To: tilman@berlin.snafu.de Subject: scientology From: *** Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:30:21 -0500 Tilman, I have been having trouble getting a message through to you. I use my computer and the on-line services for research in my business. I have done very little email. The story of how I got involved with Scientology is very long. Shotened, I lived in a rural US community and had never heard of it. I met a man who was involved and for the first two years, he had nothing to do with it. Then we started a business that I left my career to get off the ground for him and I was stabbed in the back. It's a testiment to their Tone 1.1. I have worked through one declare as a Supressive Person adn they very nearly destroyed me. I was a biologist with a BSc degree in Biology & Chemistry, I worked in the allied health field. I'm sure you are aware many of them are MDs, Dentists, Chiropractors. I finally started my own medical consulting business to have an income. I am scared to death of this group. And they really to not want my story out. Omaha, NE has been a source of much embarressment to them in the past. An the veings I was dealing with are part of a former group that was a problem, but who swear they are true to the main cause. I have no terminals. Do you wish to continue?? Lin M To: tilman@berlin.snafu.de Subject: What happened in Omaha From: *** Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:25:10 -0500 Tilman, Back in the late seventies and early eighties there was a person by the name of Don Hill. He was the "CEO" of the Omaha Mission of Scientology. It was at this time that my ex-husband got involved in Scientology and he joined on as staff at this mission. There were, at least 15 others involved in it here at that time. Since Alan was staff he was sent to Los Angeles to get his auditor training. I had always understood that this was, from Alan, supposed to be "free" training, since he was staff. (However, very shortly before we split up his mother told me that she was in agreemnt with me because she and his father had loaned him almost $27,000 to go to Los Angeles for training.) When he came back to Omaha to fulfill his contract, things were Altered here by this person, Don Hill. There were courses being altered grossly from standard tech, auditing was being used for sexual purposes, And the sad part was that no one here knew until they got training that this was wrong. (I had a hard time believing that completely!) However, Don Hill was not sending the Church of Scientology its money . There was an investigation from Los Angeles and The LA people found that it had become a wife-swapping event. My ex-husband was a part of that. One of the married women had left her husband and was living with him at the time. There were others that moved back here and started trying to change things. This Hill guy, had "contracts" put out on some of them, and one person was very severely beaten. There were a lot of "criminal" things that happened. Many perople lost their homes, businesses , everything. They never received and "services" from Scientoplogy because the Main Church said they were never paid for. Don Hill took the money and left town. That is why Scientology is not at all welcomed in Omaha. My experience is more in line with what the Rowes went through. Alan was invited to the Kansas City Org to be signed up for his OT levels. It was demanded that I go along. (I did not know that then.) I found out in the car on the way out of town that he had commited us to $30,000 right away and at least that much more very soon. I refused and I stuck to my guns. Then Charlotte Beardmore who is the current Head of the Omaha Mission got into the act, They kept making phone call to tied all our business lines for three days until ALan got the money. Then it was demanded that I appear at her home and a person from LA drill me trying to get me to go along with what they wanted Alan to do. He "held me hostage for six hours" much like the Rowe's story and ALan was part of it. Then I threatened to go to the public with what they were doin and four of the people from the Omaha Mission turned me in as a suppressive person. I worked my way out of that declare , partly by doing some of the basic courses. Which I have not found that bad. I do not call myself a scientologist I am a Catholic. It gets too crazy. I have used some of their methods adn they do work, But I use them cautiously, with my Catholic background as my guide. My posting on the BB will probably get me declared again. I have been encouraged to speak and write a book about my experience with this sect. But as I stated I am afraid to. The church of Scientology has kept this hushed with death threats so there is nothing in newspapers or on TV. If you ever run into anyone who is actually in the same experience I will trust you with my full name and address, in case I go off-line. It is: Dr. Lin M*********; *****************; Omaha, Nebraska, USA and my phone number currently is ************. I may be moving because my finace has taken a new position away from here, but mail will always be forwarded. This is short but will write more later. LinM To: tilman@berlin.snafu.de Subject: previous file mailed From: *** Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 16:17:46 +0000 Tilman, I am not sure you remember me. I contacted you about a year ago regarding my story and experience with Scientology holding our business hostage for days in oder to get my scientologist husband to get $$ for them, ordering my now ex-husband to divorce me, how they issued a declared on me. I was on AOL at the time and have a new e-mail address. You asked me if you could put my story on your Home Page. Shortly after that message from you was received, my computer was broken into somehow and all the Scientology files I had on the hard drive were "Scooped up". Gone. Then Steve Drabin from the Los Angeles Dianetics Foundation Registrar started contacting me, again. I have been considering for almost a year, your request. Life has been good to me, I have remarried and I no longer fear any repraisal from this group. If you still have my story, you may go ahead and put it on your Home page. Sincerely, Lin M***