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The Scientology Story: Inside the Church // Defectors Recount Lives of Hard Work, Punishment

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Title: The Scientology Story: Inside the Church // Defectors Recount Lives of Hard Work, Punishment
Date: Tuesday, 26 June 1990
Publisher: Los Angeles Times (California)
Authors: Robert W. Welkos, Joel Sappell
Main source: articles.latimes.com
Tags: Brainwashing • E-Meter • Freeloader's debt • Hana Eltringham Whitfield • Jane Lee "Janie" Peterson • Joel Sappell • Ken Hoden • Laurel J. Sullivan (née Watson) • Los Angeles Times (California) • Membership • Patricia Braine • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Robert W. Welkos • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Slave labor • Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran • William W. "Bill" Franks • Wog

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Doris Braine says the transformation of her Patty Jo was heartbreaking. "It was," she said, "like my darling daughter had died." Before Patty Jo went to work for the Church of Scientology at the age of 20, she had been "fun and pretty and a joy to be with," recalled her 72-year-old mother. "Suddenly, she became a totally different person, shooting fire from her eyes." There were those hateful looks, and the dozens of letters that Patty Jo returned unopened. For ... [Read the rest at articles.latimes.com]