Where were the parents? If I were on the jury, I would tend to give the defendant the benefit of the doubt about the earlier years unless there is more info forthcoming. Wasn't he under his parents *direct* control?

I say we ALL sue $cientology for anything. I say we use the frivilous lawsuit system that these $cientology assholes have used for so long. Just to enturbulate the SP. **** YOU SCIENTOLOGY for what you did to Gareth Cales.

This is poor kid... Scientology's heinous actions towards the children raised with their inhumane abuses & ignorant mindset needs to stop! Here's hoping the best wishes for this case, and that toher Exkids are likewise brave enough to step forward and take a stand against this criminal organization.

I cried when I read this. No child, especially here in the civilized US workforce, should EVER have to lose their childhood and young adult years in submission to human trafficking as slave labor under the orders of a law defying church, especially a false church like Scientology .