‘My favourite concept of Scientology is a world without criminality, a world without war, and a world without insanity.’ ibid. John Travolta
Therefore I contract myself to the Sea Organisation for the next billion years. (As per Flag Order) 232. [witnessed x3] ibid.
‘A civilisation without insanity, without criminals, and without war, where the able are able to prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology’. ibid. L Ron Hubbard
Hubbard moved in and became Parson’s assistant ... Hubbard ran off with Jack’s girlfriend. ibid.
‘All these things were complete lies ... He told me he was going to commit suicide if I didn’t marry him ... And he hit me across the side of the head ... I got up and left the house.’ ibid. Sara
‘That confessional nature makes you feel better.’ ibid.
‘These people were paying $500 a piece in the 1950s for training and Dianetics.’ ibid. testimony of Sarah Northrop
‘He degenerated into a really paranoid terrifying person.’ ibid.
He responded by kidnapping their baby and taking it to Cuba. ibid.
‘He said he cut her into little pieces and dropped them in the river.’ ibid. Sarah
‘There was a tyrannical overlord of the galactic federacy called Zenu.’ ibid.
‘We did it to ourselves. And I learnt from it that I would never ever again do the bidding of a tyrant.’ ibid.
‘There's no half-in and half-out.’ ibid. new leader
On board about 250 people making some sort of a crew and this mysterious man … their allegiance and devotion to the mysterious man is total. To them he is My Commodore. The man is L Ron Hubbard, charmer, science fiction writer and showman, the creator of Scientology and the man who is pushing it into its new more militant phase. World in Action: The Shrinking World of L Ron Hubbard, ITV 1968
More and more government and mental health authorities condemn it. ibid.
Scientology is a fake … it calls itself a science. ibid.
The new advanced courses cost something more than £1,000 plus keep payable to an account in the name of Hubbard’s present wife. ibid.
They’ve been asked to sign a contract for one billion years. ibid.
This is what it’s like to qualify for a Modern Saints Calendar, the end product of a process you can buy in about twenty-five scattered centres for a thousand pounds a head. World in Action: Scientology for Sale, ITV 1968
These people getting diplomas are Clear. They believe that for most of their lives their true selves have been buried under a mountain of bad experiences and troubling emotions … They can see clearly for the first time. ibid.
Scientologists are all convinced of this great big new horizon. ibid.
They are really just bind worshippers at the shrine of science. ibid.
Scientology is a Californian export. ibid.
His one-man religion, Scientology, dates from 1950 when he launched an early version on an American public obsessed with amateur psychologizing. ibid.
Since 2013 she has shamelessly exploited her former affiliation with the Church of Scientology as a primary source of income. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e1: Disconnection, letter received from Church of Scientology 9th September 2016, CI 2017
Much deeper and darker than I ever expected. ibid. Leah
I really started searching on the internet – stories of senior executives … stories of abuse again and again. ibid.
Disconnection: to cut off all contact with someone critical of the Church of Scientology. ibid. caption
Mike Rinder broke with the Church of Scientology in 2007 and later began to speak about his experiences. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e2: Fair Game
In 2009, two years after he left Scientology, Mike began to speak out about the abuses he witnessed in the Church. ibid.
‘Fair game is the idea that anybody who is an enemy or critic of Scientology may have anything done to them with the idea that the ends justify the means.’ ibid. Mike
Following the death of L Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige emerged as the leader of the Church of Scientology. ibid.
In 2009 the St Petersburg Times asked Mike to confirm stories of abuse within the Church. ibid.
‘What I’m seeing is the Church continuing to try to bully and discredit every single person who is telling their story that is true.’ ibid. Leah
All my books Scientologists are required to buy ever written by L Ron Hubbard … Thousands and thousands of dollars. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e3: The Bridge
When you are in Scientology you are doing this [course study] every day. If you’re not doing this you’re getting counselling every day two and a half hours a day minimum. ibid.
The bridge [wall chart]: in Scientology all you are doing is doing these steps to go all the way up this bridge as a spiritual being. ibid.
The Church of Scientology is a business. ibid.
The Church of Scientology has repeatedly repackaged courses and auditing, requiring parishioners to retake them at their own expense in order to advance spiritually. ibid. caption
In order to complete The Bridge, Scientologists live at sea aboard a ship called The Freewinds for as long as the Church deems necessary. ibid.
‘So mentally abusive and such torment.’ ibid. victim
‘Fight for your family, fight for your daughters, your sons, get them out of this thing.’ Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e4: A Leader Emerges, Leah
‘He’s a mean guy. David Miscavige physically assaulted me five separate times.’ ibid. victim
‘Once L Ron Hubbard died he saw his opportunity … he saw the people who would stand in his way and he just removed them from power.’ ibid. Ron Miscavige, David’s father
Sea Org members live under intense scrutiny at Gold Base, effectively cutting them off from the outside world. ibid. caption
The Church of Scientology headquarters is located in Clearwater, Florida. There are 22 church of Scientology facilities in the downtown area. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e5: Golden Era
After waging a war against the IRS for 26 years, in 1993, the Church of Scientology was recognised as a religion and granted tax-exempt status. By this time, the Church owed the IRS more than $1 billion in taxes. ibid.
‘Knowledge reports are the epitome of a snitching culture.’ ibid.
Leah and Mike have travelled to Denver to meet former Church of Scientology executives Marc and Clair Headley. Their journey has been noticed. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e6: Auditing
I didn’t want to find out that what I had done my whole life was a lie. ibid. Leah
Marc earned a total of $25,000 during the 15 years he worked for the Sea Org. ibid. caption
‘It is a mortal sin to get pregnant in the Sea Org organisation.’ ibid. Mike
Scientology’s method of treating a psychotic episode wherein the subject is isolated then put through rigorous auditing. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e7: Enemies of the Church, caption
‘It started eating into your head.’ ibid. John Sweeney
‘Those who oppose us have crimes to hide.’ ibid. Hubbard
I don’t know another religion that use their celebrities as much as Scientology does. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e8: Ask Me Anything, Leah
Hubbard appealed to the middle class of America. ibid. Mike Rinder
Policy are the words written down by L Ron Hubbard but more importantly all of Ron L Hubbard’s policies are to be followed exactly … pages and pages of policies. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s1e9: Merchants of Fear
‘Go all the way in and obliterate him.’ ibid. Hubbard
The Guardian’s office … investigating people who are attacking Scientology. ibid.
Mary Sue Hubbard was convicted and served one year in prison. She died in 2002. ibid.
Do You Want to Buy a Bridge? ibid. article Mark Ebner February 1996 Spy Magazine
Dead Agent: A policy by L Ron Hubbard directing Scientologists to discredit critics, rendering them ‘dead’ as sources of information. ibid. caption
‘When we investigate we do so noisily always.’ ibid. L Ron Hubbard
A prison of belief. ibid. Leah
Police storm Scientology headquarters seize records. ibid. The Toronto Star 4th March 1983
Any law which applies to the behaviour of men and women applies to children. Scientology and the Aftermath Leah Remini s2e1: Thetans in Young Bodies, Child Dianetics
Many of us were neglected and even abused. ibid. Saina