Tennessee Scientology facility closed

[Rev. Rye]

Also, it's worth noting that the Xenu story is only told to people who've made OT3, which only accounts for 10% of the total number of Scientologists, so it's certainly a distinct possibility that if your Friendly Local Scientologist is asked about it, they may not only deny it, but genuinely do so if they haven't reached that point.

And if they actually do know about the Xenu story, they are told to deny it when people ask them about it, lest these people develop pneumonia ...

Is that right? Or did I misremember what Leah Remini said in that interview with Joe Rogan?

Bear in mind, I remember watching Going Clear and listening to Hana Eltringham describe developing a severe depression upon completing OT3, and at one point, she actually considered suicide, but didn't follow through with it only because it would make the Church look bad (start around 4:30)





In the book, it says:

For years after attaining OT III, Eltringham had frequent thoughts of suicide. The unremitting migraines and voices in her head made her despair. Several times, she came close to jumping off the top floor of the church’s headquarters in Clearwater, but restrained herself because she was worried that it would bring disgrace upon the church and Hubbard’s teachings. It was only when she left the church and began taking Prozac that her headaches and her suicidal thoughts went away. “It has changed my life,” she claimed.

Believe it or not, there can, in fact, be some poor consequences to going through it, but not quite what the church claims.