article_snippet.sent: A hard-hitting Scientology documentary slammed by John Travolta is unlikely to be aired in UK because of fears that the broadcaster could be exposed to libel claims.
article_snippet.sent: A hard-hitting Scientology documentary slammed by John Travolta (pictured at a gala for the church in 2013) is unlikely to be aired in UK because of fears that the broadcaster could be exposed to libel claims .
article_snippet.sent: This is because the broadcaster could expose the broadcaster to libel claims from David Miscavige, the leader of the church, and other prominent scientologists.
article_snippet.sent: the broadcaster mirrors the decision taken by British publishers Transworld to cancel their release of Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief, on which the film is based.
article_snippet.sent: The documentary claims to have revealed secrets about the church of Scientology, pictured is headquarters .
article_snippet.sent: Lawyers have warned that the show could expose the broadcaster to libel claims from David Miscavige, the leader of the church, and other prominent scientologists such as Tom Cruise, pictured at a conference .
article_snippet.sent: the church said in a statement: 'The Church of Scientology will be entitled to seek the protection of both UK and Irish libel laws in the event that any false or defamatory content in the film is broadcast within these jurisdictions.'
article_snippet.sent: In a comment piece in the Los Angeles Times Alex Gibney (left) said: 'In the past, critics of The Church of Scientology have called for The Church of Scientology tax exemption to be revoked because it is not a 'real religion'.
article_snippet.sent: The Church of Scientology has a distinct belief system which, despite The Church of Scientology somewhat strange cosmology – mocked by the TV show South Park and many others – is not essentially more strange than, say, the idea of a virgin birth. '
article_snippet.sent: Scientologists are entitled to believe what Scientologists want to believe.
highlights_snippet.sent: Scientology exposé has been halted over differences in UK libel law .
  