Posted on 12/17/2005 9:27:51 PM PST by LouAvul
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Cruise's faith in Scientology was nurtured at a secretive Southern California desert compound that catered to his needs around the clock, it was reported Saturday.
Long before Cruise sprang onto Oprah's couch or blasted Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants, the Hollywood superstar undertook intensive study and counseling at the compound in the late 1980s and early 1990s, current and former Scientologists told the Los Angeles Times.
Cruise also trained at the church's better-known facilities, including those in Hollywood, Calif., and Clearwater, Fla. But much of his time was spent at the compound 90 miles east of Los Angeles, the Times reported on its Web site. Behind the guarded gates of the 500-acre compound near Hemet, Cruise had a personal supervisor to oversee his studies in a private course room, ex-members said.
"I was there for eight years and nobody stayed long at all, except for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman during that period," said Bruce Hines, who left Scientology in 2001 after three decades in the church.
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Prolly because it on the other side of a mtn that faces a desert (Palm Springs) and is as hot as a desert in the summer.
That's why I made that comment (since I live in the Coachella Valley). They may tip 100 degrees up there in the hills, but Hemet sure ain't the desert..it's way up in the "mountings", as the late great Brother Dave Gardner would put it...
Not really. I grew up in San Bernardino but escaped to go to San Diego State. After that, I lived in several SoCal beach areas. Comparatively, Perris was the pits. But we could afford a house there, which is why we moved there.
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