The shocking truth about how Scientology really works, according to one former insider

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Leah Remini reads Scientology's critiques of the show on the second episode of her A&E series.

Leah Remini continued her quest to expose the truth behind her former religion Scientology on Tuesday's new episode of A&E's "Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath."

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On the episode, Remini traveled to one of Scientology's major centers in Clearwater, Florida, to visit the home of Mike Rinder.

Rinder was a member of the church for 46 years and rose to the top of the organization as its international spokesperson, a position he held for more than two decades. Rinder shed light on the alleged methods used on people labeled as enemies of the church.

"Part of my job was to discredit and destroy critics who spoke out against the church," Rinder said. "If the church believed that someone was an enemy and needed to be silenced or destroyed, it was my job and I did it."

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Mike Rinder heads off a BBC reporter in one of his last acts as Scientology's international spokesperson.

Toward the end of his tenure at the church, Rinder had displeased Scientology leader David Miscavige and his only real choice was to leave the church. In the process, his wife and family, all members of the church, turned their backs on him.

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"I feel bad for the people who were hurt with my actions," Rinder said of his reasoning for speaking out against the church now. "If I can help one person who I may have harmed in the past or prevent someone from being harmed in the future or a family from being harmed in the future, this will all be worth it."

For the record, the church says Rinder's claims of its alleged abuses in the series are false. It maintains that he was fired from his job as spokesperson in 2009 and expelled from the church, and that he continues to speak out for financial gain.

Here are the most shocking revelations about Scientology's alleged inner workings from the show's second episode: