7. Church defectors are threatened with violence
Many ex-Scientologists have come forward with claims that they were threatened with violence and blackmail when they left the Church.
An HBO documentary, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, illustrates many of these situations. Director Alex Gibney says that “[m]ost of the real vitriol is for the people who were in the film. They’ve received threats of physical harm, threats of having their homes taken away, threats of being forced into bankruptcy. They’re being followed by private eyes and surveilled.”
There are even websites devoted to helping people find the courage to leave the Church.
source: You Tube
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