What troubles me about new religious communities or a particularly charismatic priest who is setting up a 'movement' (like Marcel Maciel and the Legionnairies) is that they will attract people who want to believe in the dreamy lie rather than the hard reality that the spiritual life really offers.

Utopias are ultimately disappointing. The hopes of the devotees are so high. The reality is so low. They find that the leader had feet of clay. They find that the charismatic priest is a stinker. They find that the other leaders of the group are seriously flawed and the whole thing collapses in a mess of confusion, fear and recrimination. The disappointment is high because the expectations were high.