Thank you for providing this information. I had some contact with Yvonne and she was a wonderful, kind, compassionate and caring person.

It is a rarity that a Scientologist, particularly an SO member, is able to maintain such traits, but Yvonne did it. The memory of Yvonne that stands out the most for me was when I was going through hell on the RPF. I was having a very bad day and was in one of the bathrooms cleaning it, sobbing uncontrollably. Yvonne showed caring and compassion towards me and she was the only one on the ship who did.

Most people turned away in disgust when they saw RPFers, but not Yvonne. I think there was a part of her that knew the truth.

Monica Pignotti In article <5c0b48a5bd4daa7d61fe725c7ce3b5bd@mixmaster.shinn.net>, Anonymous Sender <nobody@mixmaster.shinn.net> wrote:

> This scumbag church mouthpiece doesn't know what he's talking about. I
> hope that when he goes, he experiences it the "Scientology" way, with
> all its Medieval spendor.
>
> HOW THE END COMES FOR SCIENTOLOGISTS
>
> From the Hana Whitfield affidavit (sworn testimony) at
> http://www.lermanet.com/cos/newhana.html
>
> MANY SCIENTOLOGISTS WHO DIE FROM CANCER ARE GETTING ONTO AND AUDITING
> ON THE OT LEVELS.
>
> 222. I have known many Scientologists and Sea Org members who died
> from cancer. The common denominator among them is that they did
> not seek medical assistance rapidly, when they first noticed
> something wrong. The overwhelming belief among Scientologists and
> Sea Org members was to get audited or continue on with auditing
> (if they were already receiving auditing) with the conviction
> that auditing would resolve the cancer.
>
> 223. In Hubbard's 1975 edition of his book, History of Man, Hubbard
> wrote on page 20, "Cancer has been eradicated by auditing out
> conception and mitosis." Attached hereto as Exhibit 87. This, and
> similar claims for other illness in Hubbard's DMSMH, may have
> helped to bring about the disregard for the medical doctor. In
> the recent edition of the same Hubbard book, History of Man,
> which, ironically occurred after Hubbard's death, a rewrite of
> the statement above occurs, saying, "Cancer has reportedly
> (emphasis added) been eradicated by auditing out conception and
> mitosis." There is no accompanying statement in the recent
> edition of the book saying that Hubbard authorized the change
> prior to his death, which he would have had to do for the change
> to be valid.
>
> 224. A friend of mine, Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch, died of a brain
> tumor. In early August 1967 I joined Hubbard's Sea Project in Las
> Palmas, Canary Islands. Yvonne was already on the ship and we got
> to know each other well.
>
> 225. In 1969 and 1970, while I was stationed in Los Angeles as Deputy
> Commodore U.S., Yvonne was the Commanding Officer of the first
> Los Angeles Celebrity Center. We met frequently in a work
> capacity as well as socially.
>
> 226. During the early to mid-1970s, I flew to Los Angeles on
> assignment several times and met Yvonne.
>
> 227. During 1977 we exchanged letters. Her's were shorter than usual,
> just brief notes. I noticed the change as Yvonne was known for
> her lengthy letters. She said she was tired, losing weight and
> getting headaches, all unusual for her. I didn't think much about
> the last; I also had constant headaches.
>
> 228. In late 1977, Yvonne suddenly arrived in Clearwater, very
> ill. She talked with difficulty, lost track of what she said half
> way through a sentence and lost her balance while walking. Yvonne
> told me she had a brain tumor and that she was dying. She said
> she hadn't seen a doctor because she thought auditing would fix
> it. The illness started with an "out of balance" feeling which
> she assigned to lack of sleep. The doctor told Yvonne the tumor
> was removable if she had seen him earlier. We both cried. I knew
> auditing did not resolve everything, but I was shocked that her
> life was wasted through such neglect.
>
> 229. She said that Hubbard ordered her to Florida for auditing to ease
> the transition, meaning death, as well as to do an end of cycle
> on her "hats" so that someone else could take over her Celebrity
> Centers after she "dropped her body". One day she cried and
> blamed herself for the terrible overt of dying and deserting
> Hubbard. She was in continual pain but wouldn't take pain killers
> so that she could get auditing. On a later occasion, Yvonne was
> quite philosophical about her forthcoming death and said she was
> phasing out of her life and no one should grieve. I knew at that
> point that Yvonne had had auditing on her nearing death and that,
> in Scientologese, she had discharged any fear or trauma connected
> to it. Now I see that what occurred, as with all other auditing,
> was that Yvonne's reactions to death were temporarily
> desensitized.
>
> 230. Over the next few weeks Yvonne's condition deteriorated
> rapidly. One day when we were outside, she spoke with increasing
> difficulty and went unconscious several times for short
> periods. It took us a long time to get up the stairs from the
> garden to the building Lobby, even with my help, because she
> could not coordinate her leg movements. She never received
> medical treatment of any kind that I know of.
>
> 231. Yvonne died in early 1978. No one I know of, except her family,
> was informed about her death for days or about funeral
> service. Nor were her close friends, such as I, given an
> opportunity to do a proper closure with Yvonne. We had a short
> briefing in which we were told that Yvonne had dropped her body
> happily and was in good case shape to pick up the next one, and
> that as this was a happy occasion, there was to be no time wasted
> in unnecessary grieving. Those most affected were only given
> auditing sessions.
>
> 232. Hubbard, in a published memo after her death, applauded Yvonne's
> achievements and granted her a leave of absence for twenty one
> years until she rejoined the Sea Organization in her next
> reincarnation.
>
> 233. Another Sea Org member who died of cancer was Carol. She
> developed breast cancer after joining the Sea Org. She told me
> that she did not report it because she believed that auditing
> would cure it. She also did not want to bother anyone.
>
> 234. Carol never received medical treatment for the cancer. She never
> got regular PAP smears and mammograms.
>
> 235. In the late 1970s, after the cancer became terminal, Carol was
> hospitalized. Because I had an RN degree, Cathy Heard, a GO staff
> member, assigned me to take Carol home to her parents in England
> to die there. Cathy said she could not die in Clearwater as it
> would be bad PR for Scientology and the Sea Org.
>
> 222. Carol looked terrible when I saw her. She had lost fifty pounds,
> was very weak and her mind was wandering. She pleaded to stay in
> Clearwater because she did not want to go back to her family. I
> told Cathy but the request was ignored.
>
> 236. The hospital nurses said Carol could not travel in her condition,
> particularly as she did not want to. Her x-rays showed the cancer
> spread throughout her body into all major organs. Cathy
> instructed me to give the nurses a "shore story" saying Carol's
> parents wanted her to visit them for years, that Carol had
> disobeyed them for years, that they were now demanding her
> return, and we had found out and were desperately ry, the nurses
> became very helpful.
>
> 237. Her parents were very happy to see Carol though shocked at her
> condition. The family doctor was so disgusted after I gave him
> the medical reports the next day, and that Carol traveled while
> critically ill, that he refused to talk to me thereafter. The
> parents were very grateful that I had helped Carol get home. I
> stayed in England with the family for a week. Carol slept most of
> the time - she was too weak to get out of bed.
>
> I then flew back to Clearwater and debriefed. I was deeply disturbed
> by the experience. Ironically, I was assigned a condition of "power"
> by Cathy and Liz for successfully handling a potentially dangerous and
> sensitive situation. Carol's death was not known about in
> Clearwater. For years afterward, I wondered if there was more to
> Carol's death than I knew. Because death is natural. It shouldn't be a
> "dangerous" or "sensitive" situation.
>
> Sally Esterman (formerly Chaleff) was another Sea Org member who died
> of cancer in January 1987. She developed cervical cancer, which in 99%
> of cases is curable if caught early. Sally never received regular PAP
> smears or mammograms, and by the time she reported her condition, the
> cancer was terminal. She gradually weakened until she was unable to
> work.
>
> 240. Sally was put into a convalescent home near the Scientology
> Complex in Los Angeles. She was bed ridden, too weak to do
> anything, for over a year. The room she was in and her sheets,
> towels and night clothes, were filthy. She didn't have the
> strength to clean them. Sally had no visitors, not even her
> Scientology husband, Mitch, who worked nearby. He was mad at her,
> said she was lazy, that she allowed herself to get ill so as to
> shirk work.
>
> 241. Sally was left to die on her own. She was in terrible pain
> continually, with nothing to alleviate it. Dr. Gene Denk
> ("Denk"), a Scientologist physician, saw her occasionally. It was
> Denk who gave Hubbard's medical officers blank, signed
> prescription forms so Hubbard could get all the drugs he
> wanted. Denk still treats Scientologists and Sea Org members to
> this day. He told Sally one day that she was too far gone, and
> all that was left for her to do was die and that she better not
> mess that up. Fortunately, Sally had a friend who was no longer
> in Scientology. "Anne" saw Sally, after learning where she was,
> for the first time after she contracted cancer, at which time
> Sally weighed only 60 lbs. "Anne" looked after her from that
> point on for four months until Sally died. "Anne" cleaned out
> Sally's room completely, got her medication for the pain, clean
> clothes and sheets and other necessities, including flowers for
> her room. Sally suffered her last days on her own, abandoned by
> Scientology. Not even her former husband, Ira Chaleff, was told
> she died. Her death was very hushed up. She did have one friend
> though.
>
> 242. Some years earlier, Sally's former husband, Ira Chaleff, who was
> a declared suppressive person, came to Los Angeles, demanding to
> see his 17 yr old son, Sky. When he was ignored, Ira demanded to
> see Heber Jentzsch, CSI President. Ira was told to see the Ethics
> Officer because of his SP declare. Ira got mad, flashed his
> Congressional I.D. card, and suddenly that he didn't have to see
> the Ethics Officer and got to see his son instead. He found Sky
> was way below grade average and suicidal. Even though Sky worked
> a regular schedule at the Scientology organization, he was denied
> all services because his father was an SP. Ira took the boy back
> to Washington with him ... Sky just recently graduated Magna Cum
> Laude in Computer Science, and is now a healthy young adult with
> his whole life ahead of him.
>
>
-- Monica Pignotti

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