Scientology's Grip on the Mind: An Ex-Sea Org Member Explains It For Us [1]

The Village Voice
By Tony Ortega, [2]Aug. 20 2012

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Melissa Paris

In December, we brought you the story of Melissa Paris [4], a former Scientologist who we got to know after her sister Valeska's stunning claims [5] that she'd been a virtual prisoner on Scientology's private cruise ship from 1996 to 2007.

Melissa had her own shocking tales of growing up in Scientology's "Cadet Org" in the UK. (The Paris sisters were originally from Switzerland and had been brought at a young age to England by their father, who had joined Scientology's hardcore "Sea Org.")

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