Leah Remini’s Battle With Scientology Through the Years: It’s ‘A Truly Evil Organization’
usmagazine.comTelling her story. Leah Remini has been an outspoken critic of the Church of Scientology since she left the controversial religion in 2013.The actress was brought into the church as an 8-year-old after her mother converted.
During a 2015 20/20 interview, Remini talked about her experience growing up as a Scientologist.“The mission is to save the planet and because Scientologists view children as spiritual beings, you’re not treated as a kid.
You’re given a lot of responsibility, and so your ego becomes extremely inflated,” the King of Queens alum claimed to ABC News’ Dan Harris at the time.Remini’s decision to leave Scientology ultimately came down to her then-9-year-old daughter, Sofia. “She was getting to the age where the acclimations into the church would have to start,” the Old School actress told BuzzFeed in 2014, adding that she didn’t want to repeat her own mother’s mistakes.“I grew up resenting my mother because she was never home.
My mom thought she was doing something good; she thought she was helping the planet. That’s what the church tells you,” Remini explained. “I was saying ‘family first,’ but I wasn’t showing that.
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