Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ marriage has been over for more than a decade. However, people are still interested in the dynamic of their split, as well as their only child, Suri Cruise. Although the pair’s marriage is dead and done, the details of their divorce are fascinating to many, especially where the actor’s religion, Scientology, is concerned. Insiders claim that Cruise and Holmes have some very strict rules regarding the controversial religion when it comes to Suri.
According to The Sun, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes set up an interesting divorce agreement. Holmes was given custody of Suri Cruise. However, the actor visited his daughter from time to time. Sadly, those visits appeared to drop off, and the father and daughter became estranged. Now, sources claim that the details of the couple’s divorce prohibited Suri from being involved with Scientology in any way. This left Cruise with a choice, and he allegedly chose his religion over his daughter.
Tom Cruise Was Forced to Choose between Scientology and Daughter Suri
“By strict doctrines, Tom cannot engage or connect with his own daughter,” former leading Scientologist Karen De La Carriere previously stated. “Scientology has no scruples or ethics on loyalty to family and wants only to break up families,” she continued. “In Scientology, it is Scientology first; family priorities come low down in the order.”
Another insider previously revealed that Tom Cruise is “not allowed” to have a relationship with his daughter because she’s not in the church of Scientology. However, Suri, now 18 years old, is said to be thriving without her father’s influence. She recently graduated from high school and is headed to college in the fall. Meanwhile, she’s opted to drop her father’s last name. She is now going by Suri Noelle. The name is a nod to her mother, Katie Holmes, who bears the moniker as her middle name.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes definitely have one of the most controversial and talked about celebrity marriages of all time. Perhaps one day Suri Cruise will want to tell her side of the story. Of course, many fans would be very interested to hear what she has to say.
