Refreshed at 0900GMT ThursdayWriting Worth Reading | July 29, 2010
Defectors turn on church, say they were beaten, pressured to have abortions, had passports taken, were forced to work without sleep on little pay—and billed thousands of dollars when they left
Date of publication online: 
6 March 2010
Original URL: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/us/07scientology.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=all