This is Wayne Whitney

I am planning to post "my story" of my experiences both while at the San Francisco mission at 406 Sutter Street and the ORG at 83 McAllister Street. You have probably heard this same story time and again but this time it's MY story. I lived through it. I need to let the world know what's going on at that "mission" and ORG. I have been writing them letters for over 4 months now and they still have not responded to me. By their nonconfront they are driving me to do the very thing that they are afraid I'll do. Their complete inability to confront me shows that they have something to hide.

I realize that posts on the internet are like water under the bridge, they last for a couple of days then they disappear. Because of this I have decided that the best way to get my story out is to post a series of short narratives, each one (hopefully) standing on it's own. I want to give SPECIFIC examples showing HOW I was manipulated by them. I want to give SPECIFIC examples of the lies I was told, the mental tricks they used on me and the financial gymnastics they coerced me into to get their hands on everything I owned.

Having personal experience of how "reactive" $cientologists are (contraray to what Hubbard claims) I'll try to stay strictly to the facts and then let you put the "labels" on their actions.

In another parallel thread I NEED to express my opinions of Hubbard and his "tech." While I was entangled in $cientology my right to communicate was so severely suppressed. I had a "tech" that was crammed down my throat that was so unworkable along with thought reform processes run me that I considered extremely damaging to me. At the same time I had no one that I could talk to about these things. In an environment like that the level of frustration and anger that builds up is just incredible. This newsgroup is my one last outlet that I feel is available to me now.

Hopefully my posts will reach others who are experiencing the same suppression, frustration, anger and mental manipulations and wake them up to what is being done TO them. I went through my ordeal isolated and alone, the way they wanted it. They knew it was the only way they could have gotten to me. My involvement with them drove me to the brink of suicide. Now I'm fighting back. I'm not as stupid and evil as they kept telling me I was.

I WANT MY POSITION TO BE PERFECTLY CLEAR ON THIS NEWSGROUP

$cientology is nothing more than a global scam designed by L. Ron Hubbard to get everyone's money and possessions (as fast as possible) and then hypnotize them all into dramatizeing his psychotic fantasies. Hubbard was insane and he created $cientology to propagate his insanity.

At this time I also want to thank all the people who have had the courage to speak out and stand up for what they believe in. Bob Penny & the other members of FACTNet, Diane Richardson, Dennis Erlich, and Ron Newman for maintaining such a wonderful web site. I also want to thank the wonderful people at the Cult Awareness Network for their dedication and work. They were the first ones that I contacted that really understood what I was going through. They were one of my first links back to reality. I also want to thank all the others whom I WON'T name because of my promise to them to maintain their privacy. They know who they are. Finally, I want to thank my good friend who is letting me use her computer to put in my "comm line" to the world.

If anyone has comments, questions or suggestions on how I can get my story out more effectively I would love to here from you. I, unlike $cientologists, DO listen to other points of view.