How Scientology Almost Killed His Elderly Mother

Cults to Consciousness

May 13 2024 • 1 hr 29 mins

Raised by Scientology and forced into the Sea Org and labor intensive youth camps, Mike Brown didn’t have a choice but to be indoctrinated and used by the organization. After he managed to escape, leaving behind his mother and wife, years later he learned of the extreme elder ab*se that was happening. Determined to save his mother who was quickly being worked to death, he devised a plan to break her out and nurse her back to health before it was too late.

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https://www.theaftermathfoundation.org/

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  • How Mike Brown and his family got involved in Scientology
  • What it was like for Mike in his youth having auditing sessions
  • E meters, past lives, and powers
  • Mike being told at 7 years old that he has super powers
  • Mike's mother joined the Sea Org and Mike runs around LA
  • At 13 Mike gets moved to a ranch to be used as work force
  • How the topic of s*x was treated for teens in Scientology
  • The pun*ishments for crossing the line
  • When Mike decides to leave at 15
  • Mike gets married at 18 - the problems he faced
  • Mike and his wife were encouraged to get an ab*rtion
  • David Miscavige blows up on Mike's wife, Mike ultimately leaves
  • Mike is reunited with his father after he leaves Scientology
  • Mike thinks his mother is being well taken care of
  • How Mike realized his mother wasn't safe
  • How Mike's mother is doing now (and what happened to her)
  • Scientology vs. Mormonism
  • How Mike is doing now


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