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Katie Holmes: Why she rebelled against Scientology

Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Katie Holmes: Why she rebelled against Scientology
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent time seperately in New York in early June, 2012.
Katie spotted for the first time since filing for divorce.
Katie spotted for the first time since filing for divorce.
[Bella and Connor] lived with their father and Katie during the marriage full-time. They aren't that close to Nicole, and Katie is determined that she won't be cut out of Suri's life.
 
As the details of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' marriage breakdown come to light, so too do glimpses of the future Suri Cruise could have if she is raised by her father, something that Katie is determined not to let happen.

Holmes, who is seeking sole custody of the pair's six-year-old daughter, had reportedly been planning her escape from Scientology for years . And as details emerge of the organisation's rules it's not hard to see why she felt she couldn't simply walk away.

Holmes' carefully structured escape plan was reportedly cautiously put into action for fear of losing access to her child. Following her divorce from the Rock of Ages star in 2001, Nicole Kidman has limited access to her two adopted children with Cruise, Bella and Connor, who are both devoted Scientologists.

"[Bella and Connor] lived with their father and Katie during the marriage full-time. They aren't that close to Nicole, and Katie is determined that she won't be cut out of Suri's life," an unnamed source close to the situation told Radar Online.

"Bella and Connor are devoted to their father and Scientology, and Katie saw this firsthand, and this is one of the reasons she filed for sole custody."

Meanwhile, details have emerged of the Scientology school that Cruise planned to send Suri to: the headquarters of Scientology's higher order, Gold Base, a 200 hectare property in Gilman Hot Springs, California.

Here, members reportedly pledge their allegiance for 1 billion years, are banned from having children, are paid just $50 a week and can be punished by being thrown in "The Hole".

Details have also emerged of the religion's Sea Organisation — a subsection of the movement's headquarters, which is heavily guarded and secured by motion sensors and razor-tipped wire.

Members are not permitted to leave the property, and if they do, face being hunted down by military style teams, US ABC News reported. In some cases members are subject to "voluntary punishment", which can include isolation, manual labour, malnutrition and sleep deprivation. Reports by the New York Post in February state that the FBI have investigated the site and its associates for connections to human trafficking.

With the reality of her daughter attending a Scientology school in mind, Holmes was reportedly constantly careful with what she said during the Scientology audit sessions she took part in while married to Cruise.

"Katie wasn't exactly forthcoming with information during her Scientology audit," an unnamed source told Radar Online.

"Katie's father, Martin, advised her to be careful with what she said during these sessions so that nothing negative could get leaked to the press or be used to make her look bad."

Both Holmes and Cruise's audit sessions, a practice that Scientologists believe clears them of negative influences while heightening spiritual awareness and enhancing their potential, were always recorded and videotaped and kept inside the church of Scientology.

Despite taking part in the sessions the source told Radar Online that Holmes' heart just wasn't in it.

"Look, Katie led a very ordinary and honest life before she met Tom and tried to continue to do so during the time she was with him. Katie is level headed and extremely smart," the source said.

"She was never completely committed to Scientology, but she participated because she truly was in love with Tom and she knew it meant a lot to him."



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It seems scientology simply provides masks for these celebrities, but one day the facade has to come down. The cracks will eventually widen! It just isn't reality to be pumped up in presenting "positive image" about oneself 100% of the time. Better to accept the fact that we are all human, all have weaknesses and flaws, and that only Christ can and does help us with these.
Hey L.Bob - it's not only the USA that give this sham organisation religious status - even here in Australia they have the same equal rights as other religious & charitable organisations. You should have seen them like vultures trying to recruit vulnerable victims of the Black Saturday fires - saw it first hand the day after the fires and it sickened me.
Eden the bible is just as believable as anything L. Ron Hubbard ever wrote. I wish Katie and Suri all the best in their next chapter.
Has anyone ever taken notice that it's the celebrities with the big heads that join Scientology? Travolta, Smith... look at Tom, he wanted to be a priest at one point so it seems that he sees religion to be a way of controlling the gullible. Makes me wonder what they would all score on the Machiavellian Scale... And of course his kids adore him... what teenager doesn't want a father who is famous, rich and can score them easy access and endless open doors in life? Katie... run like hell honey and make sure Suri doesn't end up as the new Face of Scientology ... cause daddy is nuts!
Thank God she and her daughter got away from scientology...Tom cruise is a mental case,the worst part about it, is that everybody is too scared to say anything about SCIENTOLOGY ....They are more like TERRORISTS than a Religion,Tom cruise is a Homosexual and these 3 wives were his beards.....
I am no fan of Tom but these women KNEW what his beliefs were before their commitment to him. I find it offensive that she was advised to withold information from a group of people who presented in good faith.....i am no believer in Scientology but respect those who choose to believe. This woman LIED (or lied by omission it seems) and "pretended" to be committed for the love of this man? She pretended to get her $3mill per year. She KNEW he was a Scientologist (and a committed one). She KNEW his children would be raised in the environment of his faith (Bella and Connor lived with them and are of the faith)....she KNEW!!! I do agree with the comment that Katie led an ordinary life before she met Tom - lets hope she goes back there.
I am so thrilled that she is getting her beautiful daughter away from these people. I can confirm first hand that children are also thrown in the hole- my sister and I were thrown in the hole in the Children's Scientology Unit in Sydney for crying- we were 2 and 3 years old respectively. We are now in our thirties and remember it like it was yesterday- it is extremely traumatic. Thank Gd, my mother escaped with us (the midnight escape was just as scary), we are totally free now, and have been for over 25 years. If I could say anything to Katie I would say stay strong and fight tooth and nail to make sure that Suri never ever has to live that life- Katie is doing the right thing 100%.
I feel sorry for kate. so nieve, love is blind hey! i hope she can get ot of this cult. what is more disturbing is that all those rich movie stars are involved.our kids have these idiots as role models! Why is this leagal I ask, this is a tiny bit of the corrution that exists in this world, there wiil be more to see. what do they do with all the money they take from these celebraties? if they want to pay me millions ill abuse them and say im an allien. then ill give the money to real people who neede it !
...should be put out on Tom and his brain-demented warriors of idiocy. Only in the United States of Fail could such an obvious scam cult be classified as a religion.
Cruise is a self indulgent freak, he wants to controll every one he comes in contact with and all in the name of a cult based on science fiction. The man is indeed a poor example of a human being again proven by his poor people skills and own self impotance. Katie will be well advised to take care of herself and her daughter. Nichole Kidman can attest to how far this self proclaming fool will go to get what he wants. Poor Connor and Bella never had a chance at a normal life once he stepped into their lives, I am sure Nichole would give anything to have them living with her. Watch this space!

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