An inside look at Opus Dei

Former head of the FBI, Louis Freeh, was one, so was the convicted double agent Robert Hansen. And in Australia, there are members on both sides of politics. We are talking about membership in the conservative Catholic movement known as Opus Dei, a term which simply translates as God's work. Opus Dei admits to having some 500 members in Australia and only about 200,000 worldwide. Yet it's investments are reported to total more than $300 million. Opus Dei says its aim is merely to place Christ at the head of all human activities and to spread the universal call to holiness through professional work. Its detractors say it's an elitist organisation with questionable recruitment practices aimed at the powerful and the wealthy.