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title: "Court Declaration — stacybig"
source: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/Declaration/stacybig.txt
retrieved: 2026-06-28
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DECLARATION OF STACY BROOKS YOUNG I, Stacy Brooks Young, declare as
follows:
1. I am over the age of 18 years.
2. I have been retained as an
expert consultant and expert witness by Dr. Uwe Geertz's counsel in the
case captioned Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman and
Uwe Geertz, #CV-6426-HLH (Tx) currently pending for purposes of hearing
the accompanying motion in the United States District Court, Central
District of California. The statements herein are of my own personal
knowledge and if called upon as a witness, I can testify competently
thereto.
3. This declaration is submitted in support of Defendant Dr.
Geertz's motion for costs, fees, expenses and sanctions following the
dismissal of this action with prejudice by the court on February 22, 1994.
4. As a result of my nearly 15 years in Scientology, I am qualified to
discuss the policies, procedures and practices of Scientology, including
the issue of "of and concerning," plaintiff CSI's assertion that it moved
to dismiss this case because of "harassment" by Dr. Geertz's counsel,
Scientoiogy's hatred of psychology, Scientologys practice of harassing its
critics, the treatment Steven Fishman received at the hands of this
organization, and the fact that Miscavige and his lieutenants are managing
agents of CSI. My Extensive History in the upper Echelons of Scientology
Management Qualify Me as an Expert.
5. I was a member of the Church of
Scientology for nearly 15 years, from January 1975 until July 1989. From
October 1975 until I left, I was a member of the Sea Organization, the
most dedicated group of Scientologists in the entire organization. I spent
most of my time from 1978 until 1989 in a highly confidential section of
Scientology management which was known as the Guardian Office until 1982
and is today called the Office of Special Affairs. This section of
Scientology is responsible for dealing with all external public relations,
all matters relating to civil litigation or criminal matters, all
governmental relations such as the IRS, and all critics of Scientology.
6. During my tenure in Scientology I acquired extensive knowledge of the
Scientology counseling methods known as auditing, the methods of training
staff members and public Scientologists, the methods of dealing with
non-Scientologists (known as "external publics"), former Scientologists
and/or critics, known as enemies or suppressive, and the administrative
and management procedures of the organization.
7. My first experience
with Scientology was at the Mission of Atlanta, Georgia, where I attended
a series of introductory lectures about the mind. I received some basic
auditing and took several basic courses.
8. I joined the Sea Organization
("Sea Org," or "SO") at the Advanced Organization in Los Angeles ("AOLA")
in October 1975. To become a Sea Org or SO member one must sign a
billion-year contract to confirm one's dedication to scientology and
"clearing the planet" (see explanation below).
9. All staff members
involved in delivering the confidential upper levels of Scientology
auditing and all staff members involved in Scientology management must be
members of the Sea Org. They live communally and are under the absolute
authority of the Sea Org command lines 24 hours a day. I was paid $24 per
week - when I was paid.
10. The Sea Org has total authority over all
Scientology and Scientology-related organizations, including all nonprofit
and for-profit corporations. It cuts across all corporate boundaries and
can take over any Scientology organization without notice. Any
Scientologist who refuses to submit to Sea Org authority is declared a
"suppressive person" and expelled from Scientology.
11. All
Scientologists consider that Scientology is the only way for Mankind to go
free. For a Scientologist this means getting "exterior" to the physical
body ("exteriorization") and, indeed, to the entire physical universe. In
fact, L. Ron Hubbard created a new category of humanity for those who go
through all the levels of Scientology processing; they transcend the state
of Homo Sapiens and become what he called Homo Novis (similar to
Nietsche's Superman). Scientologists expect that once they have attained
this state they will be free to travel throughout the galaxies, freeing
others who are in the trap of the physical universe.
12. The route out of
the physical universe trap is called "The Bridge to Total Freedom." Every
Scientologist is at one stage or another on this Bridge, and they are
expected to get everyone else moving on this Bridge as well. The idea is
for everyone on Earth to get exterior to the physical universe. The only
people who aren't included are "suppressive," meaning those who have been
critical of Scientology.
13. The Bridge is composed of a series of auditing processes, an auditing