Rinder

Rathbun, Rinder, and De Vocht all admitted that they had engaged in physical violence themselves.

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"It had become the accepted way of doing things," Rinder said.

Frank Schaeffer: We Need Freedom From Religion Not Just Freedom of Religion Frank Schaeffer 2011

Then, after Rinder defected, he said Miscavige had beaten him 50 times.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

According to Rinder and Brousseau, in June 2006, while Miscavige was away from the Gold Base, his wife, Shelly, filled several job vacancies without her husband's permission.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

"It had become the accepted way of doing things," Rinder said.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

Mike Rinder had been the church's spokesperson, the job now held by Davis.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

"The issue wasn't the physical pain of it," Rinder said.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

The church characterises Scobee, Rinder, Rathbun, De Vocht and other defectors I spoke with as "discredited individuals" who were demoted for incompetence or expelled for corruption; the defectors' accounts are consistent only because they have "banded together to advance and support each other's false 'stories'".

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

While Rinder and Rathbun were in the church, they had repeatedly claimed that allegations of abuse were baseless.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011

Rathbun, Rinder and De Vocht all admitted that they had engaged in physical violence themselves.

What happens when you try to leave the Church of Scientology? 2011