Leah Remini has left the Church of Scientology but has no intention of being cut out of the lives of any friends or family left behind, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

The King of Queens star made a dramatic break with the religion , as Breaking Celebrity News reported earlier. And while her departure is a high-profile defection for a church that counts Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its star devotees, the story may just be beginning, not ending.

“Leah still has family and friends in Scientology. Her husband left with her, but others have not,” a source told Breaking Celebrity News exclusively.

“But she has made a pact with certain family members not to let her departure from Scientology tear them apart.

“This is significant because Scientology practices “disconnection” where ex members are shunned by those still in the church, no matter what their relationship is."

Many ex members have confirmed that Scientology actively encouraged remaining members to turn their backs on anyone who left, no matter what the relationship. Father, mother, daughter, son, siblings – no relationship was too close to withstand leaving the religion.

Tony Ortega, former editor of the Village Voice, broke the story that Remini was ditching the religion.

Remini confirmed her departure from Scientology and released this statement: