For the love of God...my daughter told me something like this and I could not believe it. Did your sister tell you all this?
She described in detail the niacin taking and the steam bath sessions. I imagine she'd have a heart attack if she knew I'd found out their closely held secret on a thread discussing Scientology for a mere dollar a day contribution to FR. ;-)
Here's another tidbit about the money scam. Her oldest daughter was married and for some unknown reason, she started cheating on her husband. She fessed up, but the hubby wouldn't take her back. They divorced. Ah, but the "church" took her back after she paid them $10,000.