In previous correspondence with Davis, Haggis had demanded that the church publicly renounce Proposition 8.
Davis told me that Haggis was mistaken about his daughter having been ostracized by Scientologists.
Haggis had met Cruise at a fund-raiser and, a second time, at the Celebrity Centre.
Haggis soon found on YouTube the video of Tommy Davis talking on CNN about disconnection.
Mr. Haggis even refused to travel to Rome, only a couple of hours away.
He also felt that Haggis was exaggerating the impact of the San Diego endorsement.
Like Paul Haggis, Davis was first drawn to the church because of romantic problems.
Since leaving the church, Haggis has been in therapy, which he has found helpful.
The stories Haggis found on the Internet of children drafted into the Sea Org appalled him.
In the editing room, Haggis felt the need for a cigarette, so we walked outside.
Haggis was moving furniture during the day and taking photographs for church yearbooks on the weekends.
With his growing accomplishments and wealth, Haggis became a bigger prize for the church.
One day in 1975, when he was twenty-two, Haggis was walking to a record store.
Haggis was in a corner receiving accolades from his friends when I found him.
Online, Haggis came across an appearance that Davis had made on CNN, in May, 2008.
One day, Haggis flew to New York with a casting director who was also a Scientologist.
Suddenly, the secrets that had stunned Paul Haggis in a locked room were public knowledge.
Around that time, Paul Haggis received a message from the church about a film project.
Since resigning, Haggis had been wondering why it took him so long to leave.
Paul Haggis remembers first meeting Davis at the Celebrity Centre in the early nineties.
But, far from putting the matter behind him, Haggis began his investigation into the church.
Haggis put his daughters in an ordinary private school, but that lasted only six months.
Haggis and Press started hanging out with other aspiring writers and directors who were involved with Scientology.
Lauren Haggis, the second daughter from his first marriage, said that he never connected with his children.
Haggis decided at an early age to be a writer, and he made his own comic books.
The stories of the Sea Org children reminded Haggis of child slaves he had seen in Haiti.
Unmentioned was the fact that this would be the last time most of them ever spoke to Haggis.
Petersburg Times series, Haggis tracked down Marty Rathbun, who was living on Corpus Christi Bay, in south Texas.
Haggis and Rennard shared a house in Santa Monica, which soon became a hub for progressive political fund-raisers.
In October, 2009, Marty Rathbun called Haggis and asked if he could publish the resignation letter on his blog.
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