Abuse In Scientology

The ultimate goal in Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and freedom for all, which sounds like a common thing most want to gain from their religion many ex-scientologists explain that in order to leave the church they had to “escape”. These ex-Scientologists say they had to escape the religion in order to save themselves from the many different forms of abuse that happened to, or around them. Ex-Scientologists say they had to “escape” the church, because just leaving the church is not as easy as just walking out. In most cases when you leave the church you are labeled a “Suppressive Person”. According to Scientology.org “A Suppressive Person (SP) is a person who seeks to suppress other people in their vicinity” and their reasoning behind labeling people as SP’s is to make sure other Scientologists know not to
The church says that inside every religion there are bad people who do terrible things and it is not their fault that people commit crimes, which critics agree with to an extent, because it is the hiding and cover ups that are detrimental to those inside the religion. The abuses inside the RPF are undeniable, but have been previously protected by religious freedom acts. Now that Scientology is no longer considered a religion in the United States the opportunity to prosecute the offenses would be easier, but the catch is if you are a member of Scientology you cannot take legal action against the church, because it is considered one of the high crimes, and you will be disconnected from the church. The people who have shared their stories claim they are sharing them in hopes to save others from falling for the church’s lies, and to protect them from the psychological and physical abuse they have witnessed and