The phone rang. Her mother, who had also joined Scientology years after Karen, said: “The church told me to disconnect from you. So I can’t talk to you anymore. Goodbye.” Click.
First, she stopped paying for auditing. Within a week, a “Security Check” — a humiliating interrogative session — was demanded. She refused. Then came the “Ethics” interview: “Are you looking at forbidden data?” She lied and said no. Searching for- going clear scientology and the ...
She realized: Going Clear wasn’t an expose. It was a mirror. She had been searching for “clear” — that mythical state of perfection. But the only thing that was clear was the prison she’d built. The phone rang
Karen laughed. Then she looked around the silent room. No one else was laughing. This is insane , she thought. But she had paid $200,000. Her friends were all Scientologists. Her family had been declared “SPs.” To leave meant losing everything. Goodbye