Claire Headley, President of The Aftermath Foundation, recounts her difficult childhood in the primary hands of Scientology in the UK. Coerced to sign a billion year contract by 7 years old, her life was dedicated to learning how to be the best Sea Org member she could possibly be. Longing to be a “normal” kid like those in her public school, she had plans to escape. Until, a major life event shook her which cemented her beliefs in Scientology. She had no idea the horrors that awaited her when she got to Los Angeles to work for David Miscavige himself.

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• The start of Claire Headley's story
• Claire was born into Scientology
• Claire's mom joined Sea Org and signed the billion year contract when Claire was 4
• Claire's mom brought her in at age
• Claire's parents divorced because her father left Scientology
• Scientologist adults and "children" leaving communally in England
• The child cadet organization being trained to become Sea Org members
• What they told Claire when she explained she was being bullied
• A 16 year old raising Claire and 30-40 other children
• The cadets tended to get lice very easily
• Claire busted her head open and broke her collar bone, and she kept quiet
• Claire knew that as a Scientologist she was different
• Claire had an escape plan
• Nothing about the manor was representative of what a typical childhood should look like
• Anyone misbehaving was separated out
• Indoctrinated from birth, there's no way to consider leaving as a child
• The breaking point that leads to leaving Scientology
• The church provides the illusion of Choice
• Conform or face physical ab*se
• When Claire was 8 or 9...
• Her mom abandoned her for Scientology
• Claire's mom was almost told to terminate a pregnancy
• No longer in the cadet organization, but still being raised as a Scientologist
• What Claire's little sister went through
• The harmful teachings taught to Claire as a child
• The types of questions teenage Claire had to ask adult Scientologists

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