Leah Remini’s Documentary Is Turning Scientology’s Celebrity Obsession Back On Itself

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The Federalist:

For anyone who knows where to look, the abuses carried out in the name of Scientology aren’t a secret. There have been countless books, investigative pieces, and blog posts written on the subject, from defectors and journalists alike. Tales of harassment against anyone who dares cross the religion—even IRS agents responsible for determining the organization’s tax exempt status—are commonplace.

 

Because of the “religion’s” famous litigiousness, as well as the willingness of its strongmen to intimidate those who speak out, tales of abuse were slow to emerge for its first few decades. Journalists like Paulette Cooper who dared to try saw their lives near-destroyed by its henchmen. Another journalist passionate about covering the “Church,” Tony Ortega, has spent his professional life chronicling the news Scientologists don’t want to see published on his blog, the Underground Bunker.

 

Unfortunately for Scientology, however, those tales of abuse are about to go mainstream.

 

Scientology’s Abuses Are About To Go Mainstream

 

A new A&E eight episode mini-series, “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” debuted last week and will air again on Tuesday. It seems likely to widen the audience of those aware of Scientology’s abuses: after the first show, Deadline reported it was “A&E’s highest-rated series launch in more than two years, logging 2.1 million viewers Tuesday night. Of that crowd, 1.1M fell in the target 25-54 demographic group, and 913K in the younger 18-49 demo. The premiere also ranked among the top new unscripted launches on cable in 2016 … For comparison’s sake, Going Clear, HBO’s docu profiling eight former Church of Scientology members, clocked 1.65 million viewers in a Sunday premiere back in March 2015.”

 

 

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Greta Van Sustern is a Scientoligist.