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The ex-SO Hall of Shame

March 17, 2019 By Mike Rinder 185 Comments

There are those who have left the Sea Org who were once privy to events in the world of David Miscavige. Many of them were in The Hole at one time or another. Rather than speaking out about the abuses they witnessed or experience, they have chosen to remain silent. A number of them have taken advantage of their previous status to make money with or through scientologists. Some of them took healthy payouts. Probably more than the $50,000 that was handed to Debbie Cook -- though scientology then sued her for her supposed breach of that agreement and had their asses handed to them in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Int Base Tagged With: Abigail Miller, Angie Blankenship, Astra Croft, Bob Wright, David Miscavige, Debbie Hughes, Gali Rodin, Greg Hughes, Janet McLaughlin, Jason Bennick, Jason Miller, Javier Ruiz, Jessica Davis, Mark Ginge-Nelson, public relations, Sadie Johansson, Scientology, Tommy Davis

The Legends of Our Religion

November 12, 2018 By Mike Rinder 59 Comments

This new propaganda piece raises an important question. Where ARE those "legends of scientology"? It is true that many of the "leading lights" of scientology at the time signed this pledge. Though the real story of the IAS is a very different one than the revised history scientology tries to make it out to be. This "pledge signing" was merely a PR stunt -- the IAS had been formed by a Danish lawyer as a means of keeping money outside the purview of the IRS. It was a "bright idea" to form an "association" which was a uniquely European thing and to divert all funds from orgs outside the US … [Read more...]

Filed Under: IAS Tagged With: David Miscavige, Guillaume Lesevre, Heber Jentzsch, International Association of Scientologists, Janet McLaughlin, L. Ron Hubbard, Norman Starkey, public relations, Ray Mithoff, Scientology, Vicki Aznaran

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