BBC rejects Opus Dei complaint

The BBC Trust has rejected complaints from Opus Dei that episodes of Waking the Dead portrayed a “negative and false” view of the shady Catholic organisation.

This is the second rejected complaint, the first was to the corporation’s editorial complaints unit. The BBC Trust upheld that decision.

The audience would have been prepared for highly complicated and unrealistic storylines that bore no relation to life

In the original complaint, Opus Dei spokesman Jack Valero said:

Members of Opus Dei are Catholics, they are not going around killing people, having sex with married people and making money.

Worth repeating.




Opus Dei complaints rejected by BBC

A complaint by the sinister, secretive, and morally perverse Catholic society Opus Dei about Waking the Dead has been rejected by the BBC. The award-winning drama had depicted Opus Dei as sinister, secretive, and morally perverse.

Andrew Bell, the director of the BBC complaints unit explained that most viewers would not take the programme seriously. Jack Valero, a director of Opus Dei, has vowed to take the matter further.




Opus Dei complains to BBC

Waking the Dead, BBC’s award-winning drama, has sparked the fury of the sinister uber-Catholic organisation Opus Dei. Tuesday’s episode, titled “The Fall” featured a murder investigation of an Opus Dei devotee, sparking the accusation that the BBC portrayed the group as “pious hypocrites and murderers bent on acquiring wealth and power”.

Spokesman Jack Valero said:

Members of Opus Dei are Catholics, they are not going around killing people, having sex with married people and making money.

Apparently he didn’t even crack a smile!

The Mail has the full story.