This week, Gawain Baxter, his wife, Laura, and Valeska Paris sued the Clearwater, Florida-based church, claiming they had been forced into labor on the ships from as young as age 6.
As part of that, the trio signed contracts pledging "one billion years" of service to the church, for "low or even no pay."
One website characterizes Scientology as a "religious system based on the seeking of self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment through graded courses of study and training."
Gawain Baxter says he was put in a Sea Org nursery by his parents when he was just 2 months old. Five years later, after signing the "billion-years" contract, he was allotted to live in a Cadet Org dormitory, along with 100 other children.
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The lawsuit reads: "Children over six years old are considered to be and are frequently told that they are adults and that they should act and expect to be treated as adults. They are not even called children; rather they must be referred to as 'Cadets.'"
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At the next stage of life, the group declares that the church resorted to similarly deflating tactics.
The lawsuit states: "From the ages of six to fourteen, Gawain was not permitted to attend any accredited public or private school. Instead, schoolwork consisted of two to three hours per day of basic reading, writing, and math in a classroom of thirty other children, under the supervision of Linda Hilton, the Cadet Coordinator's spouse."
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"Beginning when Gawain was ten years old, he was required to spend one to two hours daily in Scientology indoctrination courses as well.
"The cost of each course was recorded as a debt that Gawain was told he would owe if he ever left Cadet Org or Sea Org," the lawsuit accuses.
According to the Daily Mail, Scientology and Miscavige have not yet reacted to the claims in the lawsuit.
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Gawain Baxter also states that when he was 14, he was coerced to perform up to 12 hours a day of unpaid labor, cleaning and refurbishing properties.
"Gawain was sleep-deprived, given inadequate time to eat, and verbally abused by his adult supervisors," the trio's attorney declared.
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Paris alleges she was frequently sexually assaulted by a Sea Org supervisor. Her duties included landscaping and tending to newborns who were born to other members.
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When Paris was 17, her mother escaped the church. Paris alleges that she was penalized for her mother's actions.
Paris also said that one of her punishments was being shut in an engine room on the ship for 48 hours, with the temperature in that area exceeding 100 degrees.
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Paris was determined to leave the church around 2011. By then, she had been taken by the organization to Australia. She proclaims the church confiscated her passport, leaving with her "no identification and no money."
Paris left the church by purposefully getting pregnant — which was banned on the ship. She even faked still being pregnant after miscarrying the child, the Daily Mail states.
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The lawsuit alleges: "Another senior officer then screamed at Valeska, telling her she would get cancer and die if she left, and reminding her that she would have to repay all her freeloader debt."
"Valeska was aware that Sea Org members are not permitted to have children, so she purposely became pregnant and refused demands that she terminate her pregnancy."
"After six weeks, Valeska miscarried but continued to pretend to be pregnant so that she would be forced to leave Sea Org."
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