Jenna Miscavige Hill
Jenna Miscavige Hill is a former Scientologist who, after leaving the Church of Scientology in 2005, has become one of its most prominent critics. She is the daughter of Ron Miscavige, Jr.[1] and the niece of current church leader David Miscavige.[2][3]
Hill, with Kendra Wiseman and Astra Woodcraft (both also raised in Scientology), founded the website exscientologykids.com.[4] She has been interviewed about her experiences within Scientology by a number of media outlets, including ABC's Nightline in April 2008.[5][6]
In 2000, when Hill was 16, her father and mother left Scientology. Hill states that due to the Scientology-ordered practice of disconnection with relatives and friends who don't support Scientology or are hostile to it, letters from her parents were intercepted and she was not allowed to answer a telephone for a year.[7][8]
She described her experience from ages five to 12 thus: "We were also required to write down all transgressions ...similar to a sin in the Catholic religion. After writing them all down, we would receive a meter check on the electropsychometer to make sure we weren't hiding anything, and you would have to keep writing until you came up clean."[1][9]
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- ^ a b Recchia, Philip (2008-02-06). "Family feud in Tom's church". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/02062008/gossip/pagesix/family_feud_in_toms_church_886708.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
- ^ Braiker, Brian (2008-02-08). "The Passion of 'Anonymous'". Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/id/109410. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ Sarno, David (2008-03-03). "Scientology taking hits online". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080312021644/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/newmedia/la-et-scientology3mar03,0,4668513,full.story. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ Olsen, Dawn (2008-03-01). "Jenna Miscavige Hill Helps Out Children Trapped By Scientology With New Site ExScientologyKids.com". Technorati. http://technorati.com/entertainment/glosslip/article/jenna-hill-miscavige-helps-out-children-trapped-by-scientology-with-new-site-exscientologykidscom. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
- ^ Fletcher, Lisa (2008-04-24). "Niece of Scientology Leader Shares Her Story: Watch the Interview With Jenna Miscavige Hill Tonight on 'Nightline'". Nightline. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=4716462&page=1. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ Fletcher, Lisa; Ethan Nelson, Maggie Burbank (2008-04-24). "Ex-Scientology Kids Share Their Stories: Former Scientologists, Including Church Leader's Niece, Share Stories With 'Nightline'". Nightline. ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=4702271&page=1. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Jacobsen, Jonny (2008-01-28). "Niece of Scientology's leader backs Cruise biography". AFP. Google News. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5heELOXbk_8qWowwJGtd3RrEXdqgQ. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ Krone, David (2008-04-15). "Anti-Scientology Protests Continue in Dupont". The Hoya. Georgetown University. http://www.thehoya.com/node/15864. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Family feud in Scientology's upper ranks exposes more oddities". Monsters and Critics. 2008-02-06. http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1390185.php/Family_feud_in_Scientologys_upper_ranks_exposes_more_oddities. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
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- Ex-Scientology Kids
- "Jenna Miscavige Hill tells her story in her own words". Ex-ScientologistsKids.com. 2008-04-19. http://exscientologykids.com/eskforums/viewtopic.php?t=1002. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
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