<p>Danny Masterson, famously known for his role as Steven Hyde in “That &#8217;70s Show,” was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison on Thursday after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-danny-masterson-found-guilty-of-two-counts-of-rape-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles jury found him guilty</a> of raping two women at his Hollywood Hills home in the early 2000s.</p>
<p>Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo handed the sentence to the 47-year-old actor after he reportedly listened to statements from the women he was convicted of sexually assaulting in 2003.</p>
<p>“Mr. Masterson, I know that you’re sitting here steadfast in your claims of innocence, and thus no doubt feeling victimized by a justice system that has failed you,” Olmedo told Masterson before handing down the sentence, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/danny-masterson-sentencing-rape-trial-fd7a10eda44d0e3ddde582d4c7053eb6?taid=64fa1b51c3af050001f10525&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Associated Press</a>. “But Mr. Masterson, you are not the victim here. Your actions 20 years ago took away another person’s voice, and choice. One way or another you will have to come to terms with your prior actions, and their consequences.”</p>
<p>A Los Angeles jury found Masterson guilty of two counts of rape in a retrial in May after several women he met through the Church of Scientology accused him of sexual assault in the early 2000s.</p>
<p>According to reports, the jury of seven women and five men reached the verdict after seven days of deliberation, but couldn’t decide on another sexual assault charge involving an ex-girlfriend, Chrissie Carnell-Bixler, with 8 of 12 jurors favoring a guilty verdict.</p>
<p>The retrial comes after three women — Carnell-Bixler and two Jane Does — came forward over six years ago and accused Masterson of sexually assaulting them between 2001 and 2003, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Masterson allegedly drugged and raped the women in his Hollywood Hills home. A judge declared the first round of deliberations a mistrial in November after the jury deadlocked.</p>
<p>Before the sentencing on Thursday, Masterson’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, reportedly told the judge that “his life that will be impacted by what you decide today.”</p>
<p>“And the life of his 9-year-old daughter, who means the world to him, and to whom he means the world,” Holley said. “He has lived an exemplary life, he has been an extraordinary father, husband, brother, son, co-worker and community servant.”</p>
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<p>Masterson rose to fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s while starring in “That ’70s Show” alongside Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, and Topher Grace.</p>
<p>In 2016, Masteron and Kutcher reunited on the Netflix comedy “The Ranch” until the sitcom wrote his character off the show following a Los Angeles Police Department investigation.</p>
<p>The women reportedly testified that church officials conspired with Masterson to cover up the incidents and not to report a member to law enforcement. They have previously said the reason LAPD and other law enforcement agencies refused to pursue Masterson was due to his affiliation with the Church of Scientology, and the church intervened in his case, impeding the investigation by filing “50 affidavits from Scientologists who denied the woman’s account.”</p>
<p>Scientology church officials have “vehemently denied having any policy that forbids members from going to secular authorities,” the Associated Press reported.</p>
<p>After the verdict earlier this year, the church told the outlet in a statement that the “testimony and descriptions of Scientology beliefs” during the trial were “uniformly false.”</p>
<p>“The Church has no policy prohibiting or discouraging members from reporting criminal conduct of anyone — Scientologists or not — to law enforcement,” the statement said.</p>
<p>Masterson reportedly said previously that the sexual relations between him and his accusers were consensual and denied the rape allegations that the women brought against him during the #MeToo wave in 2018.</p>
<p>“It seems as if you are presumed guilty the moment you are accused,” he said when the allegations were first brought against him.</p>
<p>Masterson, who did not testify or have his lawyers call witnesses, will be eligible for parole after serving 25 1/2 years, but could reportedly be imprisoned for life.</p>


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‘That 70s Show’ Actor Danny Masterson Sentenced To 30 Years To Life On Two Counts Of Rape

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<p>Director Judd Apatow had some fun at Tom Cruise&#8217;s expense when he roasted the superstar actor for his height and connection to the Church of Scientology at the Directors Guild of America Awards.</p>
<p>During the 55-year-old comedian&#8217;s opening monologue as the host of the DGA Awards on Saturday, Apatow joked about the &#8220;visual effects&#8221; being so good for the box-office hit &#8220;Top Gun: Maverick&#8221; that people couldn&#8217;t see just &#8220;how short&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tom-cruise">Cruise</a> is, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/judd-apatow-tom-cruise-height-scientology-dga-awards-monologue-1235329732/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Visual effects in [Top Gun:] Maverick were so top-notch I couldn&#8217;t even see the stack of phone books Tom Cruise sat on to reach the flight controls,&#8221; the director teased. &#8220;That&#8217;s why he&#8217;s always jumping out of tall buildings because you can&#8217;t tell how short he is from a 100-story building. That&#8217;s why when he&#8217;s standing on a wing of an airplane he&#8217;s always alone. He doesn&#8217;t want anyone there next to him for scale.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Apatow then said Tom is not fine, noting how, at the age of 60, the superstar actor seems unaware that the crazy stunts he does, like driving &#8220;a motorcycle off a cliff,&#8221; can be done with the use of something called CGI.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tom is not fine, something is wrong right now,&#8221; Apatow cracked. &#8220;Someone needs to explain something to him called CGI — you don&#8217;t need to do the stunts. They look exactly the same when you do them on the green screen. You&#8217;re 60, calm down.&#8221;</p>
<p>The monologue then slightly shifted to noting the &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cruise-and-top-gun-maverick-can-take-another-victory-lap-after-debut-on-paramount">star&#8217;s</a> well-known status as a member of the Church of Scientology.</p>
<p>&#8220;Every time he does one of these new stunts it does feel like an ad for Scientology, it really does,&#8221; Apatow told the audience. &#8220;I mean, is that in ‘Dianetics’ because there&#8217;s nothing about jumping off a cliff in the Torah?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The only thing he seems to be afraid of is co-parenting and antidepressants,&#8221; he added, as some members of the crowd audibly gasped. &#8220;Do you think if Tom Cruise took antidepressants he&#8217;d be like, &#8216;I&#8217;m not jumping off of a f***ing motorcycle on a cliff? Why do I even work, I&#8217;m rich.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruise and all those connected with the monster hit sequel to &#8220;Top Gun&#8221; had reason to celebrate recently after being named the Best Film of 2022 by the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-scores-new-honor-after-being-named-best-film-of-2022">reported</a>. The highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 movie grossed more domestically than any other movie in 2022 and was genuinely loved by critics and audience members alike.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-becomes-studios-highest-earning-film-at-domestic-box-office-in-its-110-year-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Top Gun: Maverick&#8217; Becomes Studio’s Highest Earning Film At Domestic Box Office In Its 110 Year-History</a></strong></p>


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<p>Actress <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-actress-kirstie-alley-star-of-cheers-dead-at-71/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kirstie Alley</a> died on Monday, December 5, after a short battle with cancer.</p>
<p>Her children, True and Lillie Parker, made the heartbreaking announcement via their mother&#8217;s social media accounts — and on Tuesday, a representative for the late actress <a href="https://people.com/tv/kirstie-alley-died-of-colon-cancer-her-rep-reveals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> to People Magazine that Alley, 71, had only recently been diagnosed with colon cancer.</p>
<p>According to the &#8220;Cheers&#8221; actress&#8217; children, she had been receiving treatment at the time of her death from the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.</p>
<p>A number of her <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/hollywood-reacts-to-tragic-death-of-beloved-cheers-star-kirstie-alley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood colleagues</a> offered their prayers and condolences via social media following the news of her passing. Among them was her ex-husband and the father of her children, actor Parker Stevenson — to whom she was married from 1983-1997.</p>
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<p>Sharing a photo of the two of them together during happier times, the &#8220;Hardy Boys&#8221; actor wrote, &#8220;Dear Kirstie, I am so grateful for our years together, and for the two incredibly beautiful children and now grandchildren that we have. You will be missed. With love, Parker.&#8221;</p>
<p>Alley&#8217;s children confirmed that she had been surrounded by those who loved her when she passed, saying in their statement, &#8220;She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead. As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother.&#8221;</p>
<p>Over her long career in Hollywood and on television, Alley racked up dozens of acting credits — 76 to her name, according to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) — and played iconic roles from the small screen (Rebecca Howe on &#8220;Cheers&#8221;) to the silver screen (Mollie in &#8220;Look Who&#8217;s Talking&#8221; and Saavik in &#8220;Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan&#8221;).</p>
<p>Alley was also deeply involved in the Church of Scientology, along with fellow actors Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Travolta&#8217;s late wife, actress Kelly Preston.</p>
<p><em>Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.</em></p>


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<p>Six months after his infamous rant on the set of &#8220;Mission: Impossible 7&#8221; went viral, actor Tom Cruise has finally broken his silence on the controversy.</p>
<p>In December, while filming the movie, audio was released of Tom Cruise excoriating members of his crew for not practicing strict COVID-19 safety protocols.</p>
<p>&#8220;If I see you do it again, you’re f**king gone. And if anyone in this crew does it, that’s it — and you too and you too. And you, don’t you ever f**king do it again,&#8221; he reportedly said. &#8220;They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf**kers.&#8221;</p>
<p>“That’s it. No apologies. You can tell it to the people that are losing their f***ing homes because our industry is shut down,&#8221; he shouted.</p>
<p>Speaking with <a href="https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/tom-cruise-dangerous-stunt-motorbike-mission-impossible-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Empire Magazine</a>, Cruise clarified that he was not yelling at the entire movie crew — only a select few people.</p>
<p>&#8220;I said what I said,&#8221; Cruise told the outlet. &#8220;There was a lot at stake at that point. But it wasn&#8217;t my entire crew. I had the crew leave the set, and it was just select people.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruise noted that filming was &#8220;never shut down again.&#8221;</p>
<p>“All those emotions were going through my mind,” he said. “I was thinking about the people I work with, and my industry. And for the whole crew to know that we’d started rolling on a movie was just a huge relief. It was very emotional, I gotta tell you.”</p>
<p>While celebrities from Whoopi Goldberg to George Clooney defended Cruise&#8217;s rant, actress and famed Scientologist defector Leah Remini claimed they were all been duped by a publicity stunt.  Writing in the anti-Scientology blog <a title="(opens new window)" href="https://tonyortega.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:3;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="6" data-v9y="1">The Underground Bunker</a>, Remini called Cruise’s tirade a “psychotic rant” from an “abusive person.”</p>
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<p>“Tom does not care about the families of his crew; this is all for publicity,” Remini wrote. “Tom does not believe in family values. I mean, how anyone is falling for this is just mind-blowing. I would bet that Tom had this rant written for him and had his Scientology assistant record and release it. Hearing a rich actor with enormous power address his crew in this way is a sign of weakness and a deeply troubled person.”</p>
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<p>“Tom seems to think that Hollywood is incapable of making films without his help. Saying such a thing indicates the godlike figure Tom believes he is, and what he is told by Scientology,” Remini continued. “The reality is, anyone who is working in Hollywood today is working under strict COVID guidelines. Anyone who is working knows this. Tom Cruise is not dictating how films are being made, even if he seems to think so.”</p>
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<p>“He is an abusive person. I witnessed it, I’ve been a recipient of it on a small level, and I’ve been told of similar abuse by his former girlfriend, his employees, and his friends,” Remini wrote. “This is the real Tom.”</p>
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<p>“This is not just a guy in the middle of a public place standing up to someone for not wearing a mask. This is Tom friggin’ Cruise wielding his power and threatening and degrading his crew,” she later noted.</p>
<p>In response to Remini’s claims, the Church of Scientology told <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/leah-remini-slams-tom-cruises-on-set-covid-safety-rant-he-is-an-abusive-person/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:9;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="8" data-v9y="1">The Wrap</a> that she is an “unreliable source” and that the church has taken action to prevent the spread of COVID-19.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leah-remini-tom-cruises-psychotic-rant-a-publicity-stunt">Leah Remini: Tom Cruise’s ‘Psychotic Rant’ A Publicity Stunt</a></strong></p>
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<p>Actress and Scientology whistleblower Leah Remini credits her 16-year-old daughter with being more &#8220;woke&#8221; about social and racial causes.</p>
<p class="speakable">Speaking with Drew Barrymore on her talk show, Remini said that her daughter will often discover social causes, such as systemic racism and climate change, for her to champion on social media.</p>
<p>&#8220;She sends me things that I should be posting on social media about systemic racism, social [injustice],&#8221; Remini said. “[She’s] constantly saying, ‘mom, you need to be doing this,’ I need less plastics in this house. Here&#8217;s another water we need to &#8230; She’s very conscious, and that’s why she gets away with being 16 to her mommy.”</p>
<p>Barrymore said that while she wishes youth would live simpler lives away from social media, she believed that the tradeoff is them having a more conscious mind about the world.</p>
<p>&#8220;I sometimes wish that we could be raising kids with playing until the street lights go on and no social media, but that’s just not the world we live in,&#8221; Barrymore said. &#8220;I do think a trade-off is this wokeness, this awareness that’s incredible.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I wasn’t thinking about these things when I was her age,&#8221; Remini added. &#8220;I was thinking about Jordash and Sergio Valente. Stuart’s what I was thinking about.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So the fact that they are now aware of the world around them and they are — to me, it makes me so proud to know that she’s somebody who cares about what’s happening in the world, that isn’t just about her world, that she can affect change,&#8221; she concluded.</p>
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<p>Through her A&amp;E docuseries “Scientology and The Aftermath,” Leah Remini has preached heavily against Scientology <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50697/leah-remini-scientology-must-have-its-tax-exempt-paul-bois">while demanding</a> the United States government revoke its tax-exempt status.</p>
<p>“The church certainly knows that there are rapes, molestations and physical abuse going on — which is why I keep saying I think the FBI would be successful if they conducted a raid, as they did in 1977,” Remini told The Hollywood Reporter (THR) in 2019. “Every crime that Scientology has ever committed or hidden is contained in their folders. I don’t know that I’ve begun the healing process. When Scientology’s tax-exempt status is revoked and people are in prison, that’s when I’ll start healing. Until then, I’m still in the fight.”</p>
<p>During his administration, President Trump reportedly <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/359730-trump-thinks-scientology-should-lose-its-tax-exempt-status">expressed interest</a> in potentially revoking Scientology’s tax-exempt status, though no actions were ever taken. Should Scientology lose its tax-exempt status, which was granted to the organization in 1993, the fallout <a href="https://fortune.com/2015/04/08/scientology-tax-exempt/">would be colossal</a> in financial terms.</p>
<p>Last December, Remini berated celebrity Tom Cruise after his infamous COVID-19 rant on the set of &#8220;Mission: Impossible&#8221; went viral, saying it was a part of some Scientology publicity stunt.</p>
<p>“Tom does not care about the families of his crew; this is all for publicity,” Remini wrote on the anti-Scientology blog <a title="(opens new window)" href="https://tonyortega.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:3;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="6" data-v9y="1">The Underground Bunker</a>. “Tom does not believe in family values. I mean, how anyone is falling for this is just mind-blowing. I would bet that Tom had this rant written for him and had his Scientology assistant record and release it. Hearing a rich actor with enormous power address his crew in this way is a sign of weakness and a deeply troubled person.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leah-remini-tom-cruises-psychotic-rant-a-publicity-stunt">Leah Remini: Tom Cruise’s ‘Psychotic Rant’ A Publicity Stunt</a></strong></p>


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Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her ‘Woke’

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<p>While celebrities from Whoopi Goldberg to George Clooney have defended Tom Cruise&#8217;s infamous rant about COVID-19 protocols on set, actress and famed Scientologist defector Leah Remini says they have all been duped by a publicity stunt.</p>
<p>In a post last week on the anti-Scientology blog <a title="(opens new window)" href="https://tonyortega.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:3;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="6" data-v9y="1">The Underground Bunker</a>, Remini called Cruise&#8217;s tirade a “psychotic rant” from an &#8220;abusive person.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Tom does not care about the families of his crew; this is all for publicity,” Remini wrote. “Tom does not believe in family values. I mean, how anyone is falling for this is just mind-blowing. I would bet that Tom had this rant written for him and had his Scientology assistant record and release it. Hearing a rich actor with enormous power address his crew in this way is a sign of weakness and a deeply troubled person.”</p>
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<p>“Tom seems to think that Hollywood is incapable of making films without his help. Saying such a thing indicates the godlike figure Tom believes he is, and what he is told by Scientology,” Remini continued. “The reality is, anyone who is working in Hollywood today is working under strict COVID guidelines. Anyone who is working knows this. Tom Cruise is not dictating how films are being made, even if he seems to think so.”</p>
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<p>“He is an abusive person. I witnessed it, I’ve been a recipient of it on a small level, and I’ve been told of similar abuse by his former girlfriend, his employees, and his friends,” Remini wrote. “This is the real Tom.”</p>
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<p>“This is not just a guy in the middle of a public place standing up to someone for not wearing a mask. This is Tom friggin’ Cruise wielding his power and threatening and degrading his crew,&#8221; she later noted.</p>
<p>In response to Remini&#8217;s claims, the Church of Scientology told <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/leah-remini-slams-tom-cruises-on-set-covid-safety-rant-he-is-an-abusive-person/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:9;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk" data-rapid_p="8" data-v9y="1">The Wrap</a> that she is an &#8220;unreliable source&#8221; and that the church has taken action to prevent the spread of COVID-19.</p>
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<p>“The Church of Scientology has done more than any other religious institution in promoting COVID-19 prevention actions ― throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Long before ‘stay at home’ directives, the Church took aggressive actions to prevent the spread of the virus,” it read. “The Church’s leader acted well ahead of the curve. Remini is an unreliable source who attacks Scientology for publicity and money ― as she herself has admitted.”</p>
<p>During his infamous rant that quickly went viral, Tom Cruise scolded his crew for allegedly breaking on-set protocol and characterized himself as some kind of film industry savior.</p>
<p>“They’re back there in Hollywood making movies right now because of us. We are creating thousands of jobs, you motherf****rs,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHteO55JzD4&amp;feature=youtu.be">he shouted</a>. “That’s it. No apologies. You can tell it to the people that are losing their f***ing homes because our industry is shut down. “</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whoopi-goldberg-defends-tom-cruises-viral-covid-19-rant">‘I Get It’: Whoopi Goldberg Defends Tom Cruise’s Viral COVID-19 Rant, Argues Other Crew Replaceable</a></strong></p>
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Leah Remini: Tom Cruise’s ‘Psychotic Rant’ A Publicity Stunt

<p>As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden inches closer to announcing his choice for running-mate in the 2020 general election, <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Karen_Bass">Rep. Karen Bass</a> (D-CA), who is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, seems to have emerged as a potential top-tier candidate.</p>
<p>However, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/07/31/karen-bass-biden-scientology/">The Daily Caller</a> recently unearthed a clip from April 2010 in which Bass, who was then a California assemblywoman, spoke at an <a href="https://www.scientology.org/scientology-today/church-openings/church-of-scientology-los-angeles.html">event</a> for a Church of Scientology building in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>Bass stated in part:</p>
<blockquote><p>As both a leader in our state legislature and a representative of Los Angeles, my goal has been a simple one – to actually make a difference. So that&#8217;s why I first have to say that this day and this new Church of Scientology is an exciting moment because I know your goal and your commitment is truly to make a difference.</p></blockquote>
<p>“It is my belief that if we really want to change this world, it is important that we think about how we treat each other. We have to treat all people with the respect they are due as human beings, and we must fight against oppression wherever we may find it,” Bass stated. “That is why the words are exciting of your founder, L. Ron Hubbard, in the creed of the Church of Scientology: that all people of whatever race, color, or creed are created with equal rights.”</p>
<p>“It’s a remarkable credit to your church that this is part of your creed. The Church of Scientology, I know, has made a difference because your creed is a universal creed, and one that speaks to all people, everywhere,” Bass continued.</p>
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<p>Bass was elected to the House of Representatives later that same year, in November 2010.</p>
<p>Following the circulation of the clip online, Bass issued a statement on Twitter:</p>
<blockquote><p>Just so you all know, I proudly worship at First New Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in South LA.</p>
<p>Ten years ago, I attended a new building opening in my district and spoke to what I think all of us believe in – respect for one another’s views, to treat all people with respect, and to fight against oppression wherever we find it. I found an area of agreement in their beliefs – where all people, of whatever race, color, or creed are created with equal rights, which is what my remarks were about.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Since then, published first-hand accounts in books, interviews and documentaries have exposed this group. Everyone is now aware of the allegations against Scientology. Back in 2010, I attended the event knowing I was going to address a group of people with beliefs very different than my own, and spoke briefly about things I think most of us agree with, and on those things – respect for different views, equality, and fighting oppression – my views have not changed.</p></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Just so you all know, I proudly worship at First New Christian Fellowship Baptist Church in South LA. <a href="https://t.co/1sEpF5KpRF">pic.twitter.com/1sEpF5KpRF</a></p>
<p>— Karen Bass (@KarenBassTweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/KarenBassTweets/status/1289574623424573442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Bass’ tweet has approximately 3,900 “likes,” and has been retweeted roughly 1,000 times as of publication.</p>
<p>The response to the congresswoman’s tweet has been mixed.</p>
<p>Some offered praise.</p>
<p>“Thank you for such a swift response, Congresswoman. Hopefully that puts an end to this nonsense hit piece,” one commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/rossisfunnyy/status/1289586073040019460?s=20">wrote</a>.</p>
<p>Another user <a href="https://twitter.com/alarreid/status/1289593593590505473?s=20">stated</a>: “Set the record straight! We love to see it.”</p>
<p>Others ripped Bass.</p>
<p>One user <a href="https://twitter.com/rudycoby/status/1289588060909232128?s=20">wrote</a>: “Ten years ago, we knew they were a cult for decades. Good luck in your future, but we don’t need the baggage right now.”</p>
<p>“Sorry, I lived in LA from 1999-2001 and we knew then that it was a dangerous cult that preyed on people for their money,” <a href="https://twitter.com/JenRuffner/status/1289608582921584642?s=20">added</a> another.</p>
<p>Rep. Bass is allegedly being considered alongside Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), former national security adviser Susan Rice, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), among others, for Joe Biden’s vice presidential slot.</p>
<p>In mid-July, MSNBC’s Joy Reid asked Biden if he was “committed to naming a black woman” as his candidate for vice president.</p>
<p>“I am not committed to naming any but the people I&#8217;ve named, and among them there are four black women,” Biden replied. “So, that decision is underway right now.”</p>
<p>The former vice president noted that the candidates were being vetted, and that he would “narrow the list” afterward, and speak personally with each candidate in order to assess who would be the best choice.</p>
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Possible Biden VP Candidate Karen Bass Issues Statement On Her 2010 Scientology Speech

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<p>Scientology is waging its own war on the &#8220;#MeToo&#8221; movement demanding, in Los Angeles Superior Court, that sitcom star Danny Masterson and his accusers face &#8220;religious arbitration&#8221; over allegations that the star and the Church stalked and invaded the privacy of at least four women rather than a jury.</p>
<p>Four women, Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Marie Riales and two Jane Does, filed suit against Masterson in the Los Angeles Superior Court back in August, claiming that Masterson stalked and harassed them after they went public with rape allegations against him, and that the Chuch of Scientology, a co-defendant in the case, conspired with Masterson to cover up the incidents, as well as other possible sexual crimes <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/danny-masterson-church-scientology-sued-stalking-conspiracy-cover-up-sexual-assaults-1232186">according to The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>Masterson is alleged to have sexually assaulted each of the four women but he has never faced charges. The women say the reason the Los Angeles Police Department and other law enforcement agencies refused to pursue Masterson is because Masterson is a Scientologist and the church intervened in his case, impeding the investigation by filing &#8220;50 affidavits from Scientologists who denied the woman’s account,&#8221; <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/15/danny-masterson-accused-stalking-rape-victims-speaks-out/2015879001/">per USA Today</a>.</p>
<p>After they came forward, during the #MeToo wave in 2018, they say Scientology engaged in a concerted effort &#8220;to silence and intimidate them.&#8221;</p>
<p>Masterson, for his part, says the women are engaged in their own conspiracy: &#8220;I’m not going to fight my ex-girlfriend in the media like she’s been baiting me to do for more than two years. I will beat her in court—and look forward to it because the public will finally be able learn the truth and see how I’ve been railroaded by this woman. And once her lawsuit is thrown out, I intend to sue her and the others who jumped on the bandwagon for the damage they caused me and my family,&#8221; he said back in August when the initial complaint was filed.</p>
<p>Now, Scientology says that even if Masterson is guilty, he should be subject to Scientology&#8217;s disciplinary process, not the state&#8217;s, and the state had no business entertaining the women&#8217;s claims. They also say that the state should not force it and Masterson into arbitration &#8212; something the California court system requires before both parties go to trial.</p>
<p>&#8220;Under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States and California Constitutions the Church may establish its own rules governing its relationship with its members exempt from civil law,&#8221; Scientology&#8217;s motion says, demanding &#8220;religious arbitration,&#8221; rather than disposition through the California court system. &#8220;This Court may not interfere with this condition by imposing civil rules for arbitration. The Church’s arbitration agreements, as written and agreed to, must be enforced.&#8221;</p>
<p>Scientology contends that Federal law applies because the womens&#8217; claims affect &#8220;interstate commerce&#8221; raising them to the Federal level, rather than the state level.</p>
<p>Scientology also says the women, who they claim are also Scientologists, signed away their right to take their claims to law enforcement. The organization says the four women gave &#8220;consent to be bound exclusively by the discipline, faith, internal organization, and ecclesiastical rule, custom, and law of the Scientology religion in all matters relating to Scientology Religious Services.&#8221;</p>
<p>The plaintiffs, of course, say they were pressured by the church in all aspects of the situation.</p>
<p>The case is ongoing in California and could make it all the way to the Supreme Court.</p>


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Scientology Disrupts #MeToo, Demands Accused Hollywood Sexual Predator Face ‘Religious Arbitration’ Not Arrest

<p>Actress Leah Remini continued her war against the Church of Scientology on Sunday when she criticized the organization for allegedly brainwashing her father into disowning her to the point that she was not even informed of his death or funeral.</p>
<p>In a heartbreaking <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vHp8kAGtH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=dlfix">Instagram post</a>, Remini shared an old photograph of her and her father, George Anthony Remini, in which she lamented about how a total stranger informed her sister about their father&#8217;s passing, which happened over a month ago and with neither one being told about it.</p>
<p>&#8220;On Friday, I received a message from my sister Nicole, who had been contacted by a stranger passing on his condolences for the passing of our father, George Anthony Remini. We had no idea that he had died a month ago,&#8221; Remini said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We weren&#8217;t aware that he had been sick leading up to his death,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;A funeral came and went and none of us knew anything about it. We were not able to say goodbye. He was not able to redeem himself, to ask for forgiveness for his failures and hurts, to become a better man to those of us who couldn&#8217;t help but love him.&#8221;</p>
<p>Remini said that despite her father&#8217;s failings she wanted to one day have some sense of closure with him.</p>
<p>&#8220;Regardless of his neglect and abuse, I had hoped to one day have some closure,&#8221; said Remini. &#8220;I hoped for him to acknowledge who he had been and what he had done to us as his children. That alone would have been healing in its own way. We never got that, yet I can&#8217;t help but grieve. I am angry at myself for crying for someone who didn&#8217;t ever cry for me. I am angry that I still wanted this man&#8217;s love.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, she claimed this opportunity for forgiveness was denied by the Church of Scientology, which allegedly brainwashed him against her, according to the former &#8220;King of Queens&#8221; actress.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m angry that the last chapter in our relationship was dictated by Scientology,&#8221; said Remini. &#8220;Scientology took my dad in as a pawn against me and likely robbed him of any last ounce of heart that might have been left in him. I&#8217;m angry that Scientology found his personal weak spots and got him on board not with their beliefs but with their smear campaign against me. That was his last presence in my life.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The little girls inside of my sisters and me will never forgive Scientology for taking away our last chance to have the one thing we always wanted from our father,&#8221; she concluded. &#8220;And that was for him to say &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry and I loved you.'&#8221;</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vHp8kAGtH/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">On Friday, I received a message from my sister Nicole, who had been contacted by a stranger passing on his condolences for the passing of our father, George Anthony Remini. We had no idea that he had died a month ago. We weren’t aware that he had been sick leading up to his death. A funeral came and went and none of us knew anything about it. We were not able to say goodbye. He was not able to redeem himself, to ask for forgiveness for his failures and hurts, to become a better man to those of us who couldn’t help but love him. If you read my book, you’ll know my father and I had a difficult relationship, but I always forgave him with a daughter’s painfully endless love and hope. Regardless of his neglect and abuse, I had hoped to one day have some closure. I hoped for him to acknowledge who he had been and what he had done to us as his children. That alone would have been healing in its own way. We never got that, yet I can’t help but grieve. I am angry at myself for crying for someone who didn’t ever cry for me. I am angry that I still wanted this man’s love, I’m angry that the last chapter in our relationship was dictated by Scientology. Scientology took my dad in as a pawn against me and likely robbed him of any last ounce of heart that might have been left in him. I’m angry that Scientology found his personal weak spots and got him on board not with their beliefs but with their smear campaign against me. That was his last presence in my life. Knowing my father, after taking the offer from Scientology to betray me, he wouldn’t have thought that he could ever come back from that in our relationship. If he thought that, though, he would have been wrong. I would have forgiven him as I always did. The little girls inside of my sisters and me will never forgive Scientology for taking away our last chance to have the one thing we always wanted from our father&#8230; And that was for him to say “I’m sorry and I loved you.”</a></p>
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<p>Through her A&amp;E docuseries &#8220;Scientology and Its Aftermath,&#8221; Leah Remini has been preaching heavily against the organization <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50697/leah-remini-scientology-must-have-its-tax-exempt-paul-bois">while demanding</a> the United States government revoke its tax-exempt status.</p>
<p>&#8220;The church certainly knows that there are rapes, molestations and physical abuse going on — which is why I keep saying I think the FBI would be successful if they conducted a raid, as they did in 1977,&#8221; Remini recently told The Hollywood Reporter. &#8220;Every crime that Scientology has ever committed or hidden is contained in their folders. I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;ve begun the healing process. When Scientology&#8217;s tax exempt status is revoked and people are in prison, that&#8217;s when I&#8217;ll start healing. Until then, I&#8217;m still in the fight.&#8221;</p>
<p>President Trump has reportedly <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/359730-trump-thinks-scientology-should-lose-its-tax-exempt-status">expressed interest</a> in potentially revoking Scientology&#8217;s tax-exempt status, though no actions have been taken at this time. Should Scientology be revoked of its tax-exempt status, which was granted to the organization in 1993, the fallout <a href="https://fortune.com/2015/04/08/scientology-tax-exempt/">would be colossal</a> in financial terms.</p>


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Leah Remini Says Scientology Brainwashed Her Father Into Disavowing Her, Was Never Informed Of His Death

<p>Actress Leah Remini, the prominent defector and whistleblower of Scientology, says she will not be able to &#8220;heal&#8221; of her wounds related to the church&#8217;s alleged abuse of her and others until the organization has its tax-exempt status revoked by the U.S. government.</p>
<p>Speaking with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leah-remini-scientology-aftermath-ending-special-sexual-abuse-1231767">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, Remini said that the third and final season of her A&amp;E docuseries &#8220;Scientology and the Aftermath&#8221; will have an explosive ending that she hopes eventually leads to a full-scale government crackdown on the Church of Scientology. The two-hour special will air on August 26 in front of a live studio audience and will &#8220;focus on testimonials alleging that Scientology policies have hindered members from reporting instances of sexual assault and physical violence to the authorities.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re exposing so much, but we need to do some other things to bring the fight to a different level,&#8221; Remini<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/a-es-leah-remini-show-tackle-scientology-abuse-harassment-941846"> told THR</a>. &#8220;We did not plan on more than a season or two. I always thought it would be six or eight episodes and that would be enough for the FBI, local police and the IRS to start doing something about it — or at the very least revoke their tax exemptions. People kept telling us more stories, and we had to tell them, but there&#8217;s only so much you can do in this forum and in this way.&#8221;</p>
<p>Should Scientology be revoked of its tax-exempt status, which was granted to the organization in 1993, the fallout <a href="https://fortune.com/2015/04/08/scientology-tax-exempt/">would be colossal</a> in financial terms. Remini said the FBI should conduct a full-blown raid on Scientology headquarters to find widespread coverup of both physical and sexual abuse.</p>
<p>&#8220;The church certainly knows that there are rapes, molestations and physical abuse going on — which is why I keep saying I think the FBI would be successful if they conducted a raid, as they did in 1977,&#8221; said Remini. &#8220;Every crime that Scientology has ever committed or hidden is contained in their folders. I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;ve begun the healing process. When Scientology&#8217;s tax exempt status is revoked and people are in prison, that&#8217;s when I&#8217;ll start healing. Until then, I&#8217;m still in the fight.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;They don&#8217;t have the truth on their side,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And when you don&#8217;t have the truth on your side, and you talk s**t and bully more than anything, you don&#8217;t have much strength &#8230; The public knows the truth.&#8221;</p>
<p>A rep for Scientology told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2019/08/15/church-of-scientology-blasts-leah-remini-show-end-aftermath/">TMZ</a> that the end of the &#8220;hate machine&#8221; that is Remini&#8217;s A&amp;E show could not come soon enough and that her accusations have generated &#8220;assassination attempts&#8221; against several prominent leaders in the church.</p>
<p>&#8220;Leah Remini has blood on her hands,&#8221; said the rep. &#8220;Her show&#8217;s lies, distortions and exhortations to hate and bigotry generated assassination threats against the leader of the Scientology religion, physical attacks on Churches, and the murder of a Scientology religious worker whose throat was slashed by a madman egged on by Remini&#8217;s horrendous distortions.&#8221;</p>
<p>President Trump has reportedly <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/359730-trump-thinks-scientology-should-lose-its-tax-exempt-status">expressed interest</a> in potentially revoking Scientology&#8217;s tax-exempt status, though no actions have been taken at this time.</p>


Leah Remini: Scientology Must Have Its Tax-Exempt Status Revoked

<p>Tom Cruise worked in concert with the Church of Scientology to convince his two children to hate their mother Nicole Kidman, alleges a former high-ranking Scientologist who left the church after being a member for 22 years.</p>
<p>Speaking with the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7176547/Daughter-law-opera-singer-Pl-cido-Domingo-reveals-Scientology-celeb-secrets.html">Daily Mail</a>, Sam Domingo, whom the outlet describes as formerly attaining a status &#8220;considered royalty within the church,&#8221; revealed her experience working with Tom Cruise at the International Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>&#8220;The 51-year-old socialized and studied with Cruise&#8217;s family,&#8221; the outlet said of Domingo. &#8220;Her children would run around with his kids, Connor and Isabella, and she was especially close to his three sisters, Cass Mapother, Marian Henry and Lee Ann DeVette.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now that she has left the church, Domingo says she wants to set the record straight regarding Tom Cruise and his two adopted children, Isabella and Connor.</p>
<p>&#8220;In March, Isabella was featured in a Scientology promo in London thanking the Church and her father for finding a &#8216;missing piece&#8217; of herself,&#8221; the report continued. &#8220;This has compelled Domingo to open up on Isabella and brother Connor&#8217;s lives, which dramatically changed after Nicole Kidman split from the Top Gun actor in 2001, and the alleged indoctrination of hatred towards her began.&#8221;</p>
<p>Allegedly, both Isabella and Connor Cruise were regular kids who Domingo would often see playing at the Scientology Celebrity Centre, where she worked as a supervisor. When Cruise and Kidman divorced, however, things took a turn for the worse and the kids were allegedly indoctrinated to hate their own mother — whom the church deemed a &#8220;suppressive person.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The children lived an isolated &#8216;boot camp&#8217; experience, away from the other kids, under the watchful eye of Scientology No 2 and enforcer Marty Rathbun &#8211; who has since has left the Church &#8211; as they were led into believing their mother should be ex-communicated and regarded a &#8216;Suppressive Person,'&#8221; reported the Daily Mail.</p>
<p>Domingo said that Cruise&#8217;s kids had essentially &#8220;no choice&#8221; in the matter and were isolated until they were fully integrated into the Scientology program.</p>
<p>&#8220;I know what techniques they used &#8230; I know what the second-in-command at the time, Marty Rathbun did &#8230; he was so tough on them, the Cruise kids had no choice,&#8221; said Domingo. &#8220;After the divorce, they were indoctrinated into Scientology and very much isolated.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The whole Cruise family got ordered back to L.A. when he divorced Nicole, as they were studying in Florida at the time,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I was shocked they were leaving, I said to Cass [Cruise&#8217;s sister]: &#8216;Why are you leaving, you&#8217;re doing the courses, nothing gets in the way of that?&#8217; She didn&#8217;t say anything.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to Domingo, the Church of Scientology allegedly worked to indoctrinate all of the Cruise family, including the actor&#8217;s mother and sisters, into the fold.</p>
<p>&#8220;[The church was] in it 100 percent, there was no wavering,&#8221; Domingo continued. &#8220;You can&#8217;t be anti-Scientology if you&#8217;re part of Tom&#8217;s family, you will be disconnected — look at his daughter Suri.&#8221;</p>
<p>Notably, the Church of Scientology has denied all of Domingo&#8217;s claims.</p>


Former Scientologist Alleges Tom Cruise Indoctrinated Kids To Hate Nicole Kidman

<p>A cruise ship, used as a floating command center, recreational facility, and training ground for the Church of Scientology, has reportedly been quarantined in St. Lucia over concerns that a passenger on board has the measles.</p>
<p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/441738-cruise-ship-appearing-to-be-owned-by-church-of-scientology-quarantined-due?fbclid=IwAR1VPLxP_rmCfih2C8LpfqOGzeT7cLyUiW8cYX5OiWLj446u6m7bWX3RqFA">The Hill reports</a> that authorities in St. Lucia have the ship, the &#8220;Freewinds,&#8221; in port there and have prohibited anyone from disembarking &#8212; possibly for three weeks &#8212; for fear they may put island residents in danger.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because of the risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case but from other persons who may be on the boat at this time, we made the decision to not allow anyone to disembark,&#8221; St. Lucia&#8217;s chief medical officer told media in a videoed statement.</p>
<p>The Church of Scientology has refused to confirm to media outlets that their 440-foot, 300-person &#8220;floating religious retreat,&#8221; the Freewinds is, indeed, the same ship stuck in dock in St. Lucia, but <a href="https://tonyortega.org/2019/05/02/what-its-like-on-the-scientology-measles-ship-right-now-according-to-former-crew/">Scientology-focused reporter Tony Ortega</a> says he&#8217;s been able to confirm from a handful of social media posts from the Church&#8217;s clergy &#8212; members of the so-called &#8220;Sea Organization&#8221; (or &#8220;Sea Org&#8221;) &#8212; that it is the same Freewinds, and that the outbreak started with a passenger.</p>
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<p>Update: Freewinds passenger claims measles was brought aboard by UK passenger, not a crew member. Caution, the source is a Scientologist and this may be a &#8220;shore story.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/BOQflBRPkI">https://t.co/BOQflBRPkI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Scientology?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Scientology</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xc8OcZnqBd">pic.twitter.com/Xc8OcZnqBd</a></p>
<p>&#8212; Tony Ortega (@TonyOrtega94) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyOrtega94/status/1123970188473503745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
<p>That Sea Org member says that only one person was infected and that the &#8220;outbreak&#8221; was contained. NBC News says authorities believe that the infection has spread to others onboard.</p>
<p>Scientology&#8217;s Freewinds is a former cruise ship, purchased in the mid-1980s and rechristened as a floating training facility where high level Scientologists &#8212; those who have achieved the level of OT7 (or, &#8220;operating thetan seven&#8221;) &#8212; could study to achieve OT8, the highest level of the religion. The cost to reach such a level is reportedly between $800,000 and $2 million, according to former Sea Org members.</p>
<p>The Freewinds also serves as a recreational destination for Scientology bigwigs, including leader David Miscavige, and celebrity mega-Scientologist, Tom Cruise.</p>
<p>The United States is current experiencing once of the worst measles outbreaks in years, since the disease was reported as &#8220;eliminated&#8221; in the year 2000, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/health/measles-outbreak-record-us-bn/index.html">according to CNN</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Overall,&#8221; the outlet reports, &#8220;there have been 681 measles cases across 22 states this year, according to CNN&#8217;s analysis of data from state and local health departments.&#8221;</p>
<p>Many of the outbreaks are happening in unvaccinated or under-vaccinated communities. In New York, the governor has even declared a state of emergency and imposed a series of restrictions on several communities outside New York City where vaccinations rates are low and measles outbreaks have been reported. Often, the outbreak starts with someone from that community who brings the disease back from an under-vaccinated location outside the United States, spreading it to unvaccinated individuals here.</p>
<p>The World Health Organization <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/04/30/717473521/u-s-measles-outbreak-is-linked-to-global-surge-in-the-virus">also says that measles is on the rise globally</a>, and that 2019 has seen a 300% rise in the number of reported cases compared to this time in 2018.</p>
<p>The disease is highly contagious and someone suffering from measles can spread the disease not just by coughing or sneezing, but by touching surfaces. The disease can also &#8220;hang around&#8221; after an infected person has left a location, leaving anyone who passes through an area exposed if they aren&#8217;t up to date on their vaccinations.</p>
<p>There is little concrete data available on the passenger who caused the Freewinds outbreak. Scientologists are not necessarily anti-vaccine, but as Ortega reports, many are skeptical of western medicine, and that may have led to under-vaccination within Scientology&#8217;s ranks.</p>


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