<p>Ewan Whyte's feature essay, <a href="https://torontolife.com/life/grenville-christian-college-boarding-school-brockville-toronto-fundamentalist-cult/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘The Cult That Raised Me’</a> – about the United States based Community of Jesus and Grenville Christian College – includes the introduction, “When I was 11, my parents sent me to Grenville Christian College, a prestigious Anglican boarding school in Brockville. It turned out to be a perverse fundamentalist cult that brainwashed, abused and terrorized students. For decades, the school tried to intimidate us into silence. It didn’t work.”</p><br><p>Ewan Whyte is a writer, art and cultural critic. He has written for the Globe & Mail and the Literary Review of Canada. He is the author of <em>Desire Lines: Essays on Art Poetry & Culture</em>, <em>Shifting Paradigms: Essays on Art and Culture</em> and <em>Entrainment</em>, a book of poetry, and a translation of the rude ancient Roman poet Catullus. His feature essay <a href="https://torontolife.com/life/grenville-christian-college-boarding-school-brockville-toronto-fundamentalist-cult/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'The Cult that Raised Me'</a> was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Ewan's upcoming book, <a href="https://www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/ewan-whyte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Mothers of Invention: Essays on the Community of Jesus and Grenville Christian College</em></a>, will be released in June and is available for preorder now. In advance of its release, Ewan shared some of his research and thoughts about these two organisations.</p><br><p>You can support us on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=7859667" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. Sarah Steel's debut book <em>Do As I Say</em> is <a href="https://bit.ly/3dEBQuF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available on audiobook now</a>.</p><br><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/ewan-whyte" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mothers of Invention: Essays on the Community of Jesus and Grenville Christian College</a> — by Ewan Whyte, Wolsak & Wynn, 2025</li><li><a href="https://torontolife.com/life/grenville-christian-college-boarding-school-brockville-toronto-fundamentalist-cult/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Cult That Raised Me</a> — by Ewan Whyte, Toronto Life, 5 January 2021</li><li><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/community-of-jesus-orleans-cape-cod-massachusetts-abuse-allegations-wbz-tv/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I-Team: Former Members Of Cape Religious Group Allege Emotional Abuse, 'People Don't Realize The Mind Control'</a> — WBZ News, 4 November 2021</li><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68455401" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Aaron Bushnell: Friends struggle to comprehend US airman's Gaza protest death</a> — by Kayla Epstein & Angelica Casas, BBC News, 3 March 2024</li></ul> <p>Subscribe and support the production of this independent podcast, and you can access early + ad-free episodes at <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="https://plus.acast.com/s/lets-talk-about-sects">https://plus.acast.com/s/lets-talk-about-sects</a>.</p>
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