Episode 4: Bruce Hines on Scientology Sea Org insanity, and a Shelly story we hadn't heard
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Episode 4: Bruce Hines on Scientology Sea Org insanity, and a Shelly story we hadn't heard
The man who once was Nicole Kidman's auditor has so much to tell about the Scientology experience.
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Tony Ortega
Tony Ortega has been investigating and writing about the Church of Scientology since 1995, and daily since 2012 at The Underground Bunker. The Underground Bunker podcast allows him to discuss that news with important sources who know David Miscavige's cabal better than anyone.
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Episode 4: Bruce Hines on Scientology Sea Org insanity, and a Shelly story we hadn't heard
48:00. When Bruce called me, I told him about Dan Garvin! And Bruce knew Dan too, and Dan said even with Dan being ex OSA, and Dan going to Clearwater to protest, STILL Dan got no backlash.
SO learning no backlash, is great to hear. Yea, Bruce was someone I always looked up to, and am so happy he and the others in those 2004-5 years did do media. (Thanks Patty Moher and her parties, and Prof Kent ,Prof Touretzky, Barbs, and Tayna Durni, the others at Patty's parties, who encouraged the ex's speak up). I knew Bruce from when my first ex wife used to be Director of Processing when Bruce was working auditing NOTs in the Flag NOTs original HGC, LOL.)
Leiby called me, since Arnie Lerma was still in touch, and me calling Arnie put me in touch with Leiby, and then Leiby to me to Bruce.
Bruce then did the LA Times article with Maureen, Karen Pressley, etc.
But really Gerry Armstrong had really taken the heat for everyone ,and it's why Gerry truly truly truly, is just to be so thanked for sticking his little neck out decades ago. And Gerry being on LRH's line, and doing so intimately what Gerry did. (But thanks all the way back to Hubbard's earliest ex's who took heat, it's all on Hubbard.)
Can’t get enough of Bruce Hines. He makes me feel like less of a fool for my 35 year affiliation with this horrible group.
I just wanted to add a snippet of my own experience with the terror that David Miscavige elicited from not only staff but lowly members: I was studying in the course room with my sandals by my feet and my back was to the door. All of a sudden the Sea Org supervisor in a very fearful way said, “Mary put on your shoes!” I did and looked to see David Miscavige walking by with his entourage and an immediate fear came over me and the rest. He loved instilling fear in those around him.