'Stop giving up your families and your life': Actress Leah Remini urges people to walk away from the Church of Scientology - after abandoning the religion four years ago
- Actress Leah Remini urges people to walk away from the Church of Scientology
- The 46-year-old American spoke against the controversial religious movement
- She opened up about Scientology in a candid interview on Sunrise on Tuesday
- The King of Queens star claimed the religious group 'tried to separate my family'
- Remini was a member of the group from the age of nine but left in 2013
American actress Leah Remini has urged people to walk away from the Church of Scientology after her family was nearly torn apart.
Appearing on Sunrise on Tuesday morning, the 46-year-old spoke against the controversial religious movement in a candid interview.
The King of Queens star, who was raised as a Scientologist, called on members to leave the church group, infamously known for its celebrity followers.
'For those who are in the dark, I want to say, "Stop it. Stop giving up your families and your life for something that is truly damaging",' she said.
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American actress Leah Remini has urged people to walk away from the Church of Scientology
Speaking to Samantha Armytage and David 'Kochie' Koch on the Channel Seven breakfast show, she claimed the group 'tried to separate my family'.
'When I saw that, I couldn't continue to be part of it,' she continued.
Remini recently filmed an eight-part documentary series called 'Leah Remini: Scientology and The Aftermath' where she made explosive claims about her time as a member of the organisation.
'I did not want to find out everything I knew was a lie,' she said in one of her episodes.
'I was trying to hang on to my family for all of these years. Something inside of me was telling me to get them out of this thing.'
She also opened up about the wife of Scientology leader David Miscavige who failed to attend Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' wedding in 2006.
Speaking to Samantha Armytage and David 'Kochie' Koch on the Seven network, she claimed the group 'tried to separate my family'
The 46-year-old has been speaking publicly about the religious group since she left in 2013
Remini (pictured in 2015) recently filmed an eight-part documentary series where she made explosive claims about her time as a member of the organisation
'Where was she? And I was told that I did not have the rank to be asking where the leader's wife was,' Remini said about Shelly Miscavige.
'And I certainly felt like I did as a human being to ask where another human being was... Nobody really wanted to get involved in my fight.
'That showed me something about who we really were as a group, as an organisation... we're not supposed to be those people who turn the other way.
'The people that are there truly live in a bubble, like I did. I truly believed that we were really doing great things for the world.'
She even told Sunrise people wanted to be part of Scientology because 'they believe they're being helped and they believe they are helping mankind'.
Remini was a member of the group from the age of nine but left in 2013 over claims she was brainwashed and other members were allegedly abused.
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