A meeting is thus arranged in a downtown restaurant. About 38 years old, elegant and charming, the director doesn t look like a soul torturer. But he presides over others who are, according to Kathy McNamara. He arrives with six junior staff of both sexes and, obviously confident that they will only say wonderful things about the school, he fades into the background to let them do the talking. He is supremely confident of his spokespeople.
Generous smiles seem to hang on all the junior staff's beatific faces.
Soon, the same words come out of all mouths. One is struck by their flawless consistency. And he glances towards the director who stares back at him without so much as the blink of an eye. We were coerced into using the program terminology, remembers Kathy, who after 4 months, managed to convince her parents to free her. Some teens used words without even knowing what they meant.