By Alexis Tereszcuk - Breaking Celebrity News Entertainment Editor

It’s war! The Church of Scientology has hit back against the Vanity Fair expose that claimed to reveal deep secrets of the church and Tom Cruise with a scathing letter to the magazine’s publisher in which they call the journalist a bigot and dismiss the allegations in the article as defamatory.

The eight-page letter was sent to Graydon Carter on August 16, 2012 in response to the story that Scientology began a wife-auditing process for Tom, that Nicole Kidman was an enemy of the church and detailed his alleged search for a new wife.

Read The Entire Letter To Vanity Fair’s Publisher

"We are writing regarding your, your editor’s and reporter’s shoddy journalism, religious bigotry and potential legal liability arising out of Vanity Fair’s upcoming story about the Tom Cruise divorce," the letter states. "Significantly, while Maureen Orth was preparing her story, Vanity Fair ignored its staff and contributors who have firsthand knowledge of Mr. Cruise and of Mr. Miscavige and who would burden her story with the truth."

The letter accuses Orth of hiding her intentions about the article, and said the list of 32 questions revealed “the tabloid nature of the article,” and her “reckless disregard of the truth and her religious bigotry,” and says the story is "false and contemptible."

The letter defends the Scientology leader and his relationshi