The cult religion of Scientology is in the midst of a rather torrid time, the documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief exposing the nasty underbelly for the world to see.

Tom Cruise remains the poster boy that the Church rallies around, although his name has also been dragged through the mud. Now another former Scientologist has dished the dirt on Tom and his strange ways, actress Leah Remini.

Below are some excerpts from the RadarOnline expose:

The actor’s personal Scientology handler, Tommy Davis, ordered Remini and her husband Angelo Pagan to teach Cruise salsa dancing lessons in a last minute obligatory invitation to his Beverly Hills mansion. When they arrived, Cruise surprised Remini by bringing actress Katie Holmes along for the lesson. (Their relationship was still a secret.) Two Scientology handlers watched their every move, adding to a “weird feeling” Remini says she felt from the visit…

Remini says she once witnessed Cruise berate a female assistant when he thought she hadn’t properly prepared cookie dough for the group to bake. “Get in the f***ing present time, is what you need to do!” she claimed he screamed…

In another shocking incident, an assistant handed Cruise a chipped coffee mug, which lead him to spin into an epic tantrum. “You served me tea in a chipped mug? Do you know who gets served with a mug that’s chipped? F***ing DBs,” she claims he said, referring to “Degraded Being,” a derogatory term.,,

Cruise’s power in the church terrified Remini. “I had seen behind the curtain. There, in the role of the great and powerful Oz, was not [L. Ron Hubbard], as I had come to believe, but instead, it seemed to be Tom Cruise,” she writes. “Was my church falling apart? Was Tom in charge?”

…After Cruise and Holmes’ 2006 wedding, Remini spent some time alone with Cruise’s older children Bella and Connor. Remini asked how their mother, actress Nicole Kidman, was doing, and if they got to see her often. “Not if I have a choice,” Bella snarled, according to Remini. “Our mom is a f***ing SP.” (An SP, or Suppressive Person, Remini explains, is someone who criticizes or defies the church, and therefore must not be spoken to)…

Remini claims that in 2004, her friend Nazanin Boniadi “disappeared” from normal Scientology life and was told by leaders that she had to prep for a humanitarian project— but the project was really becoming Cruise’s girlfriend…After three months together, Remini writes, Boniadi was unceremoniously dumped by Cruise. She talked about the strange experience with a friend, who tattled on her and told church leaders. Boniadi was punished with four months of menial labor, including cleaning toilets with a toothbrush, and wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone.

We can’t say much about Scientology that hasn’t already been said, with each week seemingly bringing another damning indictment of the behaviour of some of their more influential members.

L Ron Hubbard, writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and later creator of the religion off of which he gained untold riches. Need we say more?

[source:radaronline]