several times, including once during a marketing meeting. he jumped up on the conference room table, like with his feet right on the table, launched himself across the table at me. i was standing. battered my face, and then shoved me down on the floor. reporter: tom was a construction manager for the church. he was only 12 years old when he joined. he left in 2005 because he says he could no longer accept miscavige s violence. they would ask me a question and i couldn t tell you what the question is today, i don t remember it, but the next thing i knew, i m being smacked in the face, knocked down on the ground in front of all of these people. this is the pope, you know, knocking me down on the ground. reporter: amy, a scientologist for 27 years, helped run the celebrity center in los angeles, designed to cater to the needs of famous members like tom cruise and john travolta. she also left in 2005 but distinctly remembers watching david miscavige choke the church