Scientology behind the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes divorce?

Los Angeles: Katie Holmes reportedly ended her marriage to Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise because she feared that he will send their six-year-old daughter Suri to a hardcore Scientology school.

The cult is being cited as the reason behind the meltdown of Cruise-Holmes marriage of five years. Holmes was convinced that the 49-year-old actor would

send Suri away to the Scientology organization known as Sea Organization, reported TMZ online.

After nearly six years of marriage, Katie Holmes is divorcing Tom Cruise. The two share a daughter, 6-year-old Suri, who's been featured in celebrity media nearly as frequently as her parents.

Tom Cruise kisses Katie Holmes as they arrive at the David di Donatello Award ceremony to receive the Special David by Bulgari April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)
Actors Tom Cruise and girlfriend Katie Holmes arrive at the David di Donatello Award ceremony to receive the Special David by Bulgari April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise kisses girlfriend Katie Holmes as they arrive at the David di Donatello Award ceremony to receive the Special David by Bulgari April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise chats with his new girlfriend Katie Holmes as he arrives at the David di Donatello Award ceremony to receive the Special David by Bulgari, on April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
American actors Tom Cruise and fiancee Katie Holmes kiss as they arrive to Marseille ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds' June 17, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Katie Holmes and daughter Suri watch the LA Galaxy vs. Chelsea FC soccer game July 22, 2007 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Katie Holmes and daughter Suri watch the LA Galaxy vs. Chelsea FC soccer game July 22, 2007 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Actress Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri Cruise visit 'The Nutcracker' at the New York City Ballet on December 14, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Katie Holmes (L) and Tom Cruise with daughters Suri Cruise (C) and Isabella Kidman-Cruise (R), with David Beckham's son Cruz Beckham (front 2nd R) and Brooklyn Beckham (back), watch the Major League Soccer match between New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center May 10, 2008 in Carson, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise (R) and Katie Holmes (C) with daughters Suri Cruise (R) and Isabella Kidman-Cruise (L), with David Beckham's sons Brooklyn (front R), Romeo (front 2nd R) and Cruz Beckham, watch the Major League Soccer match between New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center May 10, 2008 in Carson, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Katie Holmes and daughter Suri watch the LA Galaxy vs. Chelsea FC soccer game July 22, 2007 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. (Photo by Toby Canham/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise and his girlfriend Katie Holmes talk at the Villa Borghese park April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. Cruise is in Rome to receive the Special David by Bulgari at the David di Donatello Award ceremony April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Katie Holmes is greeted by fans as she arrives at the David di Donatello Award ceremony, on April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images)
Actors Tom Cruise (L) and fiancee Katie Holmes (R) kiss Noemie from 'Un Enfant, Un Reve' (One Child, One Dream) association ahead the French premiere of Cruise's new film 'War Of The Worlds' June 17, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Actress Katie Holmes wears an engagement ring given by actor Tom Cruise, reportedly, near the Eiffel Tower, on June 17, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise arrives with his fiancee Katie Holmes to Marseille ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds' June 17, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise kisses his fiancee, actress Katie Holmes, as they arrive to Marseille ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds' June 17, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and their daughter Suri arrives in a restaurant in central Rome on November 16, 2006 in Rome, Italy. (Photo Getty Images)
Actress Katie Holmes (R) and her daughter Suri (L) visit 'The Nutcracker' at the New York City Ballet on December 14, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
In this handout photo provided by Robert Evans, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes pose together at Castello Odescalchi on their wedding day November 18, 2006 in Bracciano, near Rome, Italy. (Photo by Robert Evans/Handout via Getty Images)
Tom Cruise, right, waves to well-wishers as he arrives with his fiancee Katie Holmes in the old port of Marseille, southern France. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday June 29, 2012 that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)
In this Saturday, June 4, 2005 file photo, Tom Cruise, right, reaches for the hand of his girlfriend Katie Holmes after accepting the MTV Generation award, during the MTV Movie Awards, in Los Angeles. Cruise and Homes are calling it quits after five years of marriage. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday June 29, 2012 that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family. (AP Photo/Mark J Terrill, File)
In this Friday April 29, 2005 file photo,Tom Cruise, right, and Katie Holmes laugh as they on Via della Conciliazione Boulevard near St. Peter's Basilica, as they arrive at the St. Cecilia auditorium for the David di Donatello Italian film awards, in Rome. Holmes' attorney Jonathan Wolfe said Friday June 29, 2012 that the couple is divorcing, but called it a private matter for the family. (AP Photo/Corrado Giambalvo, File)
Actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes attend Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball at the Bacara Resort and Spa on May 14, 2005 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Onstage during the 2005 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium June 4, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo By Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes pose backstage during the 2005 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium June 4, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise and Actress Katie Holmes walk onstage during the 2005 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium June 4, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo By Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise arrives at the premiere of 'Batman Begins' at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 06, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive at the premiere of 'Batman Begins' at the Grauman%u2019s Chinese Theater on June 6, 2005 in Hollywood, California.
Actors Tom Cruise and his fiance Katie Holmes kiss upon thier arrival at the Gare de Lyon train station before leaving for Marseille, ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds' on June 17, 2005 in Paris, France.
Actors Katie Holmes and fiance Tom Cruise sign autographs as they prepare to board a train at a Paris railway station ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds', June 16, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)
In this 2007 file photo, actress Katie Holmes joins her husband Tom Cruise as he holds their daughter Suri after Holmes finished the New York City Marathon in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)
In this Friday, March 19, 2010 file photo, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise watch the Minnesota Timberwolves play the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA basketball game, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jeff Lewis, File)
In this 2006 file photo, actor Tom Cruise, and actress Katie Holmes with their daughter Suri, who became engaged in June 2005, leave a restaurant in Rome. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
In this 2006 file photo released by Rogers and Cowan, actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes pose in their wedding attire at the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle overlooking Lake Bracciano outside of Rome. (AP Photo/Robert Evans, File)
In this 2012 file photo, actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, in West Hollywood. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are seen as they arrive at the David di Donatello Award ceremony to receives the Special David by Bulgari April 29, 2005 in Rome, Italy..(Photo by Stinger/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise accepts the MTV Generation Award from Actress Katie Holmes onstage during the 2005 MTV Movie Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on June 4, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo By Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive at the premiere of "Batman Begins" at the Grauman%u2019s Chinese Theater on June 6, 2005 in Hollywood, California.
Actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes arrive at the premiere of 'Batman Begins' at the Grauman's Chinese Theater on June 6, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise and actress Katie Holmes arrive at the premiere of "Batman Begins" at the Grauman%u2019s Chinese Theater on June 6, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
American actors Tom Cruise and fiancee Katie Holmes share a moment as they arrive at Marseille ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds' June 17, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Actor Tom Cruise and his fiancee Katie Holmes pose at railway station for fans as they leave to Marseile ahead of the French premiere of his new film 'War Of The Worlds', June 16, 2005 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes attend the 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' US premiere after party at the Museum of Modern Art on December 19, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive at The ReelzChannel World premiere of 'The Kennedys' at AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on March 28, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Katie Holmes feared that Tom Cruise will send their six-year-old daughter Suri to Scientology school.

Sea Org, as it is known, is where the highest levels of Scientology are taught and kids as young as five can be sent to live there without their parents and our sources say Tom is a big fan.

"Katie and Tom had been arguing over Suri's indoctrination into Scientology and the Sea Org was the flashpoint," a source close to Holmes told the website. The Sea Org has been often compared to a boot camp and several ex-Scientologists (including Oscar winner Paul Haggis) have been outspoken against its military-like conditions.

Holmes herself has first-hand knowledge of the Sea Org. When she and Cruise first hooked up in 2005, Jessica Feshbach, a prominent Scientologist, who had been with the Sea Org since 1994, was transferred and became the actress' assistant.

"In the end Katie felt the only way to save Suri from being shipped off to Sea Org was to file for divorce and seek sole legal custody," the source added.

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