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It's a way to think of it is, addiction is defined by consequences. there are many alcoholics out there that are controlling their drinking. it still works for them. they're able to prevent it from spiraling out of control. they think of their drinking as normative. >> well, if it is, it's an addiction if you live with it? >> at the very least we would call it addictive trades and the potential to go out of control. when things really spiral out of control is when people are trying to contain these behaviors and then the consequences mount. >> when is sexualed ed addictio sexual addiction. >> ...

>> reporter: this is brendan thannery's haven. he bought in it 2001. the main draw? the big yard for his daughter to play in. brendan is a proud homeowner making improvements even though he could lose the house. >> i'm still working right now. i'm still working on the house trying to make improvements on it. it is my home. >> reporter: he said his world started crumbling with his divorce in late 2007. shortly after that, he took out a loan to work on the house. and right after that loan came through -- >> i lost my job. it was -- the timing really sucked. and then the way the job market is, it...

Violent. tonight, how even the competing versions of what happened ultimately raise questions the public is entitled to know. what was going on in the church and why were the police never called to investigate? sn>> there was a beating every day. if it wasn't him doing it, it was from him encitingers to do it. >> in front of other people. >> since coming forward last year to the st. pete times with allegations of abuse against david miscavige. marty rathbun and others have found themselves under attack from the church they once dedicated their lives to. they accuse them of working together to ...

Versions of what happened ultimately raise questions that the public is entitled to know, what was going on in the church and why were the police never called to investigate. here's cnn's anderson cooper. >> in late '03 there was a beating every day. and if it wasn't him doing it, it was from him inciting others to do it to these. >> in front of other people. >> in front of other people. >> reporter: since first come forward last year in the st. peertszburg "times" with allegations of abuse against church leader david miscavige, marty rathbun and other scientologists have found themselves unde...

What usually happens. what's going on in the "new york times" newsroom now as a result of this response from the vatican? >> what "the new york times" is doing and i think in this age of instant communication it would be better if the "times" put someone on your program and others like it is standing by the story. and you know, we went through phase i of this, ali, almost a decade ago when the boston globe uncovered a series of priest abuse scandals in new england region and then spread across the country. archbishops ended up resigning because they could not defend the priests found to have d...