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"The Church of Scientology has one less celebrity among its ranks: Leah Remini. After the New York Post&amp;apos;s Page Six reported that the King of Queens actress, 43, had made a &amp;quot;dramatic break&amp;quot; from the talked-about religion connected to Tom Cruise and other stars, she confirmed her departure in a statement to Us Weekly.\r\n&amp;quot;I wish to share my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming positive response I have received from the media, my colleagues, and from fans around the world,&amp;quot; Remini says. &amp;quot;I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nPage Six&amp;apos;s story alleges that the former Talk co-host had questioned and objected to many common practices within the Church, and criticized its leader, David Miscavige -- and as a result, had been subjected to many years of &amp;quot;interrogations&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;thought modifications.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;She is stepping back from a regime she thinks is corrupt,&amp;quot; a source is quoted as saying in Page Six. Specifically, Remini had &amp;quot;questioned the validity of excommunication of people,&amp;quot; the source says. &amp;quot;She thinks no religion should tear apart a family or abuse someone under the umbrella of &amp;apos;religion.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nRemini&amp;apos;s skepticism supposedly began, of all places, at the 2006 wedding of Cruise and Katie Holmes in Italy -- where Remini asked about the whereabouts of David Miscavige&amp;apos;s wife, Shelly, who, subsequently, has reportedly not been seen in public since 2007. (The Church of Scientology denies that Shelly Miscavige is missing and tells Us that &amp;quot;any reports that she is missing are false.&amp;quot;)\r\n\r\nAfter a Church official supposedly scolded her, Remini was then &amp;quot;put through interrogations and blacklisted&amp;quot; and endured five years of &amp;quot;thought modification,&amp;quot; the Page Six source says.   &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s not about wanting or not wanting to do Scientology,&amp;quot; the source continues in Page Six&amp;apos;s story. &amp;quot;The issue is that [Miscavige] is taking down this church and hurting people and families.&amp;#x201D;\r\n\r\nThe first report of Remini&amp;apos;s departure and disagreements with the Church -- including the incident at Tom Cruise&amp;apos;s wedding -- appeared on Tony Ortega&amp;apos;s Scientology blog on July 8.\r\nA rep for the Church of Scientology tells Us Weekly of Page Six&amp;apos;s story: &amp;quot;The Church respects the privacy of parishioners and has no comment about any individual Church member.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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