Ex-member: I was shocked

By John Allen in Opus Dei

Elizabeth Falk Sather is a Chicago-area numerary who left Opus Dei in early 1983 after roughly five years.

“I went on the Opus Dei Awareness Network Web site,” she said, reading accounts by former members such as Moncada about what happened when they left. “I was shocked. I didn’t experience any coercion, anyone locking doors on me.

My director said, `This has to be your free choice.’ I didn’t feel hounded. They saw I was being open and honest.”