Bare-Faced Messiah (PDF) - Apologetics Index

uy for him. He was buying them as a hedge against inflation, he thought the dollar was going
down. He kept the lot in a safe in his closet, there was another safe in Pat Broeker's room. He'd
always said and written that he's never received a penny from Scientolofy, every statement saying
he wasn't collecting large amounts of money. I saw these suitcases arrive and knew it wasn't true. I
didn't mind the idea of him having money or being rich, I thought he'd done tremendous wonders
and should be well paid for it. But why does he lie about it?
He wouldn't let anyone take a photo of him in those years because he was getting older and
insisted on using photos when he was younger. If anyone took a photo of him it was confiscated.
That was part of the false PR; he was very concerned than none of the public ever know. I had
argument with him about his credibility. I said that what would affect his credibility was when
someone discovered that something he had stated about himself was false. That would have far
worse effect on his credibility.
He was very concerned if Scientology knew about the cancer / tumour it would ruin his credibility.
He thought it would affect the tech and processes he put out.
In auditing there were things he revealed about himself and his past, things that he had done.
There were absolute contradictions of his biography and reputation. Revealing things like that was
not a great risk to him because I had a duty to keep such things confidential. and I was well trusted
as a loyal subject. Had it even entered my mind I would have been kicked out of Scientology and
that would have been a serious penalty. Also there was a risk, if I revealed my information, of
severe harassment, if not even killed by the GO. I had also audited Mary Sue and supervised both
of their auditing; I have read their folders. A lot of the top people in the GO talked to me about things
that weighed on their conscience.
It wasn't just what I discovered. I didn't care where he was born or what he had done in the war, it
didn't mean a thing to me. I wasn't a loyal member of Scientology because he had an illustrious
war record. What worried me was when I saw things he did and statements he made that showed
his intentions were different from what they appeared to be. I began to realise he wasn't acting for
the public good or for the benefit of mankind, it worked partly that way and he may have started out
like that, but in later years, in his own words, he had "an insatiable lust for power and money".
He told me he was obsessed by "an insatiable lust for power and money". He said it very
emphatically. He thought it wasn't possible to get enough. He didn't say it as if it was a fault, just his
frustration that he couldn't get enough.
This was at Hemet, one of the times he was having a sort of one way conversation and he
commented on the price of gold that day, I forget whether it was up or down, then he started talking
about gold and money. I thought, "My God, that's right." One tended to try and not believe it.
During Mary Sue's trial [in 1980] he became very, very upset and angry towards Mary Sue. He called
me in and talked about her and he sent me to do something with her and try to persuade her into a
different course of action. What he was really concerned about was that he, rightly or wrongly, had
decided that Mary Sue was likely to reveal during the case that a lot of these actions that they were
being tried for, that he had ordered them. His position was that he knew nothing about it - he not
only knew all about it, but he ordered it. Some [orders] were even in his own handwriting. He was
worried that Mary Sue might reveal his knowledge and he sent me to "cramming action" to get the
idea across that she should look out for his interests. I wasn't supposed to tell her he was worried
that she would rat on him. She kept asking me, "What was he worried about?" I thought, "My God, I
can't tell her." She was already upset and under strain. I just said he thought it would be a good