Letter to the Editor

A Letter to the Editor, Hour magazine, December 14:

"After discovering that Montreal author Daniel Allen Cox read from his debut novel "Tattoo This Madness" In at Queer McGill's literary event at the United Theological College Building I felt the need to respond. I am a counter cult educator that educates the public about the damage of cults and fundamental religions. Many Jehovah's Witness cult members have sexual problems as a direct result of the organizations teachings. It is a little known fact that time spent in fundamentalist organizations frequently causes sexual dysfunction. I am pleased that the teen in the story seems to have overcome, to some extent, the organizations programming but this is frequently not the case. In the real world those who grew up in fundamentalist cults face a lifetime struggle with sexual dysfunction that often results in the over reliance on medications such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. As a counter cult educator I feel obligated to include a frank and open discussion of human sexuality in my own educational out-reach. There is help out there for cult members."


Christian Peper