Inside the town Scientology built. Clearwater, Florida.

[NCTraveler]

39. Their conversion of the poor is one of the worst aspects of Scientology.

What is done is pretty brutal and also well known. Over the last decade they have been big in bringing people in from Mexico. They give them shelter and food in return for their labor. They are worked extremely hard and not fairly compensated for it. The "church" has attempted to do business with me personally on this front. They do not always have rooms to house all of their labor so they will come to people such as myself. We operate under the law and cannot accommodate them. They came to a property one day with a van of 8 undocumented people from Mexico. Wanted me to rent them a two bedroom place around 750 sq ft. They wanted the lease to go in others names. We refused.

They have purchased more than one apartment complex in the area and erected fences and gates around them. They have busses that bring the people to their offices in downtown Clearwater every day. On occasion, they bring more people in than the infrastructure they have built or purchased will hold. Somewhat difficult considering they put more people in a unit that they can hold.

Everyone, including myself, talks about the big money Scientologists. But they are there for advertisement purposes. Those with nothing are simply worked without fair compensation. They put a pretty face on the outside but they really are a brutal organization.