The phone rang. Her mother, who had also joined Scientology years after Karen, said: “The church told me to disconnect from you. So I can’t talk to you anymore. Goodbye.” Click.
Prologue: The Invitation
The loneliness was a physical pain. But she found a small online community — ex-Scientologists who called themselves “The Hole” (a dark joke about the church’s own inhumane confinement area). They told her: The depression is normal. The paranoia is normal. You’ll think you’re an SP for months. You’re not. Searching for- going clear scientology and the ...
The documentary told stories she knew but couldn’t speak: the Rehabilitation Project Force (a labor camp disguised as spiritual rehab), the RPF’s RPF (a punishment unit within the punishment unit), the disconnection policy (forcing families to sever contact with “SPs”). She saw interviews with Marty Rathbun (former second-in-command), Mark “Marty” Rathbun’s painful realization that Hubbard’s tech was designed for control, not liberation. And Mike Rinder — the former head of the Office of Special Affairs (the church’s FBI-like intelligence unit) — breaking down as he admitted he’d destroyed lives. The phone rang
The phone rang. Her mother, who had also joined Scientology years after Karen, said: “The church told me to disconnect from you. So I can’t talk to you anymore. Goodbye.” Click.
Prologue: The Invitation
The loneliness was a physical pain. But she found a small online community — ex-Scientologists who called themselves “The Hole” (a dark joke about the church’s own inhumane confinement area). They told her: The depression is normal. The paranoia is normal. You’ll think you’re an SP for months. You’re not.
The documentary told stories she knew but couldn’t speak: the Rehabilitation Project Force (a labor camp disguised as spiritual rehab), the RPF’s RPF (a punishment unit within the punishment unit), the disconnection policy (forcing families to sever contact with “SPs”). She saw interviews with Marty Rathbun (former second-in-command), Mark “Marty” Rathbun’s painful realization that Hubbard’s tech was designed for control, not liberation. And Mike Rinder — the former head of the Office of Special Affairs (the church’s FBI-like intelligence unit) — breaking down as he admitted he’d destroyed lives.
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