"The thing that drives some bonkers is their air of secrecy and total loyalty to the Pope and to the Magisterium. I suggest you look no further than this. The LC's are the good guys."
This is exactly what they want everyone to think. Yes, their retreats are good, but they are not as squeaky clean as they appear. They use coercive and manipulative mind games with boys and young men--and women. They violate parent rights. Do NOT ever send your children on their retreats as they will give you very little access to talk to them on the phone, for DAYS at a time. Satan often comes disguised as an angel in white. Don't be fooled.
Thanks for this message and the other clarification re: if these folks are traditionalists: which apparently they are NOT.
Not unlike some of the methods of Opus Dei in its "recruitment".
Sounds like someone has an axe to grind.