re: How Scientology controls it's celebrities

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how did this lady leave unscathed?

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In 2009, actress Leah Remini left the church of Scientology after 30 years and she didn't go quietly.
Remini explained her departure was because "no one is going to tell me how I need to think, no one is going to tell me who I can, and cannot, talk to."

One of the few celebrities who has been as vocal about breaking from Scientology is Oscar winning writer/director, Paul Haggis, who has publicly criticized the church for requiring members to "disconnect" from those who have chosen to cut ties with the religion.

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So when he heard that Remini had later left the church, the "Crash" and "Million Dollar Baby" writer says "I read some things that really disturbed me."

"First was the way Leah was being attacked by her celebrity 'friends,' who were disparaging her character," he explains. "What was new to me was the report that Leah had run afoul of the church by challenging Scientology’s leader, David Miscavige, who is held to be infallible."

David MiscavigeRemini reportedly questioned the whereabouts of Scientology leader David Miscavige's wife, who hasn't been seen in years.

Remini reportedly questioned the whereabouts of Miscavige's wife, Shelly, who hasn't been seen i

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"The next thing I learned made me feel terrible," Haggis explains in his open letter. "Leah got in trouble because of me, because when I was 'declared' a 'Suppressive Person' and shunned, she came to my defense — without me ever knowing it. She had shouting matches with Tommy Davis, then the church spokesman, who had come to try and keep her quiet."

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"I wanted to thank the people who are in it and have worked so hard. You, Mike Rinder, Marty Rathbun, Marc Headley, Tom DeVocht, Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, and HBO. And Paul Haggis in particular for what he wrote on your website the other day. What Paul wrote is so exactly right."

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