Scientology's ugly truths revealed - 2009-08-04
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Scientology's ugly truths revealed August 4, 2009,
Scientology calls itself a religion and claims to offer purpose and meaning to its members. Yet for some who worked in the church's militaristic Sea Organization, Scientology provided something different: physical punishment, humiliation, beatings, sleep deprivation, and long and ruinous separation from loved ones.
The stories of 11 former staffers, reported in a St. Petersburg Times special report Sunday, are told with such detail and emotional heft that the church's official denials of abuse ring hollow
{{cite news | title = Scientology's ugly truths revealed | url = http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/article1024459.ece | work = Editorial | publisher = St. Petersburg Times | date = 2009-08-04 | accessdate = 2011-05-25 }}