Jason Beghe Calls Scientology Slavery Of The Mind 
  Sunday, April 27th, 2008 

Actor Jason Beghe played Jeffrey Lindley on Melrose Place, and has had parts in many series such as The X-Files, CSI, Dharma & Greg, and Veronica Mars, just to name a few.  In his personal life, Beghe was an OT5 Scientology member, and a loyal follower of what some call a religion - others a cult - for 14 years.  Now, Beghe is no longer a Scientologist, and is speaking out about the belief he followed for so long, referring to it as "empty" and "slavery of the mind."  At one point, referring to the story of Xenu and "the loyal officers," Beghe says, "its retarded."

Beghe gave an interview in a Google/YouTube video, and said that Scientology officers can work about a hundred hours a week, in what equates to "millions and millions" of dollars worth of free labor.  He was pushed not to maintain close friendships with those outside of Scientology, called SP's (Suppressive Personalities), he says, including one of this best friend's, David Duchovny, who was not a Scientologist.

Some things Beghe says in the interview:

What do they get in exchange?  They believe that they're saving this sector of the galaxy.

Like, this whole Xeno thing is insane...people believe it...there's no f***ing evidence.

Within...three days - and I probably had $60 grand to my name at that point - I plopped down $50k.

You go to their museum, it's all 'the [psychiatrists] are bad, the psychs are bad, this is a bad thing, and Hitler, and they're responsible for child pornography, and rape, and it's all the psychs'...and then they started to write me up because I'm doubting.

There's nothing written in all the tomes of Scientology about psychiatry.  Nothing.  Other than, the psychs are responsible for all your sexual problems.

Beghe said he was excommunicated for asking for $65k back that he'd loaned the religion for a study.  And when you ask for money back, he says, you are banned from future courses (which also cost money) and are not allowed to have contact with other Scientologists.  He's also said that famous Scientologist Tom Cruise was out of Scientology for several years, but brought back after his divorce from Nicole Kidman; after Cruise's split with Penelope Cruz and before his marriage to Katie Holmes, he was made to take an "Ethics Cycle" to make amends.

Full 2-hour plus interview with Jason here.  Beghe said that he has no agenda except trying to help people, and that Scientologists are generally very good people who want to help others but become "brainwashed, robotic" versions of their former selves.

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