'Queen of Scientology'
President's ex-wife reveals the Church's innermost secrets and why she was cast into darkness when she finally fled after 35 years
- Karen de la Carriere, 70, was a member of Scientology for 35 years and attained a rank only shared by a handful of others
- She rubbed shoulders with the church's elite including John Travolta
- But she questioned the leadership and says she was brutally punished for it
- She claims she was made to run 12 hours a day for three months and was 'imprisoned' in 'The Hole' and had to chip paint off a metal pole day after day
- She claims in Sea Org, the management branch, they banned children and forced couples
- She left in 2010 and her own son turned on her and she blames Scientology for his ultimate death from pneumonia
- Church dismissed Karen as being like a 'lunatic' who spreads 'falsehoods' because she has a 'personal axe to grind'
Karen de la Carriere, 70, was a member of the Church of Scientology for 35 years. She was married to its President. She held a level of 'enlightenment' and a rank within its organization shared by only a handful of others. She was one of its 'rock stars'.
But when she left in 2010 she was branded a 'Suppressive Person', cast out, harassed and cut off from her son so completely that, when he died in 2012, she learned of his passing via a Facebook posting by a stranger.
Now, for the first time, she has given her full, personal and excoriating account and shared a treasure trove of previously unseen pictures from her years inside the notoriously secretive organization.
In an emotional interview with MailOnline she told of the punishments she claims she endured, often stretching across months. In the name of spiritual enlightenment they all but broke her physically and mentally. She said they made her feel like an 'amoeba'.
She says she had to run for 12 hours a day for three months. She says she was ordered to chip paint off metal bars for days on end. And for six months, she claims she was held against her will in a section of Scientologys Int Base in the Californian desert known by members as 'The Hole', while her husband was sent to Germany and her baby kept from her.
The Church of Scientology has vigorously responded to Karen's claims and dismissed her as somebody who 'will literally say anything to get attention'. A spokesman claims she has previously made 'false and unsubstantiated claims about the church'.
Karen was in her early twenties and living in London when she was introduced to Scientology by a boyfriend. The love affair didn't last, but she was hooked on Scientology from her first Audit.
Auditing is central to Scientology. The subject, or 'Pre-Clear' (PC) answers questions posed by a trained 'auditor' while hooked up to an E-meter, a polygraph of sorts that purports to read moods and gauge signs of spiritual distress. The goal is to attain a 'Clear' state.
In 1975 she signed a simple pledge and entered the Sea Org the management team styled as a sort of faux navy by church's founder and sci-fi writer L Ron Hubbard. She thought the whole enterprise 'benign' and well intentioned. She wanted to do well.
Within three years Karen had achieved Class XII Case Supervisor status. To this day there are less than 60 auditors to have received what is, for them, the highest honor. She met Heber Jentzsch, a senior officer in the public relations department, and they married in 1978. David Mayo L Ron Hubbard's personal auditor - gave her away.
WANT 'TOTAL FREEDOM'? SIGN YOUR LIFE AWAY FOR BILLIONS OF YEARS
They join to cross the Bridge to 'Total Freedom'. But first members of the Church of Scientology sign contracts locking them into the faith not only for this lifetime but all the lives they believe come after.
They are bound for a billion years by legal documents in which they sign away their spiritual, physical and mental freedom.
In never-before-seen contracts for potential members of the elite Sea Org - seen by MailOnline - members jettison family or friends opposed to Scientology, absolve the church of any liability, surrender their right to sue or reclaim donations and give the church license to hold them hostage under 24 hour guard with no limit of time.
They accept the churchs 'unalterably opposed' stand to psychiatry, instead placing their physical and mental health entirely in the hands of the church.
They agree: 'If circumstances ever arise in which government, medical, or psychiatric officials or personnel or family members or friends attempt to compel or coerce or commit me for psychiatric evaluation, treatment or hospitalization I fully expect that the Church.. will intercede on my behalf to oppose such efforts and/or extract me.'
Similarly though the church denies any policy of 'disconnecting' believers from family who are critical, members must state: 'I am not connected with any person, such as by marital or familial ties, of known antagonism to spiritual treatment or to Scientology'.
And in a clause that both Karen and her husband, Jeff Augustine - a retired corporate executive who has researched the legal make-up of the church extensively - dub a license to kidnap members surrender themselves to the 'intensive, rigorous Religious Service', known as the Introspection Rundown.
They accept that this means 'being isolated from all sources of potential upset, including but not limited to family members, friends or others', 'specifically consent to Church members being with me 24 hours a day', 'fully accept that the duration of any such isolation is uncertain' and determined by the church and absolve Scientology of any 'known and unknown risks of injury, loss or damage' that might result.
Full Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2744101/Karen-lived-like-Queen-wife-Scientology-s-President-But-fell-grace-punished-The-Hole-When-left-church-35-years-son-turned-against-Here-reveals-disturbing-story.html
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This is nothing more than another "Peoples Temple", I hope it doesn't come to the same type of end. It is a cult in spite of what they expound to the public.
One would think the news that Travolta is gay would have had an effect on his status in the "Church" . Apparently not ...
And I liked reading Hubbard's sci-fi books.
That would be because it isn't a church and they want Travolta's money.
Yeah he should have stayed with writing.
Shocked the Right wing Tea Party hasn't talked their Rich Republican party brethren to jump on the Scientology band wagon. Give up their current drain of the the middle class and give up getting their hands on the Medicare money no way. Why hasn't Travolta been thrown out?
Stars like Travolta and Cruise are treated very differently than ordinary members of this cult. They are valued more for their promotional value than for their money so they are not kept with a noose around their necks like ordinary people, but given many advantages in order to maintain their loyalty.
Anyone stupid enough to get involved in this cult deserves what they get. I remember a movie called "Ticket to Heaven" that illustrated the techniques used by these cults.