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One of them was Mac McCloskey, who came with about 15 other volunteers wearing bright yellow T-shirts and jackets branded with the logo of the Church of Scientology.

Mike Rinder, a former executive leader for the Church of Scientology who became a whistleblower after he left the organization, has died.

Journalist Tony Ortega, who has long covered Scientology, announced in a June 2023 post on his Underground Bunker blog that Rinder had advanced esophageal cancer.

The women, on the other hand, said they waited years to come forward because Scientology doctrine forbade them from reporting a fellow member to the police.

Gibney's works as director include "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley" and "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," winner of three Emmys in 2015.