|
«Two Scientology members were found guilty in
Toulon this month, and are awaiting sentencing,
for threatening Jean-Marie Abgrail, a
psychiatrist and expert witness in the Lyon
trial.» |
International Herald Tribune (Oct
2, 1996): "Scientology
is fighting for its future in France" |
|
«I hope cancer will soon infest into your body
and hopefully finally you will be erased.» |
Directed at Andreas Heldal-Lund.
See the whole thread
here. |
|
«Shortly thereafter, he received a call from a
stranger asking if his mother knew that he was
working on a story about
Hill.
The caller then recited the writer's mother's
home address. Soon after, the story was killed.»
«"Sarah" says that one of her cohorts received a
text message from an unidentified number bearing
the message: "If you know what's good for you,
you'll stop lying about Scientology. This is
your last warning."» |
Radar (March 17, 2008): "Cult Friction" by John Cook |
|
«"One day two well-built men in dark suits from
Saint Hill arrived at my door," she said. "I
told them my husband wasn't in but they forced
their way in and started riffling through the
bookshelves. When my husband returned they
bundled him into the car. "Finally he came back
shaking from head to toe. He told me they'd
threatened to kill him if he didn't tell him the
whereabouts of some stolen documents."» |
The Daily Mail (May 19, 2007): "'Tom Cruise's Church of hate
tried to destroy me'" |
|
«After a very controversial show last week about
the Church of Scientology it will be very
interesting to see if J.T. Foxx is even alive to
do the show this week as he has been
threatened.» |
JT Foxx Show: "What's on Next Week" (as of Mar.
10, 2007) |
|
«[...] Wake him up every night by calling
him on the phone and threatening him. Poison
him while he’s asleep so he’ll never start
another attack.»
|
ABC
(US, 1982): "20/20 - Scientology" @ XenuTV |
| «"A woman is safer in a park at
midnight than on a psychiatrist's couch," booms
Miscavige,
backed by savage graphics of psychiatrists — or
"psychs" as he calls them — being machine-gunned
out of existence.» |
|
| «[David
Miscavige, leader of the Church of Scientology]
beat him up, many times» «Join and read the posts
about David Miscavige's disgraceful beatings of
top Int
staffers, like his beatings of
Mike Rinder,
Jeff Hawkins, Mark Yager, Ray Mitoff, and
read what former Int staff said about this.
4 ex Int staff have confirmed it on
XSO
so far. Others have confirmed it in private.»
|
Scientology's Head, David Miscavige, BEATS People
up |
| «That person's future is black.
It is so black I can't even describe it right now.
I can't even find the words to describe how black
that person's future is ... I mean it is really
black.» |
The 1982 US Mission Holders' Conference, San Francisco
[David Miscavige
(leader of the Church of Scientology) about people
turning against Scientology] |
| «Well I have personally seen DM
[David Miscavige,
leader of the Church of Scientology] beat the living
shit out of Rinder
at least 10 times over the course of a year. [...]
Other people that I have seen him punch/slap and
or throw to the ground: Marc Yager, Mark Ingber,
Ray Mitoff, Rick Cruzen, Jeff Hawkins, Jason
Bennick, G. Lesevre. One time a girl from the Film
Area was told to run Yager down in her car — and
she complied — she drove after him and to get out
of the way he jumped over a wall and broke his friggin
ankle!!! I kid you not. this actually happened.» |
Operation Clambake: "Hot INT BASE News! Ex-Int Staffers
contact me!" |
Pictures Copyright 1991 Time Magazine |
Time: "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power"
[Maybe David
Miscavige is practicing to improve his
R2-45 auditing process
skills?] |
| «I will come find u mother fucker» «may u die of fucking cancer»
«A couple muslim boys would show up at your
door and slit
your dirty throat, watching you bleed to
death. You are a coward and
only criticize scientology because
scientologists won't come after you
the way muslims would and should.» [my
emphasis] |
For the record.. another moron Threat directed
at Mike Gormez.
A simple search in Yahoo search
reveals that this
"greendawn22 at aol dot com" seems to be
Mark Feigin (or someone using his email)
Fan mail
Apparently, the same angry scientologist,
Mark Feigin, thinks that
Dr.
Touretzky should have his "dirty throat"
slit by a "couple Muslim boys."
|
| «I will beat their teeth in personally.
Sincerely - LRH» |
L. Ron Hubbard's Ethics Policy [Threat directed
by L. Ron Hubbard
at anyone giving bad publicity to his organizations.
Thanks Gerry
Armstrong for the
fair use scan.]
|
| «you're talking bullshit I'll kill
you if you don't take the homepage down» |
Anonymous death threat email [Threat directed
at Catarina Pamnell]
|
|
Excerpt of "Inside
Scientology" @
XenuTV
|
|
«He has been physically threatened by
the Church of Scientology, and they are
the ones following us. They're stalking
us.» |
|
A&E (1998): "Investigative Reports - Inside Scientology"
@ XenuTV |
| «If you ever do anything to interfere
with my mission, I could not guarantee your safety
or that of your family. ... Defendant Piazza called
Mr. Gamburd and advised him that he knew where his
wife was and what she was wearing [because she was
under surveillance].» |
James v. Piazza. Case No. C 05-04532 JW
[Allegation of threat directed at
Dean Gamburd
(who "undertook efforts to expose the false statements
and fraudulent business practices of the defendants")
by
Ignatius A. Piazza, founder of
Front Sight,
currently sued for
fraud
in a class action lawsuit]
|
| «The main guys that I saw [David
Miscavige] hit over and over again at meetings
were, Mike Rinder,
Marc Yager, Guillaume Leserve, Mark Ingber, Ray
Mitoff and Rick Cruzen.» |
“blownforgood”'s comments on David Miscavige's (Scientology
movement's top leader's) beatings |
| «Any Sea Org contacting any of
them is to use Auditing Process
R2-45.» |
Auditor 37 [1968], also in
HCO ETHICS ORDER no. 30 Hubbard himself ordered
the murder of many declared SPs
|
| «Miscavige had two other tall male
staff members to back him up when he hit John Axel
[Correct spelling: John Aczel
ref].
This despite the fact that John Axel is a fairly
small and very mild-mannered individual.» |
Affidavit
of Vicki Aznaran (7 March 1994) |
| «Taz, the vocalist for Tampa Bay
area band Trocar received an anonymous death threat
by telephone at his work last Thursday, saying that
if he performed at the Lisa McPherson Trust benefit
concert, he "wouldn't walk out alive."» |
NEWS FLASH! LMT benefit band member threatened
Audio excerpt of the
radio broadcast hosted at
Xenu TV
|
| «The
GO training program
included instructions in how to make an anonymous
death threat to a journal-smear» |
Reader's Digest: "Scientology: Anatomy of a Frightening
Cult" |
| «I'll put a bullet between your
eyes.» |
Eugene Ingram,
PI for Scientology Threat directed at
Gerald Armstrong
|
| «I'll kill her first.» |
Dan Garvin:
"Be Glad You Lost, Julie" Threat
by
Mike Sutter directed
at Julie
Christofferson Titchbourne, as reported by
Dan Garvin
|
| «As Mark was videotaping, a man
ran out of Gottfried's house and assaulted Mark
with a hammer.» |
Mark
Bunker Gets Attacked with Hammer |
| «Fishman was ordered by the church
to kill Geertz and then do an "EOC," or
end of cycle, which
is church jargon for suicide.» |
Time: "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" |
| «Diane and the rest of you are
digging your own graves and you don't even know
it. Death is around the corner for all of
you.» |
Unbelievable Post (was Re: Anti CofS Cultists Have
NO POWER)
Robert Marcus: Real threat or just another stupid
Clam? |
| «Since Yanny quit representing
the church, he has been the target of death threats,
burglaries ...» |
Time: "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" |
| «"I HOPE YOU F-----ing DIE !!"
- "I HOPE YOU DIE IN A HORRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT!!"» |
Another blogger confronts CoS Identified at
John Roecker by
Hal Ozsan (IMDB:
Hal
Ozsan). Reported originally in Roecker's blog,
which is now gone from the internet. Somewhat mentioned
in TMZ's
When Elfmans Explode
John Roecker reports this story on
KROQ-FM's Kevin and Bean Show (MP3)
|
«I also received my first death
threat that same month.»
«I received one death threat after the article
was published, but decided nonetheless to write
a book on the subject.» |
Paulette Cooper: "Harassment Diary - Part 2: Why
I Got Involved"
Lermanet (2007): "Looking over my shoulder: The
Inside Account of the Story That Almost Killed
Me" |
| «That was when the threats began,
they say. On one occasion, a man phoned Gorman's
father and said, "SPs don't live long. Your son
and his wife, Jennifer, will be dead soon,"» |
[Context: the threat began right
after Jennifer
Stewart filed a civil suit against the Church
of Scientology for being sexually assaulted at ages
16 and 17 by
Gabriel Williams, the church supervisor.]
New York Post: "Scientology Sex Assault Nightmare" |
| «I hope you die in pain» |
Operation Clambake: "I hope you die in pain"
[Threat directed at
Andreas Heldal-Lund]
|
| «a scientologist in Heidelberg
is convicted to pay a fine for threatening to murder
a 17 year old, who was critical of scientology» |
FAQ: scientology in Germany |
«He said that he would certainly
hurt me, maybe kill me "with his OT powers" if I
did not comply with his demands.»
«One of them said "you know, I could kill you right
now... with a thought".» |
P------ ----: "Scientology: My Story" [Fortunately,
unlikely a thought would kill, but the intent was
genuine]
|
| «Any staff member who does not
know ethics policy is a clay pigeon. Clay pigeons
are used to throw up in the air and shoot at.» |
L. Ron Hubbard in
HCOPL 24 February 1972, "Injustice" |
| «A Mexican woman has alleged that
the Church of Scientology's security chief chased
her and threatened to kill her for leaving the church.
[...] «She told Miller that a Scientology security
guard had said to her, "You're a suppressive, you
denigrated the church. We're going to kill you!
You will be dead!"»
|
St. Petersburg Times: "Woman accuses Scientology
guard of threat" [First found at
A Brief History of Scientology in Clearwater]
|
| «You have been in the presence
of Mark Hanna [OSA dude]. He was the guy in dark
sunnies at the Sydney demonstration who introduced
the guy who made the death threat to me. Mark also
told me that "these" guys will finish you (Tony).» |
NOTs in Australia |
| «I was included in a meeting where
two murders were planned by Scientology personnel» |
Affidavit of Margery Wakefield (13 April 1990)
Affidavit of Margery Wakefield (23 June 1993) |
| «Prior to his departure for Los
Angeles, [Judge] Richey received several death threats.» |
Scientology's War Against Judges |
| «... critical radio show on Scientology
she had produced was aired. The male voices told
her she would be killed the next day.» |
Martin Ottman: "The history of Scientology in Germany" |
| «YOU NEED A BULLET! I AGREE WITH
EVERY [POLICY LETTER] THAT DEALS WITH [SUPPRESSIVE
PERSONS] SUCH AS YOURSELF.» |
E-mail death threat from clear Scientologist
[Thread directed at
Caroline Letkeman]
|
| «The "ambush interview" generally
involves doing whatever it takes -- threats, physical
force, bribery, or whatever -- to get an unprepared
and unsuspecting target to say what is wanted.» |
Affidavit
of Vicki Aznaran (29 June 1993) |
| «'We will give you a guarantee
of safe passage out of the state of Florida with
all body parts attached if you tell Suzette Hubbard
the marriage is off.'» |
Scientology story sparks heated response [Threat
directed at Arnaldo
Lerma]
|
| «Although the "Dir. of Registration"
Paul Hickock was often sympathetic with Paul, he
beat him from time to time to punish him for such
mistakes.» |
Affidavit of Martin Ottmann (19 April 1996) |
| «But I have other abilities which
include a knowledge of men's minds that I will use
to crush you to your knees. You or any other wretch
that stands in our way.» |
Reverend Bagley speaks [Andy
Bagley’s personal web site]
|
| «Since I left scientology and began
speaking out in the early 80's I have had a number
of direct death threats. Once a man threatened
to kill me for accidentally getting his wife
out of the cult.» |
Dennis Erlich: "Thoughts on my predicted demise" |
| «22. While I was in the Sea Org,
I was instructed to kill another human being by
the Scientology organization.» |
Affidavit
of Scott Mayer (9 March 1994) |
| «She said she received threats
that she would never see her family again.» «She
said that in order to "break her as a person" she
was subjected to hours-long interrogations, always
under the threat of never seeing her family again.»
|
Hamburg Morgen Post: Caught in Scientology's concentration
camp,
Taz: Unobstructed brainwashing |
| «Mike
Sutter worked up such an anger that he spit
into my face, threw chairs around and threw a table
so it hit my stomach.» |
Birgitta
Dagnell: "My story about scientology" |
| «"I’m gonna kill you!", while shoving
me backwards with both arms against my chest.» |
Mark Plummer
describes
assault by a Scientology staff member |
| «"You like your parents don't you?"
Then he laughed and hung up.», «The caller said:
"Next time you won't be so lucky."»
|
Declaration
of Anne Rosenblum (circa 1978) |
| «Hamburg spokeswoman of the Scientology
cult, Gisela Hackenjos [...] had threatened an author
of a newspaper article she was angry about: "Your
last hour has come."» |
Cult
spokeswoman convicted for intimidation
— Stuttgarter Nachrichten,
9 October 1993, p. 10 |
| «I was punched, spat upon, threatened,
intimidated and completely humiliated» «Schomer
[...] himself was subjected to a ten-hour "gang-bang
sec check," an increasingly common experience among
church members, which in this case included being
accused of being a CIA spy, threatened with jail
and physical harm and spat upon by
Miscavige.»
|
Affidavit
of Howard "Homer" Schomer (18 March 1986)
Forbes: "The
prophet and profits of Scientology" by Richard Behar
|
| «Then she found a note in her car
saying simply, "Watch it." Then a note in her mailbox
saying, "Die."» |
Jon Atack: "A Piece of Blue Sky: Ch. 4 - The Clearwater
Hearings" [Threats directed at
Janie Peterson]
|
| «I was told ... to get the idea
of leaving out of my head because I would never
leave the property alive.» |
Affidavit
of David Mayo (1 May 1987) |
| «There also was evidence Wollersheim
accepted some of his auditing under threat of physical
coercion.» |
Judge Johnson in Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology
(1989) |
| «Even after Richard had died, the
harrassment continued. Unaware of the suicide, Tony
Clark sent increasingly angry and threatening letters.» |
ITV England: "The Big Story: The S Files"
(Also at
xenu-directory.net/mirrors/www.whyaretheydead.net) |
| «... received several anonymous
telephone calls suggesting that the representation
of Van Schaick was a "dangerous matter," that no
one "messes with the Church,"» «... throwing rocks
at his building; sending a post card threatening
to poison the plaintiff ...»
|
Michael
J. Flynn vs Lafayette Ron Hubbard (7 September 1983)
[You may also want to visit
Gerry Armstrong's
page "Scientology
Fair Games Michael Flynn"]
|
| «But he beat up a lot of women
very badly. Blood, black eyes, busted teeth, the
whole thing. He beat the holy hell out of women.
His rages were incredible.» |
Inside The Church of Scientology: An Exclusive Interview
with L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. [L.
Ron Hubbard, Jr. about his father]
|
| «I was threatened with legal harassment
via the court system, and told that I should "watch
my back" whenever I leave my house..» |
Scientologist
phone threat: CAUGHT ON TAPE |
| «[Dr.
John G. Clark] reports that, in apparent retaliation,
false complaints were circulated against his practice,
phone threats were made to him» |
Forbes: "The prophet and profits of Scientology"
by Richard Behar |
| «Josh snickered at the intensity
of Mr. Englehart's speech and Mr. Englehart responded
by shoving the boy and dangling him over the edge
of a high stoop - about five feet high - and pretending
he would drop him to the pavement below. The
boy was very shaken and cowed.» |
Affidavit of Zoe Woodcraft (24 January 2001)
[Here is
Dave Englehart (hosted on
Tilman Hausherr's
web site)]
|
| «[Jeff
Porter] then came back and screamed at me, pushed
me up against a wall and screamed at me more while
holding me against the wall and spitting in my face.
» |
Affidavit of Astra Woodcraft (24 January 2001)
[Astra
was 16 or 17 year old at the time...]
|
| «Hurwitz claims that three "interested
parties" - Scientology jargon for those under investigation
- were physically abused and spat upon while they
were held by guards.» |
Sunday Times, 1984: "Sinking the Master Mariner" |
| «Mark Fisher, who was severely
beaten by Miscavige, repeatedly told Miscavige and
others that he did not want to be at the Hemet base.
As Miscavige and others beat Mark in my presence,
Mark kept saying that his attackers could beat him
all they wanted but he still wanted to leave.» |
Affidavit of Andre Tabayoyon (5 March 1994) |
| «Jon Luc, the Academy Supervisor,
showed me a silver, semi-automatic pistol, of unknown
caliber, that was kept by the church to use on people.
He told me that "people had been taken to the dessert
[sic] and shot because they posed a threat to the
church."» |
Janice
D. Hayward v. Church of Scientology, case no. CV96-10503 |
| «Upon deciding to get out, he was
told [...] that it was not advisable to leave and
started getting phone calls and visits from people
in the church. He told [...] that he received a
visit from someone in the church [...] and that
this person had advised him not to get out because
of "Rule 45." [...] believed that the "45" has to
do with a .45 caliber automatic pistol.» |
Church
of Scientology/L. Ron Hubbard: FBI File no. 50-3536 |
| «Sheriff
Lee Baca is curious. One of his own lieutenants
has warned me that my life may be in danger from
Church of Scientology paid hit men» |
Graham
Berry: "The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors and
Scientology" |
| «1) Ms. Karen McRae [...] was severely
beaten by two unknown assailants in Dallas, Texas;
[...] «e) I was also informed of a Cult-organized
group of vigilantes known as the "minutemen" who
were to go beat up dissidents and had in fact done
so.»
|
Declaration
of Joseph A. Yanny (13 July 1988) |
| «[...] we produced evidence that
Scientology had indeed been involved in fraud, instructions
to commit murder and suicide. There was evidence
that Scientology's lawyer, Kendrick Moxon, and Scientology's
chief investigator,
Eugene Ingram,
had been involved in instructions to murder two
opponents. There was also evidence that during the
Wollersheim
case, Scientology lawyer Moxon had been involved
in the drowning of the trial judge's dog.» |
Graham
E. Berry: "An Introduction To Scientology's Corruption
of the United States Government and Its Legal System" |
| «One time she was beat up by another
Scientologist. "They didn't want to let me go to
the doctor, until I told them I would not lift another
finger at work." The doctor diagnosed a brain concussion
and prescribed at least three days rest, "but I
was not permitted to lie down. I was on post."» |
Sueddeutsche Zeitung: "Scientology: a young sect
ex-member reports for the first time" by Michaela
Haas [Account of
Tanya Neujahr,
then a scientology teenager at
Saint Hill]
|
| «The threats to personal safety
were overt and continuous, [...] We're talking real,
in your face, you are fair-game we can kill you
sorts of threats.» |
Zane Thomas's
Story |
| «Three days ago I was sitting in
a chair minding my own business and
[name withheld]
physically attacked me. He grabbed me by the cuff
and started threatening that he was going to kill
me.» |
Declaration
of
[name witheld]
(19 December 1994) |
| «[Bernard Green] recounted some
of the more grisly tales floating around throughout
the movement's disenchanted members with a relish
bordering on glee. [...] a man in Los Angeles punished
for some anti-Scientological action by having high-pressure
water hoses turned on him until he was pounded senseless.» |
George Malko: "Scientology: the Now Religion - Epilogue" |
| «[...] being assaulted by one of
these individuals; being struck bodily by a car
driven by one of these individuals; having two attempts
made by said individuals apparently to involve Defendant
Armstrong in a freeway automobile accident; [...]» |
Judge Breckenridge Decision in
Church of Scientology California vs. Gerald Armstrong,
No. C420153 |
| «People don't live too long doing
this kind of thing in Clearwater.» |
Scientology's scourge [Threat directed at
Shawn Lonsdale]
|
| «Judge Ronald Swearinger of Los
Angeles County Superior Court told The American
Lawyer magazine that he believed Scientologists
had slashed his car tires and drowned his collie
while he was presiding over a suit against the church.» |
Syracuse Herald-Journal: "Lawsuit, privates eyes
hound Scientology's legion of critics" by Douglas
Frantz |
| «[...] I was directly threatened
with being jumped by 10 Int RPFers should I decide
to try to walk out of the Int
RPF without authorization.» |
Sea Org physical restraints, threats, violence,
recent examples? |
|
|
Xenu TV (Sep. 2000): "Scientology and the Clearwater
Police" |
| «IT IS GREAT YOU PUT YOUR ADDRESS
!. NOW I KNOW IT AND I WILL USE TO COME AND GET
YOU !» |
Threat directed at
Kristi Wachter
by an anonymous
self-confessed scientologist, in this
thread on
alt.religion.scientology
newsgroup. |
| «They said if I ever said anything
bad about Scientology they would find me and kill
me.» |
Frederick Post: "Man continues crusade against church" |
| «Mr. Flynn pressed forward with
the case and began to represent former Scientologists.
He said he then began to receive death threats,
[...]» |
New York Times (Sep. 3, 1984): "Lawyer says Church
of Scientology is Waging Campaign to 'Frame' Him"
by Robert Lindsey [Threats direct at
Michael Flynn]
|
| «As a result of the book, he says,
his assistant was beaten and his wife abused with
repeated obscene and threatening telephone calls.» |
The
Vancouver Sun: "For something really scary, just
try the Hubbard story" by Douglas Todd [A
review of Bent
Corydon's book "L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?"]
|
| «He is prepared to speak out. Most
are not. Scientology has a reputation for hunting
down its critics. One man has taken to wearing an
armoured vest because of alleged threats against
his life. One American former cult member claims
that he was ordered to kill two opponents of the
organisation.» |
The Independent (Jan. 1994): "The Prisoners of Saint
Hill" by Tim Kelsey and Mike Ricks |
| «[Hubbard 'cops'] fired in the
air once and told him not to move or they would
shoot him. [...] he was told by the Sheriff's department
to be careful in that area as 'they have reason
to believe hikers have been murdered behind the
compound'» |
alt.atheism (Nov. 1990): "Re: Scientology Discredited" |
| «Yanny
represented the cult until 1987, when, he says,
he was asked to help church officials steal medical
records to blackmail an opposing attorney (who was
allegedly beaten up instead).» |
Time: "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" |
| «This guy struck me twice, tore
a strip of skin off my arm, and tried to rip from
me a bunch of friendly Xenu flyers I'd brought for
the protest. [...] Later during our picket, the
same guy made other threatening comments about getting
his gun and taking care of me.» |
Gerry Armstrong — The Mad Picket |
|
|
|
«Ex-Scientologist
Frank
Notaro used the name
Xenu in a
demonstration outside a church building
and got beaten up.» |
|
BBC (1987): "Panorama: The Road to Total
Freedom?" @ Xenu TV |
|
«In Brescia, Italy, radio station owner Rodolfo
Zucca receives repeated personal threats. His
car is vandalized. Twice, the wires from his
broadcasting studio are cut, forcing him off the
air.» |
Reader's Digest (Oct. 1981): "Scientology: The
Sickness Spreads" |
|
«When I tried to dissuade him, I was put on the
Scientology 'enemies list.' I received
threatening phone calls. [...] «Scientology's
top echelon people are trained to make anonymous
death threats to newsmen» |
New
York Times (1988): "An open letter to the
readers of The New York Review of Books From
publisher Lyle Stuart: 'Danger: Cult at Work!
The truth about Scientology'" |
|
«There, according to Rezendez, the Narconon official
warned the newsman he was "a small fish in a big sea
with a lot of f•cking sharks" and that he was dealing
with an interplanetary organization." Barber allegedly
promised to come after Rezendez with "hobnailed boots,"
and said "I will kick your ass up into your throat if I
ever catch you f•cking around with Narconon."» |
Twin Cities Reader (Oct. 1981): "The Narconon
sting: Scientology's Minnesota drug scam" by
Paul Fishman Maccabee |
|
«Carr also accused the San Francisco Chronicle
of running a campaign with an agenda against
Scientology, describing some contributors to the
Chronicle story as "hatemongers" who
disparage Narconon's program. "It just makes me
want to punch someone in the nose," he said.» |
The Humanist (Sep. 2004): "Is Scientology in
your schools?" (PDF)
Dr. David S. Touretzky (Oct. 2004): "Narconon's
Clark Carr's violent tendencies" |
