Read on for key takeaways fromMerchants of Fearthat are sure to prime viewers for season 2.
I publicly broke with the Church of Scientology.
I was declared a suppressive person, an enemy of the church, eight years ago.
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They werent happy with that.
At the beginning, I excused them.
They were my friends, and I excused them, he continues.
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Damn them now, for being purposely blind [to their faults].
I said no so many times, and he heard me.
The thing with rape is that its like this grenade that detonates in its own time.
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Remini responds: Heres the point: The church covered it up.
This season we have to do something about it, she said.
Theyre at the top of the steps, before the screen cuts to black.
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Later, Remini prods Rinder to take action.
We see the effect it has had on people and their lives.
The next sequence focuses on an adult woman who claims she was abused as a child.
I just didnt want to exist in that moment… You carry on spreading sweeping falsehoods with wild abandon… Scientology promotes strong family values.
Read the churchs full response toScientology and the Aftermathhere.
Scary by theRolling Stoneoffices assistant, according to Reitman.
Theres no way for me to escape that that was what happened, so I emailed Paulette.
I told her what Id done…
