This is one I've never heard of, but apparently it's a common misconception. I guess a lot of people think the Church has secret societies. These "secret societies" are actually called religious orders and aren't secret. The holy orders are specifically priests, deacons and bishops, whereas the rest of the religious orders include nuns and monks. These "secret societies" are therefore called convents and monasteries respectively.
Secrets in the Catholic Church are sometimes kept by these religious orders. For example, in the Sacrament of Reconciliation (confession) priests are sworn to secrecy. That's why in some police shows on TV talk about suspects confessing to priests and the cops not being able to get a confession out of the priests.
Those are the times secrecy is used in the Church. If you have any questions, please ask. I have one more post and Sunday is Easter!!!! So Happy Good Friday everyone and God Bless.
http://www.pncea.org/Five-Misconceptions-about-the-Catholic-Church-(brochure).aspx
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