Scientology's secrets spill into open in Danny Masterson rape case

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-27/danny-masterson-rape-trial-secretive-scientology-polices?fbclid=IwAR18Zbh4gAdnIaPqe6hYH0gi5om4FcJVa9PYfZcRx-I669Yrpstb9QGXj6o

And yet this scam is still given Religious tax status.

The focus on Scientology during the preliminary hearing, which stretched over four days and included lengthy discussions of internal church texts and doctrine, wasn’t lost on Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo.

In ruling that there was sufficient evidence against Masterson to allow the case to proceed toward trial, Olmedo concluded that Scientology has “an expressly written doctrine” that “not only discourages, but prohibits” its members from reporting one another to law enforcement. The policy explained why several of the women did not report Masterson’s alleged crimes to the police for more than a decade, the judge found.