Although none of the people that night at the book signing had been involved in Scientology, many of them expressed a common refrain, a personal connection to my story. While signing their books I heard about their abusive relationships, drug problems, failed career dreams, and more. Many of them had similar heartbreaking tales of being turned away and shunned. All because they left something or someone they knew to be toxic. And they left not because they had an ax to grind, as the church or other controlling organizations or individuals would have their members believe, but because they
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