She was Scientology royalty - served as L Ron Hubbard's 'Commodore Messenger' - but Janis Grady tells how an excoriating rant by leader David Miscavige over lack of preparation for a visit from Tom Cruise made her flee the church

Her mother Yvonne Gillham-Jentzsch founded the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre  - her stepfather was the church's president
She tells of the culture of secrecy and fear, being held captive against her will and the 'group think'  L Ron Hubbard fostered
As one of Hubbard's original Commodore Messengers on his flagship Sea Org ship, she revealed he had penalties such as 'overboarding' - throwing members over the ship - as punishment
She claims celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta are separate from the rest of the church and blind to any mistreatment of the staff
She and her siblings were instructed to write letters 'disconnecting' from their father as he had been deemed a 'suppressive person'
When her mother died in 1978, she was not invited to the church's memorial service

in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com to mark the publication of her memoir, Commodore's Messenger: A Child Adrift in the Scientology Sea Organization, Janis has spoken for the first time and told of how Scientology defined and destroyed her family.
She has described her extraordinary childhood separated from her mother, 'adrift' in Scientology and put to work from the age of 11 as one of Hubbard's original Commodore Messengers aboard his flagship Sea Org ship, by his side six hours a day almost every day for eight years.
She talks about the culture of secrecy and fear, the cruel and humiliating punishments, of being held against her will and the 'group think' that normalized the strange distorted reality Hubbard fostered.
Speaking from her home in Las Vegas, Nevada mother-of-two, Janis, 61 said: 'Public relations people within the church are altering history and I look around at who's left and who even know Hubbard and there's very few people left. I thought, "I can set the record straight."'
Janis's mother, Yvonne had been sent to Los Angeles where she began putting into action her idea for a Celebrity Centre.
Today the overarching Celebrity Centres act as part fixer part concierge for a host of high profile church members including Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Orange is the New Black's Laura Prepon and Mad Men's, Elizabeth Moss.
According to Janis, as run by Miscavige, 57, today's centers bear little resemblance to those her mother conceived. Celebrities are separate from the rest of the church, blind to abuses and mistreatment of the staff and have little or no power.
Meanwhile stored information gleaned during auditing - the process of interrogation by which Scientologists strive to attain a 'clear' status - is a rich bank of material used by Scientology hierarchy.
Janis said: 'That has been an issue ever since the start.'



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What the fuck is it about Scientology?

More the question... what the fuck is scientology about...!?

Tommy Monk wrote:More the question... what the fuck is scientology about...!?

There's something very creepy about it. As for Tom Cruise, he obviously pumps millions of his money into it and in return gets high up the power ladder. Can't stand the guy.