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The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology
''The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology'' is a non-fiction book about the organization and practices of the Church of Scientology, written by former Scientologist John Duignan with Nicola Tallant. The book was published in Ireland on October 7, 2008 by Merlin Publishing. Both of Duignan's parents died when he was very young and as a result he had difficult experiences as a teenager. He met an attractive female Scientologist on the streets of Germany, who convinced him to take a free personality test from Scientology. After the test, he was told he had a result of "Urgent Action Required", and he began to take Scientology courses. Duignan was recruited into Scientology's elite paramilitary organization called the "Sea Org", and spent a total of 22 years in the organization. After attending an event where actor and Scientologist Tom Cruise was given the award of "Most Dedicated Follower", Duignan began to examine the organization more closely and had doubts about remaining. He left the organization in 2006, after taking measures to avoid investigation by Scientology's intelligence agency the Office of Special Affairs.
The Church of Scientology has responded to the publication of ''The Complex'' by sending legal letters to several bookstore retailers that were selling the book, claiming the book contains libelous statements about a member of the organization. Merlin Publishing "emphatically denied" these allegations, and an editorial director at the publishing company called Scientology's claim "vexatious". The United Kingdom branch of Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, stopped selling copies of the book after receiving legal letters from the Church of Scientology; booksellers Waterstone's and W H Smith also received the legal letter, and Borders Books may have also been "warned off" selling the book. A representative for Amazon.com in the United States said that the U.S. branch of the company will be selling copies of the book, but is "awaiting arrival of the inventory" to their networks.
==Author==
Both of Duignan's parents died when he was very young, and he and his brother were sent to live with his aunt and her husband.〔 As a result of these childhood experiences he had a difficult time as a teenager and felt like an outsider.〔 He lived in County Cork from age 11 to 17, and later moved to Germany.〔 Duignan was recruited into Scientology in 1985 at age 22 when an attractive woman on the street in Stuttgart, Germany offered him a free personality test.〔 After the personality test Duignan was told he had a result of "Urgent Action Required". He left his job and his girlfriend to become active in the organization.〔 After spending time learning Scientology techniques, officials from Scientology Missions International in Los Angeles contacted Duignan and asked him to join the organization's elite paramilitary group called the Sea Org.〔〔 He spent some time training in Los Angeles, and later was posted to the Scientology headquarters at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, West Sussex.〔 Duignan states he received weapons training while in the organization. At one point he was responsible for working on the organization's global finance computer system.〔 While in the organization Duignan and his friends who were also Scientologists felt the organization was not a religion but rather a political movement.〔 Duignan devoted twenty years to the organization, eventually leaving in July 2006.〔 ((specific link ))〕〔
He began to question his devotion to the organization in 2004, after an encounter with actor and Scientologist Tom Cruise at the annual International Association of Scientologists Gala Ball where Cruise was honored as "Most Dedicated Follower".〔 Duignan felt hurt that he was working for between five to fifteen pounds per week under difficult conditions,〔 but was not seen to be as dedicated to the organization as Cruise.〔 Duignan then began to research Scientology on the Internet, which he had been forbidden to do inside the organization.〔〔 He told Scientology management officials that he had to leave for a week to visit his dying uncle, in order to get permission to go back to Ireland.〔 He left and later traveled to Dublin and then returned to his native County Cork, where he is studying for an arts degree.〔 He currently regards Scientology as "unlicensed and unmonitored psychotherapy".〔 In an interview on ''Phantom FM'' radio, Duignan said that "the readjustment after it has been tremendously difficult".〔
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