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Leah reminis antiscientology slam continues with book. John travolta slams leah remini for exposing scientology secrets. Nov 30, 2016 how leah remini is trying to expose scientology secrets in her new docuseries. Among the horrors wright either uncovers or borrows with credit from previous scientology exposes in time magazine and the st. Many, if not most of these new publications are not anti scientology since most promote the idea that there are good things to be had from scientology, but the criminal excesses are getting in the way of the good things.
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