Organisations such as ODAN allege that Opus Dei maintains an extremely high degree of control over its members— for instance, past rules required numeraries to submit their incoming and outgoing mail to their superiors for inspection,[122] and members are forbidden to read certain books without permission from their superiors.[122] Critics charge that Opus Dei pressures numeraries to sever contact with non-members, including their own families.[100] Exit counselor David Clark has described Opus Dei as "very cult-like".[100]
Critics assert that Escrivá and the organisation supported radical right-wing governments, such as those of Augusto Pinochet[123] and Alberto Fujimori of Peru during the 1990s.[124] Both Pinochet's and Fujimori's ministries and prominent supporters allegedly included members of Opus Dei. There have also been allegations that Escrivá expressed sympathy for Adolf Hitler.[125][126] One former Opus Dei priest, Vladimir Felzmann, who has become a vocal Opus Dei critic, says that Escrivá once remarked that Hitler had been "badly treated" by the world and he further declared that "Hitler couldn't have been such a bad person. He couldn't have killed six million [Jews]. It couldn't have been more than four million."[127][128][129]
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Critics assert that Escrivá and the organisation supported radical right-wing governments, such as those of Augusto Pinochet[123] and Alberto Fujimori of Peru during the 1990s.[124] Both Pinochet's and Fujimori's ministries and prominent supporters allegedly included members of Opus Dei. There have also been allegations that Escrivá expressed sympathy for Adolf Hitler.[125][126] One former Opus Dei priest, Vladimir Felzmann, who has become a vocal Opus Dei critic, says that Escrivá once remarked that Hitler had been "badly treated" by the world and he further declared that "Hitler couldn't have been such a bad person. He couldn't have killed six million [Jews]. It couldn't have been more than four million."[127][128][129]
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