Fredric Rice may have removed segments of the replies given to questions if they contained copyrighted materials. Additionally I removed URLs in some of the replies, and left them in others. Only after Hubbard's grandiose claims for medical and psychological benefits were show to be false, and with fraud prosecution by the U.S. Federal government looming, did he reorganize Scientology as a church. Women in the Sea Org are instructed that work is their absolute priority, and that they are thus not to become pregnant. If they do, they are pressured, and have have in some cases been coerced, to terminate the pregnancy through abortion.
Disconnection means complete cessation of contact.
Many parents, brothers, sisters, and ex-spouses tell of spending years, even decades, with no communication whatsoever from a loved one ensnared in Scientology. Despite Scientology's claim that these criminals have been ousted, several of the convicted felons, including Duke Snider, Henning Heldt, Mo Budlong, and Dick Weigand, are still active in Scientology. Kendrick Moxon, senior attorney for Scientology, was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in this case. In July 1992, the Church of Scientology was found guilty of infiltrating the Toronto Police, and the offices of Revenue Canada, the Ontario Attorney General, and the Ontario provincial government. Thousands of files had been stolen.