I learned a lot from being around older people. They would talk about pretty much everything in front of me. I learned what is was like to live during the Depression and then, “The War” (WWII). I learned about dental work and all sorts of medical/body stuff. I learned about livestock, farming, cooking, marriage, babies, you name it.

Anette, thank you for being conscientious of the elderly. One day we all will be old if we live long enough. It’s pretty sad that in Scientology older parents or relatives are looked at as a “mark” for money. Even younger parishioners who lose spouses before their time are approached by the IAS for life insurance money before the body is cold in the grave. I know a few people that this happened to. The greed in the CoS has no boundaries.

The church has worked hard to get access to the stars. For PR reasons. Of course.

When you are in the church you are forced to tell ALL your secrets. I mean ALL. Sessions and confessionals are video taped. If you leave the church later, the church will reveal your secrets to the world.

That is really damaging to people. Imagine if the church published all the secrets of Tom Cruise. He would be ruined. He cannot leave due to that. He is trapped. He is beyond manipulated. Now he has to defend and justify his membership in the church. He has closed his eyes to all bad in the church. This is my opinion of it. Marty Rathbun has written about Scientology and the Stars in his book, The Scientology Reformation. Recommended reading by the way. Marty was Tom Cruise’s auditor (counselor) and he has a lot to say in that regard. (But of course he doesn’t reveal confidential data from the sessions.)

I am here to raise a voice for the many who suffer in silence. I’m here to give my stories and to share what helped me move forward.

Being in a cult and in a psychopath relationship at the same time, makes my story more complex. I escaped both many times. But I had no one to talk to on the outside who was not a Scientologist. It was hard. I desperately needed professional help. But I would loose my job, my family and friends if I went to see for example a psychologist. Because Scientology puts psychologists in the same box as Hitler. All my active connections at that time were Scientologists.

So in order to heal and to finally escape this trap I had to regain enough strength myself, I had to plan carefully and I had to be willing to lose all of my connections.

When you are not allowed to read bad stuff on the Internet, you have no clue what is wrong in there, but you know there is something severely wrong.

I was subjected to some very serious incidents. Hard to believe. Some I will reveal in details in due time. They will shed light on why I ended up suffering so badly. It’s just too early for that now. I’m sure you will see the broader picture then. So I understand why you are asking.

See Geir’s latest blog post on conditioning:
Scientology: The root cause of the harm

But you may be a target for the church’s PR as they will come and take photos of them “helping” (or in some cases without the quotation marks) you. If you live in a poor country, then your government will be a target as they always have some money somewhere.