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go. . .1 guess.. .you know. . .not being well versed with the church. . .but would they go to the church
for counseling or for. . .would there’ be somebody that they would go to. . .a minister or somebody if they were in that situation?
Johnson:
The church doesn’t treat mental illness at all...
I mean. . .she did the. . .she did the usual thing.
If you think somebody’s mentally ill, then they go and they get evaluated. You see. . .the -point of
.of Scientology isn’t to treat physical or mental
illness.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
-
Johnson: --
It’s.. .it’s.. .it’s strictly for spiritual gain.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. So it’s not like a. .a
Christian Scientist
thing?
Johnson:
Oh no....
Det.. Sudler:
Where they just don’t believe in. .in medical...
•Johnson:
Oh no. • .no...
Det-.
Sudler: -
Practitioners or. . .you -know...
Johnson:
.
In fact our policy and our guideline is that...
the guidelines. . .if you are sick, you get treated...
you get.. .you get physically taken care of.. .you
know. Then.. .you know. . .then you.. .you. . .you don’t
- try to.. .you don’t try to.. .it’s not like. .it’s not
-
like Christian Science where you avoid all medical
treatments. .that’s. . .or.. .you know. .you’re supposed
-
-to depend on faith to heal you or something. That’s
.that’s not what’s going on. -
Det.
Sudler:
Okay. Did. . .in some of the interviews that we’ve
talked to,- we got information that.. .that the àhurch
-
would do. . . in. . . in persons with a break like this
or a breakdown or a nervous breakdown. . . that they
-
-
would -do something, like an introspection rundown

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