[12], Northrup's hostility towards other members of the O.T.O. Although she was a committed and popular member, she acquired a reputation for disruptiveness that prompted Crowley to denounce her as a "vampire." Her real motive in filing for divorce, he said, was to seize control of Dianetics. L. Ron Hubbard's drug use is a classic example of his hypocrisy. Lafayette Ron Hubbard is a controversial figure. Later, Hubbard said his wife left him because he was a cripple: This, plus her absolute control of the GO, made it difficult for the Church missionaires [Sea Org staff dispatched to achieve a target or specific goal] to get anything done. Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 05:30, International Association of Scientologists, "Will the L. Ron Hubbard House Turn a Camelback Neighborhood Into a Scientology Recruitment Mecca? L. Ron Hubbard was born in 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska, to Harry Ross Hubbard (1886-1975) and Ledora May Waterbury, whom Harry had married in 1909. I thought to myself, 'My God, I can't tell her. "[63], The divorce writ prompted a deluge of bad publicity for Hubbard and elicited an unexpected letter to Northrup from his first wife, Polly, who wrote: "If I can help in any way I'd like toYou must get Alexis in your custodyRon is not normal. Instead, he said, if Northrup really loved him she should kill herself. The primary exponent of Scientology is the Church of Scientology, a centralized and hierarchical organization based in Florida, although many practitioners . A curly haired, middle-aged woman - who US magazine National . [66] She lost her final appeal in April 1982[67] and was ordered to begin a prison term in January 1983. The 1969 NASA moon landing was staged in Piedmont NM. [33] When it became known in October 1974 that the FBI wished to interview Hubbard, Mary Sue persuaded her husband to avoid going ashore in the United States and the Apollo spent the next year sailing from port to port in the Caribbean. "[20], By this time, Mary Sue was working as the chief course supervisor at Saint Hill Manor. She was a sole signatory to the Church of Scientology's trust accounts and was also a director of the Operation Transport Corporation (OTC), a company established in 1968 that served as a conduit for cash transfers from the Church of Scientology to L. Ron Hubbard personally; it was characterized by US Tax Court as a "sham corporation" whose role was the enrichment of the Hubbards. Now a new report claims the 58-year-old is alive and, in mid-December, was spotted leaving a Scientology cruise ship in the Caribbean. By that time, Hubbard had separated from his first wife, Margaret "Polly" Grubb, but he was still legally married to her when he proposed to Northrup. In his final moments, the man who created a religion with a massive following was . Sharp chin, broad forehead, rather Slavic. The hugely popular recent HBO documentary (Going Clear, by Alex Gibney) has once again called into question the authenticity of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.As the debate rages over his life and work, we're taking a look at some of the . [32] They were reunited in September 1973, when the possibility of extradition had passed. It is thought to have been written around 19467 as part of an attempted program of self-hypnotism. Your character is superior. Meals for the Commodore and his family were cooked in a separate galley by their personal chef, using ingredients brought by couriers from the United States.[26]. That is the amazing part about it. It consists of 'marriage guidance' for Scientologists from the then 'first lady' of the organisation. He promised that he would tell her where Alexis was if she signed a piece of paper saying that she had gone with him voluntarily. Mary Sue Hubbard died on November 25, 2002, aged 71, at her home in Los Angeles. I make this statement of my own free will for I have begun to realize that what I have done may have injured the science of Dianetics, which in my studied opinion may be the only hope of sanity in future generations. A few hours later, he returned with two of his Dianetics Foundation staff and told Northrup, who was now back at her apartment: "We have Alexis and you'll never see her alive unless you come with us. Northrup agreed but Hubbard reneged on the deal and flew to Chicago, where he found a psychologist who wrote a favorable report about his mental condition to refute Northrup's accusations. [73], A month later, in the English High Court of Justice, Mr Justice Latey declared in a case in which Scientology was a prominent issue that "Mr Hubbard is a charlatan and worse, as are his wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, and the clique at the top privy to the cult's activities. In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, writing a movie. This was done before his divorce from his first wife, Polly. A young girl is nearly dead because of this effort. en.wikipedia.org 48K 1.5K 1.5K comments Best Add a Comment SoylentPersons 4 yr. ago Did she then get disappeared like David Miscavige's wife? [49] The situation soon became tense again; Richard de Mille, nephew of the famous director Cecil B. de Mille, recalled that "there was a lot of turmoil and dissension in the Foundation at the time; he kept accusing Communists of trying to take control and he was having difficulties with Northrup. They were formally found guilty on October 26, 1979. One of its principal figures was David Miscavige, a 21-year-old Messenger who had worked as a cameraman for Hubbard. I was rather surprised when we were driving back to LA on Sunday evening, he stopped at a florist to buy some flowers for his wife. The veins in his forehead would engorge" and he would hit her "out of the blue", breaking her eardrum in one attack. "[79] Hubbard also gave a new explanation of why he had been involved with Jack Parsons and the O.T.O. As far as I know, all his policies and doctrines were race-neutral, which is a big deal for someone from the 1940s. She is heavily sexed. I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard is a fine and brilliant man. [20], Northrup later recalled that the boat had been caught in a hurricane in the Panama Canal, damaging it too badly to be able to continue the voyage to California. After two days of shredding, any documents . [35] Hubbard told his friend Forrest J. Ackerman that he had acquired a Dictaphone machine which Northrup was "beating out her wits on" transcribing not only fiction but his book on the "cause and cure of nervous tension". The case was settled out of court eleven days later, with Hubbard and Northrup agreeing to refund some of Parsons' money while keeping a yacht, the Harpoon, for themselves. On the one hand she certainly appeared to be a pathetic individual. She soon became involved in a relationship with Hubbard and married him in March 1952. The dispute immediately became front-page news: the newspapers ran headlines such as "Cult Founder Accused of Tot Kidnap", "'Dianetic' Hubbard Accused of Plot to Kidnap Wife", and "Hiding of Baby Charged to Dianetics Author". Polly Hubbard had filed for divorce on the grounds of desertion and non-support, and was not even aware that Hubbard was living with Northrup, let alone that he had married her. Although he bluffed it out initially, a warrant was issued for his arrest in August. Playing along, she told Hubbard that he was right and that the only way she could break free of their power was by going through with the divorce. It appears that originally they never secretly intended to bring this boat around to the California coast to sell at a profit, as they told Jack, but rather to have a good time on it on the east coast. [45] Mary Sue was closely involved in the strategy; a letter written by her, approving the thefts, was later used in evidence against her. Mary Sue attempted to contact her husband to rescind the CMO's takeover bid but failed, and admitted defeat when the Messengers produced an undated dispatch from Hubbard instructing the GO to be put under the CMO when its senior executives went to prison. He was furious and threatened to kill Alexis rather than let Northrup care for her: "He didn't want her to be brought up by me because I was in league with the doctors. Hubbard had a personal steward, as did Mary Sue and the Hubbard children, who all had their own cabins. But I am 13 years older than she. Ronald DeWolf, L. Ron Hubbard's son, told the News-Herald that his father took amphetamines, hallucinogens, and cocaine. A chance meeting with a man named Jack Parsons led to Hubbard and his new friend performing a bizarre ritual. [43] L. Ron Hubbard was said to have been fully aware of the GO's actions; the US government would later declare him to be an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the GO's illegal activities. [70] Her reunion with her daughter was uncertain to the last, as Hubbard had second thoughts about letting her go as he drove Northrup and Alexis to the local airport. [8] In October 1953 they returned to the US where Hubbard gave a series of lectures in Camden, New Jersey and established the first Church of Scientology. His lawsuit accused Hubbard and Northrup of breaking the terms of their partnership, dissipating the assets and attempting to abscond. She had covered up for him so much, and there had been so many opportunities for her to betray him, that she couldn't believe he would think that. "[76] As Downsborough put it, he portrayed himself as "a constant victim of women". Hubbard turned up and took the child. Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding, a forthcoming book on the history of science fiction, digs into the writing career of L. Ron Hubbard, gaining new insights into the life of the controversial founder of dianetics and the origins and nature of Scientology itself. I doubt that she would face what you have with me or support me as well. [31] Hubbard returned to the United States, living under a false name in New York City while Mary Sue and the children remained aboard the Apollo. "I just ran across the airfield, across the runways, to the airport and got on the plane. While still quite racist, L. Ron was actually far less racist than his contemporaries. When Hubbard's active stint in the Navy was over he stayed on the West Coast, moving to Los Angeles in 1945. [71] In June 1984, Judge Paul G. Breckenridge ruled against the Church and Mary Sue Hubbard, criticizing her credibility as a witness: LRH's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard is also plaintiff herein. I loved to make plots. . Hubbard's financial troubles were reflected in his attempts to persuade the Veterans Administration to increase his pension award on the grounds of a variety of ailments which he said were preventing him finding a job. In June 1951, she finally secured the return of Alexis by agreeing to cancel her receivership action and divorce suit in California in return for a divorce "guaranteed by L. Ron Hubbard". Ernie was adopted by Mrs. Kanzler, the sister of the wife of Edsel Ford, at the request of Katherine Hepburn. "[62] He later told Hubbard's unofficial biographer, Russell Miller: I liked Sara and Miles a lot. When she first came to me with this wild story about how her husband had taken her baby I was determined to help her all I could. In the future I wish to lead a quiet and orderly existence with my little girl far away from the enturbulating influences which have ruined my marriage. Despite insisting on clean living and even prohibiting followers from taking necessary medication, Hubbard loved to party. The Hubbards lived at a house on Tatum Boulevard (now 5501 North 44th Street)[10] on the slopes of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix for the remainder of 1954. The mother had slept with all three men on the same night but as she did not know which had fathered the child, had "thereupon decided to call him Ali, son of ----, son of ----, and son of ---- which impressed the local inhabitants and created a stir throughout the country. whom I believed to be my wife, having married her and then, after some mix-up about a divorce, believed to be my wife in common law. [19] His health and emotional difficulties were reflected in another, much more private, document which has been dubbed "The Affirmations". Northrup's attorney filed another petition asking for Hubbard's assets to be frozen as he had been found "hiding" in Wichita "but that he would probably leave town upon being detected". She was forced from her post as controller, convicted and imprisoned as a felon, and deserted by her husband. [51], Northrup went to a psychiatrist to obtain advice about Hubbard's increasingly violent and irrational behaviour, and was told that he probably needed to be institutionalized and that she was in serious danger. members. [54], Hubbard nonetheless remained active in the management of Scientology. "[11], Helen was far less sanguine, writing in her diary of "the sore spot I carried where my heart should be",[11] and had furious sometimes violent rows with both Parsons and Northrup. She was not the affectionate type, she was more efficient than affectionate. Screen grab Lawrence Wright, the author of the best-selling book on Scientology, "Going Clear," says his research found. That was one of the reasons L. Ron Hubbard never had a relationship with her. She told the court that she had not seen her husband since January 1980, "but I've written him personal letters but I don't believe he's getting them" as he had not replied to them. In 1933, Northrup's 22-year-old sister Helen met the 18-year-old Jack Parsons, a chemist who went on to be a noted expert in rocket propulsion. Interviewed more than 35 years later, Northrup stated that she had signed the statement because "I thought by doing so he would leave me and Alexis alone. It carried out an international campaign against psychiatry, Interpol, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and various other government agencies. However, there were a number of obstacles to overcome before the termination of the GO could be accomplished. He had worked as an archivist for the Church of Scientology, gathering source material for a planned biography of L. Ron Hubbard. She recalled that "with or without an argument, there'd be an upsurge of violence. This was the only time Hubbard allowed an outside crew to interview him. [15] Hubbard soon began an affair with Northrup after beginning "affairs with one girl after another in the house. On 9 June 1951, Sara signed a handwritten statement scrawled on the notepaper of The Hubbard Dianetic Foundation Inc. of Wichita agreeing to cancel her receivership action and divorce suit in California in return for a divorce "guaranteed by L. Ron Hubbard" in mid-June. In 1998 she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in addition to her existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 95 quotes from L. Ron Hubbard: 'Ideas and not battles mark the forward progress of mankind.', 'When reading a book, be very certain that you never go past a word you do not fully understand. Northrup told Cooper that Hubbard was a dangerous lunatic, and that although her own life had been transformed when she left him, she was still afraid both of him and of his followers,[92] whom she later described as looking "like Mormons, but with bad complexions. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages . When he talked about his first wife, the picture he put out of himself was of this poor wounded fellow coming home from the war and being abandoned by his wife and family because he would be a drain on them. He was having a lot of problems with her. [4] She was sexually active from an unusually young age and often said she lost her virginity at the age of ten.[5]. Hubbard and Mary Sue each had their own state-rooms in addition to a suite on the promenade deck comprising an auditing-room, office, an elegant saloon and a wood-paneled dining-room, all off-limits to students and crew. She struck the familiar pose of not seeing, hearing or knowing any evil. After the vessel had been renovated by Scientologists, Mary Sue and the children moved into the upper-deck accommodation in November 1968. A disaster on the scale of the GO criminal case was clearly the result of the activities of someone hostile to Scientology a Suppressive Person operating within the GO. [47], Klowden recalled later that "he was very down in the dumps about his wife. [25][26], Around the same time, Hubbard proposed marriage to Northrup. At age 15, Northrup moved in with sister Helen and her husband Jack, while she finished high school. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( Tilden, Nebraska, 1911. mrcius 13. He replied, "You know, I'm a public figure and you're nobody, so if you have to go through the divorce, I'll accuse you of desertion so it won't look so bad on my public record. He was 74 years old. I didn't know why it was so important to him; I'd never met Sara and I couldn't have cared less, but he wanted to persuade me that the marriage had never taken place. Mary Sue Hubbard (ne Whipp; June 17, 1931 - November 25, 2002 [1]) was the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, from 1952 until his death in 1986. Northrup was one of five children born to Thomas Cowley, an Englishman working for the Standard Oil Company, and his wife, Olga Nelson, the daughter of a Swedish immigrant to the United States. She recalled that "I got up and left the house in the night and walked on the ice of the lake because I was terrified." 's US head, Karl Germer, labeled her "an ordeal sent by the gods". A szcientolgia kveti gyakran nevnek kezdbetivel . At the time, Hubbard's wife Mary Sue was appealing her conviction in the Snow White prosecution along with ten other Scientologists. Jack Parsons was also an avid student and practitioner of the occult. In 1923 the family moved to Pasadena, a destination said to have been chosen by Olga using a Ouija board. "[91], Although Northrup did not speak out publicly against her ex-husband following their divorce, she broke her silence in 1972. . David went ballistic at his wife while she . She played a leading role in the management of the Church of Scientology, rising to become the head of the Church's Guardian's Office (GO). He told me how he had met Northrup. The situation was potentially disastrous for the GO and caused panic among the leadership. [60] She stood down again, being replaced by a South African Scientologist named Gordon Cook,[61] and Jane Kember was replaced by David Gaiman, a British Scientologist.[62]. Apart from captaining the Royal Scotman for a period, Mary Sue's duties included managing the sprawling empire of the Guardian's Office agency within the Church of Scientology and serving as the chair of an executive group known variously as the Commodore's Staff Aides, the Aides Council, and the International Board of Scientology Organizations. He sold his first story in February 1934, an adventure tale called "The Green God" that featured a heroic American killing a bunch of Chinese bad guys. [54] She reacted angrily; in a 1992 trial in Canada, Miscavige told the court that she had called him "some pretty nasty names" and threatened him with a large ashtray held close to his face, but she had eventually agreed to step down. In the summer of 1972, Hubbard ordered that around $2 million in cash be transferred from OTC bank accounts in Switzerland to the Apollo, where it was stored for the next three years in a locked file cabinet to which Mary Sue Hubbard had the only set of keys. [89], The church continues to promulgate Hubbard's claims about their relationship. Ron Hubbard's first wife was Jack Parsons' second wife, who he stole away from Jack, along with a lot of his life savings. On October 8, a deal was struck between the government and the Church that the nine defendants including Mary Sue would each plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy if they agreed to sign a written stipulation by the government (essentially a public confession) of what they had done, thus avoiding a lengthy trial. Miscavige provided a first-hand account of these events, in an affidavit submitted in a case heard in 1994 in California, Church of Scientology International vs. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz. [55], In 1981, the "All Clear Unit" was established within the CMO, tasked with the purpose of making it "All Clear" for Hubbard to come out of hiding.