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Témoignages d'ex-adeptes de la scientologie

Témoignages mis en lignes sur anti-scientologie en 2008

2008

USA: L’histoire de Kendra Wiseman, fille du président de la Commission scientologue des citoyens pour les droits de l'homme (CCDH) (exscientologykids.com - 8 février 2008)

Video: Scientology David Miscavige NIECE SPEAKS OUT Transcription: Lettre de Jenna Miscavige Hill (nièce du grand patron de la scientologie) à Karin Pouw (porte-parole de la scientologie) (exscientologykids.com - février 2008)

Suisse: «Liberté de communication et scientologie sont incompatibles» (anti-scientologie - 23 février 2008)

Canada: Une jeune canadienne happée par la scientologie à l'âge de 14 ans (anti-scientologie - 23 février 2008)

France: «J'ai vécu pendant cinq ans sous la coupe de la scientologie» (Journal du dimanche - 25 février 2008)

France: Martine Boublil: "J'ai été séquestrée par la scientologie" (Le Parisien - 1 mars 2008)

France: Infiltration d'un journaliste: «Une expérience qui m'a marqué» (blog de Philippe Brunet-Lecomte - 3 mars 08)

UK: Note de suicide de James Hester (whyaretheydead.net - 12 mars 2008)

USA: Transcription de l'interview d'un ancien haut dirigeant de la scientologue: Entrevue de Larry Brennan par Tom Smith (YouTube - March 17. 2008)

Video: USA; Témoignage bouleversant d'une ex-scientologue dont le père s'est suicidé en 2001 alors qu'il était employé de la scientologie (video overstream.net - vost - March 24, 2008)

Video: Témoignage publique d'une ex-scientologue dont le père s'est suicidé en 2001 alors qu'il était employé de la scientologie (Anonymous - March 24, 2008) / Suicide of a scientology staff John H. Bouchet (Buchet?) in May 2001 (Anonymous - March 24, 2008)

Belgique: «Deux grands dangers : ils font tout pour casser les liens familiaux et, quand quelqu’un veut s'évader de la scientologie, ils exercent des pressions anormales» (avril 2008 - La Libre Belgique)

Belgique: L’église de scientologie recrute : piège ou embauche ? (rtbf.be/info - 12 avril 2008)

Australia: Pourquoi je me suis sauvé de la scientologie / Why I fled Scientology by David Graham (mh.com.au - April 13, 2008)(mh.com.au - April 13, 2008)

Suisse: Le test de personnalité de la scientologie peut bouleverser les victimes (anti-scientologie - 17 avril 2008)

France: «Lors d'un recrutement professionnel, sans le savoir, j'ai passé un test de personnalité initié par l'Eglise de scientologie» (lepost.fr - 17 avril 2008)

Suisse: Les tests de la scientologie ne sont pas innocents (anti-scientologie - 18 avril 2008)

Deux témoins racontent:

«Le directeur de la scientologie,
David Miscavige, frappe ses employés»

Allemagne: La scientologie infiltrée par un journaliste à Berlin (Stern - 15.05.2008)

USA: Les abus de la scientologie envers Jean-Luc Barbier confirmés par le témoignage d'un ex-responsable de la scientologie aux USA (12 juillet 2008)

Berlin: «j'ai pu constater une absence de tact, de vérité et de compassion en scientologie» (shaunoconnor.wordpress.com - 6 août 2008)

Suisse: A Neuchâtel la scientologie harcèle un mineur (anti-scientologie - 17 août 2008)

France: «Des membres de la scientologie m'ont proposé de m'accompagner à la banque pour y souscrire un emprunt pour payer la suite des cours» (tempsreel.nouvelobs.com - 9 septembre 2008)

Video: Canada: Témoignage de Jean-Paul Dubreuil, un ex-membre de l'organisation de scientologie de Toronto qui n'a plus le droit de voir sa famille ! (LCN - 20 octobre 2008)

Deux témoignages audio résumant parfaitement la situation

France: «Une femme me demande de venir dans son bureau, elle me dit que je suis dépressive, suicidaire, mal dans ma peau» (nolifeland.forumactif.net - 28 novembre 2008)

France: La Scientologie recrute en salle obscure (bakchich.info - 13 décembre 2008)


Testimonies 2008

Témoignages d'ex-scientologues en anglais

Germany: "Can you remember a bad event back then ?" (stern.de/tv - 30.01.2008)

London: Scientology Experiences - (cyb0rfox.livejournal.com - February 5. 2008)

UK: I was staff at Plymouth org (forum.exscn.net - 5th February 2008)

London: Scientology Experiences - (cyb0rfox.livejournal.com - 5 Feb 2008)

Video: Scientology David Miscavige NIECE SPEAKS OUT (YouTube - Feb 2008)

Audio: Bruce Hines Ex-Scientologist on Peter Boyles (KHOW radio - 22 February 2008)

Audio: Tom Smith from Hawk Radio interviews former scientologist Mike Henderson about his 34 years in the cult (Hawks radio -

This is why we protest (2.tbo.com - March 11, 2008)

Note de suicide de James Hester (whyaretheydead.net - 12 mars 2008)

Video: USA: Arnie Lerma talks to the audience at the March 15, 2008 Anonymous protest in front of the Washington, DC (YouTube - March 15, 2008)

Video: USA: Ex-scientologist Larry Brennan attended the March 15 protest in Boston, where an interview with several Anon was scored (YouTube - March 15, 2008)

Video: Manchester: YupYup interviews some parents of a Scientologist trapped within the Church (Manchester, Anonymous Protest of March 15, 2008)

This is why we protest by soumAnona: «The Sea Org is that it has not honored the Scientology Staff Contract my daughter signed 15 years ago» (latimesblogs.latimes.com - March 15, 2008)

A message from Emily: «Freedom of religion should Include the Athests rights to believe there is no god» (latimesblogs.latimes.com - March 15, 2008)

Testimony of Benny: «...the only thing they allow to take is vitamins» (latimesblogs.latimes.com - March 15, 2008)

USA: Interview with an Ex-$cientologist: Larry Brennan interview, he exposes the corruption of the "church" of $cientology (YouTube - March 17. 2008)

Video: Suicide of a scientology staff John H. Bouchet (Buchet?) in 2001 (video overstream.net - March 24, 2008)

Video: Tanya grew up in Scientology and escaped from the Sea Org at the age of 17 (YouTube)

Audio: Michael Pattinson (an OT level 8 who is suing the Church for failed promises) and Chuck Beatty (a 27-year veteran of Sea Org) (Glosslip radio - April 4, 2008)

Transcript: Interview with Norbert Potthoff  (TV-N24 - 6.April 2008)

Manchester: YupYup interviews some parents of a Scientologist trapped within the Church (Anon - April 12, 2008)

Australia: Why I fled Scientology by David Graham (mh.com.au - April 13, 2008)

Actor Jason Beghe: Scientology's First Celebrity Defector Reveals Church Secrets (villagevoice.com - April 15th, 08)

Video: Today Tonight Australia reports on Greg Beghe speaking out about the cult of scientology after leaving (foxnews.com - April 15, 2008)

Actor Jason Beghe: Scientology Is 'Brainwashing' (foxnews.com - April 16, 2008)

Audio: Scientology exposed! Jay Marvin talks about his experiences with the "Church" (April 17, 2008)

Audio: Jeff Hawkins. An interview about violence and abuse at the International Scientology Base

Audio: Jeff Hawkins experiences working with CoS president, David Miscavige, and eyewitness accounts of abuse he (Glosslip radio - April 21, 2008)

Video: Ex-Scientology kids, including leader's niece, share their stories (abc NEWS - 04/25/2008)

Audio: Miscavige beating Scientology staff members (blogtalkradio.com - April 25, 2008)

My brief story by Martha (ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb - April 25, 2008)

Why scientology didn't work for me (newsblaze.com - April 30, 2008)

Audio: Marc Headley states David Miscavige participated in Lisa McPherson death cover-up / Interview of Marc Headley a 15-year veteran of the Church of Scientology (glosslip.com - May 2, 2008)

"I finally escaped" (wweek.com - May 10, 2008)

"If my two kids were suppressive, I would absolutely disconnect from them" (ARS - May 12, 2008)

Video: Scientology Infiltrated - "Scientology will Berlin knacken" with english subtitles (Stern - 14.05.2008)

Video: Scientology - Undercover in Berlin with subtitles (RTL - 15.05.2008)

Narconon Failed This Loving New Dad (narcononfailedlovingnewdad.blogspot.com - June 1, 2008)

Berlin: «My First Scientology Audit» by Shaun O Connor (shaunoconnor.wordpress.com - August 6, 2008)

Video: Tory Christman talks about Scientology fraud and abuse at the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles (YouTube -

The Jean-Luc Barbier affair: The Church used Crush Sell to amke him a WISE Member. When it backfired they FAIR GAMED HIM, thereby creating their own worst enemy in Switzerland (July 12, 2008)

Testimony of John Duignan:

Video: Ex-member Neil, talk about the horrors when he was involved in the cult in Manchester, St Hill and Los Angeles (YouTube - 14 September 2008)

Through the Door Interviews 420 (alley.ethercat.com - 12th October, 2008)

Through the Door Interviews 261 (alley.ethercat.com - 5th October, 2008, 2008)

 

 

Bedrängt und vereinnahmt:

Stern-Mitarbeiter Fredy Gareis, der sich zum Schein anwerben liess,
beschreibt ein System au Druck, Beispitzelung und Abzocke

Fünf Monate lang recherchierte der Journalist Fredy Gareis verdeckt bei Scientology (Stern - 14.05.2008) Deutsch

Video: Scientology Infiltrated - "Scientology will Berlin knacken" with english subtitles (Stern - 15.05.08)

Video: Scientology - Undercover in Berlin with subtitles (RTL - 15.05.2008)

Undercover bei Scientology von Fredy Gareis (Stern - 15.05.2008) Deutsch

Von Xenu und Thetanen: Verfassungsfeindliche Ziele (Stern - 15.05.2008) Deutsch


Berlin: Zehn Tage bei Scientology (stern.de/tv - 30.01.2008 Deutsch

Video: Allemagne: Ex-Scientologe Norbert Potthoff spricht über Scientology (TV-N24 - 6. April 2008)

Actor Jason Beghe:"Das Ziel von Scientology ist "eine gehirngewaschene, roboterartige Version von Ihnen" zu schaffen." (foxnews.com - April 16, 2008) Deutsch

Jason Beghe rechnet mit Scientology ab (spiegel.de - 18. April 2008) Deutsch

Video: Germany: Scientology infiltrated by german journalist (Vimeo - May 15, 2008) Deutsch with english subtitles

Fünf Monate lang recherchierte der Journalist Fredy Gareis verdeckt bei Scientology (Stern - 14.05.2008) Deutsch

Undercover bei Scientology von Fredy Gareis (Stern - 15.05.2008) Deutsch


Anciens témoignages ajoutés à notre site en 2008

dessin de Gièfem (Le Pays - 23 février 2008)

L. Ron Hubbard the man that I knew by Dennis Stevens (24th of April 1994

Un spectateur explique ce qu'il a perçu du film "Introduction à la scientologie" (ARS - 16 Feb 1999)

«I had not been inside a Scientology ORG for 28 years. Would ghosts be resurrected?» (ARS - 16 Feb 1999)

Stacy Brooks: «My perspective on auditing» (ARS - 12 July 2000)

USA: Le témoignage d’Astra Woodcraft victime de la scientologie depuis l'âge de 7ans (exscientologykids.com - 24 janvier 2001)

How Scientology turned its biggest critic (St. Petersburg Times - July 7, 2002)

I was a public Scientologist from 1995 until 2005 by Dr. Donna Shannon (ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb - Aug 27, 2006)

I Escaped Scientology (orato.com - 09.11.2007)

Audio: The first interview with Larry Brennan who worked alongside David Miscavige during the period prior to L. Ron Hubbard’s death (xenutv.wordpress.com - November 11, 2007)

Journey As A Scientologist: To OT3 And Back (orato.com - 11.22.2007)

Testimony of Tory Christman. «Some major contradictions from my own personal experiences» (2007?)

 

Une jeune canadienne de 14 ans happée par la scientologie

Ma mère était une adepte de la scientologie depuis longtemps. Quand j'étais bébé, elle a laissé seul mon père avec trois enfants.

Ellle est revenue à la maison lorsque j'avais 11 ans. Elle était toujours dans sa secte. Elle partait alors pour la scientologie tôt le matin, revenait souper, puis repartait jusqu'à 11h00 le soir ...

Je restais seule à la maison jusqu'à 11h00 le soir. Je faisais le souper et le ménage ... Je ne pouvais pas aller jouer avec mes amis comme un enfant normal. Il fallait que je prépare le souper et après que je lave la vaiselle ... 7 jour sur 7 .......

Puis à l'âge de 14 ans ma mère ma apporté a Los Angeles dans la secte de scientologie.

J'ai fait alors le EPF

EPF - Le projet Force des biens «L'EPF était comme une prison. Il fallait que je m'adresse à tous les gens en leur disant "Sir", et on me laissait seulement quinze minutes pour manger. On ne me laissa quitter l'EPF que quand j'eus fait mes preuves. J'avais le cerveau complètement lavé pour bien obéir aux ordres. On me donnait 2,9 dollars par semaine pour ce travail»: Témoignage de Tonya Burden «L'EPF m'a montré que l'Eglise de scientologie méprise l'humanité»: Témoignage de Jo

C'était terrible. De 5h30 du matin à 22h30 le soir on faisait des exercices comme à l'armée et des réparations dans des immeubles. On travaillait fort et on n'avait presque pas de temps pour dîner.

Après 6 mois ils ont renvoyé ma mère au Québec où nous habitions avant, disant qu'elle n'était pas assez en bonne forme physique pour eux et ils m'ont gardée.

Prisonnières de la secte de scientologie

J'ai connu une fille de mon âge qui venait de québec aussi et qui parlait français. Alors on se tenait ensemble. Moi et mon amie on était très malheureuses là-bas et on ne pouvait pas partir comme on voulait.

Mon père qui n'est pas scientologue était fâché contre ma mère qui m'a laissé là-bas seule. Alors cela a pris 3 mois car le boss de l'EPF nous faisait écrire des conneries qui nous feraient partir plus vite ... (ndlr: des confessions avec la liste de tous les éventuels actes commis ou ommis par rapport à la scientologie ...)

Moi je n'avais rien à écrire et il me forçait pendant toute la journée dans son bureau et il me criait après :"Tant que je n'écrivais pas çà je ne pouvais partir"

Alors après trois mois j'ai pu partir. C'est mon père qui a acheté les billets d'avion.

Des conditions insupportables

Je me rappelle que je m'amusais à rire de la scientologie avec mon amie qui parlait français. J'avais du fun avec ma copine. Quelqu'un est allé rapporté ce qu'on disait et dans un corridor un supérieur ma pincé pour me donner un avertissement. Disons que ce n'était pas agréable.

On est entassé dans une chambre avec 50 lits superposés.

Après avoir quitté Los Angeles ... il sont reussi a trouvé mon numéro chez mon père et ils m'appellaient souvent pour me recruter encore ....

Je ne sais pas comment ils ont fait pour trouver mes coordonnées chez mon père !!!!!!! Mystère !

Maintenant moi-même ayant une petite fille, je serais jamais capable de lui faire ça. J'ai de la misère à comprendre tout çà.

Je suis enragée contre eux.

Christine (prénom fictif), 23 février 2008

 

Liberté de communication et scientologie sont incompatibles

Les membres de la scientologie doivent demander l'autorisation avant de communiquer aux médias le moindre courrier de lecteur. J'en ai fait l'expérience.

La scientologie m'a interdit de communiquer aux médias suite à une lettre de lecteur que j'avais adressée sans son autorisation. (Voir ici le jugement de la scientologie)

Suite à ma lettre de lecteur non autorisée  la scientologie m'a également imposé l'achat des cours de "Relations Publiques et du maniement de la presse" de Ron Hubbard, cela pour avoir le droit de continuer mes autres cours de scientologie ...

Des lettres types étaient remises aux étudiants de scientologie à la fin de leurs cours, parfois même le soir après 22h00. Il fallait les recopier pour les envoyer ensuite à des personnes dont les adresses figuraient sur des listes.

Il fallait absolument le faire pour avoir le droit de quitter la salle de cours et pouvoir rentrer chez soi sous peine de recevoir un rapport de délation.

Un rapport de délation (Knowledge-Report/Rapport de Connaissance) peut conduire à votre expulsion pour un temps non déterminé de la salle de cours. Ce genre de délation peut également vous contraindre à devoir réparer votre refus d'obéir par diverses donations au bénéfice de la scientologie.

Des textes de Ron Hubbard devaient être sélectionnées pour s'adresser aux journaux selon des catégories spécifiques (voir par exemple ici: Une demande surprenante de la scientologie reçue par Jean-Luc Barbier)

Ne pas suivre un règlement de la scientologie fait de vous un mouton-noir

Les scientologues vous feront vite comprendre qu'il existe une justice scientologue et des règles de scientologie à suivre impérativement.

Ne pas obéir et plus aucun scientologue ne vous adresse alors la parole.

La moindre erreur, la moindre contestation, fait l'objet de délations vous conduisant aussitôt devant les officiers d'éthique de scientologie.

Jean-Luc Barbier, 23 février 2008

 
 Sylvain (*), 38 ans, a vécu pendant cinq ans
sous la coupe de la scientologie.

"Quand j'ai été approché par des scientologues, je n'avais pas confiance en moi. Au boulot je me laissais marcher sur les pieds. Alors, j'ai assisté à une conférence organisée par la Scientologie et j'ai trouvé des réponses dans les préceptes de Ron Hubbard."

Des réponses au prix fort. Séances d'étude à 50 euros de l'heure, rites de "purification" à 1'500 euros.

"Pour pouvoir être ministre volontaire de la scientologie et faire du prosélytisme, j'ai dû moi-même acheter les plaquettes de présentation et les brochures pour ensuite les distribuer. Tout se paie en scientologie."

Sans compter le harcèlement dont a été victime l'ancien adepte avant de décrocher:

"Coups de téléphone, mails, courriers de rappel à l'ordre. J'ai finalement quitté Paris."

(*) Le prénom a été modifié à sa demande - Journal du dimanche - 25 férier 2008
 

«J'ai vécu l'enfer ...»

Le Parisien - 1 mars 2008
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MARTINE BOUBLIL, 48 ans, ex-membre de la Scientologie - (LP/Aurelie Andureau)

En état de choc après sa libération, Martine Boublil se reconstruit peu à peu. Aujourd'hui, elle attend avec impatience son retour en France, malgré sa peur d'y redevenir la proie de ses geôliers.

Êtes-vous membre de l'Eglise de scientologie ?

Martine Boublil. Plus depuis longtemps. J'y suis rentrée en 1978, j'avais 18 ans. J'ai toujours beaucoup aimé Claude, l'aîné de mes deux frères. Il a eu beaucoup d'influence sur moi. C'est lui qui m'a incitée à suivre un soi- disant «cours de communication». En fait c'était la scientologie. Sans tout comprendre, j'ai découvert une théo- rie qui me passionnait à l'époque. Puis je suis devenue superviseur de cours. J'ai appris à me servir de l'électro- mètre (NDLR : un instrument électronique permettant de «selon les scientologuesde mesure l'état mental des individus ...»), j'ai grimpé les échelons. Au bout de huit ans, je m'en suis éloignée.

Pour quelles raisons ?

Je me suis rendu assez vite compte que, derrière la théorie, les gens qui disent la servir ne sont pas honnêtes. Les dirigeants, je les connais bien, ne veulent au fond qu'une chose : l'argent et la puissance. Ils manipulent. Je l'ai dit tout haut, ça a gêné, je me suis plus ou moins fait virer. Mais par la suite, mon frère est devenu l'un des plus importants d'entre eux.

Qu'avez-vous fait par la suite ?

J'ai vécu en donnant des cours de soutien scolaire tout en gardant des liens avec des amis scientologues. Il y a quelques années, j'ai fait une grave dépression. Claude m'a reprise sous sa coupe. J'ai été hospitalisée une première fois, contre son avis, pendant cinq jours. Il m'en a fait sortir: les scientologues combattent la psychiatrie avec une vigueur absolue.

Lorsque ma mère est morte, en juin 2007, mon second frère, Gilbert, qui est médecin lui aussi mais n'est pas scientologue, m'a à nouveau fait interner. En août, Claude, qui cette fois m'a enlevée de l'hôpital, m'a emmenée de force en Normandie, dans une maison qui appartient à un scientologue. Puis dans la Sarthe, et enfin en Sardaigne. C'est à Nuoro, à partir de décembre, que mes conditions de vie ont été les pires.

«Au début, je dormais assise sur une caisse»

Qu'y avez-vous vécu ?

L'enfer... (long silence) C'était bien organisé. Les deux jeunes me surveillaient (NDLR : Julien Q. et Rachid K.), parce que je ne devais pas sortir de ma chambre, au premier étage. Enfin, c'était une pièce dégoûtante, avec seulement un matelas par terre. Au début, je dormais assise sur une caisse. Les autres dormaient en bas, dans le salon. La femme (NDLR : Marie D.) s'occupait de l'intendance. Ils ne m'adressaient pas un mot.

Pour dire oui, ils clignaient des yeux, pour non, les laissaient ouverts. Ils m'apportaient de la nourriture, essen- tiellement des «cordons bleus», matin, midi, soir, et des fruits. Pour faire mes besoins, j'avais une bassine. Pour vêtement, un tee-shirt. Je n'ai pas pu me laver non plus. Si je voulais sortir de ma chambre, on m'y repoussait violemment.

Comment avez-vous fait pour vous sortir de cette situation ?

La maison où j'étais détenue était mitoyenne d'une autre. Mi-janvier, avec un tube de rouge à lèvres qu'on m'avait laissé, j'ai écrit «SOS !», «Aiuto !» (au secours en italien) sur une boîte vide, sur un vieux bout de journal. J'ai lancé mes messages dans le jardin des voisins, qui ne venaient dans cette maison que le week- end. C'est eux qui ont prévenu la police.

Vos geôliers présumés avancent, pour justifier votre séquestration, qu'ils voulaient «vous aider». Qu'en pensez-vous ?

C'est faux! C'est pour mon bien qu'on m'a séquestrée ? Maltraitée au point de n'en plus pouvoir marcher ? Ces gens sont des menteurs, des escrocs. Dès que je rentre à Paris, et que je suis en sécurité, je porte plainte. Je veux que les gens qui m'ont fait du mal soient jugés.

Propos recueillis par Anne-Cécile Juillet, pour Le Parisien, photos Aurélie Audureau


Remarque d'anti-scientologier

Une nouvelle condamnation en France de la scientologie peut mener à son interdiction. Souhaitons à cette victime un entourage qui puisse la protéger des pressions que la secte n'hésitera sans doute pas à exercer sur sa personne ou sur ses proches.

 
Une expérience qui m'a marqué
 
Source: blog de Philippe Brunet-Lecomte
 
http://www.lyonmag.com/article.php?id=7013 - 3 mars 2008
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La scientologie n'at pas au fond une organisation dangereuse, elle a le droit d’exister en paix ... C’est ce que vient, en gros, de suggérer Emmanuelle Mignon qui n’est pas n’importe qui puisque cette énarque est directrice de cabinet du président de la République.

Il se trouve que la Scientologie on connaît bien à Lyon où cette secte est particulièrement active. Et en plus, il se trouve également que “l’église” de Scientologie, je connais bien personnellement puisque j’en ai fait partie. Non, vous ne rêvez pas. J’ai bien été membre de cette fameuse église, pendant quelques semaines. A l’époque, j’étais jeune journaliste. Et mon rédacteur en chef m’avait demandé de réaliser une enquête sur ce mouvement alors mystérieux qui commençait à s’implanter à Lyon. C’était au début des années 90. Je me suis alors dit que la seule solution pour aller au delà des discours officiels de la Scientologie, c’était d’infiltrer ce mouvement en apparence très respectable. Une expérience qui m’a marqué.

Les adeptes parlaient tous le scientologue

Je me souvien alors que j'ai trouvé une astuce pour me faire recruter en passant simplement devant le siège de cette église qui, à l’époque, était située rue Edouard Herriot dans le centre de Lyon où j’avais remarqué des agents rabatteurs qui faisaient le guet pour repérer leurs victimes. Des jolies files ou des types sympas qui s’attaquaient aux jeunes, aux paumés... Un grand gaillard m’a alors abordé en demandant si je connaissais la Scientologie avant d’engager la discussion. Habile, très habile.

Quelques minutes plus tard, je me retrouvais dans les locaux de “l’église” en train de passer un test d’évaluation. Une centaine de questions bizarres. Evidemment, la conclusion était formelle : j’avais un “mental” dans un état assez lamentable mais je pouvais m’en tirer à condition de suivre des cours de “dianétique”... Ce qui m’a tout de suite frappé, c’est que les adeptes parlaient tous le scientologue, une langue étrangère avec des mots étranges qui n’avaient pas le même sens que dans le langage courant. Un signe. Car le premier objectif d’une secte c’est de couper ses victimes du monde, de leur famille, de leurs amis. .. C’est d’ailleurs le sens étymologique du mot secte (couper comme sécateur).

J’ai plongé sans hésitation

Bref, j'ai plongé sans hésitation. Et je me suis inscrit pour une série de séances. Et là encore j’ai compris que la deuxième règle dans une secte c’était de tirer le maximum de fric aux adeptes. D’ailleurs, la Sciento me piquera une sacrée somme à l’époque. Plusieurs milliers de francs, en liquide. Et j’ai enchaîné les séances pendant plusieurs semaines. Avec des exercices surprenants. Un jour, le type qui me “supervisait” m’a demandé pendant deux heures de parler en utilisant non pas des mots mais des chiffres avec les intonations d’une phrase normale. Absurde, mais indispensable pour que les recrues apprennent à dire n’importe quoi.

Même démarche un autre jour quand on m’a demandé pendant trois heures, de marcher d’un pas décidé jusqu’à un mur en exigeant que je m’arrête uniquement sur ordre, au dernier moment, le nez contre le mur. “Tu dois avoir confiance en moi” me répétait mon “superviseur”. Là encore, un exercice pour asservir les adeptes. Sans parler du blabla scientologue un mélange de science-fiction et de récits bibliques qu’il fallait apprendre par cœur. Avec en prime une vénération permanente du gourou de la secte dont le portrait trônait partout: Ron Hubbard. Mais le pire, ça a été au bout de quelques semaines quand j’ai démarré les “auditions”, des séances où on exigeait que je raconte ma vie en détail. Le tout contrôlé par un “électromètre”, une sorte de détecteur de mensonges avec deux électrodes et un compteur.

Au début, je ricanais intérieurement en me disant que ça allait faire un super-article. Mais je jouais le jeu. Et j’ai tellement joué le jeu qu’au bout de quelques semaines, je commençais à faiblir. Le soir quand je rentrais chez moi, je ne trouvais plus où j’avais garé ma voiture. Et puis, je me sentais glisser. Je n’étais pas converti à la Sciento. Mais je voulais en savoir toujours plus, aller toujours plus loin ...

Au fond, j’étais attiré irrésistiblement par cette secte, même si j’avais un alibi journalistique. L’engrenage. D'ailleurs, au bout de quelques semaines, mon rédacteur en chef commençait à s’inquiéter. Il trouvait que je prenais cette enquête un peu trop à cœur. Du coup, il exigera que je mette fin à cette infiltration. Sage décision.

Les coups de téléphone ont cessé, comme par hasard

Alors que j’insistais pour continuer. Mais lui, il sentait bien que j’étais en train de mal tourner. Je me suis alors enfermé pendant plusieurs jours chez moi pour tout raconter. Des pages et des pages. Le grand défoulement après des semaines de clandestinité. Un récit fleuve qui paraîtra dans l’édition lyonnaise du Figaro où je racontais simplement ce que j’avais vécu, sans aucun commentaire. Ce qui me vaudra un courrier impressionnant. Des centaines de lettres. Mais aussi un coup de fil anonyme toutes les nuits vers 4 h du matin. Une voix me menaçait. Un matin, j’ai alors décidé de téléphoner directement à un responsable de l’église de Scientologie en lui disant d’un air décidé : “Je sais que c’est vous, arrêtez où ça va mal finir”. Et les coups de téléphone ont cessé, comme par hasard.

Mais le plus drôle, c’est que j’ai croisé dans la rue, quelques jours après la parution de cette enquête, une jeune adepte qui, comme moi, avait subi le fameux test avant de plonger dans la “dianétique”. Mais elle était restée à Sciento. Une jeune paumée. D’ailleurs, elle m’a avoué naïvement: “ton enquête a semé la panique à l‘église de Scientologue mais franchement, je n’ai pas compris pourquoi. Tout ce que tu as écrit, c’est ce que j’ai vécu. Et je ne vois pas où est le scandale”. Elle ne comprenait pas, la pauvre. Déjà prise dans l’engrenage.

Fiché parmi les individus “suppressifs”

J’ai su également que la secte m’avait fiché parmi les individus “suppressifs” c’est-à-dire particulièrement dangereux. Mais quelques semaines après cette infiltration, coup de théâtre. Les principaux responsables de la secte seront arrêtés à Lyon. A la suite du suicide d’un adepte poussé à bout.

La police va alors saisir les fichiers de Scientologie. Et comme je m’étais inscrit sous un faux nom, les flics tomberont sur mon dossier et ils me téléphoneront pour m’interroger ! D’ailleurs pendant plusieurs années, je suis passé pour un spécialiste de la Scientologie. Alors que j’avais simplement piégé cette secte qui avait d’ailleurs failli me prendre au piège.

J'ai participé à de nombreux débats

Mais j'ai participé à de nombreux débats où chaque fois j’agaçais prodigieusement les représentants de la secte. Car je racontais simplement ce que j’avais vécu. Et j’ai suivi de près cette enquête judiciaire sur ce jeune adepte qui s’était suicidé. Les principaux cadres lyonnais seront d’ailleurs condamnés. Car à l’époque, un jeune magistrat s’était accroché: Georges Fenech, devenu aujourd’hui député UMP de Givors. Malgré les pressions et les menaces de Sciento, il n’avait pas baissé les bras.

D’ailleurs, après la plainte d’une adepte qui vient d’être séquestrée par “l’église” de Scientologie, Fenech est intervenu ce week-end pour exiger la création d’une commission d’enquête sur la Scientologie en dénonçant “les dangers réels de cette organisation”. Courageux car visiblement chez les sarkozistes, on adore la Scientologie. Et on est de plus en plus tolérant avec les sectes. A la mode américaine. En espérant que cette enquête ne sera pas bloquée. Et que Fenech fera passer le message à Sarko.

 

    Témoignage: «Mon père est mort à cause de la scientologie»

Le suicide de John H. Boucher (Bucher?) avec sous-titrage en français

Définition de «SP», «Personne Suppressive»: Voir ICI (deux mots du jargon de la secte)

Témoignage video/Testimony: Un témoignages bouleversant recueilli par les Anonymous lors de la manifestation du 15 mars 2008 à Washington D.C.

Cette jeune femme explique publiquement comment son père s'est suicidé le 5 mai 2001 à cause des manipulations écrasantes de la scientologie. Ses parents se sont rencontrés dans la secte et elle y a vécu toute son enfance. Mettez le son, même si vous ne comprenez pas l'anglais, car cette victime revient sur les lieux de son enfance dérobée et exprime de fortes émotions.

Le père de la jeune femme s'appelait John H Bucher, ou Boucher, ou Buchet (orthographe incertaine).

The suicide of John H. Boucher (Bucher?)

Download the video (.flv - 20,7 MB -English version)  -  FLVPlayer (telecharger.com)

Source: http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=ncezl8sclsab

 

Journey As A Scientologist: To OT3 And Back

A case of the Emperor's New Clothes.

 
Source: http://www.orato.com/lifestyles/2007/11/22/journey-scientologist-ot3-and-back
 
By Citizen Correspondent Recovery From Scientology
Date Posted: 11/22/07

I made a legally and morally binding commitment to 'confidentiality' before having the story revealed to me, so I won't tell you the details. But it's easy enough to find ...  What I will you is that I am no longer a Scientologist and that I never cried so much with a complete and utter feeling of betrayal as I did on the day that I finally read the OT3 'data'.

I legitimately reached a level in Scientology known as OT3 which is 'confidential' and meant to contain the answers to life on earth. After many years of working very hard to get to this place, I found out how scary belief systems can be when they run unchecked.

For many years I was a Scientologist and although the OT3 story is now freely available on the internet, I, like most Scientologists, had no idea what I was in for.

I made a legally and morally binding commitment to 'confidentiality' before having the story revealed to me, so I won't tell you the details ... but it's easy enough to find.

What I will you is that I am no longer a Scientologist and that I never cried so much with a complete and utter feeling of betrayal as I did on the day that I finally read the OT3 'data'.

I was in a highly secured and confidential course room and I held my response in until I was 'off-base' and in the safety of my own bedroom that night, where I was overcome with profound waves of grief, betrayal and such a deep and profound loss of dignity for having been drawn in to such a ludicrous example of The Emperors New Clothes.

I kept all of this to myself because I just couldn't believe and comprehend the immensity of what I had just done to both myself and my family by committing to such a purpose. I had sensed it coming during OT2, finding certain bits of 'data' on that mysterious level and very difficult to accept.

I was so confused with literally nowhere else to go that I contained my response and innermost opinion, deciding to 'keep my Auditor Hat on' as I had been trained to do and just did the next step as required.

But as confused as I was, I also made a commitment to myself that I would discover and discern my own truth by being non-resistant to any ideas.

It was around then, between 'solo sessions,' that I listened to a taped Ron Hubbard lecture that he gave many years before coming up with his OT3 theory, when, I think, he did actually understand a few basic spiritual laws (or enjoyed reworking the truths of others, as he seemed to have a habit of doing). He stated that “you get what you validate” and this statement jumped out at me with more significance at that moment than anything else I had ever heard him say (this is the exact truth expressed by truly great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, William Blake, Thomas Troward, Ralph Waldo Emerson and many more). In other words, “As you believe, so it is for you”. You create your reality by what you believe and hold to be true.

I did the OT3 processing per my training and ignored my inner protestations as to the believability of the 'historical' story behind the 'data'. I discovered you do in fact “get what you validate” and experienced many strange manifestations 'in session' as a result of my belief.

For me, the ultimate saving grace is that I discovered first hand the ultimate truth of the universe, but not the way Ron Hubbard had in mind.

That which you hold in mind, sooner or later is reflected back to you in external conditions. A contemporary writer who I have since discovered - Robert Anton Wilson - does a great job of explaining this concept in his book Prometheus Rising.

He also does an hilarious job of explaining how people get brainwashed.

As I mentioned earlier, I continued on with the OT3 'processing' because I just couldn't believe so many people could buy into such a bizarre way of explaining their life issues if there wasn't some sort of truth to it. (I'm assuming by now, you know the story. i.e. "75 Million years ago a great catastrophe occurred..." etc.)

After all these years, effort and expense, it had to be real.

As a result, I gradually bought into it. Looking back I can understand that on a conscious level, the pain, anguish and confusion of facing the fact that your entire life is based on a very big lie, coupled together with the idea of losing all your closest friends, who are also caught in a spell, was too much to bear. At that time, I just literally couldn't let the truth dawn on me.

As soon as you complete OT3 - after you've been announced as a 'Completion' to the assembled 'Org', who clap and scream in delight and you've given your thank you speech that gives nothing of 'the OT data' away to the other lower level Scientologists who are blissfully unaware of what hypnotic spells await them - you get ushered into the 'Registrars' office where great pressure is brought to bear to get you to come up with the money to pay for OT4, if you haven't already.

The belief is that stopping at OT3 and just getting on with your life is not a good idea because, according to Ron, you are not at a stable point and it is best to consolidate your 'gains' by completing OT4.

Since I left Scientology, this is the point that gets brought up by my remaining COS friends (the ones who still talk to me). They ask tellingly if I completed OT4 after OT3 and when I tell them I did not, they nod knowingly to themselves and recognize my folly at having not completed OT4. I allow them to have their little moment without interruption but here's my take on this:

When you do OT3, it is done 'solo'. In other words, alone in a locked room. You use an 'E-meter' to detect areas of 'charge' in your 'case' which are then 'audited out' by a process of silently asking yourself pre-prepared questions. This is different from normal Scientology Auditing (counseling), which is done with an Auditor (counselor) and the person being audited. My experience when I completed OT3 was that even though I got a big buzz out of buying into the whole OT3 trip, there was still a part of my mind that still thought the whole idea was rather ludicrous.

OT4 is done with an Auditor and not alone, or 'Solo'. Although I didn't complete OT4, I was ordered into doing a short 'repair' session with an Auditor. Once you are in the Auditing room with someone else and both Auditing the 'OT data', things get very surreal. The fact that there are now two of you both buying into this stuff compounds your mutual belief in it, In my opinion.

Imagine how you'd be after doing 50-100 hours of this stuff and getting to OT5.

How much work do you think it would take to undo a spell like that?

I have friends who have made it to OT7. Their lives have actually been destroyed on many levels but they push on like heroic crusaders convinced they are 'saving the planet'. They are, in fact, beautiful people and mostly do great things for others when they can, like 'lower level' Scientologists who are also mostly caring people who desire change and believe that the mystery is solved by completing the 'Confidential OT Levels'.

So, how did I wake up ?

After I completed OT3, I convinced the staff that I would return very soon to do OT4 (I was sincere). I then 'routed out' of the 'Org' and headed back home to repair my very strained marriage. Ah, my saving grace, yes, I'm married to a non-Scientologist. I'd been away from home for months 'studying' full time and constantly downloading more money, as needed, on our home mortgage. My partner's patience was at an end.

I came home to rebuild, and in the safety of my own home, my mind literally started to recover its own ability to discern truth. My partner just gave me space to figure things out and applied no pressure in any direction. There was no need for me to leave Scientology. The only requisite for an ongoing marriage was to stop spending money I didn't have. That seemed fair enough to me.

I got really interested in 'New Thought' literature which was a non-denominational movement that spurned many authors and teachers (some of the originators I mentioned earlier) of the concept of; "as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is".

The gist of their work tied in completely with my own realizations about the power of the mind to shape personal reality on conscious and subconscious levels.

Some beautiful things occurred to me over the next year or so and I eventually felt ready to make my official announcement to my family, friends and the Church Of Scientology. I was leaving and I knew enough about Church Policy to make my point but not aggravate the wrath of what I have come to see as a deluded and self-righteous group with feigned tolerance towards the beliefs of others.

My recovery process continues day by day. I have become a truly happy person and I've noticed how my genuine interest in other people together with my ability to love and trust is blossoming with each new friend I attract. I love my true friends like never before but I still grieve my old Scientologist friends who have 'dis-connected' from me because they cannot accept my decision. These are people whose weddings, parties and birthdays I celebrated.

They rant about Religious Freedom and Human Rights, yet deny others the right (per Articles 18 and 19 of The International Bill Of Human Rights) to change their beliefs, disagree with L. Ron Hubbard and still be included in their community.

They are people I loved and continue to love, but they love Ron and his promises more and per their own Church policies, they can't have both.

MORE WILL BE REVEALED...

Email Contact: recoveryfromscientology (at) gmail.com


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I Escaped Scientology

It was a terrifying experience to walk out into the real world.

Church of Scientology anti-psychiatry demonstration in Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2005

Scientology sign. Photo: Dwinning's photostream

Milofickrocks' Photos

Source: http://www.orato.com/lifestyles/2007/09/11/i-escaped-scientology
Date Posted: 09/11/07

As is typical of many ex-cult members, I suffered a period of acute suicidal depression, which I survived thanks to Hubbard's and Scientology's béte noir; Psychiatrists and psychologists. By Citizen Correspondent John Duignan

There are moments in life, coincidences, which have the potential to utterly change the direction and meaning of your existence. Of these I have had several; they have all marked me in various ways, but none more so than that fateful late afternoon in Stuttgart, Germany, when an attractive and rather aggressive young woman blocked my path and accosted me with the interrogative; "Do you have a good memory"?

This story aims to serve a dual function: Enlighten those who may be susceptible to seduction by mind and life control cults and to provide a sense of hope for those who may be so entrapped. A tertiary purpose is to encourage the reader to seek wisdom and direction from the vast array of knowledge available at our finger tips - thanks in part to Google and ultra-fast broadband, you can read incisive works on psychoanalytical and sociological thought by Fromm and Jung, Russell's seminal 'Analysis of mind' lectures to the philosophic revolutionary ideas of the enlightenment.

It is among these that you will find true wisdom and real answers to the questions and uncertainties that have driven so many into the gaping maw of deceptive pseudo religion.

To the informed, Scientology evokes a visceral revulsion, and with good reason. Cruise, the empty headed fanatic, stirring up collective nausea on national TV, personifies the true core value of Scientology to the man in the street. Lisa McPherson's emaciated corpse, the true facts of her agonizing demise hidden under a cloud of Church generated obfuscation. 'The exhibition of death', a C-grade horror movie set, toured around the world by the Church in a vain attempt to obliterate two hundred years worth of neuropsychiatric and psychological research and insight.

To the yellow coated Scientology Volunteer Ministers, guaranteed to appear at the site of any national disaster, like the proverbial vulture, in a hopeless endeavor to pass off recruitment and the conceited effort to gain positive media response as 'help'; in actuality, they tend to get in the way of qualified professional rescue and emergency personnel, while wasting valuable resources that could otherwise be passed onto the victims of disaster.

Professor Erich Fromm would have diagnosed the cults' founder, L Ron Hubbard, as suffering from an extreme form of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. So warped was his condition that he not only founded a religious body to honor him and his thought, but further, formed a virtual military unit to protect him and his 'works', execute his orders and pretty much pander to his every whim.

There is no doubt that he was a powerful individual and, at least before his increasing mental instability got the better of him, had bucket loads of charm and great intelligence. But these virtues were contorted, perverted, by his illness. In an all too brief moment of clarity in the early 1950s, he asked for psychiatric help, but ran away before he could be adequately assessed and treated.

A thread that runs right through all of Hubbard's lectures and writings from the early years of the cult to his last incoherent broadcast in 1979 is that of impending doom. He paints a bleak picture of our everyday lives. Our minds are subject to our barely contained, violently irrational subconscious, and the civil cohesion we see around us is a mere shallow pretense. Hubbard gives us to believe that our social order is run by a small clique of Machiavellian, fascistic bankers, politicos and media moguls plotting to subvert our liberty and freedom.

One could be forgiven for objectively viewing his world view as an expression of severe paranoia. It would be laughable except for the fact that all cult members were gradually inculcated into this exact outlook; we viewed the world around us with mistrust and apprehension.

It was just one of many mechanisms employed to keep us obedient and fearful of leaving.

The organization operating under the brand name 'Scientology' and later on Hubbard's own militant 'praetorian guard' The Sea Organization, where I spent twenty years of my life, were born out of Hubbard's pathological desire to take fiction out of its context as entertainment, and place it into the realm of actuality. In this fashion he hoped to rewrite the miserable reality of his life.

This deeply flawed individual failed at everything he attempted to put his hand to. His only modicum of success was his much touted brilliance as a science fiction writer. The reality was that he wrote rather garish and poorly constructed short stories for about eight years during the nineteen thirties for a cheap throwaway medium, the pulp fiction magazine. He also wrote pornographic texts; this was an aspect of his literary career his church publicity officers kept under wraps.

Hubbard signed up for the Navy in 1940. Here he found himself in vast organization, a complex bureaucracy that he could play to suit his own ends. He never saw action, most of his war being spent in training institutions, hospitals and on leave. The brief period where he was actually allowed command of a small submarine chaser ended in disaster when he ordered his crew to fire live rounds at America's ally, Mexico. He was relieved of command and put under close supervision as a navigator on a Liberty ship; he signed himself into hospital complaining of ulcers and conjunctivitis the day before the ship left for combat in the Pacific theatre.

World War II was over, the troops had come home

The youngsters that had previously devoured pulp fiction during the mid 30s had grown up and were focused now on building lives in a newly prosperous America. There was now little or no market the fiction magazine.

Hubbard was out of a job. Working off his 1939 premise that the way to make a million dollars was to start a religion, Hubbard dug up his unpublished manuscript, the science fiction novel 'Excalibur'. This novel concerned a galactic overlord called Xenu, who banished millions of his subjects to the 'prison planet' Earth. It was around this 1930s era manuscript that Hubbard created what we know today as Scientology.

He was enough of a pragmatist to realize that the story of Xenu and the fate of the banished aliens would not entice the masses to part with hard earned cash; he needed a hook, and thanks to Freud and a few party tricks, found one. He called it Dianetics and its brief popularity rode on the back of a wave of a renewed interest the mind, mysticism and self exploration.

Dianetics was concocted from a mixture of vicious mind-control techniques and scrambled versions of both Freudian and Jungian psychoanalysis. It was developed and expanded upon over the years, and eventually became part of an apparently vast body of 'research' that Hubbard called 'The Tech' (as in Technology) which he made available to his followers; for a price. Trained in this lethal 'therapy', these unqualified mental practitioners were brainwashed into believing they were the vanguard of a new civilization, one that would eventually overwhelm the institutions of state, learning and religion with Hubbard's brand of social obedience, and thus avert the coming apocalypse. Driven by their leaders incessant haranguing, they formed what we know today as 'The Church' of Scientology.

Hubbard had been practically kicked out of Washington University's School of Engineering, where he was a sporadic attendee between 1930 and 1932. As he developed the 'philosophy' of Scientology, he thought it would be helpful if he acquired a Ph.D, and he did, for about $250 US. I will cite a passage from Dr. Christopher Evan's pithy volume on the religion, 'The Cult of Unreason' - The Cult of Reason: "As for Hubbard's doctorate, it was awarded, one learns, from the magnificently styled `Sequoia University of California' - an establishment which you will search for endlessly the standard list of American universities, but which used to be well known to quacks on the West Coast as a degree mill where `qualifications' could be bought for suitable sums.

There is some evidence, as it happens, that L. Ron has had occasion to regret his involvement with the diminutive faculty of the Sequoia University, for his bogus Ph.D. has been frequently brought up by unkind critics as a stick to beat him with - and one for which he can find no ready defence.

On 8 March 1966, possibly tiring of suffering on behalf of this valueless embarrassment, but with a typically flamboyant gesture, he took an advertisement in the personal column of The Times, `resigning' his degree in the following words:

"I, L Ron Hubbard of Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, having reviewed the damage being done in our society with nuclear physics and psychiatry by persons calling themselves `Doctor', do hereby resign in protest my university degree as a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.), anticipating an early public outcry against anyone called `Doctor'; and although not in any way connected with bombs or `psychiatric treatment' or treatment of the sick, and interested only and always in philosophy and the total freedom of the human spirit, I wish no association of any kind with these persons and do so publicly declare, and request my friends and the public not to refer to me in any way with this title."

With this characteristic piece, which it is impossible not to admire, he partly sealed a crack in his armor, at the same time cleverly taking the opportunity to pound psychiatrists, his perpetual antagonists.

Having considered the Founder of Scientology's scanty academic background, we now pass on to inspect other interesting claims which have helped to bolster his image as a man of wild and far-reaching talents. The claims are many and apart from the obvious, and quite unchallengeable, one that he is a writer, he is also often referred to as an explorer, a naval war hero, a philosopher, a master mariner and, most extraordinary of all, `one of the prime movers in the US effort of getting man into space'.

What of Lord Xenu and the 1939 manuscript ?

This became part of the mysterious Scientology 'holy of holies', the secret knowledge that would only be revealed to the follower after years of extensive conditioning and parting with large sums of money. Hubbard built various myths around this 'level': One would attain superhuman abilities, read minds, operate as a conscious unit outside the confines of the body, become aware of 'past lives' and so on. It was a hook that Hubbard used, and indeed, the 'Church' today, uses to keep the sycophant paying money, donating time or, in the case of Hubbard's military, their whole lives, to the cause.

I escaped the cult just over a year ago, having been an ultra orthodox member of its militant inner circle for twenty years. Contrary to their rather shallow propaganda claims, it was neither a healthy nor life enhancing experience.

During my last year in the cult, I was involved in wide ranging plan that involved among other things, the infiltration of a relatively important local government institution. I was already sitting on several influential committees and it was really only a matter of time before I would be able to manipulate this democratic institution to the advantage of my own, very undemocratic, hierarchical and quite frankly, criminal operation.

It is ironic that my subversive mission provided the key to my waking up, seeing Scientology for what it is, and escaping.

I had been more or less cut off from the real world since 1986: Access to TV, Internet and other media has always been discouraged, but since 1990, Internet use for the Sea Organization member, with the exception of those in the intelligence and policing branch, has been strictly verboten.

My work granted me considerable latitude with regard to typical organizational rules and restrictions, and the fact that I was in a rather senior position a long distance from the cult HQ in Sussex, gave me unprecedented freedom. Because I was involved in the educational and social field, I had to read up on the various theories I was being exposed to: Fromm, Jung, Freud and Dr. Perry. Additionally, I had to do considerable internet searches to trace key targets for the purposes of my mission.

Exposure to such material had the effect of developing my critical thinking faculties, and I began to spot huge holes in Hubbard's 'philosophy'. One evening I 'Googled' the word 'Scientology', I began reading. I stopped at five the next morning due to exhaustion, but I was exhilarated, I had hit a gold mine of information. I came across posts, essays and exposes of the cult, very often from colleagues I had known over the years and who had disappeared into that murky realm outside of Scientology.

It was a terrifying experience to walk out into the real world, with nothing to show for my slavish devotion to the cult. Twenty years of sixteen-hour days and seven-day weeks takes its toll. I had nothing to show for myself, just the clothes on my back, I was unknown to any social services and was in a country that was not my own, this and facing up to the lies and distortions that had been drummed into me over the years was difficult.

The Scientologist describes the world outside as 'the wog world'; the unenlightened humanoid is a 'wog'.

The cult member who 'falls from grace' and leaves the church is described as a 'degraded being', destined for a short pain-filled life and reincarnation as a lunatic, handicap, street kid or some other form of degraded creature. This is not very encouraging to say the least.

As is typical of many ex-cult members, I suffered a period of acute suicidal depression, which I survived thanks to Hubbard's and Scientology's biªte noir; Psychiatrists and psychologists.

In my new life outside of that psychotic cult, I have found love, encouragement, compassion, real peace and a sense of contentment that I did not think possible while moving up Hubbard's torturous 'Road to total freedom.'

 

How Scientology turned its biggest critic

St. Petersburg Times/July 7, 2002 - By Deborah O'Neil
Source: http://www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/scien424.html

For years, Bob Minton was the principal opponent in one of the church's nastiest public battles. Now, in a stunning reversal, Minton's testimony is helping the church fight the Lisa McPherson wrongful death lawsuit.

The handwritten list ran three pages long, an account of the trouble and expense Robert Minton had caused the Church of Scientology.

  • Fighting the Lisa McPherson wrongful death case: $14.4-million.
  • Dealing with lawsuits around the globe: more than $6-million.
  • Paying security to protect Clearwater Scientologists from church critics: $2.9-million.

Near the end was a $40'000 item: RICO. A Scientology attorney explained to Minton that the church had spent $40'000 to "research" a racketeering claim against him.

This accounting was presented to Minton at a meeting March 28 in a law office in New York City. It was the first of at least 20 negotiating sessions in March, April and May between Scientology leaders and lawyers and the church's archenemy, millionaire Robert Minton.

Minton and Scientology had engaged in an acrimonious public battle for years, spending millions on mutual destruction.

Now they were talking truce. It wasn't long before Minton had become Scientology's star witness.

Minton's turnaround became public during court testimony in April. His former allies, the church's critics, have been left to wonder: Why is he doing this ?

Answers have emerged during recent weeks of testimony in the courtroom of Pinellas Circuit Judge Susan Schaeffer. Along with court records and interviews, the testimony revealed the extent of the Church of Scientology's effort to neutralize its most hated critic. Details of the church's thorough, relentless offensive also shed light on how Minton's surprising cooperation with Scientology came about.

It's clear Minton was being crushed by Scientology's legal onslaught. For a year, the church has used discovery motions and depositions to pry into his personal and business affairs.

Scientology got his bank records, as well as information about guns he owns.

The church obtained the phone records of his now-defunct anti-Scientology organization, the Lisa McPherson Trust, which was based in Clearwater until late last year.

And Minton was concerned the church was gearing up to drag his wife into the fray by seeking to depose her. She had always steered clear of his anti-Scientology activities.

Over and over Minton was ordered into depositions and grilled by Scientology lawyers about his financial dealings. When Minton invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, a judge ordered him to answer.

When Minton didn't show up for a deposition, he faced contempt of court.

Scientology attorney Monique Yingling testified that the church believed it was on the verge of uncovering serious abuses of the legal process, false affidavits and false allegations in the McPherson case.

"I think Mr. Minton was really feeling the heat," she said. "He was in a position where he was being forced to testify to things he didn't want to testify to."

Yingling was right. Minton was overwhelmed.

"It was like the Terminator was after you," he said.

And at that first negotiating session March 28, the church made it clear that it held him accountable for millions of dollars of litigation he had supported.

"It never escaped me for a moment there was only one deep pocket for them to come after," Minton said.

Now, after six years on the Scientology battlefront, Minton wants out.

"You know, this has been really hard," Minton said in court recently. "It's been -- I just can't do it anymore. I don't want to do it."

The wealthy crusader

Just eight months ago, Minton stood before a crowd in Cleveland and proudly accepted a human rights award recognizing him for "extraordinary courage" in the "battle against tyranny over the mind of man."

A nationally known Scientology critic, Minton talked in his acceptance speech of "terrorist cults" led not by Osama bin Laden but by "like-minded terrorists" such as Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology leader David Miscavige.

Minton was Scientology's "Public Enemy No. 1."

In all, the retired investment banker spent $10-million supporting critics, lawyers fighting Scientology and anti-Scientology efforts around the world. He gave $2-million to Tampa lawyer Ken Dandar to help fund the wrongful-death lawsuit blaming the church for the death of Lisa McPherson, the Scientologist who died in 1995 after being cared for by fellow church members for 17 days.

Scientologists did not turn the other cheek, according to Minton and other church critics.

They circulated leaflets about Minton to his neighbors in New Hampshire and Boston calling him a "hate monger" leading a "KKK style" attack on a religion, according to a "harassment" timeline maintained by the critics and entered into court records.

Scientologists picketed him at his home and at airports. Minton said a Scientology official sent photos and a letter to his wife accusing him of adultery.

Scientology dug into Minton's finances. Minton said Scientology operatives stirred up an allegation that he helped a Nigerian dictator launder $12-billion as part of a business deal 12 years ago. Minton has not been charged and says the allegation is bogus.

"I've never seen such a concerted effort to destroy an individual," said Jesse Prince, once a high-ranking Scientologist who left the church and befriended Minton.

In the middle of 2001, Scientology changed its strategy, Minton said, and came after him through the legal system.

This spring, Minton decided it was time to settle his differences with Scientology.

At noon on Saturday, March 16, Minton picked up the phone and called Mike Rinder at the Church of Scientology International in Los Angeles. "There was a gun aimed at me," Minton said. "Mr. Rinder is the man who had his finger on the trigger."

Behind closed doors

High on Scientology's list: dismissal of the Lisa McPherson wrongful-death lawsuit. The case was set for trial in June

Minton had funded the case, and the church believed he controlled it, said Yingling, who took part in the meeting. "If he was controlling it, he could dismiss it."

Another lawyer ticked off the damages the church believed Minton had caused. Total: $28-million.

A racketeering claim against Minton and others was mentioned. Minton said the church never presented him with a RICO lawsuit. But Prince said in court records that after the meeting Minton showed him a draft of a RICO suit prepared by Scientology, seeking $110-million in damages.

To Dandar, the lawyer in the McPherson case, there is only one way to interpret the mention of RICO. "It's an absolute, factual threat," he said.

Dandar said he believes Minton was threatened with something Scientology discovered related to his overseas financial affairs. Minton has invoked the Fifth Amendment when pressed for details about his finances and when asked if he has underreported his income to the IRS.

On Good Friday, March 29, Dandar said, he got a frantic phone call from Minton.

"Ken, you have to help me," Dandar recalled Minton saying. "They've got me this time. If you don't drop the case Monday morning, the blood and death of my daughters, my wife and myself will be on your hands."

Prince said in a court document that Minton told him: "Scientology had gathered enough information . . . to get him prosecuted, convicted and jailed. Specifically, (Minton) said that Scientology had information to also convict his wife."

Church spokesman Ben Shaw repeatedly has said the church never threatened or manipulated Minton. Yingling said the same thing when testifying. Minton, too, says the church did not threaten him in any way. He said critics like Prince are making up stories.

"The thing that amazes me the most about all of this testimony is that pretty much people are willing to do anything to paint Scientology as completely evil," Minton said, acknowledging he once behaved that way. "What it showed to me is how deeply seated people's hatred toward Scientology is."

Many of those critics say Minton's reversal is so radical it only can be the result of a grave threat, extortion or blackmail.

"They totally burned him out," said Steve Hassan, a Boston mental health counselor and mind control expert who has known Minton for years. "They were going to destroy him if he didn't cooperate."

Confessions in Clearwater

Their meeting April 6 at Pope's office was a turning point. It was so important, Rinder -- a top Scientology official who handles the church's legal and public affairs -- summoned his lawyer, Yingling, from Paris, where she was on other business .

The church long had suspected wrongdoing in the McPherson case. During the meeting, Rinder told Minton, "I really want you to think seriously about telling the truth in what has happened in this case," Minton said.

Minton excused himself. Outside, he decided it was time to come clean. There were lies told in the case, according to Minton. He said he feared Scientology would uncover those lies in court and he would be sent to jail for perjury.

He became so distressed, he gagged in the bushes.

Recalling the negotiation, Minton said: "It wasn't something I wanted to do. I wasn't looking to start trusting the Church of Scientology and I especially wasn't looking to trust Mike Rinder."

Back inside, he began to reveal to Rinder a series of lies he said he had told under oath at Dandar's direction.

Yingling said she was shocked to hear Minton's account of what had been happening in the case. The Times sought comment from Rinder for this story, but he did not return repeated calls. Shaw, speaking for the church, has said Scientologists are pleased the truth finally is coming to light.

Now the church is using Minton's testimony to support an effort to get the lawsuit dismissed. It has left Dandar fighting not only for the McPherson case but for his own reputation. Dandar has denied all of Minton's accusations, saying Minton's lies started after he met with Scientology. Testimony before Schaeffer is to resume this week. "They are committing a charade on the court," Dandar said. "They have Minton coming in as if he were this pitiful lying witness who wanted to come clean. He was coming in claiming to be a perjurer because he was told to do that."

Walking away

The lives of many critics have been defined by Scientology just as his was, Minton said. "I don't want my life defined by Scientology anymore.

After he settles his litigation with the church, he said, he just wants to walk away.

The church will never let that happen, said former Scientologist Lawrence Wollersheim, one of the few who have successfully sued Scientology. He accused the church of mental abuse that pushed him to the brink of suicide, and after years of litigation, recently was paid a judgment of $8.6-million.

Wollersheim said Minton is an essential target for the church. "They will never walk away from this guy until he's decimated, until he's in an institution, until he's penniless." Minton has heard that, but he doesn't seem worried.

For now, he has one concern, and one concern only, settling with Scientology. He told a judge recently:

"I just want some peace."

 

THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST

Portland, Oregon - March 11, 2008
Source: http://www2.tbo.com
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Susan Lentsch is issuing a public statement on March 15 at the Scientology Headquarters Los Angeles, CA, calling on her daughter's employer, the Church of Scientology, to permit her daughter, Katherine "Kate" Olson, to come home from Los Angeles to Portland to visit her family. Ms. Lentsch has seen Kate for only six days during the past 15 years and reports that the Church of Scientology has forbidden Kate to leave the facility where she both works and is housed in order to visit family.

Kate was recruited into the Sea Organization (Sea Org), an affiliate of the Church of Scientology, in 1993, at age 17. Susan Lentsch, at that time a Scientologist, signed papers permitting her minor daughter to become a Sea Org employee; Ms. Lentsch states she signed the forms under pressure and while influenced by Scientology indoc- trination.

"At that time, being a Scientologist, I saw it as an honor that my daughter qualified for the 'elite' corps known as the Sea Organization," says Ms. Lentsch. She was reassured during the recruitment process that her daughter would get room, board, medical and dental care, and vacations.

"Sea Org [...] has not honored the Scientology Staff Contract my daughter signed 15 years ago, which stated that Sea Org members are permitted three (3) weeks Holiday per continuous active year."

Kate was denied permission to attend a Christmas family reunion in Minnesota, even though she had previously been told that she could do so and Ms. Lentsch had provided a train ticket for her. "The phone call from Kate notifying me that she could not leave for the reunion was particularly disturbing," Ms. Lentsch reports. "Kate was crying when she was put on the speaker phone to say hello to her grandparents during the reunion."

Ms. Lentsch felt that she was growing distant from her daughter, and that she was losing her 'real' Kate. She later learned that outbound and inbound calls to Sea Org staff are monitored and staff are drilled on what to say to family. Ms. Lentsch states, "This explained why Kate and I seemed to be playing 'pretend' during our phone con- versations--like there was an inexplicable wall between us."

Ms. Lentsch began doing research and talking to former Sea Org members. She met a past co-worker of Kate's, who had personally witnessed Kate being physically abused in the Sea Org. Alarmed, Susan briefly visited Kate in Los Angeles; when she confronted Kate with the information about the abuse, Kate was quite flustered, did not deny the allegation, and made statements to downplay the abuse incident and protect the Scientology image. Ms. Lentsch believes that Kate is in poor health and is not receiving medical treatment. She is greatly concerned about her daughter's mental well-being.

"The administration of the Church of Scientology is an oppressive organization. This is the worst betrayal."

 

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