Disconnection
Scientology's policy requiring members to sever contact with anyone designated a 'Suppressive Person' (SP) — including family.
How it looks in practice
Disconnection is when a Scientologist's child raises a question about the church and the parent is directed by the local org to 'disconnect' — to formally end contact unless and until the child stops the criticism. Children of Scientology parents who leave have reported decades of attempted re-contact rebuffed.
BITE-model connection
Scientology's variant of institutional shunning, more aggressive than the JW form because it can be applied unilaterally by senior org staff without a formal hearing. Drives Scientology's emotional-control axis score to the maximum (10/10) and is one of the most-documented coercive practices in cult-studies literature.
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