David Miscavige Defends The Church Of Scientology, Mocks The Death Of Lisa McPherson
Before you watch the above videos featuring David Miscavige, leader of the Church of Scientology, as he attempts to divert from the truth regarding the death of former COS member Lisa McPherson using paranoia, spurious accusations against the local authorities in Clearwater, Florida (site of the Harrison Hotel where Lisa died after 17 days of malevolent neglect by members of the Church of Scientology), German “operatives” and the suppressive agents of the public and government in their efforts to stop the Church, click the links to find out about Lisa.
In light of the discovery that COS is distributing their cult propaganda throughout the world using deceptive and underhanded agents of the organization, how long will we idly sit by and let an “American-run” entity destroy more lives, tell more lies and steal more money — and ultimately put our own freedoms in jeopardy for their profitable gain?
In the words of David Miscavige:
“As we gather here tonight armed with LRH tech, our ultimately victory over global suppression is assured. But our ultimate victory depends on expanding our numbers and the unswerving continued commitment of every IAS member. It’s that simple, it’s that vital.”
Tomorrow is February 10th, the anniversary of what would have been Lisa’s 49th birthday. One group has chosen to stand up, stand together and confront the Church of Scientology. We all stand poised to see how much we care, not just about one woman’s tragic murder at the hand’s of a corrupt and ruthless multi-billion dollar corporation, but about a world full of potential victims.
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I’ve been following scientology’s actions since 1995 and picketed them once years ago…. let me tell you, it makes me break into big grins seeing you and so many others standing up to the cult.
Scientology is not a religion but a money making enterprise that destroys lifes and drains bank accounts.
My hat is off to you for all the excellent stories you’re publishing.
Comment by AnonWog — February 9, 2008 @ 3:28 pm
What a giant $cientology wankfest.
Comment by Narcissus — February 9, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
The first protests should be beginning soon, I can’t wait to see how much coverage it gets.
Again Dawn, another nice article.
Anonymous loves what you’re doing here!
Comment by Anonymous — February 9, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
I want to reiterate and expand on what ANonWog says above. Kudos to you and other sites like this one which have taken up the mantle of exposing something that mainstream media is too afraid, generally, to take on. When the Anonymous group began, I can’t imagine that anyone thought ‘and gossip sites will carry the torch and light the way’. But by god you have. Thank you. And keep it up. America needs to see what a festering blight on humanity this cult is and they need to stand up to it and say enough.
Comment by Mags — February 9, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
What a cold hearted bastard Miscavige truely is, and the most shocking thing of all? They all clap. All of them. A thunderous applaude.
Makes you stop and really think how such a thing can go by unnoticed, uncommented upon. I’m glad that there’s a shitstorm of media attention on the Corporation of Scientology at the moment. They can’t shout at, harrass and intimidate everybody like they did with Sweeney and Panorama. They can’t plot bomb threats in an attempt to ruin Paulette Cooper ever again. They must once and for all address the world and defend and document itself, not attack and bully those who dare question.
I hope the day will come when the world turns and demand the proof of L. Ron Hubbard’s research for Dianetics. The proof that Narconon works. The proof that Hubbard was a war-hero. The proof of everything they’ve ever claimed about anything or anybody.
Forgive my rant, but it’s something I feel strongly about.
Signed,
Anonymous.
Comment by Anonymous — February 9, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
D, thank you for the splendid reports.
they applauded him! truly sick puppies.
i think that says everything we need to know about the ‘church’ of $.
i just hope that this level of attention will continue after tomorrows protests. we need a continued and sustained effort to stop this evil.
Comment by Cbanon — February 9, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
What a colossal ass.
I’m so glad he’s fled the country.
Lutz!
Comment by Terryeo — February 9, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
Nooo! Guys, stop posting about everything Scientology does.
If I don’t make you stop, he’ll move the chains from the washing machine to the dryer, and then I’ll be DRY.
Please, think of the lutz!
Comment by Terryeo — February 9, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
What happened to Lisa McPherson?
Lisa McPherson was a Scientologist who tragically died from a blood clot as a result of a car accident. Sadly, individuals tried to profit from the death of this poor girl. That’s why you know about it. Here is what happened:
1. Lisa McPherson died of a pulmonary embolism (blood clot). Allegations to the contrary made about the Church by Medical Examiner Dr. Joan Wood on national TV were unfounded, as she herself would later have to concede when she was presented with all the evidence.
2. None of the top medical experts around the country who have been consulted on this matter agreed with Wood’s conclusions.
3. The only doctor to support Wood’s interpretation on national TV — without examining the evidence — was convicted of witness tampering. He intentionally broke a bone in the neck of a corpse in connection with a New Jersey lawsuit.
4. Lisa’s aunt Dell Liebreich alleged in a suit against the Church that Lisa planned to leave the Church. This is false. Lisa had booked a Christmas/New Year vacation aboard the “Freewinds”, a Church of Scientology religious retreat and had paid for the airline tickets already.
5. Liebreich hardly knew Lisa and admitted in deposition that she never had a meaningful conversation with her in her entire adult life and showed no interest in the living Lisa. Her deposition shows her concern about acquiring Lisa’s possessions.
6. After Lisa’s traffic accident, she was seen by the hospital’s psychiatric liaison, who concluded that she was not a danger to herself or others.
7. When the medical examiner looked at all the facts she came to the conclusion that Lisa McPherson suffered an accidental death as a result of a pulmonary embolism caused by an injury to her leg in the auto accident. All charges against the Church were dismissed by the prosecutor.
8. When the judge in the civil suit was presented the evidence, he ruled that Lisa McPherson was at the Church of her own free will and dismissed a major portion of the case. The remaining part of the civil case ultimately settled. Here is the June 14th, 2000 press release.
She was not mistreated, she was willingly in the care of friends. She did not lose 50 lbs.
The medical examiner determined that Lisa died of natural causes. [The medical examiner initially found the cause of death to be “undetermined†and reached numerous erroneous conclusions wrongly suggesting that Ms. McPherson had been the victim of neglect or abuse. She then compounded these errors by presenting her mistaken analysis and conclusions to the public unlawfully and in a highly inflammatory way. Following correction of her error on Lisa’s death certificate and the formal finding that Ms. McPherson’s death was accidental ,as well as the revelation of other serious errors in her office, she resigned as county medical examiner.]
This was a tragic accident made worse by the Lisa McPherson Trust. We do not forget.
Comment by Lu — February 9, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
GO D! GO D! Awww yeah!
Comment by Anonymous — February 9, 2008 @ 7:24 pm
Lu
Your lies are pretty good. But the truth is already out. Scientology is an evil, murderous organanisation which exploits innocent people looking for help and denys them their basic human rights. In a few hours. Your lies will be exposed to the general populace of every major city in the world.
Its the end of Scientology as we know it, and I feel fine.
Comment by IrishAnon — February 9, 2008 @ 7:45 pm
Lu, you are a liar.
Here is the truth about Lisa McPherson:
theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com
Comment by Optimisticate — February 9, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
Lu, what was the source of your information? Do you have any non CoS sources for your information that you could refer us to, please?
Thank you in advance.
Comment by Espy — February 9, 2008 @ 7:50 pm
Praise for the Glosslip and others. http://www.gwangivalley.com/
And Lu… stop drinking the koolaid. It’s gone to your brain.
If this is how scientologists care for their friends, locking them in a room and letting bugs nibble on them. Well that sort of “care” will get you a malpractice suit in the real world. In a room at the Fort Harrison it’ll get you dead. http://www.whyaretheydead.net/lisa_mcpherson/legal/Aff_Bandt_010423.html
Tragic accident? It’s not an accident when people do it to you on purpose. Go cry your crocodile tears back in Clearwater.
Comment by Mags — February 9, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
Lu, if all of that is true then why did staff members give sworn testimony such as:
Q: “Can you describe what you observed when
you walked into the room?”
A. “Okay. I came in, and she was on the bed. And there was one person holding one of her arms, and one person holding another arm, I don’t remember who exactly. P.K. was there, and I believe he was holding her legs. And somebody was there, Mmm, I think with her — holding her head or something like that.”
-Statement of Heather Noelle Petzold
April 10, 1997
http://www.lisafiles.com/police/statements/1783.html
Comment by Torryeo — February 9, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
Hey Lu, you said the cause of death was initially undetermined. The coroner’s report (a duplicate scan of it) can be seen at http://www.lisamcpherson.org/coroner.gif
The “undetermined” part is in reference to whether or not it was murder or accident. The causes of death are listed, which includes “Severe Dehydration”, too much bed rest, abrasions, and bruises.
Sounds like some real crappy friends to me.
Comment by Craig — February 9, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
Yeah, celeb sites are pretty much considered the bottom-feeders. We strive to be more than our reputation-by-association.
Comment by k — February 9, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
I don’t really care about Scientology one way or another but I wonder why the amount of money that the Church of Scientology payed to Lisa’s family to settle the civil suit is
never disclosed. Would paying out a lot of money nake them look bad, we know that it was
at leas 50,000 dollars anyway. Why do we know about the huge settlements the Catholic church had to pay, Scientology is exactly the same as Catholicism, right?
Comment by LightField-Grnapl-Luana-Chewyandbert-Arkaitz-"Wax-Q"-Churilov — February 9, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Thanks for posting about Lisa, Lu. Anyone really wanting to know the truth about the Lisa McPherson case should read the affidavit of the star witness. If you have any question why the case was dropped, she explains it all here. It’s because it was based on known lies. And before you start ranting, read it. http://www.whyaretheydead.net/lisa_mcpherson/bob/affi_stacy2_04_29.htm
Comment by gibber — February 10, 2008 @ 1:36 am
Some people should really learn to think for themselves…and I am not referring to the scientologists.
The case of Lisa was obviously an accident. Lu explained what happened fairly well, and you can choose to believe him or not, as you can choose to believe the idiots screaming her name and pretending to care for her when all they really care about is attacking the church.
But the most telling thing in this whole story is this:
Lisa McPherson’s tragic death occurred on December 5, 1995.
Now in case some of you haven’t realized, we are in 2008. That’s over 12 years ago.
If Scientology was so bad, don’t you think there would be something a little more recent? Why is it that Scientology critics hold on so dearly to that case, even after it was proven the death was actually an accident?
Because they don’t have anything else to justify their accusations. That’s why.
Comment by Sylver — February 10, 2008 @ 1:39 am
Terryeo is a Scientology plant.
Comment by dkfjdlksfjlkj — February 10, 2008 @ 2:02 am
#20
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Lisa McPherson’s tragic death occurred on December 5, 1995.
Now in case some of you haven’t realized, we are in 2008. That’s over 12 years ago.
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There is no statute of limitations on murder in the united states.
Comment by Anonymous — February 10, 2008 @ 2:17 am
To add to 22, there is so much more than the McPherson case. See whyaretheydead.net and xenu.net and rickross.com for more. I’m talking to you, Sylver.
Comment by catman — February 10, 2008 @ 2:23 am
Hi Gibber, you sure do get around, all for the lutzes I assume,
I saw this in the story about the first pictures of the Sydney protest.
I just want to point out something really intriguing about Gibber. Gibber was posting from this location:
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Ip deleted to protect the not so innocent)
Church of Scientology International CHSCIEN-
Hi gibber, I’m Dawn, this is my site. Nice to meet you.
Comment by d — February 10, 2008 @ 1:38 am
Comment by LightField-Grnapl-Luana-Chewyandbert-Arkaitz-"Wax-Q"-Churilov — February 10, 2008 @ 2:44 am
I am so happy that people are doing something against this horrible evil cult. I have been doing a lot of reading about them over the last 10yrs after doing one of the ‘personality tests’.
Comment by JetSetterJay — February 10, 2008 @ 8:40 am
In law hearing both sides of an argument is necessary toward getting a judgement as fair as possible.
Evidence should be presented by both sides in such a hearing.
Finding any person or organization guilty or not guilty requires the rule of law of democratic principles.
Scientologists & those against Scientology involved in witch hunts would be of despotic principles.
Comment by Moneen — February 10, 2008 @ 8:47 am
#24, I did say the first paragraph of that post, because I don’t even know what a lutz is, excepting something they do in ice skating.
And posting my own comment doesn’t intimidate me, that’s why I posted it in the first place.
I mean really, I expected to COS to put up some kind of fight, I just didn’t expect it be so lame.
Comment by d — February 10, 2008 @ 9:51 am
Hello those who accuse me of lies! Very good, another public proof of how brainwashed you already are by looking at flashy pictures all day. Here, again, sometimes it takes a second reading until somebody gets it:
Lisa McPherson was a Scientologist who died from a blood clot as a result of a car accident. Some corrupt individuals tried to profit from the death of this girl and make a lot of noise about it. That’s why you know about it. Here is the real story:
1. Lisa McPherson died of what the doctors called a pulmonary embolism (blood clot). Other statements first made by Medical Examiner Dr. Joan Wood were found unfounded, as she herself agreed when she was presented with all the evidence.
2. None of the top medical experts around the country who have been consulted on this matter agreed with Wood’s conclusions.
3. The only doctor to support Wood’s interpretation (on national TV and without examining the evidence) was convicted of witness tampering. He intentionally broke a bone in the neck of a corpse in connection with a New Jersey lawsuit.
4. Lisa’s aunt stated that Lisa had doubts about the Church. This is false. Lisa had booked a Christmas/New Year vacation aboard the “Freewinds”, a Church of Scientology religious retreat and had paid for the airline tickets already.
5. The aunt hardly knew Lisa and admitted in deposition that she never had a meaningful conversation with her in her entire adult life and showed no interest in the living Lisa. Her deposition shows her major concern, acquiring Lisa’s possessions.
6. After Lisa’s traffic accident, she was seen by the hospital’s psychiatric liaison who concluded that she was not a danger to herself or others.
7. When the medical examiner looked at all the facts she came to the conclusion that Lisa McPherson suffered an accidental death as a result of a pulmonary embolism caused by an injury to her leg in the auto accident. All charges against the Church were dismissed by the prosecutor.
8. When the judge in the civil suit was presented the evidence he ruled that Lisa McPherson was at the Church of her own free will and dismissed a major portion of the case. The remaining part of the civil case ultimately settled.
She was not mistreated, she was willingly in the care of friends. She did not lose 50 lbs. These are lies invented to align with a harassment campaign against the Church of Scientology and its members. The medical examiner determined that Lisa died of natural causes.
Comment by Lu — February 10, 2008 @ 1:16 pm
Documents about Lisa McPherson here:
http://wwww.scientologymyths.info
Comment by Lu — February 10, 2008 @ 1:17 pm
13, the source of this information is here:
http://www.scientologymyths.info/lisa-mcpherson/
I wrote to the guy who put the site together and asked for all documents to go on there. Might happen today.
Comment by Lu — February 10, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
Wow, Luane has been brainwashed into believing that everybody who opposes scientology are brainwashed.
I bet she thinks we are all lying criminals being payed by psychologists to protest the cult too.
Lu, do you believe EVERYTHING the CoS tells you?
Do you have any non CoS sources for your information that you could refer us to, please?
This is more than just about Lesa, but it doesn’t help that your tyranical leader makes light of it in these vids.
Comment by Espy — February 10, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
Very good article exposing the evil of scientology. I’de like to see even more of these.
Comment by Anonymoose — February 10, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Anonymity is our shield and Truth is our sword as we march bravely into combat against these oppressive tyrants.
Now, we aren’t insulting nor protesting the BELIEFS of the Scientologists… just the greedy moneygrubbers that are in charge.
Comment by Anonymous Strife — February 10, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
http://www.Scientology-lies.com/whatswrong.html
Why do people protest Scientology?
Scientology locks people up.
There are over two dozen allegations that Scientology has held individuals against their will.These illegal acts were not committed by rogue Scientologists – they were in accordance with Scientology policy.
Scientology held Lisa McPherson against her will for 17 days, according to Scientology’s own logs. She died in their custody. The state of Florida decided not to prosecute the two felony charges filed against Scientology in her death after Scientology used relentless pressure to get the medical examiner to make a partial change in the cause of death. Her estate sued Scientology for wrongful death and false imprisonment; the suit was settled in May 2004, with all details kept confidential..
Scientology lies.
Lying to people to get their money isn’t just unethical -it’s illegal. It’s called fraud.
Scientology claims there is a scientific basis for all their processes. There isn’t. Scientology claims it’s compatible with other belief systems, like Christianity. It’s not. Scientology claims to be the fastest-growing religion in the world, with 8 million members, utilizing infallible technology developed by a physicist and war hero. They’re lying.
Scientology is breaking the law.
In addition to false imprisonment and fraud, Scientology engages in the illegal practice of medicine by prescribing auditing and vitamins to replace legally-prescribed medical treatment.
Scientology also extorts money from its members, telling them it’s scientifically proven that their lives will become worse if they don’t pay for expensive auditing.
Scientology has a long, well-documented history of criminal activities.
High-ranking Scientology executives were convicted of extremely serious crimes in the United States for breaking into government offices and stealing documents. Founder L. Ron Hubbard was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in that case, and the defendants stated in their stipulation of evidence that, at all times, he acted as supervisor of the illegal activities.
Scientology itself was convicted of similar crimes in Canada. When Scientology then tried to destroy the reputation of the prosecutor in the case, they were hit with the biggest libel fine in Canadian history.
L. Ron Hubbard was convicted of fraud in France.
Scientology attacks free speech.
Scientology says that “public statements against Scientology or Scientologists,” “writing anti-Scientology letters to the press,” and “testifying as a hostile witness against Scientology in public” are all “Suppressive Acts” – high crimes, according to ” Introduction to Scientology Ethics.” The book goes on to say that people who do such things “cannot be granted the rights and beingness ordinarily accorded rational beings.”
In accordance with this policy (and others like it), Scientology has tried to silence all criticism:
Scientology framed journalist Paulette Cooper for sending bomb threats after she wrote The Scandal of Scientology.
Scientology sued book and magazine publishers – including Time magazine – in an attempt to prevent any future criticism by scaring publishers with the prospect of enormous court costs.
Scientology sued critics for copyright infringement, even though the copyrights to some of the documents in question may have been lost to the public domain years ago.
Scientology tried to unilaterally shut down the alt.religion.sciento
logy newsgroup – unintentionally bringing Scientology to the attention of hundreds of free-speech advocates.
Scientology imposes gag orders in settlement agreements, preventing those who have suffered most from telling the world what they know.
Scientology routinely threatens legal action against critics, alleging copyright infringement, trademark dilution, and dissemination of trade secrets – often in situations in which its allegations are baseless.
Scientology hurts people.
Scientology routinely pressures members into spending more money than they can afford on expensive courses.
Scientology’s disconnection policy destroys families.
Scientology betrays the trust of well-intentioned people by falsely claiming to have a scientifically-proven technology to save the world. Scientology ruthlessly attacks its critics with everything from frame-ups to unannounced visits to the homes of family members to libellous fliers distributed to their neighbors and business associates.
And sometimes, Scientologists die under suspicious circumstances. They even target their own kind.
Buddhism, Mormonism, Islamic, Judiasm, Christianity, etc., have not required bloodshed or money for Centuries. To have such draconian administration is simply morally not right today by any standard of good you want to pluck from.
Comment by Lisa McPherson — February 10, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
Lu, if all of that is true then why did staff members give sworn testimony such as:
Q: “Can you describe what you observed when
you walked into the room?â€
A. “Okay. I came in, and she was on the bed. And there was one person holding one of her arms, and one person holding another arm, I don’t remember who exactly. P.K. was there, and I believe he was holding her legs. And somebody was there, Mmm, I think with her — holding her head or something like that.â€
-Statement of Heather Noelle Petzold
April 10, 1997
http://www.lisafiles.com/police/statements/1783.html
Comment by Craig — February 10, 2008 @ 3:24 pm
To Sylver-
There are constant examples of $cientologists committing crimes. Example: http://preseljenje.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=116530
January 21, 2008
“Three French members of the Church of Scientology, suspected of holding a fourth person against their will, were arrested Monday in Nuoro, Sardinia, a local police spokesman told AFP. “The three people belong to the Church of Scientology, whereas the person being held was probably not a member,” Fabrizio Mustaro, of the Nuoro Prefecture on the Mediterranean island, told AFP.
Police were alerted by a phone call that reported cries for help coming from a house on Mount Ortobene, near Nuoro, said Mustaro. Officers found a 47-year-old woman of Tunisian origin sleeping semi-naked on a mattress infested with vermin. She was subsequently hospitalised. Three other people at the house, a 42-year-old woman and two 18-year-old men, one of Tunisian origin, were arrested and charged with kidnapping.”
Two weeks ago… current enough for ya? It’s another example of “tie ‘em down and lock ‘em up until they join us!!!!11!!!”
Comment by Craig — February 10, 2008 @ 3:34 pm
It’s not just the direct actions of the church that are harmful. It seems that the reputation for harrassment of the CoS alone is enough to push people over the edge:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Duncan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Blake
“Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan believed that they were being followed and harassed by Scientologists up to the point of their deaths. Blake also included his allegations of harassment by Scientologists and others in a 27-page “chronicle” he prepared for a lawsuit he planned to file.”
Is July 2007 recent enough?
Comment by Espy — February 10, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Guys, don’t bother with Lu and Lightfield. They’re known Scientology plants.
Also, the real Terryeo (also a known Scientology plant) hasn’t been posting for days. Anyone using the name is doing it for the lulz it produces
Comment by Anonymous — February 10, 2008 @ 7:59 pm
True!
People have been posting under his name just to mess with him.
I LOVE ANONYMOUS. DOWN WITH SCIENTOLOGY!
Comment by Terryeo — February 10, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
Co$ is a dangerous cult whose members number in the low thousands (try maybe 20,000 WORLD WIDE) and falling.
High level devotees are blowing as they discover how corrupt and manipulative the whole organisation is.
L Ron Hubbard was a fantasist with a narcisstic personality. He also was an incredibly bad novelist. He was no naval war hero. The only educating he ever was involved with was for a few months in Guam at the age of 16. An experience, he later noted, he’d never repeat – as he was a racist and a bigot.
Oh, did I mention he was a misogynist, and possible paedophile? – Yeah Co$ apologists, you’ll have a hard time disproving that one… as messengers from the early 80s are coming clean about their time with the bloated sociopath that was the Ron.
Your days of even declaring you are a religion are numbered.
And the world will be a better place when you so-called ‘beliefs are relegated to the bin of history. Tom got it all wrong – history will prove the Wogs and SPs will triumph.
Comment by beebee — February 11, 2008 @ 12:18 am
re:#28 no thanks lu, i didn’t have any “misunderstoods” the first time. you have failed to address any questions that people have a right to ask. why don’t you tell us exactly how much weight she did lose. is that possible? it seems pretty basic and straightforward to me, since you did bring it up. furthermore, don’t you think she should have been brought to a hospital sooner, maybe when she first began to lose consciousness? and when she was, don’t you think she should have been brought to the closest one since she was so obviously close to death? are you unaware of the more recent tragic deaths? would it help if i repeat these questions? do you need to go grab a dictionary?
Comment by weberly — March 23, 2008 @ 8:14 am