Opus Dei, Tangara & Redfield with Claire Harris and Tim Pocock

Special Guest: Claire Harris

Claire graduated from Tangara School for Girls in 2001, and it took decades for her to speak out about her experiences. She wrote an article around consent education for The Guardian in 2021 that couldn’t name the institution, and then took her story and testimonies from other former students to Louise Milligan in 2022, with Four Corners broadcasting ‘Purity: An Education in Opus Dei’ in early 2023. Claire has continued to speak out since then, in the hopes that her voice can help advocate for change and to improve things for future students.

Special Guest: Tim Pocock

Tim graduated Redfield College in 2003, and is an Australian actor, producer, musician and advocate originally from Johannesburg, South Africa. An award-winning pianist and singer, Tim began his career on the Sydney Opera House stage at a young age, before embarking on a successful career in the film and television industry. His credits include X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Home and Away, the multi-Logie-winning series Dance Academy, and three-time AACTA-nominated film Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism, for which he also served as executive producer.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

With the recent investigations into ‘The Reformers’, the secretive right-wing Christian sub-faction of the New South Wales Liberal Party, as well as the inquiry into the Redeemer Baptist School – also in New South Wales – Former Tangara School for Girls student Claire Harris and former Redfield College student Tim Pocock spoke with LTAS about their experiences in the brother-and-sister Opus Dei affiliated NSW private schools that they believe need some serious reforms of their own.

If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, you can find support with or donate to Cult Information and Family Support if you’re in Australia (via cifs.org.au), and you can find resources outside of Australia with the International Cultic Studies Association (via internationalculticstudies.org).

EPISODE LINKS

Purity: An Education in Opus Dei — Four Corners, ABC, first broadcast 30 January 2023
The Truth Will Set You Free: Growing Up Gay in Opus Dei — by Tim Pocock, Hachette Australia, 2025
Opus: dark money, a secretive cult, and its mission to remake our world — by Gareth Gore, Scribe Publications, 2024
I went to an Opus Dei school. What I was taught was unbelievable — by Claire Harris, The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 August 2026
'Men are like dogs': what I was taught about sexual assault at my Catholic private school — by Claire Harris, The Guardian, 6 March 2021
Beyond Purity: The Story Behind the Four Corners Investigation — by Claire Harris, National Secular Lobby, 12 May 2023
Purity, hypnosis and hiding — how a gay teen survived Opus Dei — Conversations with Richard Fidler, ABC Radion National, 1 July 2025
Sydney schools linked to conservative Catholic group Opus Dei investigated over 'broad' curriculum concerns — SBS News, 30 January 2023
Redeemer Baptist School Inquiry — Parliament of New South Wales, 2026
Allegations concerning possible offences under the Electoral Funding Act and other matters (Operation Rosny) — NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Investigation related to 'The Reformers', 2026
An Open Letter to the Principals of Opus Dei Schools in Sydney — by Pared Alumni, Medium, 25 March 2023
Tim Pocock — Tim's IMDB profile
How I Left the Opus Dei — TV miniseries, 2025
The Good Spirit: Behind the Doors of the Opus Dei — TV miniseries, 2026

EPISODE DETAILS

October 14th, 2026

1 hr 35 mins 5 secs

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