My Story
Glenn Samuels:This is a brief story of my Scientology history. I am currently counseling and am open to talk to anyone who wants help recovering from Scientology abuses. I would like to commend you for leaving the Scientology Church. It takes courage to leave and take an independent stand against a vengeful and unrelenting force. I’m happy to see that there is a new independent movement.
I left the Church of Scientology in May, 1982 after being held under guard. Two former COs of the CMO were also under guard at the same time, we would wink at each other as we passed in the hallway. I got my car keys from the not so bright guard and took off.
I left behind all my belongings, my wife, my sister, all my friends, my group and my dream of a safe and sane planet. Most of you who are reading this know what I am talking about. It is a rough and courageous thing to do and I admire you for doing it.
In the early 80s it was important to Miscavige and the Broekers to get rid of anyone who had his own voice in Scientology. The people who built Scn. up from tiny orgs run in some major cities in old homes in bad neighborhoods and ugly industrial buildings to having admirable structures in all the major cities in the world were selectively and systematically expelled. Top International Scientology Execs and Senior Messengers were kicked out or sent to “Happy Valley” where most of them were made to run around a tree for months, do menial work, and then got declared. On the tech side almost everyone who trained directly under LRH was targeted as well. It was important to the three in-charge to have no voice within the organization more popular, senior or convincing than their own. Also it was important for no one to have more power or knowledge in any area, such as the tech.
R’s order was for Scientology to become a juggernaut, something that would run on its own after his death. The way that order was implemented was callously brutal with human rights violations. I left because of the human rights violations. I was on a CMO Mission that ordered people thrown out on the street in Clearwater. These people were my friends, good, sincere and hard working Sea Org members, not deserving of any of that nor being labeled “Suppressive Person.” It is a subject of debate because of the strangle hold that Miscavige and the Broekers had over the communications in and out to R what he knew or didn’t know at that time. But I know for a fact that LRH loved some of these people that were rounded up and cast aside. Miscavige wrestled control of Scientology from the Broekers and you have what is going on now.
When a leader of a religion is unbalanced and receives lawsuits or a court summons, they tend to blame and purge anyone near them. The whimsy and commonness with which someone is called an SP these days is staggering. An SP is a very specific type person, they are not very common. Most of the top execs and auditors were Clear. By definition can a Clear be an SP? It is an important question to consider to anyone in or out of Scientology.
Auditing is not centered and focused on the person, but now exists for ulterior motives and sundry purposes. There should be no reason to keep them at Clearwater with endless unnecessary rundowns or intensives of sec checking to be sure, nor did OT 7 cans cost $380.00! And the staff abuses are vulgar and cruel.
In the 80s there was an independent movement which eventually failed due to harassment, endless litigation, and multi-million dollar pay offs from the church. However, Sarge Gerbode did stand up to the church successfully, but it cost him a lot of money. He developed what he calls TIR, traumatic incident reduction. He went toe to toe with Miscavige and won the right to deliver parts of the tech in the name of his new organization. He has done good work and has associations around the world, some funded by counties to help the abused. It is good to see that. And also I am glad that there is a new desire for people to get helped where it is all about the help and not about anything else.
My focus is to help those families and Scientologist abused by cults. If anyone wishes to contact me and discuss getting getting helped I can be reached at glennsamuels-gmail.
I travel world wide.
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Good luck,
Glenn
