"Who's crazy baby? Yeah! Meeee!"
Tom Cruise’s keepers must rue the day the internet got invented – even though Scientology bosses ban followers from logging on to unapproved websites.
The reason is that they might happen upon allegations like the ones made by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright in his new book.
The latest ones include that the cult’s leader David Miscavige dressed his dogs up in Sea Org Captain outfits and made his minions salute them.
"Bow down and worship me, Scientology bishes"
He claims: “Miscavige keeps a number of dogs, including five beagles. He had blue vests made up for each of them, with four stripes on the epaulettes, indicating the rank of Sea Org captain.
“He insists that people salute the dogs as they parade by.
“The dogs have a treadmill where they work out. A full-time staff member feeds, walks and trains the dogs and enters one of them, Jelly, into contests, where he has attained championship status.”
The mind boggles at how they treated the bride of Scientology Katie Holmes then.
"No, No, Suri, Mommy doesn't beg for treats anymore"
And, he writes that Miscavige lives in such a palatial apartment that “best friend” Tom Cruise is jealous of it: “His wardrobe fills an entire room and two full-time stewards are responsible for his cleaning and laundry.
“Cruise admired the house cleaning so much — even Miscavige’s light bulbs are polished once a month — that the church leader sent a Sea Org team to Cruise’s retreat in Telluride, Colorado, to train the star’s staff.”
Hmmm… ‘Training the staff to polish Tom Cruise’s bulbs’? That’s one way of putting it.
Wright’s book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & The Prison Of Belief, hits bookstores in the US tomorrow.
banned in UK i hear?
Yes! But they’re really tetchy there at the moment about privacy after the stupid Leveson enquiry into reporting practices blah blah. Hopefully it will all calm eventually but the UK’s always been tighter legally than the US.
oh and Beagles are awesome and tots should be saluted
I’m addicted to reading stuff about these bonkers half wits, it’s just so insane and not even subtle, it’s fascinating. I noticed there’s also a book recently out by John Sweeney, the BBC journalist that did those documentaries. A colleague of mine lives in East Grinstead near their HQ and informs me of the odd goings on locally. I also know someone who lives in a flat formerly occupied by a sci and the still get the weird gumpf through the post from them which I’ve seen, it’s really unbelievable.
Ooh I think I’ve watched those documentaries John did. Thanks for the heads up, I’ll dig out the book. I’m addicted to reading about the nuttiness of Scientology as well. It’s just jaw dropping that people go for it.
Yes, it’s a scary demonstration in group psychological manipulation. It costs people so much money too, it’s really unbelievable. I think if you create a power structure like this and completely envelop people in it, they can be made to believe and do just about anything – really scary. Something has to give eventually though, surely?
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Ottimo, articolo davvero interessante, era proprio quello che cercavo! Grazie per lo spunto!