![]() ![]() Jenna began acting out against the public beratings and mind-control tactics and finally left. Life as a teenager inside the Sea Org started to bristle. Meanwhile, Jenna’s parents-like most couples-were kept apart while they rose inside the executive offices of the church. Children were encouraged to snitch on each other, handing out demerit points with harsh punishments. Evenings were filled with mandatory staring contests and something called “bull baiting” that supposedly taught emotional control. The kids’ education, called “Chinese School,” was based on parroting back dogma. Everyone was supposed to run, not walk, while putting in 35 hours of work a week. ![]() Small children were expected to renovate the property, making rock walls, digging trenches and dragging roofing materials. ![]() ![]() That’s when the family unravelled and Jenna was sent to a remote labour camp for kids called the Ranch in Riverside County. They joined an organization of committed Scientologists called the Sea Org in California. Her parents soon decided to leave their life in New Hampshire and dedicate themselves to the church. The rest of the book’s power comes from Jenna’s shocking story of childhood endangerment, parental abandonment and institutional indoctrination.īorn in 1984, Jenna was a third-generation Scientologist. Is this the book that will bring down Scientology? Its power lies partly in the author’s name: Jenna is the niece of David Miscavige, who has been the leader of Scientology since L. ![]()
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