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TONY ORTEGA
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What a year of milestones it is for the Church of Scientology. Dianetics, the L. Ron Hubbard book that started everything, will turn 75 on May 9. It’s 50 years since Scientology first ensnared one of its most famous celebrities, actor John Travolta. Travolta himself attempted to boost Hubbard with the infamous flop Battlefield Earth, a movie which turns 25 years old this year.
And today, Scientology’s ruthless, micro-managing current leader, David Miscavige, marks 65 years on the planet. (And so does his twin sister, Denise, by the way.)
Dave’s father Ron Miscavige, who died in 2021, said that he had introduced his kids to Scientology because he was hoping to find a cure for Dave’s asthma. By the time he was 12, Dave was such a prodigy at Scientology processing, the family had moved to Saint Hill Manor in England and Dave was being hailed as the church’s youngest professional auditor. He later joined the Sea Org at 16 and began rising up its ranks.
He soon caught founder L. Ron Hubbard’s eye, who in 1977 was making movies in the Southern California desert. Miscavige became a cameraman on Hubbard’s crew.
After Hubbard went into seclusion in 1980, Miscavige continued to consolidate power, and he muscled others out of the way when Hubbard died in January 1986, replacing Hubbard as Scientology’s ultimate leader.
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What a year of milestones it is for the Church of Scientology. Dianetics, the L. Ron Hubbard book that started everything, will turn 75 on May 9. It’s 50 years since Scientology first ensnared one of its most famous celebrities, actor John Travolta. Travolta himself attempted to boost Hubbard with the infamous flop Battlefield Earth, a movie which turns 25 years old this year.
And today, Scientology’s ruthless, micro-managing current leader, David Miscavige, marks 65 years on the planet. (And so does his twin sister, Denise, by the way.)
Dave’s father Ron Miscavige, who died in 2021, said that he had introduced his kids to Scientology because he was hoping to find a cure for Dave’s asthma. By the time he was 12, Dave was such a prodigy at Scientology processing, the family had moved to Saint Hill Manor in England and Dave was being hailed as the church’s youngest professional auditor. He later joined the Sea Org at 16 and began rising up its ranks.
He soon caught founder L. Ron Hubbard’s eye, who in 1977 was making movies in the Southern California desert. Miscavige became a cameraman on Hubbard’s crew.
After Hubbard went into seclusion in 1980, Miscavige continued to consolidate power, and he muscled others out of the way when Hubbard died in January 1986, replacing Hubbard as Scientology’s ultimate leader.
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Scientology leader David Miscavige is 65 today, and we have presents
What a year of milestones it is for the Church of Scientology.
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