children birth_place nationality relatives birth_date spouse article_title name
2 concord , new hampshire , united states american david miscavige -lrb- uncle -rrb- 01 february 1984 dallas hill jenna miscavige hill
 jenna miscavige hill
jenna miscavige hill

jenna miscavige hill -lrb- born february 1 , 1984 -rrb- is an american former scientologist .
after leaving the church of scientology in 2005 , she has become an outspoken critic of the organization .
she is the daughter of ron miscavige , jr. and the niece of scientology leader david miscavige .
hill , with kendra wiseman and astra woodcraft -lrb- both also raised in scientology -rrb- , founded the website exscientologykids.com .
she has been interviewed about her experiences within scientology by a number of media outlets , including abc 's `` nightline '' in april 2008 , and `` piers morgan tonight '' in february 2013 discussing details of the church .
in 2000 , when hill was 16 , her father and mother left scientology .
hill states that due to the scientology-ordered practice of disconnection with relatives and friends who do n't support scientology or are hostile to it , letters from her parents were intercepted and she was not allowed to answer a telephone for a year .
she described her experience from ages 5 to 12 thus : `` we were also required to write down all transgressions ... similar to a sin in the catholic religion .
after writing them all down , we would receive a meter check on the electropsychometer to make sure we were n't hiding anything , and you would have to keep writing until you came up clean . ''
in 2013 she published her book `` beyond belief : my secret life inside scientology and my harrowing escape '' under the william morrow imprint of harpercollins .
jointly written with lisa pulitzer , a former correspondent for `` the new york times '' , the book recounts her experience of scientology in detail .
the church of scientology has denied the accuracy of her account .
on february 8 , 2013 , while appearing on radio 's `` opie & anthony show '' , she stated that she first learned about the story of xenu from watching the `` south park '' episode `` trapped in the closet '' .
hill met her husband , dallas , who was also formerly involved in scientology , in 2001 .
they married soon afterwards , and have two children together .
