by Ariane Jackson more
6 September 1996
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/e9f195fd86b30ce6
My name is Ariane Jackson and I intend to share some of the
information I have concerning the cult known as Scientology.
This information covers the experiences of myself and some of my
friends and relatives during many years. Some of this
information is supported by very complete, original
documentation.
I was involved in Scientology for 17 years and I attained the
highest available level, called "New OT8, Truth Revealed". I was
also trained as an "auditor" to "Class 6" and I have studied the
"technology" of "Class 12". I was a staff member at Flag Service
Organization, Inc. in Clearwater, Florida. My husband was
involved for 20 years, attained "Clear", was trained as an
auditor and was also on staff. My ex-husband was involved for 14
years, attained "OT7, Cause over Life", gave his fortune of
several million dollars to Scientology and died at the age of
59, within days of being audited at Flag!
In Dec, 1995 my husband and I approached the "church" of
Scientology and requested that steps be taken to repair the
damage we had experienced as a result of our involvement. We met
with a representative from Flag and specified the damage as
clearly as we could. We received three responses. One was on
Flag letterhead and was signed "Brian Anderson, Church of
Scientology, Flag Service Organization". (I wonder if this is
the same "Brian Anderson" that works for the Office of Special
Affairs). The letter stated that the way we presented our "cause" (sic)
"appears to be blackmail and an attempt to extort funds"
We also discovered another response which had been given to
the Procureur Général (Attorney General) for the state of
Geneva. This was a request by the Scientology center in Zurich
to have us investigated by the police for blackmail and
extortion. Not only have we never been in the center in Zurich,
we have never spoken to anyone there. (In this complaint they
also accused me of having lied as a court witness against the
cult and said they would file a separate suit for that. Over 8
months later there is still no suit filed!!). The Procureur
Général denied the request. The cult appealed. In the appeal the
meeting we had with the Flag representative was referred to and
the tape recording of it was transcribed. However, the date of
the meeting was falsified and created the appearance that it was
held one month earlier than it was. The appeal was denied. The
cult requested a hearing. At the hearing the Procureur Général
defended his position and indicated he knew that this was an
attempt to use the law to prevent us from requesting damages.
This appeal was also denied and the cult was ordered to pay our
costs.
We received a third response during a live TV broadcast in
Paris when I was interviewed and described some of my
experiences in the cult. The Scientology representative stated
that I had made an offer to withdraw from the show if they paid
me 17 million dollars. This I had never done. I have filed a
suit for defamation.
Some, but by no means all, of the subjects I will address are
as follows:
- The destructive effects on
myself, on my personality, on my behaviour and on my life of
receiving Scientology levels including OT8, auditor
training, "ethics", and being subjected to the level of
control exercised by Scientology staff on other staff and
public.
- The various methods used to persuade my ex-husband to
pay money. These included daylong interviews by groups of
salesmen, "investment opportunities", donations to translate
a book, donations to "protect Scientology", etc., etc. Two
of the "investment opportunities" where he loaned almost
half a million dollars in 1989 to a "patron" and a "patron
meritorious" of the International Association of
Scientologists" (IAS) turned out to be very bad "investments". These
two patrons, who were vouched for by other Scientologists,
were
Jody Darling, Glendale, CA and
Hans Rhyner more, Weisslingen,
Switzerland. They both failed miserably to fulfil the terms
of the loan agreements. My ex-husband tried for MORE THAN
FOUR YEARS to get them to pay what they owed but failed and
actually died in the attempt. Their failure to repay him
added to the fact he had given so much of his money to
Scientology ruined him financially. The stress arising from
his bad financial position aggravated a heart condition for
which he could not afford proper medical care and which he
had been persuaded Scientology would resolve. This illness
killed him before he could recover the money owed to him.
The "church" of Scientology was fully aware of this
situation and was actually claiming to be administering
"justice" in the affair, since my ex-husband was prohibited,
by Scientology policy, from taking ANY legal action. At the
time of his death Darling and Rhyner owed him around 650,000
dollars!! This is the "result" obtained by the cult's
business and ethics "technology". Darling raised his status
in the cult from "patron with honors" to patron meritorious
shortly after my ex-husband "invested" in his company. This
step is achieved by paying IAS around 150,000 dollars. I
will detail Darling's "business dealings" later. He can be
seen in Impact #28.
- The effects of Scientology on my life as a wife and
mother, including two divorces, a husband (to whom I was
married before the ex-husband already mentioned) who was
persuaded by auditing that he was Jesus Christ reincarnated
and could perform miracles but could not keep a job to
support our three young children. How I allowed my children
to be taken from me.
My husband and I, during the period
of our involvement, had a total of 4 divorces and 5
marriages with 6 children involved. To prove this problem is
not confined to just my husband and I, a review of the
marital experiences of all my ex-husbands and his ex-wives
gives totals as follows: for 6 Scientologists, 9 divorces,
11 marriages and 13 children with broken homes. Of these 6
people only 3 are currently married; my husband and myself
are two of them. Only two marriages have survived and one of
them is mine. (I have just heard that my 16 year old
daughter, who is at the cult's center in East Grinstead,
England, is MARRIED!) This is the result of the cult's
"technology" for resolving marital problems.
- The results of Scientology involvement on the
professional lives of individuals that I have witnessed.
During my involvement I was totally unable to achieve any
success professionally. My ex-husband went from successful
businessman and self-made millionaire pre-cult to bankrupt,
no career and physically incapable of working after
involvement. I have a list of Scientologists who borrowed
from my ex-husband and did not repay him. Either they cannot
repay because they are professional failures or they refuse
to pay because they are criminals.
- The so-called "confidential" levels. From
OT3 to
OT7 all
you "handle" is BT's [Body
thetans]. OT4 is the effects of drugs on them,
OT5 is NOTs,
OT6 is just a course to train you in more
exotic ways of "finding" and "handling" them, and OT7 is
application of OT6. The only versions from the
Fishman
letter still valid are OT1, OT2, OT3, and OT5. OT8 has
totally changed and has none of the Fishman version. It is
actually just a review of all of the person's auditing and a
verification/nullification of discoveries the person has
made about himself. It consists of ONE question (in two
parts) repeated.
I am very willing to discuss my experiences. I have provided
court testimonies and appeared on TV and given magazine
interviews and I am willing to do this also.
Ariane Jackson.
August 1996. |