The Church of Scientology: This is a place where we’re not welcome. We are trying to find out why serious allegations against this church refuse to go away. They include disturbing practices like splitting up families, verbal and physical abuse, even holding employees prisoner. But Scientologists take extreme measures to avoid external scrutiny. 60 Minutes Australia: Where is Shelly? 2019
The Church’s greatest mystery of all: the whereabouts of his wife, Shelly [Miscavige]. Missing now for 13 years. ibid.
Making people disappear is not alien to this so-called religion. ibid.
That makes Clearwater, Florida, the Scientology tax-free capital of the world. ibid.
The Church of Scientology is once again proving why it’s such a contentious oerganisaton. Two months ago a court found one of its members, Hollywood actor Danny Masterson, guilty of multiple rape. 60 Mins Australia: Scientology: Secrets & Cover-Ups, 2024
Off-camera Masterson was a rapist who in 2003 drugged two women before violently sexually assaulting them, one at gunpoint. ibid.
The Church had knowledge of these rapes and covered them up. ibid.
‘I was a child when I joined this cult!’ ibid. escapee