Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise yesterday settled their divorce quietly and agreed to honor “each of our respective beliefs” — but Katie made damn sure that the Scientologists aren’t getting their paws on 6-year-old Suri.
“Under terms of the settlement, Suri isn’t permitted to be exposed to anything Scientology-related, and this includes going to any Scientology churches, parties, etc.,” a source close to the negotiations told Radar Online.
“Katie made sure that this was ironclad in the agreement.”
Holmes blindsided the “Mission: Impossible” star — the world’s most famous Scientologist — with divorce papers in Manhattan two weeks ago amid word that the Catholic-raised former Dawson’s Creek” cutie didn’t want Suri indoctrinated in schools run by the controversial church.
The couple made a not-so-thinly-veiled reference to the Scientology issue in a joint statement released just before the divorce pact was announced.
“We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri’s best interests,” the statement read.
“We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other’s commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other’s roles as parents.”
Holmes, 33, will continue to live in New York City with Suri, while Cruise, 50, who lives in Los Angeles, will have generous visitation rights, according to insiders.
The little girl, who has been home-schooled by tutors, will be enrolled in a private city school this fall, sources told People magazine.
The couple and their army of lawyers spent the weekend hammering out what both sides said is an amicable deal that will spare them a public divorce trial.
“Katie insisted that Suri’s nanny and bodyguards always accompany her when she visits Tom,” according to the Radar source.
Reps for Cruise declined to comment on the Radar report.
John Wolfe, one of six lawyers working for Holmes, said only, “There are numerous inaccuracies in the reports regarding the purported contents of the agreement reached between the parties.”
A judge still needs to sign off on the divorce agreement.
Additional reporting by Dan Mangan and David K. Li