This video from the USA says about itself:
27 June 2008
Recently, Tommy Davis, a spokesperson for the Church of Scientology, categorically denied any knowledge of Xenu and the Alien genocide that is a pillar of their faith. In this video, (LRH) L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, describes the story in detail and proves Tommy Davis is a liar and South Park (SP) was right!
By Agence France-Presse:
Brainwashed and cut off from her family, Scientology leader’s niece reveals Church secrets in new book
Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:17 EDT
The Church of Scientology has lashed out at a new book by its leader’s niece, which recounts a stolen childhood and how she was brainwashed and cut off from her family before eventually escaping.
In “Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology And My Harrowing Escape,” Jenna Miscavige-Hill — whose uncle David Miscavige runs the secretive group — also claims she was forced to work as a child.
But a spokesman for the Church said her claims were “false” and denounced “efforts to exploit Mr Miscavige’s name.” … accusing Miscavige-Hill of “apostate behavior.”
In the book, published in February, the 29-year-old tells of hard labour she and other children were forced to do in the 1990s in the Ranch, in a remote part of the California desert.
The Ranch, near San Jacinto, 90 miles (150 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles, was “like a military boot camp, with grueling drills, endless musters, exhaustive inspections, and arduous physical labor that no child should have to do.”
The children saw their parents for only a few hours per week. They did not receive any education in the traditional sense, said Miscavige-Hill, who lived there for six years, until she was 12 years old.
Those interned there until 2000 were the children of the Sea Org, the elite of the Church founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. They worked 14 hours a day, seven days a week for a weekly wage of $45.
The details fit in with another book which came out in January in the United States, “Going Clear” by journalist Lawrence Wright, which the Church described as “so ludicrous it belongs in a supermarket tabloid.”
Among other back-breaking tasks the Scientologist children had to drag enormous rocks to build a wall, or dig irrigation channels under the blazing desert sun, said Miscavige-Hill.
“The conditions we worked under would have been tough for a grown man, and yet any complaints, backflashing (Scientology term for talking back), any kind of questioning was instantly met with disciplinary action,” she said.
The Church of Scientology’s celebrity members include Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Juliette Lewis and the singer Beck.
But the stars were shielded from the dark side of the shadowy organization. “There was never a risk that they would get exposed to child labor or something similar that the Church didn’t want them to see,” said Miscavige-Hill.
“Celebrities wouldn’t know from talking to them (to Sea Org members) or watching them whether they’d been paid their forty-five dollars that week, or if they missed their families.”
The ex-Scientologist, who like Wright and other ex-Church members including Canadian director and screenwriter Paul Haggis — who published an open letter when he left — also criticizes its reported “disconnection” policy.
The rule, which the Church denies having, allegedly bans all Scientologists from any contact with ex-members who criticize the organization.
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Protected in the United States by the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion, the Church of Scientology is considered a sect in other countries.
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Aren’t there any laws in the States to protect children from this sort of mistreatment and abuse?
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There are indeed anti-child labour laws in the USA, but I think that Scientology’s status as a religion helps them to circumvent these laws.
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Oh please – don’t get me started on Scientology! A quote by L. Ron Hubbard – “If you want to make a little money write a book, if you want to make a lot, start a religion”
Scientology has offices in Canada but is not a recognized religion. In America however; the test to pass in order to be recognized, hence enjoy tax exempt status – you must satisfy the powers that be of your mission.Scientology convinced the government that their “mission” requirement was filled with their “free personality test” Holy crap!
They have assets of over 500 million in the U.S. and laugh all the way to their tax free bank. It’s shameful, and high time someone found the balls to say – enough!
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Yes, the “free personality test”, which then turns out to be not free.
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Such hogwash it makes my blood boil.Maybe I’ll go and watch the episode of South Park on Scientology, a good laugh might calm me down. 🙂
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