Jason Beghe doesn't like Scientology anymore

Warning: Video contains profane language.

Jason Beghe isn't exactly a household name, but he is one of those actors who make you think "Oh, that guy" when you tick off his resume: Demi Moore's beau in G.I. Jane, a bunch TV shows like Criminal Minds, CSI and Numb3rs, and even David Duchovny's best man in his wedding to Tea Leoni, But now you can add ex-Scientologist to that mix.

Fox News' Roger Friedman says Beghe, who has been taking church courses since 1994, has made a YouTube video about his experiences now that he's gotten out, claiming, "Scientology is destructive and a rip-off."

The three-minute video (shown above), in which he declares the church "ain't deliverin' what it's promised," is a teaser to a longer video coming soon. Beghe says that he achieved "Operating Thetan Five," a level similar to folks like Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta. But Beghe wasn't too impressed.

"It’s very, very dangerous for your spiritual, psychological, mental, emotional health and evolution," he says on the video. "I think it stunts your evolution. If Scientology is real, then something’s f---ed up."

And blowing cash on courses is a big part of the problem, he adds: "The further up the bridge, the worse you get."

We can't say for certain why Beghe chose now to put Scientology in the crosshairs, but The Juice* will follow up when the full video is released.

UPDATE: For reasons not entirely clear, xenutv1 has had his YouTube profile yanked. Let the conspiracy theories begin.

Comments

[Dax]

An alien named Xenu? Riiiiight....

[MomAnon]

YouTube has suspended Xenutv1's account that first brought us this video. Sad state of our First Amendment affairs.

[Mike]

How stupid do you have to be to believe this crazy $hit anyway?

[Peter]

How his cult, ahem, religon got tax exempt status just shows how much power and money this cult, I mean, "religon" has. How anyone with half a brain can believe this science fiction cult, opps, religon is real, is beyond me. Lots of wierdos, um, Scientoligists out there.

[fairplay]

L. Ron Hubbard never thought the joke would go this far

[Joe G.]

Scientology is, and always has been, a big frigging joke.

A sucker is born every minute; and many of them end up in the so-called Church of Scientology.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[J]

So how long you think before he mysteriously commits "suicide"?

[Mary]

We'll all be better off when we realize that all religions have aspects of brain washing that make them dangerous.

This one particularly, for sure, but in general-any one solution to happiness and a good life that leads one to believe they are "chosen" by a higher power...

That "chosen" status leads people to forego personal responsibility, leaving the important stuff to be solved by a make believe fairy tale character.

Religion=Insanity

[Dave]

What's funny is that Scientologists actually HAVE TO BE TOLD there is no end to the Bridge.

Duh. Did you really think you were going to achieve special powers? How gullible are you?

[MomAonon]

I can't wait for the full interview. This teaser has had over 300,000 hits already in 24 hours! The eyes of the world are on you Scientology.

[Anonymous]

This guy is my new hero. I can't believe how quickly this has caught on and made nationwide news.

For anyone who is just hearing about Scientology for the first time, check out the rest of Mark Bunker's interviews at xenutv.com or www.youtube.com/xenutv1