You know, that Silas guy? The albino Opus Dei monk? Who kills people?

Turns out there’s a real Opus Dei Silas. But, as the NYTimes reports, this one’s a little different than his fictional namesake:

With the film starring Tom Hanks now set for release on May 19, Opus Dei is trying to sate public interest and cast the group in a very different light than the religious home of a fictional assassin.

The group is promoting a blog by an Opus Dei priest in Rome, revamping its Web site and even arranging interviews with a member said to be the only "real Silas" in Opus Dei — a Nigerian stockbroker who lives in Brooklyn. Silas Agbim, the stockbroker, said that Opus Dei taught its members to hold themselves to the highest standards. "If you do your work well, it’s pleasing to God," said Mr. Agbim, a graying father of three grown children who is married to a professor emeritus of library science. "And if you think you will get holy by reciting 10 rosaries a day and doing your work sloppily, that is wrong."

The link above is to the IHT, which doesn’t require registration. Here’s the NYTimes link

Here’s a link to the blog mentioned in the article.