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This is truly disturbing.

Last month, we got a hold of a lengthy email that former Church of Scientology executive Debbie Cook sent out to 12,000 church members on New Year's, in which she blasted their leader David Miscavige (above).

Now, Debbie has appeared in court to testify against Miscavige. Here are some highlights from testimony:

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Those are some IN-TENSE enemies you've got there, South Park! Hell, pretty soon they're going to have their own Super Power Building!

We were seriously creeped out to learn that the Church of Scientology reportedly launched an investigation against South Park through "informants, public records, and various other means" in an effort to search for "vulnerabilities" in Trey Parker and Matt Stone's lives. WTF?!?

Even though the Church wasn't able to do any serious damage to the South Park creators and their show, they WERE able to get the Scientology-themed episode Trapped in the Closet taken off the air.

How did they pull that off, you might ask? Tom Cruise allegedly refused to promote Mission: Impossible III if the episode was EVER aired on Comedy Central as a re-run.

Here's what Trey and Matt wrote in response:

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We've been hearing lots of less-than-wonderful things about Scientology lately, and now we're hearing some less-than-legal things about the religious group.

The Church of Scientology is currently being investigated for human trafficking AND for using free labor, much of which has reportedly been used on Tom Cruise.

Allegations against Cruise include reports that he ordered workers to "customize a building, rebuild motorcycles, spend years fixing boats," and plenty more…for ONLY fifty dollars a week!

The investigation is also exploring human trafficking claims, in which Scientologists are sent to "reeducation" camps if they are unable to live up to their "religious duties."

Here's what Scientologist Bruce Hines had to say about his time in one of these camps, which lasted six years:

"In 1995, when I was put in [a camp], there were twelve of us. At the high point, in 2000, there were about a hundred and twenty of us."

Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology have both denied everything.

This is SO upsetting! What will we hear about Scientology next???

[Image via WENN.]

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