David Miscavige succeeded L. Ron Hubbard in 1987 [1] and is the current leader of Scientology with the title, Chairman of the Board Chairman of the Board (COB) of the Religious Technology Center (RTC).
Beatings
Miscavige has been accused of assaulting and beating members of staff,
Mr. Miscavige told me on more than one occasion how he had physically attacked a female who was a fellow "Commodore's Messenger" in 1981. He said he beat her up and threw her off post. [2],
At Gold Base according to former staff members beatings took place secretly during the 1990’s but from 2000 he beat, “these guys” steadily more and it became habitual. During 2003 and 2004 the author assumes beatings happened at least once every day and there may have been several if there were many meetings. Rick Cruzen, Mark Ingber, Gueilleme Leserve, Ray Mitoff, Mike Rinder and Marc Yager were hit repeatedly at meetings. Other former members of Miscavige’s staff confirm that beatings became more frequent in later years. [3]
The four assaults I witnessed were against Mike Rinder, Mark Yager, Guillaume Leserve and Ray Mithhoff (four of the highest-ranking officers of the Church of Scientology). In the case of Mike Rinder, he and I were standing shoulder to shoulder when Mike was attacked. Miscavige didn't like a minor edit that Mike had made to a video we were working on. Suddenly Miscavige just went off: he lunged, grabbed Mike's head with both hands and bashed his head into solid cherry-wood paneling three times putting his whole body into the effort. Mike has since departed from the Church. Violent physical abuse is just the tip of a dark iceberg. [4]
Further accusations
Further accusations involve forced abortions, [5], human trafficking [6] among other serious wrongs.
References and external links
Videos
These videos are not very intellectual in the same way as David Miscavige does not appear to be very intellectual, non the less the videos show something about the man's character and they are a small sample of Miscavige related videos on Youtube.
- Scientology Exposed - The Violence of Leader David Miscavige A former high ranking Scientologist claims he was seriously beaten by Miscavige.
- David Miscavige Discusses Anonymous! This video shows how far Miscavige controls anger, even in front of television cameras.
- Miscavige at a birthday party David Miscavige at a birthday party for Tom Cruise
