The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) presents itself as a vigorous movement, full of apostolic zeal and young vocations. But behind this façade, what is hidden is a sect with internal dynamics of manipulation, espionage and collective paranoia.
A permanent conflict with Rome
For decades, the Vatican has tried to curb the abuses of this group with control measures, restrictions and apostolic visitations. And each time, the IVE responds with the same strategy: not obedience, but resistance. Not evangelical humility, but open war. A constant confrontation disguised as heroism, in which the internal slogan is clear:
Espionage and mockery against the Vatican
Already in the 1990s it was clearly visible. The founder, Father Carlos Miguel Buela, was dedicated to stealing the private communications of the pontifical commissioner. He organized evenings (the so-called “Beato Pro”), where the letters were read between whiskey and mockery, as if the Vatican were an enemy to be defeated. This was not an isolated error: it was a system of psychological warfare against ecclesial authority.
The mechanism included deliberate espionage. Federico Riquelme , whom Buela had placed as assistant to Commissioner Rico, received diskettes from Commissioner Rico with files to print. Riquelme opened the documents on the computer, complied with the requested printout, but when he finished he did not close the file. When the commissioner left, Riquelme printed another copy and gave it to Buela. Thus, the confidential documents from Rome ended up in the hands of the founder, in a counterintelligence operation worthy of a conspiratorial sect.
Defects turned into a system
Even from inside there were warnings. The priest Alberto Ezcurra told Buela at the time: “Be careful, because your followers also copy your defects.” But Buela did not listen. His flaws — arrogance, manipulation, distrust — became the DNA of the entire institute.
The alibi: not against the Church, but against the curia
Today, sectarian paranoia is still intact. The IVE defends itself by saying that it is not fighting against the Church, but “against the Vatican curia.” But this is the typical alibi of
A perpetual war
The result is a perpetual battlefield: Rome dictates rules, and the IVE dodges them. Rome forbids the admission of novices, and they invent shortcuts. Rome asks for transparency, and they multiply cover-up maneuvers. The institution lives at war with its own mother, feeding a narrative of persecution to unite its members in a bubble of blind obedience and fear of the outside world.
Conclusion
In short, the IVE is not an institute in crisis: it is an expansionist and paranoid sect, which needs to feel besieged in order to survive. His speech of fidelity to the Church is nothing more than a disguise. What sustains this organization is not faith, but distrust, numerical multiplication and permanent war against those who correct it.
The inevitable question is: how long will Rome continue to tolerate a sect that lives at war with the Church and feeds its members with collective paranoia?
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