numerary assistant

After four years at the “school”, Martínez says she was forced to become a numerary assistant – essentially, Opus Dei’s domestic servants, who had to devote themselves to cooking and cleaning for the senior members and priests, while living a life of celibacy.

‘I became like a slave’: why 43 women are suing the secretive Opus Dei Catholic group in Argentina Harriet Barber 2025