We know you think David Miscavige is on the ropes, what with Leah Remini and everyone else suing him, and process servers hunting him down, and his Austin Ideal Org grand opening ceremony canceled, and so many questions being asked about his wife, Shelly.
But Scientology’s ruthless ecclesiastical leader is taking this planet by storm and there’s not a thing those pesky Marcabian invaders can do about it.
Let’s take a look at some of his recent accomplishments.
On July 20, Bunker mainstay Phil Jones went by the Canada “Advanced Org” to gaze on its awesome progress.
Scientology boasts at its website, “To dramatically speed progress of parishioners up the Scientology Bridge to the Mecca in Clearwater, Mr. Miscavige has inaugurated a program to establish Advanced Organizations in every continent.” And the AOs in Canada and Latin America have been in the works since 2009.
Sure, 14 years is kind of a long time on the time scale that you puny mortals go by, but to a 76 trillion-year-old Scientologist? The blink of an eye.
After Phil went by to see how things were going up north, another of our readers was good enough to check out how the other project was going, in Mexico City.
The “Latam” AO will serve all of Latin America, an awesome responsibility, and it too has been in the works for 14 years. We found these renderings to show how Scientology expects it to look.
And how is it progressing? Why, awesomely, of course…
Meanwhile, fundraising for even more Ideal Orgs is roaring with success!
These new orgs ought to be open any day now…
In the meantime, while David Miscavige is growing Scientology in leaps and bounds, Karen Pressley’s Los Angeles trip to celebrate 25 years out of Scientology which she told us about on the podcast yesterday continues. She says she was thrilled to see Erin Hodges Plumb, who, if you remember, made a bold exploit of taking Karen’s book to her ex Peter Schless at Int Base when it was having an open house.
They not only met for breakfast yesterday, but also paid a visit to Karen’s old haunt, the Hollywood Celebrity Centre.
What a great reunion! Was Dave home?
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Miscavige pays big money I’m sure for the glossy new pictures of himself looking…(trying to look) like a “Big Being.” But some, such as myself, still see soulless eyes and “The Joker” painted on smile.
I had the pleasure of basking for a few minutes in the sunshine that is Erin Hodges Plumb in Clearwater a few years back — it was a gathering outside the Lucky Anchor. Great to see her smile this morning! Karen’s book is a recommended read. It cannot have been easy for her to return to the place of her oppression, but I hope for her that it is cathartic and healing.