Revisioning Democracy Podcast Episode 4:
Opus Dei, radical Catholics, dark money – and Project 2025: a conversation with journalist Gareth Gore
Cohosts: Anne-christine d’Adesky and Jay W. Walker
Are radical Catholics in Opus Dei secretly funding a dark political agenda in the US and world? Join UK Financial Times Gareth Gore and cohosts Anne-christine d’Adesky and Jay W. Walker for another live podcast of Revisioning Democracy at the Bureau of General Services – Queer Division, on Thursday, October 10th at 5 pm EST.
We’ll talk about Gore’s new book, Opus, an investigative deep dive into Opus Dei’s secret history for the first time. Opus is a thrilling exposé revealing how the secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect has pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of dollars siphoned from one of Europe’s largest banks, Bano Popular in Spain. Gore exposing its role in bankrolling many right-wing causes globally, including the US Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. His book provides new details of the people and dark money ties between Opus Dei faithful and militant US Catholic activists including Leonard Leo, who is now bankrolling Project 2025, other US conservative architects of its Christian nationalist agenda. Opus comes out October 1 from Simon and Schuster.
The Bureau will have copies of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church (Simon & Schuster, October 1, 2024, hardcover, $30.99) available for purchase at this event. To reserve a copy, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve Opus for Oct. 10” in the subject line.
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This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.
Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.
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Gareth Gore is a financial journalist and editor with close to two decades of experience, who had reported from over twenty-five countries and covered some of the biggest financial stories. His writing has been published by Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, and International Financing Review. He is the host of The Syndicate, which tells the behind-the-scenes stories of the biggest financial deals in history