Defectors, including the actor Leah Remini, have accused the church of fostering a culture of abuse.

Last week, Remini weighed in on the social media trend, calling it “unhelpful”.

“If someone is brainwashed for years into believing the outside world is filled with dangerous lunatics who wish to impede Scientology, a group of people running through a Scientology building is only going to confirm that belief and lead them to dedicate themselves even more to the cause they believe in,” Remini wrote on X.

“Please focus on exposing the dangers of Scientology, not making a spectacle out of it.”

Yep. This is the kind of stuff a cult would use as ammunition to prove to its members that the outside world is unsafe.