Leah Remini Fears Personal & Confidential Scientology Files Could Be Released: Report
Aug. 2 2013, Published 4:13 p.m. ET
When Leah Remini left the Church of Scientology in July she also left behind nearly 37 years worth of confidential files and documents that the actress now fears could be released.
According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, the 43-year-old star is emotionally overwhelmed after leaving the controversial organization and because the church's policy is to disconnect completely from those no longer with Scientology and she's concerned her personal confessions during "audit" sessions may go public.
Former Scientology top exec Karen de la Carriere re-established contact with Leah when she left the church saying she was "brave" and "courageous" for standing up to the organization, but worries that when she left the church 2010 they used her "confessional folders" to convince her son, Heber Jentzsch, to disconnect from her — and they may do the same to Leah.
Church of Scientology spokesperson Karin Pouw denies that the church would make any such files public, telling Breaking Celebrity News:
"The answer is unequivocally no because we do not release private and confidential information and never will. We have responded countless times to this tired, false and outrageous allegation made by a handful of obsessed self-promoters with transparent agendas.
"The Hollywood Reporter knows this, but doesn’t care because it and the tabloid media are only concerned about gimmicky ways to boost Internet traffic. Sadly, it continues to give a platform to discredited sources who will say anything and shamelessly exploit the personal lives of others if it gets them media attention."
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Leah and her family have vowed that they won't let the Church of Scientology tear them apart.
"Leah still has family and friends in Scientology. Her husband left with h