Valeska, with Declan   This article originally appears on “The Village Voice” Scientology Blog written by Tony Ortega   “They’re cowards. They always threaten, but they never follow it up,” she says Valeska left the Freewinds in 2007, and later left Scientology itself. In 2010 she first went public with her defection at the blog of former high-ranking Scientology executive Marty Rathbun. Then,...

Reposted from here. Admin’s note: Punctuation was cleaned up a little. No changes were made to content. 1. How did you first become acquainted with the Church of Scientology? Was raised into it by parents. 2. What initially appealed to you about scientology? Nothing. Just had to participate since my parents are scientologists & I was their child. 3. Were there problems in your life that you thought scientology would address? Drugs,...

Reposted from here. Admin’s note: Punctuation was cleaned up a little. No changes were made to content. 1. How did you first become acquainted with the Church of Scientology? I was a second generation Scientologist and was sent to a school that used the Study Tech. I started basic courses in Study Tech from the age of about 7 upwards. My first course at a CofS was probably when I was about 9 years old. 2. What initially appealed to you...

Reposted from here. 1. How did you first become acquainted with the Church of Scientology? Mother Joined when I was 4 years old. 2. What initially appealed to you about scientology? I was raised in it at an early age, I did not know anything else growing up. 3. Were there problems in your life that you thought scientology would address? Pretty much everything above. 4. Did you see, experience, or hear about things that didn’t seem right...

Reposted from here. 1. How did you first become acquainted with the Church of Scientology? Was born into it. 2. What initially appealed to you about scientology? Why, saving the planet of course! 3. Were there problems in your life that you thought scientology would address? Scientology was the answer to everything. And the question when there wasn’t one. 4. Did you see, experience, or hear about things that didn’t seem right...

Reposted from here. 1. How did you first become acquainted with the Church of Scientology? Born into it. 2. What initially appealed to you about Scientology? Being able to be ‘powerful’ and having the secrets of life. I want to help others. 3. Were there problems in your life that you thought Scientology would address? No — I wanted to be ‘OT’. 4. Did you see, experience, or hear about things that didn’t seem...