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From: snipe@starburst.cbl.cees.edu (Mark W. Heaney)
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Subject: Re: Daily Affidavit [4,5,6/?] Testimony offered by Reuben Hart aka Robert M. Hart
Date: 25 Oct 1995 02:21:00 GMT
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A former (Colorado) radio spokesperson speaks out about life, work, and 
religion in the "Church" of Scientology.

[Standard Disclaimer: I have no personal knowledge regarding the veracity 
of the following testimony and present it for discussion, it should not 
be taken as proven fact. I have no reason to either disbelieve it or 
believe it]

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Testimony offered by Reuben Hart aka Robert M. Hart:

To whom it may concern:

In support of Lawrence D. Wollersheim's charges against the so-called 
'Church' of Scientology, I herewith offer the following testimony.

- From April 1975 to April 1976 I was in charge of public relations for 
the cult of Scientology in Denver, Colorado. I appeared numerous times 
on television and radio to promote scientology. I hosted an hour long 
scientology radio program on three different radio stations: KAAT, 
KTLA, and KWGN. For thousands of people in Colorado, I was scientology. 
I was keenly aware that in the accepted sense of the word, we were not 
even remotely a religion. There was however a sham widely in practice 
throughout the scientology network consisting of mock 'Sunday Services' 
wherein a 'minister' wearing the black garb and clerical collar of a 
catholic priest would get up and mouth a lot of pseudo-religious 
sounding bromides, none of which I observed were ever practiced in the 
cult itself. An odd looking cross, the brain child of L. Ron Hubbard, 
was hauled out, dusted off and put on display, all for the purpose of 
reinforcing the religious image of the cult. This was a front. Veteren 
Scientologists did not usually attend these mummeries except as shills 
to create the illusion of parishoners at worship, and then only if a 
large number of new public persons were expected. I recall once, while 
I was still in Los Angeles the head of our cult branch, Yvonne Gilham 
Jentzsch laughingly discussing putting up stained glass windows to 
further dupe the *Wogs.

I joined scientology June 5, 1970 to improve my abilities and my life. 
But the longer I stayed in the organization the worse I got. I had been 
brainwashed however to believe that only scientology held the key to my 
survival. In March of 1971 I attempted suicide for the first time. I had 
been in the cult nine months. Increasingly I became antisocial and 
anti-American. I was inculcated with contempt for my government, other 
religions, and all persons not scientologists. Only after thirteen years 
did the veil at last drop from my eyes and I was able, with the help of 
friends, to see what scientology really was. On October 1, 1983 I left the
cult; but it was too late. By then I was a shattered suicidal wreck.

In December of 1983 I wrote a formal letter of resignation disconnecting 
from the 'Church' of Scientology.

*Contemptuous term for non-scientologists



At that time I was employed in my family's business in Long Beach, 
California. My father (a non-scientologist) was president, my brother 
(a Scientologist) was second in command. As soon as I wrote my letter 
of resignation, the cult began to put pressure on my brother to 
disassociate from me and fire me from my job. My father at first 
refused, but my brother eventually gave him an ultimatum and he was 
obliged to fire his own son, which he did in March of 1986
As a result of these events I had a nervous breakdown. I became so 
emotionally undone that I couldn't hold even the most menial job. After 
three months I became penniless and homeless. I attempted suicide on June 
30, 1986, and ended up in the county mental hospital, on Johnson Street 
in San Luis Obispo, California. 'Church' of Scientology policy had been 
carried out on me. My life was now 'ruined utterly' This cult has destroyed 
my ability to function in the every day world. I am suicidal often and 
must take pills to prevent deep depressions, a problem I never had before 
scientology. For the past three and a half years I have lived in a garage 
existing on food stamps.

As regards the technology itself, I continued to believe it worked for 
about a year after I left the cult. I thus continued to receive 
scientology auditing in the field. On July 18, 1984 while being audited 
on NOTS I almost died. Only quick thinking saved my life.
While a staff member at Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles 1971-73 where 
Mr. Wollersheim was also employed, a high ranking scientologist named
Bill Howie came close to dying while on OT III.

Around the same time I saw another staff member, Karen Fuller sitting 
quietly studying with some other students. Suddenly without a word she 
fell over in a death-like faint. She was also on OT III at the time.
In 1974 I took over public relations at the scientology mission at 
Vancouver, Canada. I was told by several staff members that one Douglas 
Dewhurst a 'parishoner' had commited suicide in his car behind the 
mission on 6th Street.

I affirm the allegations made by Lawrence D. Wollersheim as being 
consistent with my own experiences in the cult known as the 
'Church' of Scientology.

respectfully,

Reuben Hart aka Robert M. Hart

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