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THE FABLE -- HOLLYWOOD, SATANISM, SCIENTOLOGY & SUICIDE |
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APPENDIX 3: SUICIDE INFORMATION (This appendix was copied separately from the Internet and added to the story.) (Note: corrections and updates to 1 one are made in part 2.) HOW COULD REPORTS OF SCIENTOLOGY SUICIDE AND PSYCHOSIS PROBLEMS BE FACTUAL AND HIDDEN SO LONG? Scientology's security isolation and "policy" denial of negative information is how it works. Scientology members are forbidden to talk to each other about anything negative that happens to them while undergoing Scientology initiation techniques. The only Scientology staff with whom they are allowed to discuss the negative effects of Scientology are forbidden themselves to disclose the true nature, severity, or number of these negative experiences to anyone but one or two other individuals whose primary job is to prevent this type of information from getting out to the public. Members are deceived into thinking and rationalizing that any such reports they might accidentally hear are caused by something wrong with that individual (but not with Scientology) or that the path through the secret initiation levels is a narrow and perilous "wall of fire" and casualties are normal and to be expected. Members have no idea they are being used as guinea pigs for dangerous psychological control experiments, and have no idea that many people before them may have suffered dire harm because of these techniques. The reports listed in this questionnaire were not written by F.A.C.T.net . They were either sent to us or found by F.A.C.T.net personnel in already public materials. F.A.C.T.net has compiled editorial summaries of the material to represent what has been reported thus far about certain dangers of Scientology and to encourage those with additional or better information to share what they know. We do not have the resources to investigate each report that we receive. We can only list the reported allegations as a starting point for other investigators. As you may realize, it is not easy to gather information on this subject. Incomplete reports may serve as reminders to others and result in more complete information. We must use the incomplete reports as a starting point. We apologize for any errors. The sheer volume of information and the fear surrounding Scientology make some errors inevitable. We do not intend any discourtesy to the victims of Scientology, and we want to correct any inaccuracies or misrepresentations in this data. Any inaccuracies will be corrected upon receipt of documentation that a report contained herein was, in fact, inaccurate. F.A.C.T.net has received a number of denials and Scientology form letters, but not one single documented report of error in these reports. To balance the subject as best we can, in this edition we are starting to report even the undocumented denials. Given both sides of an allegation, the reader must conduct his own investigations and draw his own conclusions. This questionnaire contains allegations, opinions, and beliefs which disclose events and actions that may be a serious threat to the public health and well being. This questionnaire was created to assist in collecting reports for governmental investigations of Scientology. I. ALLEGED SUICIDES WHILE RECEIVING SCIENTOLOGY SERVICES 1. Quentin Hubbard died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 1977, from a hose hooked to the tailpipe of his car. Quentin was L. Ron Hubbard's second son, OT7, and a Class 12 auditor. 2. Flo Barnett a.k.a. Miller died from several gunshot wounds. She was David Miscavige's mother-in-law. Just before her death she was reported to have had an argument with David Miscavige and threatened to go public and sue Scientology. 3. Noah Lottick jumped to his death in New York, May 11, 1990, one block from the 46th St. Scientology org. 4. Rodney Ramando jumped to his death at the L.A. org in 1986. 5. James Stewart jumped to his death in Edinburgh Scotland. He was on OT3, a class 7 auditor, and the Executive Director of the Durban Org. 6. Lila Leighton Brown jumped to her death in San Francisco while a public PC in 1978. 7. An individual (name unknown) jumped to his death from the Hanover bank building in New York City circa 1981-3. 8. An older woman from Switzerland jumped to her death off the pier in Clearwater while on the OT levels. Immediately after her suicide the GO sent a bunch of people to the RPF. 9. John Colletto, SO staff, became psychotic and suicidal while on OT3. Very shortly afterward he shot his wife, Diane Colletto, to death. This occurred in 1979 in front of ASHO in LA. Shortly afterward he killed himself. The GO made great efforts to keep the whole event silent. 10. Bob Schafner was on OT3 and having problems. He rode a bike under a truck, dying instantly, in 1987 or 1988. 11. In 1975 a man in LA shot himself to death with a rifle while on OT3. 12. Gene Trout, OT7, L10, 11, 12. 13. Jim Hester, Miami, Florida. 14. Jane Winkler, OT7. 15. Martina Douglas committed suicide at East Grinstead, England. 16. David Baker, OT3, Tech Sec at East Grinstead, 1984. 17. Lee Johnstone, GO staff, was "baby watched" before he committed suicide at East Grinstead in 1985. 18. Rita Smith, at East Grinstead, 1987. 19. Steven Craine, at East Grinstead. 20. Susan Meister shot herself to death aboard the Apollo in 1971 after an intense argument with Hubbard. 21. David Sandweiss was murdered after refusing to commit suicide. Guardian's Office Agent David Sandweiss was ordered to kill himself using Process R2-45 (a bullet to the head) after he had broken into a psychiatrist’s office in the Las Vegas area and was caught in 1977. When he refused to commit suicide, he was murdered by two Guardian’s Office agents who forced him to take a gun to his own head. David’s wife Lisa Sandweiss, the sister of Lavenda Van Schaick, witnessed this murder as she was hiding in the bushes in the front of their Las Vegas home. On May 27, 1996, Lavenda Van Schaick spoke out about this murder and asked to add some additional data to the Internet. She disclosed that in 1977, when she was on post as Ethics Officer at the Las Vegas Org, David Sandweiss told her in an ethics cycle (not only as her brother-in-law) that he had been the lover of Quentin Hubbard, who was L. Ron Hubbard's gay son. Lavenda believes that L. Ron Hubbard murdered his son Quentin, bypassing his wife Mary Sue Hubbard, who at the time was the head of the Guardian's Office. Lavenda claims that L. Ron Hubbard murdered Quentin because of his homosexuality. This theory explains why Mary Sue and L. Ron Hubbard were estranged for the last eight years of Hubbard's life. After David Sandweiss confided in Lavenda that he had been Quentin's lover, Lavenda refused to give the Guardian's Office David's name. Several days later, Lavenda was brutally raped by two Guardian's Office agents named Artie Maren and Bob Harvey at the Las Vegas home of Guardian's Office agents Chuck and Mattie Reese. Lavenda's six year old daughter Sabrina was kidnapped and held by the Guardian's Office for three days. Lavenda herself was driven in a white Volkwagen van to an undisclosed location and brutally raped, beaten, kicked in the uterus, urinated upon, was drugged with sodium pentothal and rendered unconscious. Lavenda believes the purpose of the rape and beatings was to force her to give the Guardian's Office the name of Quentin's lover. One week later David Sandweiss was visited by two Guardian's Office agents who ordered David to put a gun to his head and blow his brains out. Lisa witnessed this outside their home while she was hiding in the bushes. Lisa Sandweiss herself was the victim of a brutal rape after her son Ricky was born. David Sandweiss' death was ruled a suicide by the coroner. So was Quentin's. 22. A woman who "drowned" in a bathtub at Flag. 23. Ernie (last name unknown) was a Scientology suicide in 1978 or 1979 in LA. 24. Laura (last name unknown), girlfriend of Skip Press, committed suicide in 1986 or 1987. 25. D. Dewhurst, a public PC, committed suicide in his car behind the Vancouver, Canada Scientology mission. 26. There is a report that an individual who had just gone clear committed suicide in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 27. Quentin Schnehager, a Copenhagen staff member, hung himself just before a Sea Org mission was to arrive in his organization. 28. A London public PC threw himself in front of a train while depressed during auditing. 29. Karen Fuller died on course while on OT3. 30. Paulette Cooper's book reports a person who left a suicide note emphasizing that it had "nothing to do with Scientology." 31. Hubbard claimed that a publisher committed suicide by jumping from a window after reading Excalibur, the early version of the OT Levels. 32. A friend of Ari Salonen's committed suicide in Stockholm. 33. Michael Leube, a 10-year Scientologist and sea org member committed suicide in July, 1989. II. ALLEGED DEATHS ON SCIENTOLOGY'S "PURIFICATION RUNDOWN" 34. Phil Valinski died during auditing at La Quinta in California. Scientology withheld information from his family, according to reports. 35. John Roberts became comatose and died at East Grinstead. 36. (first name unknown) Van Sefers died at Flag or on his return to Europe. 37. A Scientologist in Washington state, name unknown. 38. A Scientologist named Christopher (last name unknown) died on this rundown. Scientology (Western Division) was reported to have quickly settled a wrongful death case with his family. An ex-GO/OSA member recently reported that he stole all the court records from Portland Oregon's 3 counties to cover up this case. 39. A woman given the protective pseudonym "Allison" by Corydon in his book tells of almost dying because of it. III. ALLEGATIONS ABOUT "END OF CYCLE AUDITING" (EOC) These need investigation and verification because of suspected coercion to induce already weakened, infirm or ill persons to buy dangerous additional "services," commit suicide, or speed their own deaths by abandoning normal medical practices for economic, convenience, or political reasons. 40. Yvonne Jentzsch. A report from a recent defector implies Yvonne actively resisted doing the EOC but was forced to do it. She reportedly was having major problems with her husband, Heber Jentzsch, and with L. Ron Hubbard. Since she was such a popular executive, the EOC may have been politically driven to stop a doubt/PR/security problem in the highest levels of the group. 41. Phoebe Mauerer. 42. Sue Todd Hunter, OT5, was audited extensively while known to have cancer. She died recently. 43. There is a lot of information in FBI records and elsewhere that Scientology operatives tried to get Paulette Cooper to commit suicide. 44. A bogged Toronto public pc became psychotic and was sent a letter implying that suicide was her best road out. IV. ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING OTHER DEATHS WHILE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SCIENTOLOGY 45. An older male sea org member died at Flag between November, 1989 and April, 1990. A former Flag sea org member overheard a GO/OSA agent talking about keeping the death quiet. 46. Michael Bonnin died during auditing on the upper levels. 47. Maria Echevarria's son died at Clearwater Florida. 48. David Orin Cloud died in a 1983 car accident after being depressed and receiving Scientology services secretly. 49. A real estate broker died mysteriously in the Clearwater Florida area. Prior to his death, this individual had an argument with David Miscavige over some property Miscavige wanted to buy from him. He was not a member. 50. Doreen Gaul and James Sharp were teenage Scientologists murdered in LA. John McMasters, the first Clear, disassociated from Scientology in part because of these deaths. He felt that the vindictiveness of Scientology's actions were somehow connected to the deaths. 51. John Kennedy died in 1966, in Rhodesia, allegedly while cleaning his gun. He was a Scientologist who had strong conflicts with the local group and had left Scientology to set up his own mental health institute. 52. The Seattle Times reports that William J. Fisk was murdered by Russell Johnson at the Seattle org during class. The story says it was because Fisk was having intercourse with Johnson's wife. Johnson's wife was a Scientologist and Russell was not. Fisk had bragged of being able to control Johnson's wife. 53. The Franchise holder from Stuttgart Germany was summoned under duress to Flag and then died in a salvage operation while in Florida. 54. An individual named Brown was killed. Steve Fishman connected him to a Scientology project called GOLDCORE. 55. Jim (last name unknown) was found dead in Queens, N.Y. while on an ethics handling. 56. John Peterson, formerly one of Scientology's leading attorneys. 57. Although he did not die, Terry N. Prueher was told Scientology had a contract on him and was later involved in an shooting where a bullet grazed his forehead. 58. Although the targeted individual did not die, in 1988, Milan Nekuda, who has some association with Scientology, tried to kill a woman. 59. An army officer watching a demonstration of how to use an E-meter to find subversives committed suicide shortly after the demonstration. 60. Ezio Confleti, a Toronto public pc, in 1991, possibly was drugged to induce a heart attack. He did not die. V. ALLEGATIONS OF ATTEMPTS BY SCIENTOLOGY TO GET MEMBERS TO COMMIT SUICIDE. 61. Steve Fishman, a former GO/OSA operative, reports that after he was caught by the government in 1986, he was ordered to commit suicide to save Scientology from being exposed for crimes he had committed on their behalf. 62. John Breedlove was at Scientology's Flag land base in the 1970's. He told his mother he was told by Scientology to commit suicide and that Scientology could get anyone to commit suicide if they wanted. He did commit suicide after he left Scientology. 63. One of Hubbard's first wives, Sara Northrup Hubbard, appears to have been coerced by Hubbard to try to commit suicide to protect his reputation. 64. Did the same thing happen to L. Ron Hubbard Jr. after he left Scientology? 65. Jaime Lee Nureyev, the ex-wife of Steven Fishman, was run over and killed by Marc Aronow, driving a Green Jeep, on December 29, 1993 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, one week after she agreed to testify on Steve Fishman's behalf in the Fishman / Geertz case in Los Angeles. Miami Scientologist Ivan Durekovich boasted on the Internet in January of 1996 that he had met with Jaime Lee Nureyev before she was murdered, yet refused to elaborate when asked to disclose the reason for the meeting. VI. ALLEGATIONS OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDES WHILE RECEIVING SCIENTOLOGY SERVICES 66. Mary Sue Hubbard, L Ron Hubbard's wife, 1954, 1980-1981. 67. L. Ron Hubbard threatened to commit suicide if one of his girlfriends didn't marry him. Later during his auditing on various levels he went through suicidal periods. 68. Quentin Hubbard attempted suicide before he actually killed himself. One such attempt was a drug overdose. 69. Peter Lewis, ED of the LA Org, was locked up by Scientology for days after his suicide attempt. 70. Manfred Eichorn attempted suicide at East Grinstead in 1991, then was "baby watched." 71. Lawrence Wollersheim attempted suicide immediately after receiving L-12 and other upper level auditing. 72. Margery Wakefield. 73. Robert Hart, 1971. 74. Ari Salonen, 1982, Finland. 75. Sandy Fuller. 76. (first name unknown) Anderson. 77. Hana Eltringham, now Hana Whitfield. 78. Paulette Cooper's book mentions an individual who became psychotic and suicidal on OT3 and committed himself to avoid suicide. 79. Robert Kaufman (from Paulette Cooper's book). 80. Monica Pignotti, who was Quentin Hubbard's auditor when they were both in the RPF (Rehabilitation Project Force). Quentin was L. Ron Hubbard's homosexual son. He told Monica Pignotti that he was not gay, although David Sandweiss, Quentin's lover, admitted to his sister-in-law and Ethics Officer Lavenda Van Schaick that he was having an affair with Quentin. Monica Pignotti has stated that Quentin intended to leave Scientology and go off on his own. Both the deaths of Quentin and Sandweiss were officially reported as suicides. 81. Mario (last name unknown). 82. Cooper's book mentions another individual who threatened suicide but didn't because he was afraid it would invalidate Scientology. 83. In 1992 a Toronto male public pc jumped off the Bloor/Dansforth viaduct. VII. ALLEGATIIONS OF THREATENED SUICIDES WHILE RECEIVING SCN SERVICES 84. Diana Hubbard, L Ron Hubbard's daughter, OT7, around 1980. 85. Hedi Delgro, at East Grinstead, probably September 1992. An isolation order was written on her after she became psychotic and threatened or attempted suicide. VIII. ALLEGATIONS OF PERSONS BECOMING PSYCHOTIC WHILE RECEIVING SCIENTOLOGY SERVICES 86. Two Swedish public PC's, one from Stockholm and one from Malmo, became psychotic after Flag security checking. 87. Bruce Welch was locked up on the Apollo for weeks after he became psychotic. 88. Carl Barney was locked up aboard the Apollo after he became psychotic. 89. Marianne Coenan was locked up in Pomona in 1991. 90. Sam Binion or Benion became psychotic while on OT3. It is reported that Heber Jentzsch was involved in physically restraining him and ripping off his clear bracelet so he wouldn't give Scientology a bad name. 91. An individual named Robertson shot DMSO into himself while psychotic. 92. According to an ex-Sea org member, it was a common occurrence both on the Apollo and in Clearwater to have staff and RPFer's who became psychotic locked in the bathroom. 93. Charles Manson had 150 hours of auditing. The GO hid this information but it showed up in documents seized by the FBI. 94. Ann Rosenblum's affidavit tells about GO/OSA members bragging about driving 2 defectors/critics into a mental institution with nervous breakdowns. 95. Dave Voorhies, in Seattle, Washington, became psychotic on OT3 and was given Thorazine which the Scientologists told him was vitamin B. 96. Hana Eltringham, now Hana Whitfield. 97. Bill Howie, on OT3. He was a high level, long term Sea org executive. His wife was the deputy CO of Celebrity center. 98. Willie B. Wilson, on OT 3 in the late 70's or early 80's. He was a wealthy Texas oil man. 99. A Beverly Hills pediatrician who joined the Sea Org and then became psychotic. 100. Travis Harris became psychotic while auditing on the Apollo in 1974. 101. L. Ron Hubbard became psychotic while auditing on OT3, and had many other psychotic episodes according to defector affidavits. 102. Steve Fishman. (See Lonesome Squirrel: on the Internet at this URL 103. Ann Rosenblum became psychotic while on the RPF. 104. An affidavit from a former high ranking auditor states that if staff members became psychotic on the OT levels they were sent to the RPF. This may indicate an attempt to cover up Scientology-induced psychotic episodes within the organization. 105. Roxanne Friend was told she wasn't ill and needed more auditing when she had cancer. In 1990 she refused auditing, was declared psychotic, and kidnapped to Flag. IX. ALLEGED "REVERSE AUDITING" TO DELIBERATELY INDUCE PSYCHOSIS IN "SECURITY RISK" PERSONS. 106. A former NOTs C/S reports that he knows of individuals who were ordered by the GO/OSA to reverse audit security risks. 107. Reverse auditing was done on Arthur Running Bear. He did become psychotic from the auditing. X. ALLEGED INTENTIONAL NEGLIGENCE CAUSING DEATH OF MEMBERS There are reports that Scientology is letting staff members with cancer or other serious and expensive illness go without treatment. They work them until they drop, and by then the cancer or other illness has progressed too far. Please contact F.A.C.T.net if you have any knowledge of this subject. There may be people in this position now who still could be helped. 108. Ed Brewer, an LA sea org member was left to bleed to death trapped in a car. He was left without medical attention and without calling for help while other staff members who were with him went back to the Guardian's Office to get instructions on what to do so the accident would not create a PR flap. 109. Sally Esterman Chaleff, a 20 year Sea Org member, died a painful and slow death of treatable and operable cervical cancer. She was denied almost all care that could have saved or extended her life. 110. A child was run over at the Scientology nursery in Clearwater. This may be a covered up negligence situation. XI. ALLEGED DEATHS, BREAKDOWNS OR SUICIDES OF FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF CURRENT OR EX- SCIENTOLOGISTS 111. Arlene S. Heller describes the stress Scientology put her family through, which caused a mental breakdown and suicide attempt in September of 1981. Her daughter was a member. 112. Lawrence Wollersheim believes that Scientology harassment was a major factor in his father's heart attack. WHAT TO DO If you have any information about these or similar cases, write a report or affidavit -- anonymous if you must. Please be specific with as much relevant detail as possible. Please specify: Scientology services the person was taking, i.e., purification rundown, introspection RD, OT levels, false purpose RD, RPF, etc.. Who were the people delivering the service? Dates and location. If the individual was a staff member, what post(s) did he or she hold? What were the individual's actual reactions, emotional state, and unguarded comments about what was being done to them by Scientology? Names and addresses of family and friends who the individual may have confided in. How can we obtain further information? We are also interested if you have any knowledge about: celebrities who have had similar experiences, persons involved in destroying records, anyone receiving Scientology services who was "baby watched" or subject to isolation orders or hospitalized, and the whereabouts of the individuals or families of GO/OSA agents Leonard Leibowitz (US), or Clarice Guidice (Italian), or Jay Grossfeld. How might we contact recent defectors from any Scientology organization or their families, particularly Pat and Annie Broeker and Terry Gamboa? How might we locate or contact the parents or non-Scientology families of the senior Scn executives? Do you have information about other people or circumstances relevant to any of the sections of this questionnaire such as names of former GO/OSA auditors, staff C/S's or medical officers who would have had access to this type of information before it may have been removed or destroyed? What recollection or materials do you have of any Scientology materials or internal reports (micro film computer reports etc.) which mention: dangers of inducing psychosis or suicidal impulses, actual attempted suicides or psychotic episodes, the experimental or dangerous nature of Scientology techniques, or putting the children of staff members at risk because of inadequate care. WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH THIS INFORMATION The information will be used to assemble comprehensive summary reports that may eventually go to government or private agencies responsible for protecting the public safety and mental health, and agencies that protect the public from criminal activities in all countries where Scientology operates. The information you provide also may be used to assist ongoing civil or criminal litigation on wrongful death or other charges. It may also be used to assist investigative media reporters seeking to call the public's attention to these matters. If you wish to restrict the use of the information you submit to us, specify the restrictions in your report. F.A.C.T.net , Inc. (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network) is a nonaligned, nonprofit, research and educational public service consisting of an electronic lending library, electronic mail service, and electronic news transfer service. F.A.C.T.net specializes in informing the public about human rights abuses caused by coercive psychological systems much the same way that Amnesty International informs the public about human rights abuse caused by physical coercion. F.A.C.T.net's specific and only goal is to help protect freedom of thought, choice, and speech from advances in coercive psychological tactics and systems. For more information, or to request an application for a library cardholder's agreement, write to F.A.C.T.net, Inc., 601 16th St. #C-217, Golden, CO 80403, USA 303 650-3650 PART TWO: CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO "DEATH, PSYCHOSIS, AND SCIENTOLOGY" (third edition, January 1, 1995) Introduction The reports continue to come in to F.A.C.T.net. The reports listed in this questionnaire were not written by F.A.C.T.net . They were either sent to us or found by F.A.C.T.net personnel in already public materials. F.A.C.T.net has compiled editorial summaries of the material to represent what has been reported thus far about certain dangers of Scientology and to encourage those with additional or better information to share what they know. We do not have the resources to investigate each report that we receive. We can only list the reported allegations as a starting point for other investigators. This is a questionnaire with only one question: "What do you know about _____?" The collective experience of those who were there, when brought together and shared, will help end the abuse. As you may realize, it is not easy to gather information on this subject. Incomplete reports may serve as reminders to others and result in more complete information. We must use the incomplete reports as a starting point. We apologize for any errors. The sheer volume of information and the fear surrounding Scientology make some errors inevitable. We do not intend any discourtesy to the victims of Scientology and we want to correct any inaccuracies or misrepresentations in this data. Any inaccuracies will be corrected upon receipt of documentation that a report contained herein was, in fact, inaccurate. F.A.C.T.net has received a number of denials and Scientology form letters, but not one single documented report of error in these reports. To balance the subject as best we can, in this edition we are starting to report even the undocumented denials. Given both sides of an allegation, the reader must conduct his own investigations and draw his own conclusions. Additional requests for correction will be posted on the F.A.C.T.net computer bulletin board. We believe the subject matter of this and previous questionnaires to be a widespread problem which affects both individuals and the public interest, and we continue to ask for your help. Organization of this material This is a cumulative questionnaire. It contains all names that have been reported to us since we started this project, including corrections and denials. Please notify us if any material you have submitted is not reflected here. There are three "keys": DATE, NAME, and SUBJECT. It is not possible to list the material in three different sequences simultaneously. Our compromise is as follows. All three keys are listed on the first line of each entry in this format: DATE NAME SUBJECT Entries for which we have dates are in date order from recent to old. Entries with no date are in alphabetical order by last name. Items with related subject matter can be located by text search on the "subject," which corresponds to our best guess of the report's topic such as suicide, attempted suicide, etc. There is a category "cancer" (because there were so many) which most often refers to lack of treatment, hence a form of negligence. "Negligence" is another category to which "cancer" might be considered a subset. The SUBJECT listed for each entry is for categorization purposes only. It is a short summary or best guess of the allegations made in the report. No representation is made that the SUBJECT keyword is a complete or accurate description of the facts of the case. Those entries containing (xxxx) represent requests from the sources to remain anonymous or confidential. The list is in four parts. Part One is in DATE ORDER. Part Two is in ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Part Three is miscellaneous and combined lists. Part Four contains entries which have no name or date. Corrections to entries in earlier editions are incorporated into the text. When the same case was reported by multiple informants, separate entries were made for each significant report. When multiple cases were reported by one informant, separate entries were made for each case. Multiple reports of the same case are indented and numbered. Denials and demands for retraction are handled as additional reports, including documentation of facts if any such exists. This questionnaire contains allegations, opinions, and beliefs which disclose events and actions that may be a serious threat to the public health and well being. This questionnaire was created to assist in collecting reports for governmental investigations of Scientology. PART ONE: LISTINGS IN RECENT-TO-OLDER DATE ORDER 1994 Gunnarsson, Victor death Victor Gunnarsson died somewhere between the 3 and 7 of January of 1994. Victor was the individual acquitted in the assassination in Sweden of Olav Palme, the high ranking Swedish politician. They are tracking Gunnarsson's connection to Scientology. Detectives found a number of Scientology books at his place of residence. A reporter mentioned something about a $2 million offer to assassinate Palme being found or implied somewhere in his records.
1994 Strawn, Dana child abuse I found out that my husband slept with my 13 year old daughter, had performed oral sex on my 11 year old, and perhaps I will never know if he touched our 4 year old... ...I was told by a person at OSA Int that even if my husband was declared, I would be declared if I turned him in. I was also told by this person that if I turned him in, that my children would be taken away from me by the "welfare department" down here... 1994 Jean-Luc Barbier (Swiss) medical neglect After my purification program I became very sick with my throat and the C/S gave me a lot of assists without results... In fact now I cannot continue to play the saxophone and the flute and I have a chronic inflammation because I had receive no adequate medical assistance. ...More, when I was at Flag for OT 1 to OT 7 (February to June 1989) I had received, during my OT7 course, a no-enturbulation order for enforce me to become a WISE member because one of my employee was also staff scientologist... 1994 xxxxx medical neglect Despite [my sister's] diagnosis of bi-polar disorder she never expressed suicidal ideations. But grave harm could have befallen her if, in her acutely psychotic state, my brother and sister-in-law had managed, as planned, to ship her out of state... As Scientologists, they were totally against psychiatric intervention... [They] arranged for her discharge against medical advice and without psychotropic medications. When we returned she had "gone underground" and they would not reveal her whereabouts... Shortly after this incident he and his wife and their two kids went to Georgia... leaving [my sister] alone in their house. While alone, her psychosis gained momentum and in the grip of visual and auditory hallucinations she began calling us for help. We responded, she ended up in the psych unit again and a couple of days later my brother and sister-in-law stormed into our house demanding to know what had taken place... A few days later my mother and I received letters of disconnection, couched in the terminology of the church and we have not seen them since. If they had been successful in their attempts to ship her to Richmond anything could have happened to her. She no longer had a support network there, had a few hundred dollars and was totally unemployable. At best she would have ended up in a psych unit, at worst she could have been robbed, raped or killed... 1994 Weber, Michael stress I have regretted selling my business to this day. Most of the money went to Flag... I still dream consistently about Scientology, sometimes every night, and I have been out of the group for nine years. 1993 Argue, Michael psychosis In 1993, Michael Argue had two psychotic breaks. He became involved in Scientology in 1971. His first break was in the 1980s while doing OT levels at the LA Organization. He is living on Family Benefits (disability pension) for chronic depression. He is on Prozac for depression and Valium and states that he looks forward to bodily death to escape his situation in life. 1993 Kapuler, Cheryl OT levels Cheryl Kapuler completed OT8, came back, and almost lost her house. Then she broke her ankle one week later. Last year her husband Allan died (1993) of cancer. 1993 Mercer, Stephen psychosis Mercer, 33, was killed in a gunfight that began when deputies tried to serve a court order for mental evaluation. Mercer's father, a 57 year old former Republican state lawmaker and 1986 gubernatorial candidate, was also killed in the shootout. Phone messages left by Mercer make repeated mentions of a name that sounds like "Elron"-- a possible reference to L. Ron Hubbard. [The photocopy of a newspaper article from which this data was taken contains no date, no dateline, no location, no name of newspaper, or anything else that would identify the source.] 1993, September Bonora, Frank suicidal (Origin 1987) Feeling despondent, I had thought of suicide as I returned to my apartment that night. Instead, I decided to just leave the group, never to return... For one week in September of 1993, I was hospitalized for depression.. I experience recurring and intrusive recollections of the events that occurred while in Scientology. These thoughts often keep me awake at night and, therefore, I suffer from insomnia. I feel foolish that I fell into this trap and responded to Scientology manipulation. In contrast to my friends who have families, homes and careers, I believe that the new attitudes and resulting actions that were induced by the techniques used by Scientology caused me to lose my family, employment, opportunities, and emotional harm. 1992-3 Toddhunter, Susan cancer Sue Todhunter was about 46. It happened around 1992-93. Her brother-in-law, George Ward, is now out of Scientology and lives in LA. (suspected "end-of-cycle" auditing) Sue Toddhunter, OT5, was audited extensively while known to have cancer. She died recently. Her brother, Ralph, was in the ASHO Sea Org. I think he's still in Scientology. I do not agree that "end-of-cycle" auditing was involved. 1992-3 Solari, Cam OT levels cancer Cam Solari, a Class VI auditor, died of breast cancer while on OT VII. 1992 Luell, Mickey negligence Mickey Luell, a Scientology course supervisor, died of a flu but was at the time involved in Scientology auditing and processes. F.A.C.T.net's source is suspicious that Scientology prevented or discouraged his getting proper medication. 1992, October Baker, (first name unknown) suicide A person with the last name of Baker committed suicide somewhere in Europe. 1992, September Delgro, Hedi Threatened suicide Hedi Delgro, at East Grinstead, probably September 1992. An isolation order was written on her after she became psychotic and threatened or attempted suicide. 1992 name unknown attempted suicide F.A.C.T.net's source described a young guy who tried to commit suicide in early 1992 at the Gold Scientology Center. He was in his teens to early 20s. He was a junior of a guy named Elf who was a foreigner, maybe from Sweden. This guy was in the mixing group with the sound people. He had brown hair, pudgy and boyish looking, obviously young. Something happened to cause him to attempt suicide at the Gold Center. 1992 name unknown suicide In 1992 a Toronto male public pc jumped off the Bloor/Dansforth viaduct. 1991 Echevarria, (first name unknown) suspected suicide (Reported in "Scientology Faces Two New Suits" in CAN newsletter) Maria Echevarria's son died unexpectedly in Clearwater, Florida. Scientology owed her son some $50,000. There is suspicion that the son may have committed suicide, and the death was not just accidental 1991, May Simon, Karen suicide Karen Simon died by hanging herself in London England in May 1991, shortly after she refused to sign a Sea Organization contract. She was preparing a negative report on Scientology at the time of her death. 1991 Coenan, Marianne psychosis Marianne Coenan was locked up in Pomona in 1991. 1991 Eichorn, Manfred attempted suicide Manfred Eichorn attempted suicide at East Grinstead in 1991, then was "baby watched." 1991 Confleti, Ezio possible attempted murder Ezio Confleti, a Toronto public pc, in 1991, possibly was drugged to induce a heart attack. He did not die. 1990-2 name unknown attempted suicide or death A young guy at the Gold Land base died while taking high doses of hydrogen peroxide as part of some brain research project. They had to get an ambulance out to the Scientology Gold Center to haul him away. There was quite a commotion to get his body out of there. An attempted suicide at Gold center. A young male drank hydrogen peroxide and an emergency crew had to pick him up. 1990, September names unknown suicide Reported by the October 21, 1991 "DER SPIEGEL" and reprinted in the Newkirk Herald Journal. The last two paragraphs report a drug therapist who knew of two addicts who committed suicide after leaving Narconon, where the purification rundown was done. They committed suicide just after they left the program. 1990, September Keel, Pius suicide Reported in October 21, 1991 DER SPIEGEL Pius Keel, 22, Germany, threw himself under a train after Scientology got all his money. 1990’s Petschek, Claudia suicide A women named Claudia Petschek committed suicide. She was a mission staff member, and she committed suicide in Canada within the last 4 years. She was still active in Scientology. 1990 (last name unknown), Bob suicide Bob was a real estate agent who lived around the Utica, Michigan area. He committed suicide in 1990 while receiving Scientology services. 1990 Friend, Roxanne cancer Roxanne Friend was told she wasn't ill and needed more auditing when she had cancer. In 1990 she refused auditing, was declared psychotic, and kidnapped to Flag. 1990 Lottick, Noah suicide Noah Lottick jumped to his death in New York, May 11, 1990, one block from the 46th Street Scientology Org . 1990 Mooney, Ed negligence Ed Mooney, Class 8 and OT8, died at age 37 of aneurysm about 3 weeks after completing OT8 at Flag in the fall of 1990. He was a former mission holder and very good FSM in LA. Scientology friends and family postulated he'd get better. He was in a hospital - but not a really good one. His wife, Patty Mooney, remarried about 6 months later in LA. 1989 Wakefield, Margery attempted suicide 9 April 1989, Margery had started in treatment with a counselor at Northside Center, and was being seen by Dr. Dagon for medication. However, her functioning on the unit continued to deteriorate to the point that her relationships with her peers disintegrated and at one point she became totally unable to work on the unit and left work early. On this occasion, she apparently made a suicide gesture and was subsequently hospitalized. Her suicide attempts are directly related to past Scientology auditing. 1989 xxxxx sleeping disorder In 1989 I was diagnosed with a sleeping disorder called Fibrositis, but now in 1994 the same set of symptoms is labeled a rheumatoid disorder, Fibromyalgia. I have suffered the symptoms of this disorder for many years and had a major attack after I left the Church of Scientology. The whole affair of the RPF, the stillbirth, and then the harassment that occurred afterwards took its toll. I have had repetitive nightmares which have as their main theme trying to escape and not being able to. I believe the nightmares could have contributed to the general sleeping disorder which I still have and which I am currently under a doctor's care for... When I had symptoms of this nature when I was in the Sea Org of course the symptoms proved I was PTS. I do remember at one point I was labeled Type Two PTS, and I was never sent to a medical doctor for an evaluation. Had I known about this disorder earlier I may have been able to develop better strategies for dealing with it, but the Church of Scientology doesn't recognize stress related disorders as being a medical problem, but rather an ethical one, which in turn created even more stress... 1989 Leube, Michael suicide Michael Leube, a 10-year Scientologist and sea org member committed suicide in July, 1989. 1989 or 90 name unknown cover-up of death An older male sea org member died at Flag between November, 1989 and April, 1990. A former Flag sea org member overheard a GO/OSA agent talking about keeping the death quiet. late 1980's Jane Winkler suicides? No location reported. OT7. 1975 Pagliaro, Louie murdered after threatening to expose the OT Levels Louie Pagliaro was a public person taking courses at the Las Vegas Org in 1974. He was a casino pit boss and a professional photographer. He completed his grades and then went on to AOLA (The Advanced Organization of Los Angeles) to take OT I, OT II and OTIII. In 1975 he returned to Las Vegas and, thinking he was "OT", lost a lot of his money gambling. Angry at Scientology, he came screaming into the Org, and he demanded a refund for all of the money he had paid, over $100,000, from Eddie Walters, his Case Supervisor at the Las Vegas Org. He threatened Eddie Walters that if he did not get a refund he was going to expose the OT Levels. The next day his body was found cut up into little pieces inside his living room. According to his live-in girlfriend Lisa Gibson, all of his folders were pulled from the Org by the Guardian's Office and during the police investigation Eddie Walters lied to the police and pretended that Louie Pagliaro had never taken any courses at the Las Vegas Org. His death is an unsolved murder and can be found on the books of the Las Vegas Police Department for the year 1975. Lisa Gibson thereafter married David Sandweiss, who was also murdered two years later. Information about his murder follows, 1977 Sandweiss, David murdered after refusing to commit suicide A G.O. Agent named David Sandweiss was ordered to kill himself using Process R2-45 (a bullet to the head) after he had broken into a psychiatrist’s office in the Las Vegas area and was caught in 1977. When he refused to commit suicide, he was murdered by two Guardian’s Office agents who forced him to take a gun to his own head. David’s wife Lisa Gibson Sandweiss, the sister of Lavenda Van Schaick, witnessed this murder as she was hiding in the bushes in the front of their Las Vegas home. On May 27, 1996, Lavenda Van Schaick spoke out about this murder and asked to add some additional data to the Internet. She disclosed that in 1977, when she was on post as Ethics Officer at the Las Vegas Org, David Sandweiss told her in an ethics cycle (not only as her brother-in-law) that he had been the lover of Quentin Hubbard, who was L. Ron Hubbard's gay son. Lavenda believes that L. Ron Hubbard murdered his son Quentin, bypassing his wife Mary Sue Hubbard, who at the time was the head of the Guardian's Office. Lavenda claims that L. Ron Hubbard murdered Quentin because of his homosexuality. This theory explains why Mary Sue and L. Ron Hubbard were estranged for the last eight years of Hubbard's life. After David Sandweiss confided in Lavenda that he had been Quentin's lover, Lavenda refused to give the Guardian's Office David's name. Several days later, Lavenda was brutally raped by two Guardian's Office agents named Artie Maren and Bob Harvey at the Las Vegas home of Guardian's Office agents Chuck and Mattie Reese. Lavenda's six year old daughter Sabrina was kidnapped and held by the Guardian's Office for three days. Lavenda herself was driven in a white Volkwagen van to an undisclosed location and brutally raped, beaten, kicked in the uterus, urinated upon, was drugged with sodium pentothal and rendered unconscious. Lavenda believes the purpose of the rape and beatings was to force her to give the Guardian's Office the name of Quentin's lover. One week later David Sandweiss was visited by two Guardian's Office agents who ordered David to put a gun to his head and blow his brains out. Lisa witnessed this outside their home while she was hiding in the bushes. Lisa Sandweiss herself was the victim of a brutal rape after her son Ricky was born. David Sandweiss' death was ruled a suicide by the coroner. So was Quentin's. late 1980's Trout, Gene suicide OT7, L10, 11, 12. From Chicago, originally old OT VII. A new report says this name "should probably be Gene Traudt." 1988 name unknown attempted murder Although the targeted individual did not die, in 1988, Milan Nekuda, who has some association with Scientology, tried to kill a woman. 1988 Kelly, Patrice Vic suicide "The European," August, 1990 reports on a Scientology-related suicide which occurred two years ago. "He had spent thousands of francs on self-improvement courses but had despaired when the Scientologists demanded a further Ffr35,000 ($7,000) for a special 'purification' course." 1987-88 Schafner, Bob suicide or accident Bob Schafner was on OT3 and having problems. He rode a bike under a truck, dying instantly, in 1987 or 1988. The guy that was run over by a truck while riding his bicycle, who F.A.C.T.net's contributor thought was a suicide on OT3, was Bob Schafner. I have written several letters, the latest on 13 October 1994, to Lawrence Wollersheim notifying him and your corporation that F.A.C.T.net is advertising, selling and distributing false information about my late husband, Robert Schaffner. These materials are being sent through the U.S. mails. I have recently learned that these statements are now being promoted on a vast scale through F.A.C.T.net's link into the Internet computer bulletin board system... 1987 Argue, Michael attempted suicide In 1987, Michael Argue attempted suicide after his marriage break-up. His wife was in Scientology too. 1987 Hutchinson, Carol child abuse I was having lunch in the restaurant at Flag. An adult came into the room leading a large group of children - about 15 or 20 if I recall. The children were silent, rigidly in line, very serious in demeanor. They looked tired, unkempt and sad, not at all like normal children age 6-13. They went through the cafeteria line where I was surprised to see that they were given one scoop (slightly larger than an ice cream scoop) of what looked like scrambled eggs. That was all. It was plopped on their plates very unceremoniously. They were directed by the adult with them (it seems to me that this was a very young adult, possibly an older teen) to a large table where they stood around it. They were given the direction to sit and they did so very quickly. They were given the direction to eat. They looked like starving animals as they shoveled the food into their mouths. I can't remember if they had anything to drink or not... 1987 Smith, Rita suicide at East Grinstead in 1987. 1986-7 Filisky, Betty cancer The first Solo NOTs completion (what Scientology calls honest) was Betty Filisky. She was also highly trained. She died of lung cancer around 1986 or 7. She was the ex-wife of John Filisky. John Filisky's first wife, Betty Filisky, was first Solo NOTs completion and died of lung cancer, I think right after her "world tour" as the latest great success of NOTs auditing. Her son, Rick Filisky, is still in the Sea Org. 1986 Steve Fishman inducement to suicide This former GO/OSA operative reports that after he was caught by the government in 1986, he was ordered to commit suicide to save Scientology from being exposed for crimes he had committed on their behalf. (See Lonesome Squirrel: on the Internet at this URL http://www.xs4all.nl/~fishman/ls/index.html) 1986 Martine (last name unknown) suicide A doctor of 26 years old committed suicide. She did not support the break up of the family. 1986 xxxxx inducement to suicide whilst I was discussing with two Scientology registrars ... the possibility of my getting a refund of money which I had paid to the Church of Scientology, they told me that 90% of people applying for a refund from the Church of Scientology eventually committed suicide. This (together with the fact that people who apply for refunds are ostracized and demonized as "Suppressive Persons" and "Enemies of the Church" by the Church of Scientology) had a very intimidating effect on me, and caused me to be too frightened to attempt to get a refund from the Church of Scientology until more than two years after I had left Scientology, by which time my fear of the Church had started to decrease slightly from its former fever pitch. (At first, on leaving Scientology, I felt so badly affected psychologically that I was taking Ativan tranquilizers and my brain felt like it was split into two opposing halves...) 1986 Meredith, Alan suicide 1986 in Van Nuys, CA 1986-8 Moro (Klinger), Cat psychosis Between 1986 and 1988 Cat Moro (Klinger) became psychotic while on auditing and was taken to the home of wealthy Scientologist, Marshall Goldblatt, and kept there for months while she was psychotic. Her husband, Jim Moro, and she were both in the OSA/GO. Jim was in charge for tax task force which helped get them their IRS tax exemption. Apparently, after 3 or 4 months at Goldblatt's, Cat was transferred back to where she could be watched all the time and became a folder administrator at AOLA. These incidents all occurred between 1986 and 1988. Maggie Butterworth is the person who supervised the situation with Cat Moro, the security risk who became psychotic. 1986 Rimondo, Rodney suicide Rodney Rimondo jumped to his death at the L.A. org in 1986. Rodney Rimondo jumped out a window at either the Celebrity Center or the LA Organization. Irene was the mother who allegedly got no settlement from Scientology. 1985 or 86 Hippe, Laura suicide Laura Hippe, the woman who committed suicide, was a Hollywood drama teacher who taught many Scientology actors and hopefuls. She was Skip Press' girlfriend. Apparently Skip Press, who is very good friends with Heber Jentzsch, the president of the Church of Scientology International, got together with Heber and created a shore story to cover up and to direct attention away from the bad PR of Laura Hippe's suicide. The GO/OSA went to wherever Laura Hippe had been and altered or removed all evidence that would implicate Scientology in her death, before the police arrived and did their police report. Laura Hippe taught acting in 1984-86. Laura had been to a Chaplain's Court to handle some problems between Skip and her. She came home afterwards and took an overdose of drugs. I'm sorry, but I don't remember what year this was. 1986 name unknown psychotic A young man in his 20's jumped from the Manor in Hollywood, though the report does not say that he died. He was a new recruit. There was a shore story alleging that he was a CIA operative sent to discredit Scientology by killing himself. 1985 Fields, Bud murder A Florida boat broker, Bud Fields' home was infiltrated by Bonny Mott, whose real name is Yvonne Shirley Mott. Her post was the Authorization & Verification Officer for the Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO). Bonny Mott infiltrated the Bud and Lee Fields' Longboat Key, Florida home as a governess. She was ordered by Marty Rathbun, one of the heads of the Scientology Intelligence Agency OSA, to murder Bud Fields because he wouldn't sell this boat (La Boheme) to Scientology that Miscavige wanted. After Fields was murdered, the boat was bought by Scientology within one week and was renamed the Freewinds, where New OT VIII and other upper level courses are now delivered. 1985 Johnstone, Lee suicide Lee Johnstone was baby watched. He was a member of the Guardian's Office Staff in 1985 before he flipped out and committed suicide in East Grinstead. 1984-? name unknown suicide Hawaiian mission holder was physically thrown out of his mission by three or four missionaires. Shortly thereafter he committed suicide. 1984-5 (last name unknown), Jean-Marc suicide In New York; some connection with Celebrity Center; involved with a girl who had joined the Sea Organization. He had pockets full of Scientology promo when he died. A person named Jean Marc (last name unknown) committed suicide near NY Celebrity Center in 1984- 5. He was involved with two women in the Sea Org. He was found with Scientology promo in his pocket.
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