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Definition of terms
Audit - The
Scientology term for the A Scientologist runs procedures on another
Scientologist to complete course work. The person running the
procedure is an auditor.
Auditor -- In Scientology, this is the term
for the person who acts as the
counselor or therapist, asking questions in an "auditing
session" which the
patient, called a "preclear" in Scientology, must answer.
Written records,
called worksheets, are kept of every session.
C/S or Case Supervisor -- This person is in
charge of overseeing the auditing
sessions of Scientology preclears. The C/S reviews the
worksheets after each
session to make sure the auditor is conducting the auditing
session properly
Class VIII, Class IX -- these are designations
for levels of auditor training.
A Class VIII auditor is qualified to audit almost every type of
auditing
procedure in Scientology.
Clear -- a milestone on Scientology's "Bridge
to Total Freedom" in which a
person is supposed to be free of their Reactive Mind. Once the
person is Clear
they are ready to move on to the super-secret Operating Thetan,
or OT levels.
CMO -- stands for Commodore's Messenger
Organization. When L. Ron Hubbard began
the Sea Organization on the refurbished ship, the Appollo, he
put all the
children to work as his messengers. These children were to take
Hubbard's
orders to the crew of the ship and make sure his orders were
complied with.
Even after the Sea Org moved to land-based headquarters, these
Commodore's
Messengers continued to act as direct messengers for Hubbard.
When Hubbard had
to go into hiding to avoid incarceration, the Commodore's
Messenger
Organization took over control of Scientology and controls it,
under the
direction of David Miscavige, to this day.
CLO -- Continental Liaison Office. This is the
middle management unit for each
Scientology management area. There is a CLO Western United
States (called CLO
WUS) in Los Angeles and a CLO Eastern United States (CLO EUS)
in New York, for
example, as well as a CLO France in Paris, a CLO Germany in
Munich, and a CLO
Italy in Milano.
CSW � stands for Completed Staff
Work. In Scientology there is a specific procedure one must go
through to get permission for anything from being absent from work
to go to the dentist to transferring from one job to another. The
form itself is called a CSW. It is also used as a verb, as in "I
have to CSW to be able to go to my mother's funeral."
FSM � Field Staff Member. By
definition, a Scientologist who makes a 10-15% commission on every
person he/she gets to take courses or purchase Scientology material
[HCOPL 5 June 1968 Issue III "F.S.M. Commissions"]. In practice,
FSMs get commissions on any kind of money they can get someone to
pay to Scientology. For example, an FSM gets a commission if they can get someone
to donate money to translate Scientology materials into another language, or,
as in Maria's case, to send auditors for training at
Flag.
Flag - When
Hubbard decided to return to land, the first place he ordered the
Sea Org to move into was Clearwater, Florida. The Sea Org bought the
Fort Harrison Hotel (under a pseudonym, the United Churches of
Florida) for cash.The ship "the Appollo" had been the Scientology
Flagship, so the Fort Harrison Hotel became the
Flag Land Base.
FSO -- stands for Flag Service Organization.
This is the part of the Flag Land
Base that is responsible for delivering all the auditing and
training to the
paying public Scientologists.
HCO -- stands for Hubbard Communications
Office. In a Scientology organization
HCO is the division that is responsible for personnel,
communications (mail,
etc.) and ethics. When people talk about being sent to ethics,
they also
sometimes refer to it as being sent to HCO.
LRH � L. Ron Hubbard, founder
of Scientology.
MAA -- stands for Master at Arms. An Ethics
Officer is called an MAA in a Sea
Org installation. Hubbard assigned terms from the U.S. Navy to
many positions
in the Sea Org, such as Super Cargo, Commanding Officer, Master
at Arms, etc.
OSA -- Office of Special Affairs. What used to
be known as the Guardian's
Office, until the indictments of the late 1970s forced Hubbard
to order the
name changed for public relations and legal reasons. OSA is
responsible for all
matters relating to the outside, or "wog" world. This includes
public relations
and media handling, litigation and all legal matters, and
intelligence
gathering, including the disposal of anyone deemed an Enemy of
Scientology.
OT VII � Operating Thetan level
7. The OT levels are
designed to solve a Scientologist�s spiritual problems of having
other spirits fused onto his or her own. The
highest course level in Scientology currently is OT VIII.
Registrar -- called a reg (pronounced redge)
in Scientology, this is the person
who is responsible for getting a person to pay for more
auditing, training, or
other donations. In practice, the reges are some of the most
ruthless
individuals in the Scientology hierarchy, using a wide range of
coercive
methods to force a person to give up as much of their money as
possible.
Sea Org - The Sea Organization. This is an
unincorporated group of the most
dedicated Scientologists who sign billion-year contracts and
agree to work for
room and board and a small weekly allowance. Everyone in
Scientology management
is a member of the Sea Org. The Sea Org, under David
Miscavige's direction, has
complete power over all branches, both for-profit and
nonprofit, of the
Scientology hierarchy.
Super Power Project -- the Super Power
building is a massive project being
constructed in downtown Clearwater, Florida. Scientologists
from all over the
world have been required to make large donations to this
project. One
"cornerstone" costs $35,000, for example.
WOG - this is a derogatory term in Scientology
for anyone who is not a
Scientologist. Hubbard took the term from the derogatory term
for someone of
Asian descent, "worthy oriental gentleman."
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
�2) In June of 1996 I was held against my
will in the Scientology, Clearwater,
Florida facility and
"ordered" to pay $7,400 before they would let me out
of the room.
I did not want to pay for what the two staff members insisted
I
must have, and what ensued was a verbal battle, emotional trauma and
an attempt at financial extortion. After a time I managed to
escape the
physical detention, but two "Sea Org" members chased
me right out into
the streets of Clearwater to try to recapture
me. I did not pay the money. This
incident is on file with the
Clearwater Police Department.�
[Michael Pattinson statement <address
deleted> Beverly Hills, Ca 90211 20 September 1997 found at ]
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"Church settles lawsuit:Settlement
terms not disclosed"
by Pat Dunnigan
Tampa Tribune Pinellas North
May 1 1991
CLEARWATER - The
Church of Scientology has settled its lawsuit with a Michigan man
who said church representatives pressured him into paying more than
$13,000 for services, church attorney Paul B.Johnson said
Tuesday.
Mark Lweandowski
said in the lawsuit that church representatives interrogated him for
more than four hours in December 1989 and wouldn't let him leave
until he agreed to pay $2,000 for a lifetime church
membership.
He was seeking to
have that money - and subsequent payments of $6,000, $2,200 and
$3,100 - returned. He claimed the money was obtained from him
through "the use of fraud, duress and
misrepresentation."
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A TALE OF CAPTURE AND
BRAINWASHING MEDINA CLAN TELLS HOW CULT RULED
LIVES
Akron Beacon
Journal
January 21,
1990
by Richard Weizel,
Beacon Journal business writer
(c) 1995 Akron
Beacon Journal. All rts. reserv.
�
A spokesman for the
church's San Francisco mission, August Murphy, did not dispute that
Mrs. Geary was taken by Scientologists to a cabin in California in
the fall of 1988. And he agreed that the church had made a cash
settlement offer to the Gearys, because it was church policy to
'return donations' when members choose to
leave.
�
The Gearys say the
result of her captivity was devastating. Mrs. Geary said she was a
victim of sleep and food deprivation and was pushed against walls
and onto a bed when she protested and demanded to be set
free.
'I tried to escape
from the cabin several times, but they wouldn't let me leave,' she
said. 'They just kept saying they wanted us to give them more money
and that I needed to be alone.'
[http://www.lisamcpherson.org/geary.htm]
�
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Los Angeles
Times
Part 2: The Selling of a
Church*
Church
Markets Its Gospel with High-Pressure Sales
(Monday,
25 June 1990, page A1:1)
�
Like all
Scientology staffers, a registrar's productivity is evaluated each
week. Performance is judged by how much money he or she brings in by
Thursday afternoon. And, in Scientology, declining or stagnant
productivity is not viewed benevolently, as former registrar Roger
Barnes says he learned.
"I remember
being dragged across a desk by my tie because I hadn't made my
(sales quota)," said Barnes, who once toured the world selling
Scientology until he had a bitter break with the
group.
Barnes and
other ex-Scientologists say that this uncompromising push to
generate more money each week places intense pressure on
registrars.
Another
former Scientology salesman in Los Angeles said he and other
registrars would use a tactic called "crush regging." The technique,
he said, employed no elaborate sales talk. They repeated three words
again and again: "Sign the check. Sign the
check."
"This made the person feel so harassed," he
said, "that he would sign the check because it was the only way he
was going to get out of there."
*Note: This entire article can be seen athttp://www.lisamcpherson.org/LMT/LAT-2A.htm
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