On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the
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I will never forget the account of Ron L. Hubbard's son when he got out; nightmare fuel would be an accurate description. Haggis also saw through the lies but not everyone does so IDK how anyone can help the various members who still buy it. People often really hold on to stuff even after they've figured out something isn't adding up but when the risks could be really high it's a real struggle to get out. They could lose everything.
Scary.
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A hidden anti-gay sentiment in a church that claims to cure gay people, and wants to kill the ones they can't? "Remove quietly and without sorror", I believe the wording was.
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(NGL, I do like New Yorker's long-form journalism done well like this.)
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