The sh*tstorm surrounding Leah Remini's departure from the church has brought out the best in Scientology media relations. This one obviously called for the Big Guns.... The entirety of the response to stories now running in major (and minor) media around the world reporting on Miscavige abusing people, the church being engaged in "thought" reform through sec checks/Truth Rundown, breaking up families with disconnection and the disappearance of Miscavige's wife Shelly (among other things) is: "The Church respects the privacy of parishioners and has no comment about any individual Church … [Read more...]
Leah Remini Has Left The Building
See the story posted this morning on Tony Ortega’s blog Scientology Celebrity Rebellion. I have heard a lot of the same things Ortega reports. The drama surrounding Leah has been ongoing for some time, and in what has become typical Miscavige, he has now turned her into an avowed enemy of his squirreling and heavy-handed efforts to force her into line, including attempts to control her by working over her immediate family. I have known Leah for many years. She is one of the most down-to-earth, honest and truly caring celebrities I came across in Scientology. Funny, endearing and abr … [Read more...]
Scientology in the Bay Area — Boom or Bust?
Last week we showed you the "test center" for Mountain View Org with a "For Lease" sign on it and reported about the two vacant building in an industrial park that have sat idle for 5 years now. A few miles up the 101 is another "Ideal Org", San Francisco. It is one of the original 5 orgs that launched Miscavige's program a DECADE AGO (Tampa, Buffalo, Joburg, NY and SFO). But even before the Ideal Org hype came the Ideal Mission hype for the "celebrity" Mission of SOMA ("South of Market") -- more on the other "celebrity" missions in Wichita, Memphis and Santa Monica in another post. Izhar … [Read more...]
On David Miscavige’s Behavior
I wrote this for Marty's blog in January 2010. I had occasion to pull it out for someone to read and I re-read it myself. Probably many of you saw this when it was originally published, but there are new readers here and I think it worth putting out again. One thing I noted was how little I addressed the subject of identification with MEST -- [they are] close to MEST and have a very solid agreement with MEST. I have subsequently come to realize just how pervasive Miscavige's agreement with, in fact worship of, MEST is. You can also see more about David Miscavige obsessions here. Mike R … [Read more...]