$cientology hurts Scientologists. $cientology's policies, including the Introspection Rundown and the RPF, mandate false imprisonment, and these policies have been inflicted on Scientologists around the world&emdash;including Michael Pattinson, Janice Hayward, Roxanne Friend, Dee Rowe, Marianne Coenan, Dorothy Geary, Moira Hutchinson, Dennis Ehrlich, and many others.
$cientology destroys families. $cientology's disconnection policy has torn apart countless families, as Scientologists are told to "handle or disconnect from" anyone who is critical of $cientology. $cientology's severe restrictions on family time and coerced abortions for Sea Org members hurt families.
$cientology attacks critics. $cientology's Fair Game policy says that an enemy of $cientology "May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." $cientology publicly claims that this policy was cancelled in 1968, but they have since argued in court&emdash;twice&emdash;that it is a core $cientology belief and deserves the protection of the First Amendment.
I confronted Mary Sugher about the assault. She told me that L. Ron Hubbard's policy states that it is alright to physically assault people. ... My experience with them has made me fearful for my life.
&emdash;Janice Hayward
My children, over my protests, were taken from me and sent to live at the Cadet Org several blocks away.
&emdash;Yolanda Howell
I tried to escape from the cabin several times, but they wouldn't let me leave. They just kept saying they wanted us to give them more money and that I needed to be alone.
&emdash;Dorothy Geary