CW:  CA, ED.  What happens when religion and power collide in the wrong hands? At Grenville Christian College, once one of Canada’s most prestigious private religious schools, the result was thousands of broken lives.  Once ranked amongst Canada’s elite boarding schools, the impressive facade hid a far darker truth. Just three years after its opening, the college fell prey to the “Mothers” — leaders of a Cape Cod commune that would turn GCC into an institution of paranoia that brainwashed, abused, and terrorized its residents for decades.

Staff and students alike were forced into terrifying “light sessions” where they were publicly attacked for their sins. Cruel punishments that demoralized and demeaned were commonplace, keeping residents captive to their shame — by a cult that was hidden in plain sight.

The first “staff kid” to be born at GCC, Beth Granger was removed from her parents’ care at the age of 4, because they were deemed too sinful to raise her. When she was only 5, the leaders declared war on Beth’s “sin” of gluttony.  It would take her three decades to muster the courage to escape. Six years after leaving, she helped spearhead a lawsuit against the school lasting 16 years, and won!

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Chapter Marks:

00:00:00 Intro

00:05:20 Beth filed a lawsuit– the first historical ab*se case to go to trial in Canada– and won

00:08:21 Beth's early years with the school, and how the Mothers took over

00:14:24 Where the Mothers learned their technique

00:19:30 The types of Christianity this school was based on

00:21:14 How they intentionally separated chiIdren from their families

00:25:37 CW:  Beth was denied pay after she confessed her eating d*sorder

00:31:08 Who the chiIdren were actually being raised by and the types of environments they fostered

00:33:34 How harsh the pun*shments were for misbehaving

00:38:35 Beth's banishment to another country as pun*shment

00:43:03 The beautiful facade that hid pun*shing mind control tactics

00:45:23 Confessions for normal human emotions that were rooted in self-h*tred

00:46:56 Beth escapes the mind control

00:47:53 Beth's marriage prospect and how an injury led to her physical escape

00:51:06 What it was like for Beth to be in the outside world for the first time

00:54:23 How Beth became part of the lawsuit and how it progressed her healing journey

00:56:59 How normalized h*rmful behavior can take years to unlearn and unpack

01:00:56 How Beth met her partner

01:01:49 TW: ED - Beth's journey with heaIing and therapy 

01:04:36 TW: ED - Beth's experience with therapy (continued) 

01:07:44 How writing her book helped Beth trust people again

01:10:49 What it means for Beth to be open about her story and how sharing it has helped others

01:11:34 What brings Beth joy and peace today

01:13:11 TW: ED

01:14:46 Linda, listen

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