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David Miscavige was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania [23] [24] on April 30, 1960. His parents, Ronald Thomas "Ron" Miscavige Sr. and Loretta Gidaro, were Catholics of Polish-Italian heritage. [ 25 ] Miscavige and his twin sister, Denise, were raised primarily in Willingboro Township, New Jersey .
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape is a 2013 memoir by Jenna Miscavige Hill.The book was co-written with Lisa Pulitzer.It details her experience growing up as a third-generation Scientologist and her interactions with uncle David Miscavige and aunt Shelly Miscavige.
[15]: 262 According to John Duignan it routinely took two months of preparations for an influx of thousands of Scientologists, and David Miscavige was on site for two weeks. Marquees are erected, and in 2004 "the 'tent' was big enough to comfortably house a Jumbo 747 and the accompanying 'service tents' made Saint Hill look like a huge refugee ...
David Miscavige allegedly subjected those in the Hole to extremely embarrassing and torturous punishments. In "Going Clear," former Scientology executives describe being forced to play a game of ...
Local stonemason Henry Pocock is known to have been involved in the building of the house; Crawfurd presented him with a silver trowel, which still survives, inscribed "to Henry Pocock Saint Hill Aug. 1792". [4] The house is situated on the Saint Hill Estate, 59 acres (239,000 m 2) of landscaped gardens overlooking the hills of the High Weald ...
Miscavige grabbed the reins of Scientology when its founder, science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, died in 1986. Critics like Tony Ortega and Leah Remini have since spoken out against the ...
The first time the Church of Spiritual Technology was mentioned publicly to Scientologists was by David Miscavige in 2000 at the New Year's event. [20] Its founders included Meade Emory, [21] a non-Scientologist who used to work for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) but went into private practice as a tax lawyer. He was hired as a specialist ...
Leah Remini names David Miscavige, left, as a defendant in her lawsuit against Scientology. The actress claims her status in the church changed after Tom Cruise's wedding to Katie Holmes.