By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 09:26 EST, 16 February 2013 | UPDATED: 10:15 EST, 26 March 2013 The niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige has told of her miserable upbringing inside the church and how she tried to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of its celebrity headquarters in Los Angeles. Jenna Miscavige, said she was kept away from her parents sometimes for over a year at a time, forced to break rocks on a riverbed and grilled on her sex life at the tender age of 13. Things got so bad that at the age of 16, when she was stopped from seeing a boyfriend, she climbed out onto the roof of Scientology's celebrity headquarters on Hollywood Boulevard and was ready to jump before church elders frantically pulled her back inside.
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Jenna Miscavige is the niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige
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New book tells of her harrowing upbringing inside the church
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She was forced to join chain gang and quizzed about sex life at the age of 13
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Finally left after being sent to Australia where she first used the internet
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Now runs a support group for others who want to leave Scientology
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The Church of Scientology has firmly denied the claims made in Jenna Miscavige’s book. In particular the Church refutes the suggestion that it does not provide a proper education to children in Sea Org; that it is mentally and physically abusive; and that it has coerced anyone into having an abortion. The Church of Scientology point out that their full response to Jenna Miscavige’s claims can be found at www.scientologynews.org/jennahill
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