SCIENTOLOGY seems quite similar to the JW’s.
A few snippets from the site….
The "Church" of Scientology is famous for harassing their critics and defectors, and even their families and friends (indirect pressure). Many ex-Scientologists have stories about abuse and how the group pressure and fright of personal information being released, prevented them from blowing or going public with their inside information. Many also feel embarrassed when they learn the truth about the organization they donated money and a lot of their life to. For some fighting back is part of the "therapy" to recover and get back to a normal life in society, while others just want to put their time in CoS behind them and start fresh. Both could need someone to talk to, someone with similar experiences. For their own recovery and to warn others who might repeat their errors if not warned in time.
We are therefore faced with the challenge of providing channels for these people to get in communications with others out there that are able and willing to help. This is a difficult task since history shows us that CoS will do anything to sabotage this. There is reason to look specially out for those OSA-agents who are very often ´fishing´ for names of leaving people.
People should be free to believe whatever they want, including Scientology. What I have against CoS is its deceitfulness, its lack of compassion for its members (especially the hard-working staff), its aggressive hard sell, its arrogance, its attack on free speech, its litigiousness, its harassment of its critics, its lack of concern for families, its gross neglect and abuse of children, etc.
If only we could pool resources!
I am still looking through this site…..interesting….
http://www.xenu.net/archive/personal_story/tory/