Thompson agreed with Allen though in several points : " Opus Dei is not as black as it is painted, " Escriva " anticipated the reforming spirit of the Second Vatican Council, " " there is nothing very shocking " about the survival of corporal mortification, " and that charges that Opus Dei is " financially corrupt and politically far to the Right, " are " years out of date . " Another critic is Peter McDermott who still called Allen " respected Rome correspondent . " His main point is that Allen " doesn't explore the idea that maybe Opus Dei itself is two different realities . " Peter Duffy of the Jesuit weekly, " America, " also called him " respected " but said that Allen bent over backwards to explain the harshest criticisms of Opus Dei.