What was particularly sad about this programme was how it underlined the depths to which Panorama has sunk since it tried to turn itself into Tonight with Trevor McDonald.
The subject matter so clearly lent itself to the Louis Theroux school of 'give 'em enough rope' reportage, rather than that of the buccaneering Sweeney.
Footage of the 'Church's' Tommy Davis barging into an interview with a rap sheet rubbishing the interviewee was all one needed to see. Credible, benign, responsible organisations just do not behave like this. And the rest of us know that.
We all know Scientology is a creepy cult, but is it dangerous? Clearly it has the potential of being so, what with schemes like Narcon, aggressive celebrity endorsement, its views on psychiatry, its effects on families, and the likes of Tommy Davis.
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