After leaving the Church, Villa acknowledged she “walked away from everything I thought defined me.”
“And I was rebaptized. Fully surrendered. No halfway faith. No spiritual substitutes,” she stated.
“Leaving cost me years I will never get back. But it gave me something infinitely more valuable,” she continued, encouraging others who are wondering if something feels wrong to “listen to that voice.”
She added, “I will never go back.”
Radar reached out to the Church of Scientology for a response to what Villa said.
“When Ms. Villa came to the Church, she was grappling with profound personal difficulties,” they shared. “She was given counseling and community support to rebuild her troubled life. She again spiraled out of control and now seeks to exploit those who supported her during her darkest moments in hopes of making a buck. How un-Christian. We urge Ms. Villa to move forward with her life and cease these false claims.
“The Church of Scientology remains committed to helping all individuals achieve spiritual growth and personal betterment. The Church is a worldwide force for good, recognized by thousands of officials, civic and religious leaders. We provide indiscriminate help through our Scientology Volunteer Ministers; The Way to Happiness, a common-sense guide to better living made available to more than 140million people; Our United for Human Rights campaign that promotes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and Drug-Free World’s drug education campaign that has empowered hundreds of millions with the truth about drugs.”
“We invite the public to seek the truth at www.scientology.org,” they added.
