We talk about how Opus Dei recruits from both the ultra-wealthy and the…
Topics covered
- Opus Dei
- dark money
- human trafficking
- right-wing conspiracy
- Catholic Church
- financial opacity
- high-control organizations
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