Surviving Scientology Episode 27 with Mike Rinder

Mike Rinder looks back on the Church of Scientology in 2014 and looks ahead to 2015. Topics includes the Church’s serious legal problems in France and with Narconon.
For example using Super Bowl for a PR image but in Reality, using freebies on Craig’s list for solicitation into the Cult.
In this interview, Jeffrey Augustine mentions that Narconon brings in about $100,0000,000 per year for the Church of Scientology. The IRS 990’s showing ~$63,000,000 in Narconon gross receipts are posted here at the Scientology Money Project.

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Surviving Scientology Episode 25 with Mike Rinder

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Mike Rinder discusses current affairs, including the incident in which Marty Rathbun was accosted by senior Church of Scientology officials at LAX. Also discussed: The consolidation of LA Org, the decline of activity at Flag, and the Ideal Orgs. Taken altogether, the indicators show a Church in crisis under the management of David Miscavige.

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Surviving Scientology Episode 24 with Claire Headley

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Escape from a Cult is never easy.
In the Cult of Scientology, it has been a practice of tracking down the escapee like a hounded animal and bringing them back to the campus. This is founded on fear of what the escapee will reveal of what goes in behind the guard gates and their intense “Security” .

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BBC Radio interviews Karen de la Carriere

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Church of Scientology Public Relations lies again.
Lies to the BBC that Hubbard never implemented punishments that were “too Gruesome”
HCO Policy Letter of 5 January 1968, “Overfilled In-Basket, Bad News.” Hubbard said

“MAKE THE PENALTIES FOR NON COMPLIANCE AND FALSE REPORTS TOO GRUESOME TO BE FACED AND ENFORCE THEM.”

In the same issue, Hubbard also said, “It takes far more ethics and far steeper, enforced penalties to make an organization work than Scientologists have been using.”

Please listen to the last few minutes as the Church spouts their lies about un-precedented expansion ! Laughter !

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Surviving Scientology Episode 21 with Mark Fisher

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Public money is used for espionage and blackmail.
Tax exempt money used for *Religious infilatration*
Ecclesiastical !
Mark Fisher was a very high-ranking Sea Org member who served as David Miscavige’s personal assistant. Mark had significant insider details. When Mark left the Church in 1990 he went into business in Las Vegas with other former high-ranking Sea Org members including former CMO and even a CST Trustee. As a result, David Miscavige had the “Las Vegas Group” spied on for years by Scientology PI David Lebow and later by Ferris Khan. Mark relates details in this video.
Note the language of David Miscavige.

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