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Manufacturing dissent since 1996.

This is hell and a dissenting opinion.

Among the most powerful and influential in Washington, D.C., or any major city, anywhere in the world for that matter, would be that we should have any concern about

any Opus Day influence, that any worries we may have are conspiracy theory and nothing more.

After all, look how affable and friendly order members seem to be.

And that whole scandal caused by the lawsuit brought by dozens of women around the world being

forced to work as servants for the order, well, there's nothing there either. Here to help us,

here to tell us more, and help us learn more, and help us understand better Opus Day and what they

really are and what they really aren't financial journalist and editor with close to

two decades of experience.

Gareth Gore is author of the new book that is being published today, Opus, The Cult of Dark

Money, Human Trafficking, and Right Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church.

You can follow Gareth on X at Gareth underscore Gore and check out

the syndicate, which tells the behind the scenes stories of the biggest financial deals in history.

You can find the syndicate wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to This is Hell, Gareth.

Hey, hello there, Chuck. Thanks for having me on. Thank you so much for being on the show because this is a story that is being discussed

here in the United States, which is weird without using the words opus day in it, which

is pretty crazy.

And I'll get to that in a bit.

You begin by writing when Banco Popular suddenly collapsed in the early hours of June 7th,

2017. Attention naturally turned to those caught up in what turned out to be one of the largest bank failures ever seen in Europe.

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