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| | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . COVER STORY . Opus Dei . June 29, 2001 | PBS |
 | | Seventy percent of Opus Dei members, like Mary Beth Burger, are known as "supernumeraries." They are married, or hope to be, and have made personal and financial commitments to Opus Dei while they raise their families and pursue their careers. |
 | | TAMMY DINICOLA: Typically, what the Opus Dei new recruits are told is that if they decided to leave, that they are turning their backs on God, that they could be damned if they leave Opus Dei, and they are going to live their whole lives without God's grace. |
 | | There is a part of Opus Dei, however, their recruiting techniques, their penchant for secrecy, some of the ways in which they operate in the church, that really needs to be looked at. |
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