Former Scientologist Valeska Paris of Switzerland told ABC News that she was held prisoner on board the Church’s luxury “cathedral” cruise ship the Freewinds, for 12 years. 
She went to work on the ship “for two weeks” when she was 18 but claims her passport was confiscated, she was told she’d signed a contract binding her to Scientology for a billion years, and made her work below deck for more than a decade. A Church spokesperson said her claims are “totally false” and that the Scientology Cruise Ship is “a wonderful place!”
- Disneyworld’s a wonderful place too… but I wouldn’t want to stay there for 12 years.
- She was actually only held captive for six years, but they forced her to watch Tom Cruise movies every night so it SEEMED like 12 years.
- They’re the only cruise line who offer 4-night, two-week, or twelve year cruises!