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has Scientology now decided that non- -Scientologists are not allowed to
use Scientology words?
7. CSI cites two words used by Mr. Berry in a letter as examples
of his abuse of the Scientology religion. Yet the two words he used are
strictly administrative terms having nothing to do with religious
beliefs whatsoever. "Dev-T" is a word that means "Developed Traffic,"
an administrative term for unnecessary or duplicative work. "CSWP"
stands for "Completed Staff Work, please" This term is simply a request
for a full proposal. There is nothing religious in either of these
phrases.
THE TESTIMONY OF SCIENTOLOGY EXPERTS IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
SHOULD NOT BE SEALED
8. Mr. Lubell, an attorney for CSI, stated in his original motion
to strike or seal my expert declarations in this case that "If there
were such a thing as an 'expert' on Scientology scripture, such a
designation could only be made by the Church"; yet the truth is just the
opposite. It is only someone who has been directly involved with
Scientology management and then leaves the cult, as I did, who can be
trusted to provide the Court with straightforward information about the
inner workings and practices of Scientology. It is utterly impossible
for anyone who is still a Scientologist (and who therefore still
believes that their entire future depends upon remaining a
Scientologist) to tell the truth about Scientology. The organization
would immediately punish anyone who did so. In short, one can only tell
the truth after having made the decision no longer to adhere to the
policies of Scientology, which include protecting it at all costs and
never uttering a word of criticism or adverse testimony.
9. Contrary to the representations that have been made about my
motives in numerous declarations and motions filed in this litigation, I
agreed to assist Mr. Berry in his defense of Dr. Geertz because I
think it is crucial for outsiders to begin to understand what
Scientology really is, what motivates its members, how the leadership
views non- Scientologists and critics of Scientology (particularly
psychiatrists and psychologists such as Defendant Dr. Uwe Geertz), how
Scientologists manipulate the courts for their own ends, and the cold-
bloodedness with which people like Steven Fishman are coerced into
parting with huge sums of money.
10. The Scientology attorneys claim that I am putting the
"religious beliefs" of Scientology on trial. That is nonsense. This is
the United States of America; people have the right to believe whatever
they want to and I have no desire to convince anyone to stop believing
in the Scientology philosophy. It is the practices of this organization
that concern me, not the belief system. Violations of civil and human
rights, to say nothing of common decency, are so rampant in this
organization that it is extremely difficult for an outsider to
comprehend why anyone would remain in such a group.
11. Indeed, this is precisely why the Scienntologists continue to
get away with such abuse. Former members have such bizarre, outrageous
tales to tell that outsiders find their stories very difficult to
believe, and the Scientologists do everything they can to discredit the
former members as mercenaries, liars, thieves, lunatics and worse (as
evidenced by the language that has been used by Scientoloqy leaders and
their attorneys to describe me during the course of this litigation).
The result is that while declaration after declaration has been filed
detailing horror stories of sleep deprivation, starvation, involuntary
incarceration, loss of consortium, child abuse, suicide, financial
crimes and more, Scientology has successfully convinced many courts that
the authors of such statements were nothing more than "embittered
apostates," as they have now described me.
12. The truth is much simpler: I am no longer under the influence
of the coercive and manipulative methods of Scientology and I can now
see how abusive the practices of this group are. There are many people
who are still its psychological and emotional captives, and these people
are not only being victimized by the Scientology Sea Organization
command structure but are also perpetrating abuse on others, Including
children who cannot speak for themselves. People are being held under
guard; people are being interrogated on the E-Meter for the slightest
infraction. or the slightest hint of disaffection, women are being
coerced into aborting their unborn children; parents are being kept from
their children for weeks and even months at a time. Scientology
registrars are coercing people to part with their life savings; they are
convincing people to turn over their credit cards; Sclentology leaders
are pouring money into the Sea Org coffers while staff in the local
organizations live in abject poverty.
13. In his declaration of February 28, 1994, Heber Jentzsch
objected to my reference to the dangerous methods of Black Dianetics;