Leaders and members of the Church of Scientology have condemned Leah Remini for her recent docu-series on the A&E network which she said was meant to open people’s eyes and bring attention to the inner workings of the religion.
The docu-series, entitled “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” was aired on A&E, the finale of which was shown on January 10.
Because of her alleged expose on the Church of Scientology, Leah Remini has gotten the attention of the religion’s upper echelon.
Monique E. Yingling, a lawyer on retainer for the Church of Scientology, recently slammed in an interview on ABC’s “20/20” Leah Remini and her Scientology docu-series for harassing the religion and placing church leaders, including David Miscavige, in peril.
Yingling said that Leah Remini seems to be making a career out of attacking Scientology and the Church would just like her to get on with her life and find something else to do.
The lawyer disclosed that Church of Scientology leaders want to express their wish that Remini would drop her vendetta against the organization and get on with living her own life, reports the Inquisitr.
She explained that when people espouse lies about an organization like the Church of Scientology, it stirs up a lot of religious hatred and bigotry and that results in people believing they somehow have to act it out.
Allegations of abuses
In a recent episode of Leah Remini’s docu-series, guests alleged that abuses were committed by the Church of Scientology leadership, including forcing members to terminate all pregnancies.
Accusations that David Miscavige has an explosive temper and had attacked members of the organization have also been made by former members of the Scientology leader’s inner circle.
The supposed allegations on Miscavige resulted to numerous death threats on the Church of Scientology leaders.
In a recent statement, Leah Remini revealed that she has a concrete goal in her attack on the Church of Scientology. She wants to expose as many of the injustices committed by Scientology leadership as she can, but Remini now reveals her ultimate goal is to have Scientology’s tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS.
The Church of Scientology has repeatedly issued statements declaring that Leah is a washed up actress, seeking monetary gain by creating controversy surrounding the Church of Scientology’s activities. Until now, Leah Remini has not addressed those claims.
Instead, Remini said that she does not work for free because what she is doing is a very demanding job. She travels the country to meet with former Scientology members. But she says that she is not saying that she is the savior of their world or she has the solutions to their lives.
Tearing families apart
During the first season of the docu-series, Leah emphasizes Scientology’s practice of tearing families apart for the sake of ensuring loyalty to the organization.
In one such instance, Aaron Smith-Levin, a 29-year Scientology member who left the church in 2014, spoke about his dedication to the religion and shared the experience of informing on his own twin brother, Collin.
Smith-Levin said his twin brother Collin was disconnected from the family and declared a Suppressive Person after he labeled the Church a cult.
He also revealed that he was the one who told Church leaders what his brother had said about Scientology.
Smith-Levin described his state of mind at the time to the Hitler youth because it is just blind, unflinching allegiance and no remorse.
Collin was killed in a car accident soon after before the brothers could ever reconcile or see one another again.
If Scientology is all it claims to be why do they lie about her? Why do they stalk her? Why do they fear her if she is telling lies? The response from Scientology tells me she speaks truth.
She allows and encourages people to find their own truth, why DOESN’T scientology?
The things Remini says don’t make me think Scientology is a cult. The way Scientology and it’s followers respond to her and other critics leave me without doubt that they ARE a harmful cult.
How amusing. The fact that everything Leah — and everyone else — reports about the Scientology criminal enterprise is 100% accurate and highly documented is something that the Scientology crook who wrote this smear “forgot” to mention. How amusing.
It might be better if Scientology admits that their “religion” is a scam, give refunds to those who have paid thousands of dollars for worthless publications, dissolve the organization, and get on with their lives. When you have a good scam going, it’s hard to give it up. It is Mr. Miscaviage and his minions who need to get on with their lives, not her. It is she who has a successful TV piece that people are interested in. They are the losers, not her.