CHILDREN

Outraged by planned 20/20 show

My name is Jeff Pomerantz. I am an actor and for many years I was a “regular” on an ABC show (One Life To Live). I am a Scientologist, a father, and a grandfather.

Outraged you are attacking my religion

That you would attack these people, me, my group, my religion is beyond me and I will not stand for it.

Proposed show on Scientology

I am writing to you as the proud parent of three grown children. All of my children were raised in and with Scientology. All three of them on their own became Scientologists as teenagers.

Upcoming 20/20 show about children in Scientology

If this was a story about Jews, Muslims, African-Americans, Mormons, Catholics, LGBT, etc., would you treat it the same way?

Your spiteful fabrications

I am incensed that you would lend your name to the forwarding of such hateful lies.

I’m honestly shocked you would even spread such lies.

Respecting the religious beliefs of others is very important in this world. Not only that, but attacking one of the fastest growing religions which can prove with statistics and facts how it is bettering and improving lives, saving lives of those on drugs, is just wrong.

Your insult and total fabrication

It is very rare that I get truly angry, but I am. When your program communicates that Scientology is harmful to children, and that as a Scientology parent I am “brainwashed” it is both an insult to my integrity as a parent, and a total fabrication.

Your show could not be further from the truth

Scientology taught my children how to manage difficult situations, how to defend themselves without violence, how to handle bullies at school, and how to stick up for their friends.

An appeal to fairness and truth

I do not believe that the news is there to spread falsehoods or perpetuate discrimination against any group, religious or otherwise.

ABC 20/20 report on the children of Scientologists

A woman who raised two children in Scientology takes ABC to task

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