Mary, I’m a father of 3 daughters in the UK. I’ve been watching the Leah documentaries. My heart goes out to you. You are all so brave!! I hope your son wakes up Xx

Hi Mary, Thanks for your kind words back. Yes, they are just a short flight away…better in person. haha 🙂

I think that you and I have met and laughed before. That’s what I remember…laughing. Sorry to hear that it’s been rocky but you still are so theta. We’ll hang out again. 🙂

Right Richard!! +1 x 1,000

Thanks, Hallie Jane. And it does work. They protest for a while but that’s all the CDEI scale. Just keep it positive and short…and OFFFFF topic of Scn. How is he, how is the job going? Need help with anything? Love you, ttfn. 🙂

Hi Sara,

I’m very happy to hear that people are being helped by reading about our experiences in the CoS. This is good news because then new people are able to make an informed decision about whether they want to or should join this group. If they choose to join the CoS, (cult) then they are doing so with their eyes open. It also protects innocent people who are looking for help, to know what they are getting themselves into.

Whenever I post here, I always do it with the public in mind, who are still in. I know many of them need help and answers to get out. So I’m very happy to hear that we are making a difference here.

No problem on spreading the word part. More than happy to help with that. Like I said, I’ve never personally been in it but my brother was just getting started. I spent weeks, 2 or 3 weeks to be more accurate, reading over this blog, Marty Rathburn’s, the Underground Bunker, Surviving Scientology channel on Youtube & a couple of others just to learn everything I could about it aside from the official “church’s” word for it. I wanted the FULL story. Both sides, the good as well as the bad, since nothing in life is perfect & everything has both it’s virtues as well as flaws, since what I had heard from the news, etc wasn’t good & it was my brother getting involved with them & we’re the only living family either of us have left so we look out for each other. We’re very protective of each other because of that. All the brutality & abuses, the disconnection, the basically slavery, the whole nine yards atrocities of the “church” are rampant & it makes someone’s stomach turn in disgust & outrage.

The disconnection really got to me. I’m so sorry for the people who are living that every day. It pains my heart that this “church” would force that on people then say it’s voluntary when it’s not. It’s hard for me to even think about how I too could have experienced it because there’s no doubt in my mind that they would have forced my brother to disconnect from me & I would’ve been declared, hope I’m getting this right, a Suppressive Person all because I’m a naturally skeptical person who asks questions things & won’t just take their or someone’s word for it. I would’ve came to be against the “church” anyway whether my brother stayed in or not because of what it does. I’m just thankful I was able to catch my brother in the still early part of it & that there is all of you guys out here being brave & speaking up. It’s so terrible that so many of you are living that every day & have lived through so many brutal abuses all because of that “church.” It needs to be stopped. There’s a difference between a religion & brutal, abusive organization masquerading as a religion. Religion & faith are fine, well & good but this “church” isn’t that. But, the word is spreading like wildfire & I’m certain that I’m far from the only one who is on the outside affected by you guys speaking up in such a great way. You guys just more than deserve the huge thank you & the encouragement because of what you’ve been through & what a lot of others are still going through which are ridiculous & insane (the spying & harassment which has made the headlines). You guys deserve a medal for having to deal with that despite the fact you shouldn’t have to deal with it at all. 🙂

“Any inferences that the Church interfered in the private affairs of this family or any other are categorically untrue,” said Karin Pouw, spokesperson from the Church. “The Church of Scientology declines to debate the meaning or application of the voluntary practices of the religion, with the emphasis on voluntary.”

Yeah like paying one’s taxes is considered “voluntary” under IRC.

Uh huh……

Thanks for posting your story Mary.

LR

“Brian Culkin on Scientology” in case it does not come up, on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R31Ea2FjKhE&list=UUkohIipYvmCarOriMY1GT9g