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Library: “Medical claims”...
Fraud: “Fraud is commonly understood as dishonesty calculated for advantage.” [ref]
«The above are the full steps and sequence for handling
a physical condition or illness. If not done fully or
omitted, the condition will recur. So all steps must
be fully done in that sequence.» –
L. Ron Hubbard,
"THE SEQUENCE
FOR HANDLING A PHYSICAL CONDITION",
HCOB of
14 November 1978.
«One of the steps of Audited NOTs consists of hundreds
of approaches to handling the sources of somatics and
physical conditions.» — Promotional brochure, "New
Era Dianetics for OTs (NOTs)"
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«AIDS is a state of mind, not a disease.» — Scientologist
Jenna Elfman, Daily Radar, December 1999
«Scientologists do believe in past lives [...] [if you]
always have a sore throat, maybe you were guillotined.»
— Scientologist
Sylvia Stanard,
The J.T. Foxx Show,
March 3rd, 2007 (listen to the show at
The Wog Blog: "A Day of Entheta",
@ 16m40s)
«The Medical Officer in the Sea Org may discontinue
a drug at any point regardless of medical
prescriptions as he is in a position to observe
assist and processing results the medical doctor may
not be aware are occurring.» –
L. Ron Hubbard,
"THE ROLE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER",
HCOPL of
3 October 1970.
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Affidavit
of Hana Eltringham Whitfield (8 March 1994)
222. I have known many Scientologists and Sea Org members
who died from cancer. The common denominator among them
is that they did not seek medical assistance rapidly, when
they first noticed something wrong.
The overwhelming belief among Scientologists
and Sea Org members was to get audited or continue on with
auditing (if they were already receiving auditing) with
the conviction that auditing would resolve the cancer.
223. In Hubbard's 1975 edition of his book, History of Man, Hubbard wrote on page 20, "Cancer has been eradicated by auditing out conception and mitosis." Attached hereto as Exhibit 87. This, and similar claims for other illness in Hubbard's DMSMH, may have helped to bring about the disregard for the medical doctor. In the recent edition of the same Hubbard book, History of Man, which, ironically occurred after Hubbard's death, a rewrite of the statement above occurs, saying, "Cancer has reportedly (emphasis added) been eradicated by auditing out conception and mitosis." There is no accompanying statement in the recent edition of the book saying that Hubbard authorized the change prior to his death, which he would have had to do for the change to be valid. [...] 228. In late 1977, Yvonne suddenly arrived in Clearwater, very ill. She talked with difficulty, lost track of what she said half way through a sentence and lost her balance while walking. Yvonne told me she had a brain tumor and that she was dying. She said she hadn't seen a doctor because she thought auditing would fix it. The illness started with an "out of balance" feeling which she assigned to lack of sleep. The doctor told Yvonne the tumor was removable if she had seen him earlier. We both cried. I knew auditing did not resolve everything, but I was shocked that her life was wasted through such neglect. [...] 233. Another Sea Org member who died of cancer was Carol. She developed breast cancer after joining the Sea Org. She told me that she did not report it because she believed that auditing would cure it. She also did not want to bother anyone. [...] 244. Marie Passmore was a long term Sea Org member, a Class 8 trained auditor, and on the OT levels exorcising her BTs and clusters. She developed cancer in the late 1970s or early 1980s, and then got auditing in Clearwater, as she told me, to cure her cancer. She was convinced that exorcising her BTs on OT 5 would cure her. When the cancer became terminal, she was sent to Europe to die. I never saw her again. Her death was hushed up. [...] 251. Daphne Parselle was in Scientology in the late 1960s, in London and Saint Hill, East Grinstead. She achieved the state of Clear in 1967. During her Clear speech, (Clears in those days gave a short speech about their 'wins and gains' in reaching the state) in the Chapel at Saint Hill Manor, she claimed, very positively and enthusiastically, that she was cured of the cancer because of her auditing. However, she died of the cancer shortly thereafter. 252. Ellen Carder was an American, and a Scientologist in the early 1960s. She had cancer. She went to England for advanced auditing. While there, she claimed that Hubbard told her that if she studied the Clearing Course and then applied the auditing techniques to herself to achieve the State of Clear, her cancer would be cured. Ellen started on the course of action. However she died in June 1966 at Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, England - from the cancer. Tilman Hausherr: "NOTS34: Criminality successfully protected by copyright law"
NOTS34 is interesting to analyse because it touches two
fields of science: criminology and law. Criminology because
NOTS34 illegally promotes an electronic device, the scientology
"e-meter" for healing, and Law because of the measures the
criminal cult of scientology uses to keep the discussion
of its criminality off the public: lawsuits and illegal
cancellation. A netizen, Keith Henson, was recently fined
$75000 for posting it to the internet. (not final)
Numerous people are believed to have died from the application of NOTS34. US Judge Ronald Whyte has prohibited Keith Henson to send this document to law enforcement, even after he was told of the deaths. This makes him a co-conspirator, but he is protected by federal immunity. Unlike the Tobacco companies, scientology uses copyright laws to attempt to keep the NOTS34 off the public. (The Tobacco companies used attorney-client privilege) Jeff Jacobsen (1996): "Medical claims within Scientology's secret teachings"
Although the church claims that these courses are "trade
secrets" and are expertly guarded, they are nevertheless
at this time widely and easily available to the public.
One aspect of these teachings, and especially the NOTs courses, are the medical cures that they seem to be promoting. While Hubbard had no medical background and in fact only took 2 years of college courses with dismal results, he still made astounding claims for his auditing process, such as:
Declaration of Jonathan Caven-Atack (9 April 1995)
66. Scientologists are forbidden medical
assistance without consent from Scientology [JCA-137].
All psychotherapies and meditational practices are forbidden
[JCA-138].
Declaration of Jesse Prince (20 August 1999)
24. I have personally witnessed executive decisions directed
to members instructing them to "end cycle", i.e., die.
I have personally read written instructions by Ray
Mithoff concerning the following individuals:
a) Diane Morrison, a personal friend of mine. She had cancer. Radiation treatment is forbidden by Scientology. She was instructed by Ray Mithoff to "end cycle." Her husband, Shawn Morrison, was ordered by Ray Mithoff to transport her off of the Scientology property at Gilman Hotsprings, California, to her mother's house so that she would not die on Scientology property. b) Ted Cormier, a personal friend of mine. He had Parkinson's disease. He was ordered to leave Gilman Hotsprings and go directly to Flag for NOTS 34, auditing to cure his cancer. When this failed, Ray Mithoff sent him orders in his Pre-Clear folder for him to "end cycle." He died. Xenu TV: "Scientology: Can Dianetics Cure Arthritis?" «While Tory Christman was still in Scientology, she made the claim that her mother's arthritis was cured with Dianetics. She and her then husband, Harold Bezazian, were upset and convinced that I would twist their words when I posted the video to the internet. Scientology is barred by Government law from making any claim of medical cures. They are federally mandated to post signs in all their buildings and print disclaimers in every publication to that effect. Yet, anecdotally, this is exactly the type of "win" that is passed on every day by Scientology.» — Mark Bunker Scientology History in Toronto, Part One
Here is an article from the Toronto Sun newspaper,
dated December 15, 1985:
[...] Often testifying in tears, Anderson testified on "15
years of unbelievable stories" during her association with
the Church of Scientology, beginning when she was 17. Creed J. Pearson: Silenceology
A good friend of mine, Anna Korshe, developed uterus cancer
on Hubbard’s purification rundown.
Rather than allow her to go and get medical attention elsewhere
she was told “what turns it on will
turn it off” and was made to return to the sauna instead.
She died.
Rolling Stone (Feb. 2006): "Inside Scientology" by Janet Reitman
I watch the film, which turns out to be an infomercial featuring
a cast of "real" people talking about
how Dianetics changed their lives, curing them of ailments
ranging from cancer to depression. [...]
But when he became ill, his perspective radically changed. For the first six years of his Sea Org service, Jeffrey had kept his asthma and other health issues in check. In the spring of 2004, he began to develop severe chest pains. By the summer, he was unable to work. By fall, he could barely get out of bed. Scientologists believe that most illnesses are products of a person's own psychic traumas -- they are brought upon themselves. Sea Org members are promised medical care for any illness, but Jeffrey says that he received little medical attention or money with which to seek outside medical care. Instead, he was sent to Ethics counseling. When that didn't cure him, it was suggested he return to the EPF to repeat his training. Wikipedia: Medical claims in Scientology doctrine
September 1, 1962, Hubbard issued a Policy Letter entitled
Healing Promotion. In it he asserted, "We have resolved
healing.... This program has the following thought major:
"Legally, this permits us to heal without engaging in healing as, in actual fact, we address no illnesses and indeed, DENY people are ill--they are only suppressed. Sickness occurs, we say, where suppression has been too great.... The legal argument is simple; we don't believe in sickness, we do not address illness, we do not diagnose, we believe that freeing the human spirit also incidentally prevents sickness.... We do send acutely ill people to doctors. We advertise to cure no diseases! That last is legally important." [emphasis in the original.] Time (1991): "Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power"
In France it took a death to spur the government into action:
16 Scientologists were indicted last
year for fraud and "complicity in the practice of illegal
medicine" following the suicide of an industrial designer
in Lyon. In the victim's house investigators found
medication allegedly provided to him by the church without
doctor's prescription. Among those charged in the case is
the president of Scientology's French operations and the
head of the Paris-based Celebrity Centre, which caters to
famous members.
The Anderson Report, Chapter 19: The Healing Claims of Scientology
During 1959-1960, over a period of about five months,
one unfortunate man was audited at
the Melbourne HASI for more than 200 hours in an endeavour
to cure him of cancer from which he was dying and did die.
At a time when it was known at the HASI that he had been
under medical treatment and was suffering from a malignant
growth in his lower abdomen, the HASI quoted him 200 hours'
auditing for a stable case gain. He embarked on such a course,
and processing ceased only a few weeks before he died, one
of the last auditor's reports on his case being that the
preclear was about to drop the body. This case is typical
of the callous disregard which the scientologist practitioners
are trained to have for their preclears. It is a sign of
weakness in an auditor to feel pity for a victim, and the
auditing processes in this case, as in very many others,
were applied quite brutally. During the five months over
which this preclear's processing was spread, he had such
pitiful goals as "to be certain that I have lost this tumour",
"to get rid of this tumour", to "drop off this tumour-cancer-growth",
"to make my stomach a bit more comfortable", "to reduce
this growth in size", "my health to start to improve, to
find the cause of this growth quickly".
Practicing Medicine Without A License
Several of the NOTs contain specific instructions for dealing
with physical illnesses or injuries:
Affidavit of Suzette M. Dearing (10 August 1989)
In the first years I was on staff
(1975-1979) we were actively discouraged from seeking medical
help if we were sick. It was felt that all illnesses were
"spiritual" in nature. I remember one man named Tom
Stevens, who had
appendicitis
that went untreated for a couple of days until he finally
had emergency surgery. He was forced back on the job by
the Church after only two days of recovery and performed
his duties in considerable pain. On another occasion my
supervisor, Cathy Moore, suffered a
miscarriage
and called me to her house to counsel her to make the miscarriage
stop. Needless to say, it didn't and she eventually was
hospitalized.
I remember when I was pregnant with my second child in 1983, I asked the director of the Church, Jeff Cota, if I could cut back my hours. I was very ill (during my fifth month I lost five pounds) and my physician was concerned about me. His response was that he was convinced that my difficulties were "spiritual" in origin and that he wanted me to receive counselling rather than go home and rest. I couldn't convince him otherwise. Anonymous offering, 80's Flag, extreme predicaments of Sea Org life
Another time, I got really sick and couldn't keep any food
or water down. After losing a lot
of weight and not getting better after a couple weeks I
was sent to ethics and put in
isolation in a room in
the FH [Fort Harrison]. Again, I was "enturbulating"
my husband by being PTS. The door was locked, and only the
MLO came a few times a day to bring "cal-mag" and vitamins
and soup. I was pretty freaked out, and thought I was going
to die there all alone in that dark, stinky moldy room,
but I knew if I made a fuss I would NEVER get out, so I
was very cooperative. [...] Later, when I finally left the
SO, I found out I
had a very serious hereditary medical condition that would
have in fact killed me eventually without proper medical
treatment!
City of Clearwater Commission Hearing, 1982: The Church of Scientology - Day 4, Brown McKee
I heard a woman describe how her husband went to Flag when
it was on the ship because he had a heart condition, and
one of Hubbard's prescriptions for that is Vitamin E. And
he came back, and according to her description — I knew
the man, by the way — he came back
a broken man and died two or three months later.
And it's a little gory, but the autopsy showed his stomach
to be filled with undissolved Vitamin E capsules. [...]
Now, there's one other point: And one of the main reasons why I wanted to be here is I see — I'm a professional auditor and case supervisor, and I've been doing for many years. I know what is taught and the technology of Ron Hubbard. I've heard his tapes by the hundreds and have read his book by the thousands. And I can quote almost anything you'd like quoted right now. I know what this man says about illness, and illness is cured only by auditing. That is not what is told to the public, but that is what is taught us, we, who are the practitioners and the ministers of the church. The West Australian (1959): "Police Allege Epilepsy Cure Was Claimed"
On May 11 the woman was semi-conscious after violent fits
the night before. Harrison's wife came to the flat with
a box-like instrument with leads attached. The court was
told of an instrument - an electro-psychometer - which registered
emotions like a lie-detector.
Pacific Stars and Stripes (1969): "Scientology — Help? Hindrance?" by Tom A. Cullen
Last April an inquest was held in East Grinstead on a 20-year-old
youth who had been found semiconscious and who died in hospital.
He had been studying Scientology and it was said that
he was suffering from "latent schizophrenia
aggravated by his interest in Scientology."
Church of Scientology/L. Ron Hubbard: FBI File no. 87-131713
On [...] received a phone call from
Glenn Smoak, FCS, Washington, D.C., telephone number
[...]. Smoak had called [...] several times previously but
on this occasion when [...] mentioned to Smoak that he suffered
from diabetes, Smoak told [...] that
his diabetes could be cured. Smoak told [...] that [...]
would entitle [...] to 150 hours of instruction which would
result in the cure of his diabetes. [...] on that
date, sent a [...] bank money order to the FCS at 1812 19th
street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
The following day Smoak called [...] and during this conversation informed [...] that for another [...] he could received additional courses and lectures which would make him a perfect man, cure his diabetes and any other ills he may suffer from. The following day [...] sent a [...] bank money order to the FCS. The Washington Post (2002): "Ex-Scientologist Collects $8.7 Million In 22-Year-Old Case"
Wollersheim, who suffered from a bipolar disorder,
was forbidden to seek medical help
under Scientology policies, he says. He quit the
church after spending $150,000 on Hubbard's "mental health"
regimes, and by 1980 had filed suit. In 1986, a jury awarded
him $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million to
punish the church for what jurors called intentional and
negligent "infliction of emotional distress."
Mr. F. J. Baumgardner to Mr. A. H. Belmont Re: Academy of Scientology (11 August 1958)
The [Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation] moved several
times between 1950 and 1956 when it located at Silver Spring,
Maryland. The HDRF has encountered difficulty with police
officers in New Jersey, Michigan, and District of Columbia
for allegedly conducting a school in those
areas in which a branch of medicine and surgery was taught
without a license.
Death of scientologist Heribert Pfaff
Excerpt of
Die
dunkle Seite von Scientology - According to the records,
Heribert P. died august 28, 1988, during the night from
a heavy epileptic attack. He hit his head on the night table.
(...) The scientology doctor reports that
he prescribed vitamins for his patient
-- despite regular attacks -- instead of treating him with
proper medication. Such medication was indeed not
detected in his blood during the post-mortem examination.
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Hawk
Radio (April 10, 2008): "The Edge with Tom Smith: Kendra Wiseman" Get the Flash Player to see this player. [49m 38s] Hubbard and Scientology believe that if you get physically ill, [...] the only possible reason for that is that you have a suppressive person in your life. [...] So a lot of the time what happens is that a kid in Scientology school — this happened to me many times — will get sick you know, you will get a cold and you will stay home for two days. And when you get back to school, you got to sit down with the Ethics Officer and they say, "Now I want you to write down who the suppressive person in your life is." And... You know you're ten years old, you're eleven years old. And you go, "I don't know, I don't know," and they say there have to be a suppressive person in your life. Hubbard said that the only reason you just got sick is that because there is a suppressive who have been upsetting you recently. I had an experience when I was ten years old, I wrote down the name of the last person I got an argument with. And I found out a few weeks later that that girl — she was eleven — got thrown out of school, because I had named her a suppressive person [...], wrote down her name because that was the only thing that was going to get me out of that Ethics Office, and she got kicked out. [...] [This is an excerpt, see Kendra Wiseman's page for the whole interview.]
FACTnet (Aug. 1998): "Jesse Prince interviews – Tape 3"
She married a fellow named Shawn Morrison, who was the
port captain at Gilman Hot Springs, which is basically a
public relations position for the surrounding locals. At
any rate, this woman ended up having cancer, and it was,
you know, Scientology doesn’t believe in chemotherapy or
anything like that. They actually have policy letters
against gamma rays, this is a severely antiquated idea,
they don’t move with modern technology. So, this woman
was encouraged to not get the standard treatment
available to cure cancer. [...]
Escandalo! (circa 1995?): "Get Thee Behind Me, Thetan!!!" by Jason Torchinsky
She then went on to say that there wasn't any need for psychiatry,
anyway, as Scientology can cure pretty much anything. We
were skeptical, so as way of proof she
went on to enumerate the various diseases and ailments that
Scientology could cure. Everything from allergies to heart
disease, which she dismissed with a wave of her hand
and an irritating chuckle. She also claimed that if a woman
had been raped, she could rid the woman of all ill effects,
both physical and emotional, in about 2 hours. [...]
PerkinsTragedy.org: "Comment by a Friend of Elli Perkins"
Under the threat of loosing my "Total Freedom for all Eternity",
I too followed the Scientology policy
of avoiding Psychiatric treatment and tried for years
to handle my daughter with vitamins and isolation similar
to the Lisa McPherson
handling. On several occasions, I even signed her out of
the Psychiatric unit against medical advice. Throughout
her illness, I was subjected to several violent assaults.
One episode I recall vividly, was when she stood directly
in front of me with a butcher's knife posed to her heart
warning me that if I moved one inch, she would kill herself.
I froze in terror for some time until she broke silence
with an evil laugh saying "I scared you didn't I?" As incredible
as it appears to me now, I still dutifully followed the
tech of L. Ron Hubbard and avoided Psychiatric treatment.
[...]
Declaration of Charlotte L. Kates (11 October 1998)
13. She was sold several intensives (12 1/2 hour blocks
of time) of Scientology auditing
at the Flag Land Base on the premise that there, at "the
mecca of technical perfection," her Lyme disease would be
finally "handled," and that, therefore, the auditing was
worth the exorbitant prices. She took
out a second mortgage loan on her house to pay for these
intensives of auditing. When these did not "handle" her
Lyme disease, she was told she had not purchased enough
auditing. In a very intense registration session,
she nearly maxed out her credit cards to purchase further
intensives of Flag auditing, and was further promised a
cure for her Lyme disease. Once again, she was not recommended
to see a doctor, and was, in fact, discouraged from doing
so.
14. She returned to Flag for further "handling" for her Lyme disease, which was continually worsening as she put off medical treatment on the advice of CoS representatives. Once again, after receiving numerous "intensives" Flag auditing, she was still afflicted with Lyme disease. Nevertheless, Scientology continued to exploit the situation for money, involving her again in an intense registration session. She was told that she would need $8000 worth of additional auditing. She explained repeatedly to the registrar that she had nothing, that she had spent her last $2000 for her 4-year-old daughter's International Association of Scientologists Lifetime Membership, that she could simply not afford another intensive. [...] Mike O'Connor: "From the past (NOTs 34)"
I find NOTs 34 an interesting document, because it is arguably
a criminal instruction manual, as in my (non-lawyer) opinion,
it describes how to use an
E-Meter
to help diagnose, treat, cure, and prevent physical diseases
in violation of court orders given to Scientology. It's
it's illegal to make such claims in general, without
FDA approval,
but in the case of the E-Meter, a long, major, hard-fought
lawsuit brought by the US gov't on this very point actually
CONDEMNED the E-Meter and the cult was ordered never
to make such claims. Yet we have all seen NOTs 34, NOTs
22, NOTs 50 making very explicit claims...
Los Angeles New Times (2001): "Sympathy for the Devil"
For years she found herself stuck at OT VII, the second-highest
level in the religion. Year after year, she diligently went
through drills and tests trying to locate all of the body
thetans infesting her system. The process mostly involved
talking with auditors while hooked up to an "E-meter," an
electronic gauge that measures tiny fluctuations in skin
conductivity. Scientologists believe the erratic movement
of the meter's needle while a subject talks indicates the
presence of body thetans.
One of the things holding Bezazian back was the real mother of a body thetan that had taken up residence in her nervous system. She had epilepsy, which to the rest of the world is a serious, chronic illness. But to Scientologists, Bezazian's epileptic convulsions were a sure sign of a body thetan's presence. When Bezazian stuck to a drug regimen recommended by doctors, she suffered few effects of the disease. But Scientologists viewed resorting to medication as a sign of weakness, an indication that an adherent didn't trust Hubbard's "tech" to drive away the body thetan causing her malady. Several times, she tried to adhere to her faith by going off her medication. She suffered greatly each time. Although she was warned she would never "go clear" until she "handled" her epilepsy through the tech, Bezazian eventually went back on medication permanently. Others chose to battle severe medical problems without help from doctors. A good friend, she says, died painfully after relying on auditing to cope with breast cancer. Affidavit of Roxanne Friend (6 December 1991)
Affidavit of Martin Ottmann (19 April 1996)
The pressure on the GI-lines was very
high in those days, so I expected that Debbie would scream
and threaten with "ethics handlings". Suddenly I felt very
giddy. I got dizzier from moment to moment until I finally
completely passed out.
Minutes later I found myself lying on the floor. I was shocked and made it to the department only after a few hours. The following days I experienced a strange misty feeling. When I saw the "Medical Liaison Officer" Weissenburger, she told me, that I should take protein drinks and eat enough. Later I had an interview at the "Staff Training Org FLB". I mentioned that I had "passed out". As a result I received a "Pain-Drug-Hypnosis-Security Check" (PDH-Sec. Check), as the "passing out" was a indicator that I had gotten a brainwashing treatment in the past by a psychologist or psychiatrist with the means of drugs, inflicted pain and hypnosis, per LRH. Affidavit of Scott Yeager (date unknown)
In 1981 my wife Susan Yeager got acute lymphocytic leukemia.
After her 3rd relapse in 1982 she was told by Bruce McKenzie,
the Portland mission's ethics officer that I was the cause
of her cancer. He told her that I
was an SP (Suppressive Person) and she got cancer because
she was married to me. Note — I have never been declared
an SP by the C.O.S. (Church of Scientology). Bruce told
her that the only way she could live was by divorcing me.
Several weeks later after getting auditing and being disconnected
from me she was very sick and I was able to get her admitted
to the City of Hope Hospital where she died in December,
1982.
Paulette Cooper: "The Scandal of Scientology - The Suppressives"
He believes the Scientologists placed
Stewart's[*] name on the bulletin board and put him in a
"condition of doubt" for having seizures or fits in public
and thereby "invalidating Scientology." Kaufman was
horrified that someone would be punished for a physical
ailment over which he had no control, especially since the
"doubt penalty" meant this ill man would have had to work
at menial chores for eighty hours straight without sleep.
A few days after the man was placed in "doubt," Kaufman was even more upset to see the man's funeral and cremation notice posted on the bulletin board. A short while later -- Kaufman believes it was the afternoon he saw the funeral notice -- Kaufman was more shaken when it was announced that the deceased's wife had just gone up another (very high) level in Scientology. Kaufman's suspicion that the eighty-hour penalty was connected to this man's death was heightened when he returned home and one of his Scientology instructors told Kaufman that he had heard that the man hadn't really died at all and that it had all been a mistake. Jon Atack: "A Piece of Blue Sky: The Clearwater Hearings"
Rose Pace was introduced to Scientology by her sister, Lori
Taverna, when she was thirteen. She joined the Church, and
her formal education ended. The Board of Education accepted
representations made by the Scientologists that Pace needed
counselling. At fourteen, Pace became an Auditor, and began
a career which culminated in her working at the Flag Land
Base, in Clearwater, as a NOTs Auditor.
After sixteen years in Scientology
she said of its curative claims: "I have never seen someone
be cured of an illness."
[...] McKee described his most traumatic experience while in Scientology. His wife, Julie, who was a highly trained Auditor, had started to feel tired:
Affidavit of Andre Tabayoyon (5 March 1994)
105. Ray Mithoff is the senior-most person dealing with
the technology of Scientology which includes auditing and
the handling of Potential Trouble Source Type 3 cases ("PTS
type 3"). A person who is PTS Type 3 has suffered a psychotic
break, may hear voices, may have suicidal tendencies and
will not know what is going on. I have personally observed
numerous PTS type 3 cases in Scientology — often in the
course of auditing. Mr. Mithoff can verify PTS type 3 symptoms.
He can verify handling appropriate procedures such as the
introspection rundown and isolation watch.
He can identify and describe actual
cases and which deaths and suicides are directly attributable
to Scientology auditing. From what Mr. Berry has
told me about Fishman and his behavior, it is my opinion,
as an experienced RPF auditor and RPF case supervisor, that
he may have gone PTS type 3 — especially if he had an extensive
psychological background and was self-auditing without training.
Affidavit of Zoe Woodcraft (24 January 2001)
125. Regarding medical treatment while I was in the
Sea Org, I once fractured my foot when I was about 13.
My bone was fractured from my pinky
bone to my ankle and I was in terrible pain.
I couldn't walk at all and stayed in bed late, but still
had to get up and work. The cadet coordinator checked
me and told me I just had a sprain. After about a
week it was not better so I went to the
MLO.
I waited all day and no one helped me. They finally
helped me toward the end of the day. One of the MLOs
took me to a nearby scientology chiropractor.
126. I was told this chiropractor would take cheap x-rays. She took them, saw the fracture and pointed it out to me and advised me to see a doctor. I was never taken to a doctor. To this day, my foot still hurts and aches when I run. 127. While I was on the EPF, I was working a lot with acid. I had no protective gloves and my skin became very dry and chapped and started peeling off. Something also happened to my feet as they became sore and red, then crusty even on top. They would crack and bleed and the bottoms were so sore I could hardly touch them. I had to continue working until I begged to go to the MLO. By this time, I could barely walk or move my fingers. 128. The MLO, who is not even a medically trained person, said it looked like some sort of fungus and would go away. I was given no treatment and sent immediately back to work. I bought my own lotion at the store and was constantly using it to take away the pain. 129. I suffered this condition up to the time I went with my father to Hawaii. When he saw my hands and feet he immediately got me some medicine and applied it frequently. By the time I returned to the Sea Org it had cleared up. 130. I want to state that the church promises you that all your medical cares will be attended to. This is not true. Medical cares are ignored unless they are extreme. You are considered to be doing something wrong if you are sick or injured. 131. Any care that costs money has to go through a long process of approval that can take months. I know my grandmother paid for some of her friends surgery or medical treatment because they could not get the funds approved through the church system and were in dire need of treatment. 132. I also once cut my arm badly, where I could see white flesh, and this received no treatment other than wrapping. I have a very bad scar on my arm from this injury. The Anderson Report, Chapter 7: Hubbard's Scientific Deficiencies
Hubbard's completely unjustified claims to speak with authority
on medical matters are not confined to psychiatry and psychology.
His writings range the gamut of medicine, and
many of his theories are based on
entirely erroneous ideas of several branches of medicine.
A great part of this Report is concerned with the errors
of Hubbard in relation to psychiatry and psychology. In
this Chapter, other branches of medicine, particularly anatomy
and gynaecology, regarding which Hubbard has many fanciful
and incorrect ideas, are briefly dealt with. In relation
to the matters dealt with in this part of this Chapter,
the expert medical evidence which the Board heard included
evidence from Professors of Anatomy and Gynaecology and
Obstetrics and a Dean of Medicine.
MR. CALDERBANK: Were there any scientific guarantees given to you about auditing as to what it could cure? Did you — was it sold to you as helping any of your problems?MS. VAN SCHAICK: Yes. And also medical at that time.MR. CALDERBANK: Can you give me a specific medical problem?MS. VAN SCHAICK: Headaches.Frederick Post (1981): "Man continues crusade against church"
[Alex Cornell] was a teen-ager then, suffering from an advanced
form of Hodgkin's disease, and he joined the church because
its leaders told him they could show
him the way to cure himself of the cancer. Well,
he says, they didn't. Instead they introduced the worried
youngster to abstract theories regarding self help, for
which they charged $900, and they tormented him with the
notion that he was to blame for his condition — indeed,
that he was such an errant, woebegotten creature that he
deserved it.
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