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A Broader Look at the Organization Sci-organization (Converted)-1 3/6/98 3:01 PM Page 1 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: This signs adorns the Church of Scientology at 448 Beacon St. L. Ron Hubbard A broader (1911-1986) Created Church of look at the Scientology, 1953; wrote bestseller organization “Dianetics,” 1950. Applied Scholastics Sacred scriptures Groups selling Hubbard’s Study Technology in 156 schools in 31 countries; actress Anne Archer is spokeswoman Church of Spiritual Technology (preserves David Miscavige Hubbard archives in earthquake-proof vaults) Ability schools Hubbard’s heir; joined as a teenager L. Ron Hubbard Library (owns copyrights) Apple schools Religious Technology Center Author Services Inc. (literary agency) Bear Hill School Inc. in Pittsfield, N.H. Has supreme control over entire Bridge Publications (sells U.S. books, E-Meters) organization; enforces purity of the religion Association Boston Academy School in Somerville Golden Era Productions (sells films; produces through trademark and copyright lawsuits for Better Community Service Guild (tutors inner-city children) TV ads) — and its Inspector General Network; Living and Delphi Academy in Milton and six other U.S. locations; New Era Publications (worldwide book sales) Miscavige is RTC chairman of board. Education headquarters in Oregon International Association for Effective Education (teaches (oversees the schoolteachers) church’s anti- Spinoff groups of Scientologists Training and recruitment World Literacy Crusade in Brighton and 25 other U.S. cities promoting and selling Hubbard’s drug and network education (sells Study Technology; Isaac Hayes is spokesman) Purification Rundown Guillaume Lesevre, international director groups) Foundation for Advancements in Science and Church of Scientology International Groups selling or promoting Hubbard’s Education in Los Angeles (does Purification The Mother Church; located in Los Purification Rundown detox method Rundown research and makes children’s PBS- Angeles; Lesevre is director, Rev. Heber Criminon in Concord, N.H., and nationwide (for prison inmates TV videos) C. Jentzsch is president and drug addicts) HealthMed (sells Purification Rundown at clinics) Drug-free Marshals in Boston and nationwide (for schoolchildren) Sea Organization in Los Angeles and Impulse Control (for drunken drivers) Clearwater, Fla. (church elite, wear quasi- Lead the Way to a Drug-Free USA (for children) naval uniforms, sign billion-year contracts) Narconon in Everett and worldwide (for schools; Kirstie Alley is Outreach and public relations Saint Hill Organizations in England, spokeswoman) Rev. Heber C. Jentzsch (top spokesman) California, Denmark, Australia (high levels Say No to Drugs (for children) Office of Special Affairs (public relations, internal of church training) Way to Happiness Foundation (for children; spokeswoman is church enforcers) Flag Service Organization Inc. Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson) Celebrity Centre Churches in Hollywood, Calif.; in Clearwater, Fla. (highest level church training) Anti-psychiatry groups New York; Nashville,Tenn.; Las Vegas; London; Social Paris; Vienna, Austria; (home-away-from-home Flag Ship Service Organization betterment Citizens Commission on Human Rights in Brighton; Barnstead, for well-known members John Travolta, Tom an oceangoing 440-foot training ship, in N.H., and 115 other locations in 27 nations. Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley, Kirstie Alley) groups the Caribbean Task Force on Mental Retardation Dianetics advertisements (on TV, at Boston Local Church of Scientology chapters (most deny they Marathon, Ted Turner Goodwill Games) in Boston and 140 other cities worldwide are controlled by Advocacy groups Library Donation Service (gives Hubbard books (provide most Scientology services the church) to public libraries) including Study Technology and the Hatewatch (opposes German government’s actions against the church) Freedom Magazine (investigates and exposes Purification Rundown) National Coalition of IRS Whistleblowers (anti-IRS) church enemies) Missions of Scientology in Watertown; Office of Ethnic and Cultural Affairs (recruits Hyde Park; Haverhill; Orleans; National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social Justice blacks, other minorities) Worcester; Concord, N.H.; Brunswick, (anti-Interpol) Maine (about 220 missions worldwide; Religious Freedom Crusade (fights cult deprogrammers) sell basic Dianetics courses; Groups that teach Hubbard’s Scientologists pay the church $40,000 Groups working to keep Hubbard’s teachings management techniques fee to create a new mission) off the Internet Hubbard College of Administration (for Rehabilitation Project Force (hard- Computer Ethics Institute businesses) labor punishment organization for “out Task Force for Responsibilities and Freedom on the Internet Concerned Businessmen’s Association of of ethics” Scientologists) America Hubbard Dianetics Foundation photo AP Sterling Management Systems (for veterinarians, in Boston and worldwide (beginners’ chiropractors, dentists) training) The Churches World Institute of Scientology Enterprises Dianetics Research Foundation Scientology headquarters in, from in Newfields, N.H., and worldwide (for businesses) (beginners’ training) left to right, Boston, Hollywood, Calif., and Clearwater, Fla. Herald photo by Kuni AP photo AP STAFF GRAPHIC BY JEFF WALSH Boston Herald Editorial Art Dept. File Name: Sci-organization Folder: Date: 2/12/98 Artist: Walsh Composite.
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