Cults to Consciousness Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary: Separated Children, Married Couples Ordered to Celibacy
From the age of six through her high school years, Patricia Walsh Chadwick was raised in The Center, an isolated, rural community of 100 members, including 39 children, led by Father Leonard Feeney, an excommunicated Jesuit priest, and managed with an iron fist by his spiritual alter ego, Catherine Clarke. Together, they created a monastic environment that demanded obedience, silence, chastity, and detachment from family, achieved by separating parents from their children and forbidding members to read newspapers, watch television, listen to the radio, or communicate with outsiders. Patricia defied Sister Catherine’s mission to mold her into a compliant, submissive nun. At 17, in the middle of the turbulent 1960s, she was expelled from her home in Still River, Massachusetts, without a hint of how to survive, much less thrive, in an unfamiliar and frightening world.
Today, Patricia has had a successful 30-year career in the investment business, culminating as a Global Partner at Invesco, as she he sits on a number of corporate boards and blogs on economic, social, and political issues. Patricia is author of BREAKING GLASS: Tales from the Witch of Wall Street, as well as a previous memoir, Little Sister, where she recounts her time in the cult.
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00:02:55 Patricia's daughter helps her realize she grew up in a cult
00:06:23 A small Catholic church becomes isolated and more communally oriented
00:17:47 How chiIdren were isolated even further within the group and some of the rules they were required to follow
00:20:44 Sister Catherine continues to isolate families while breaking the rules herself
00:25:25 A militaristic lifestyle in the countryside of Massachusetts
00:27:06 Restricting outside influences and stripping away individuality
00:30:45 Still nurturing familial connections while under strict rules and job assignments
00:34:28 A matriarchal leader in a patriarchal world and how members were indoctrinated daily
00:39:36 How Patricia's lack of knowledge impacted her understanding of marriage
00:41:17 How Sister Catherine's personal beliefs directly influenced the lives of many
00:44:41 Patricia's meeting with Sister Catherine about her future
00:50:11 How Patricia felt about leaving and how she views cult like representation in the media
00:55:17 How Patricia was able to succeed on Wall Street after leaving the cult
01:10:42 How other members left before and after Sister Catherine's death
01:14:41 What Patricia's relationship with her family is like today
01:16:28 How Patricia is doing now
01:18:22 Linda, listen
01:18:51 Patricia's plans for more books in the future and her role models
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