The OC Couple Who Gave More than $1.3 Million to the Church of Scientology--Only to Leave

• Sure Louanne, but why are you posting as Greta Busby and Louanne?

• It is interesting to note that Scientologists are ordered to come here and spew their hatred, but are actually FORBIDDEN from reading the article they are supposed to be commenting on.  Isn't that the weirdest thing you've ever heard?

• We know that Scientology is the religion of hate.  It's nice to see the representatives of Scientology come here to confirm it.

• Oh really, Louanne? I made the great misfortune of taking in one of your free acting/communication courses and buying a book months ago.   I made the HUGE mistake of giving my name, address, and phone number.  I hate to admit this, but I was a sucker.  I went to what I thought was an acting course in LA, which turned out to be an indoctrination course.  I bought that service.  I walked in and I was bombarded with requests to buy, buy, buy.  It was bad enough that you have my license plate from the parking lot camera on Sunset from 09/22/11.  I'm sure I don't need to identify myself more than I have already.  Your church seems to have my unlisted number. Not only that, but your fucking church is now harassing my family because I wrote an internet review as a result.  Are you really 'free'?  Obviously those of us that think we are free to write personal stories and reviews aren't really free from your fucking church, are we? Fuck off, Louanne or whatever your name is.  Your church is fucking with my family and that means that YOU ARE FAIR GAME. 

• Louanne, Explain to me why I'm getting harassed from your fucking church? Explain why you defend an organization that bothers my parents when I have done NOTHING outside of read/post some silly entrubulating things on the internet?  Why does this bother you so much?  Why would my posts mean so much to you that your church has to harass my family? I've never protested, I've never done much than be an ass with a keyboard.  I read a lot and I post about my opinions when I see horrible things happening.  But I also do the same on the NY Times and other sites where NO ONE GIVES A FUCK. But somehow your fucking church seems to care about my own freedom to post my opinions and they are now harassing my family.  EXPLAIN THAT, YOU MOTHER FUCKER. Oh, that's right....you can't explain it, can you?  I am not breaking any rules and I have no fucking crimes.  Read about cognitive dissonance, you moron.  You just might find yourself described in that definition. Tell your church to stop harassing us raw meat.  It seems that you need us to fill your orgs, but those of us that can actually read what is on the internet won't step a foot into your org anytime soon. COM EV....you fucking moron.

• Louanne, how does it feel to know that your church has victimized people like me that only read 'entheta' and aren't Scientologists?  I am 'raw meat' but I happened to buy a book and turned away phone calls? Why am I being harassed now?  I had no interest outside of buying a book, which I am forever sorry for doing.  I have to now apologize to my roomates in advance.  What kind of fucking church is it that you belong to?

• "Religious" hatred?  Scientology isn't a religion. Hubbard merely cloaked the scam in religion for tax purposes, as a defense when people die from the quackery and so he could yell "bigot" when the organization is rightfully criticized.  Your organization is about as "religious" the Mafia.

• Well in Louanne's case she's a bit long in the tooth for tampons. :)

• Louanne-Greta! By mentioning the name of "Xenu" you have risked sending members of your cult, as well as raw meat into a downward facing obscene dog spiral and worse. Do you realize they can easily look up the secret "sacred" OTIII materials in Hubbard's own handwriting on the web? Don't you care about people's eternity? Has Karin Pouw, your new main spokeshole ever mentioned "Xenu." No! No! No! You are supposed to pretend Xenu does not exist. It is the only way you can save the planet!

• Hmmm. Smells like a road trip for me and the boys. Do you think the security force....Uh, I mean SEALS,... will meet us at the fenceline if we stop and try to take pictures? They do that at Area 51. They are so touchy up there...

• Louanne and socks, Don't come crying to me when David Miscavige blows with millions of dollars, and you are on lock-down by a new dictator and don't get your $50 and your rice 'n' beans doesn't include beans anymore. Go to Tom Cruise and see if he will feed you some beans. Tom knows beans. Try to get your money back, for the years you have spent hard-selling this scam.

• Because Xenu was an overlord instead of a lord, a cult member has to donate more money to the IAS. If Xenu were just a lord, then you'd donate just half your money.That'd be fine.  Because he's an "overlord," and galactic, you need to basically donate all your money, and sell your children into Sea Org slavery, if you want to get anywhere in this cult business. Presumably, there were many Lords for Xenu to preside over, but hey, the Xenu schtick happened only 75 million years ago and Dr. Hubbard detailed the last four quadrillion years, in his many important space/time travels. It is all in the books he wrote, that no one reads, except for cult members. Speaking of books, how many sets of The Basics can Louanne put you down for? They're only $6000 each. Louanne can put you down for 1000, 500 or 20, so you can give one to everyone in your sector of the Internet. If you knew how to "obnose," all this lord/overlord/Xenu stuff would be crystal clear. Report to your local Org for processing.

• Hi Louanne-Belinda, What do you mean with how it will play out? Are you going to attack and destroy us by manufacturing crimes about us, as Hubbard ordered? Scilons do not read this blog! Even the cult handler(s) often do not read the articles about the cult, like the series in the SP Times. We like pointing that out. As far as using the anonymity of the internet, we are not using it to lie, as you do. We are using it to point out truths and dangers. There's got to be a little joking and degrading thrown in, otherwise repeating a constant litany of COS's abuses would be boring to readers, and no one would care. Dr. Hubbard did a lot of joking and degrading to get your attention....wogs...that the "clear" was to the "normal" as the "normal" is to the "severely insane." Come on Louanne! That is crazy! You can't even write. How can you be this elevated, master-being that is supposed to rule the world, when you can't even write! You can't even allow your fellow geniuses to read criticism and facts about the way you operate, or horrors, they may have doubts.

• Loser.

• You lie like a $cientologist.

• Scientology is an evil cult that almost completely ruined my family. It was only because of our sheer determinism to fight back and rightfully reclaim what was ours (freedom) that we are here today. This cult is pure evil. Tick, tock.

• Hi Louanne, new sock?

• What's the difference between an overlord and just a regular ol' lord?

• I speak from love.   I've known people for whom CoS works. Just like the Mormons, the Catholics, and Islam.  But I have seen many, many more crushed by the workloads piled upon them by their superiors.  I post so that those considering embracing the CoS lifestyle do so with their eyes open, and in particular so they maintain contact with those who love them. Seen much of your family lately, Belinda? 

• They're free to practice whatever religion they want in this country. I, and other people critical of your church's motivations and desires are equally free to criticize them. I've had discussions with scientologists in person about their silly little religion (there I go, using free speech again), and have found that there is nothing whatsoever that is enlightening about what they do or say. It's all just a bunch of pulp sci-fi and armchair psychology masquerading as a spiritual system.

• Above and below, nothing more than xenophobic and religious hatred wrapped in ignorance. Seriously, you enjoy spending your life this way? Put your adult pants on for a change and consider, A) All major religions rely on parishioner funds to forward the religion, all, and B) you degrade and infantize parishioners of any religion when you purport to assume what motivates them, their intentions, and their autonomy to freely practice their religion in the United States of America as they see choose. You are sadly little more than childish bullies emboldened by the anonymity of the internet. Good luck with how that plays out for you.

• I know, I was trying to be snarky. Guess I failed horribly at it. Though I will admit that in terms of enturbulating scientologists, I have a fondness for the other fun stuff in their mythos, like the Obscene Dog "incident".

• Xenu is the scam of sciloontology in a nutshell. It is also their genesis story. People also leave the cult after one course. Even Sea Org members like Astra Woodcraft, who didn't do OTIII, were enlightened by it, when shown it by her father. You don't have to be in the cult, to learn about Xenu anymore. It is fully explained on wiki and no one has gotten pneumonia or died from it so Hubbard was a big fat liar. Also, the cult socks are pretty much required to know about Xenu, at least that it what Tory Magoo said.

• Actually their secret international headquarters are located outside of Hemet, CA, along highway 79. You can go through there and see the spiked fences, pointed inward, so none of the Scientologists who work there can "blow". Why they are allowed to do what they do in Southern California is a mystery which many people are working on to solve. Hopefully this blog can contribute to uncovering that mystery.  I'm sure that would generate some internet traffic!

• all Louanne's socks posts were from a Scientology owner server Located in LA...Louanne wasn't personally outed... as part of the Amends Project all the comments Louanne and her multiple minions of socks are logged and go through their Scientology server in LA so they can keep tabs on what she posts...and feed her what to post and where..and when.

• Greta Busby and Louanne are one in the same sockpuppet Louanne worked at Gold Base in Hemet CA but what She did was "Blow" because she lost her preferential treatment she thought she was owed....word Is Most were Glad to see her GO! Like all people that "blow" they get saddled with a totally illegal "freeloader" debut for all the "Free" courses they took while on staff... they cease to be free if you leave... but then staff dosen't have much free time to actually go up the bridge,, Louanne Is doing what called "Amends Project'  for OSA which consists of defending her cult in any and all articles critical of the cult posted online... it has kept Louanne Busy for many months...its hard work trying to win back your eternal salvation! Louanne Sock #1 has been keeping a low profile the past several months since she got outed by an Administrator of a Blog posting with half a dozen socks she had to make up new socks Greta Busby and others   Xenu is for those that spend Millions..staff never earn their way up the bridge.. its a carrot that Is dangled but never caught

• Though, considering how many scientologists leave the cult before reaching "clear", it isn't a crucial part to most of them ;P

• If I were to go to the church today, would I be able to get into a proper theological discussion on subjects such as Xenu or the Obscene Dog incident, or would those have to wait until after I "donated" many thousands of dollars?

• Xenu is absolutely crucial Greta/Louanne. Without Xenu, you wouldn't need sciloontology! We wouldn't have clusters of dead space aliens clinging to us, and wouldn't need the tech to remove them. Dr. Hubbard taught that auditing is the only way to get rid of these dead space alien clusters, and it is all in the secret OTIII. Without your Body Thetan clusters, you'd be able to write Louanne, and not write stupid things like "discriminate a religion."

• So, you work for the OSA and the IAS. Do you know how David Miscavige spends his money. Where is Shelly? Where is Tommy Davis. Why do Scilons like them tend to be around all the time and then suddenly disappear. Is it that Tommy told the truth, and your phoney church is is based on a lie, because Hubbard was never blind!

• Sure!

• They haven't told you about Xenu yet, eh?

• There's nothing like the joy I experience when I come across a thread like this. Seeing a clump of $cientology moonbats bawwwing about some excellent journalism reporting on the behavior of their vile evil cult brings great happiness to my heart. How do you like the news from Paris, Louanne? Does it bring joy to your heart? Sure does mine. How did Staturday go for you yesterday? Not good it would appear, based up upon your pathetic bawwwing here. Your stupid cult is doomed. Expect it.

• Xenu does not appear in the referenced article and does not play a role in most of Scientology. The story is not crucial at all. But I understand that you, given your intent to discriminate a religion, picked that as the subject of ridicule. The people who donate to Church campaigns, international or local (like for a new Church in OC) know exactly what their contribution is for. I also understand that someone who has given a lot and then becomes alienated with his belief (for some other reason) might regret earlier donations. That's normal.

• Did you just say you are a waste of time? 

• That's what you call the transformation into a hate-spewing drone now? Remarkable. 

• Visit and Org and find out   you be presented with 200 pages of talking points..on what you can and can't write about Scientology....  The spokes person who you eventually end up talking to at the org.. ..drops some random personal info about your work history,past or education ...etc... they want you to know they can get to you...delivered with a wink and a smile* Have fun.... and get a padlock for your trash cans

• Say, isn't their worldwide headquarters right over here in our town Tustin?

• Yes, Shelly has a clean brain, unsullied by Scientology.  It is great to think for yourself!  Try it!

• It is $50 per month. So I don't think our friend went shopping today.

• Louanne is probably still on Probation for a DUI. Louanne save alot of money when Shes unable to drive Iots of extra cash for ISA handbag and those CCHR T-Shirts  

• I know. I just like to play haha

• Don't hold your breath for a reply, Gus.  There is none.

• trying to get the golf cart privileges back from Miscavige Louanne?

• of course you donate to the ISA , Louanne you believe the money is put to good use ,hiring Private Investigators to dig up dirt on Enemies, and manufacture crimes if necessary fund covert operations to stalk and harass ex-members finance and,publish hundreds of slander web sites against Scientology enemies. Finance Lawsuits and Legal Threats against Critics. destroy Psychiatry because they were behind every heinous crime against humanity buy political clout though cover Lobbing ... and if a little fun money is left over spy on friends of Scientology Like Louis Farrakhan in an effort to uncover his ruin tell the truth the shirts and Bags were purchased from a Local Org to fund the ISA too

• you are funny. do you actually have an Ethics text book next to you, checking of the characteristics of a suppressive person before you post? 

• What are the lies?

• I have no doubt about that. At least the above "report" is off the rails and forwarding outright lies against a religious minority.

• Your reputation is much higher than the Cult of Scientology.   And the Cult's reputation is sliding lower, if you can fathom that!

• Sorry, but your are completely brainwashed. 

• So where do YOU think Shelly Miscavige is?? If you can't answer honestly it proves you are a coward.

• I'm not a journalist. I'm just enjoying watching what's left of the cult try to defend it. I wish you'd bring Tommy Davis out of the RPF Hole, the $cientology prison camp. He made me laugh a lot!!

• $50 a month maybe. Enough for toothpaste and tampons. Poor Louanne, cult victim.

• I've observed directly your evil cult. So has Marty Rathbun - he was head of OSA!!! So which is it - Marty was fooling all those cult members for decades, or he is correct now?? How about the Garcia family? They put millions into the cult - yet they left. What is true they have observed first hand. $cientology is a corrupt cult. And you are a victim.

• $50 a DAY?  She got a huge raise!  I hear $50 a MONTH is average pay for a $cilon.

• I think we all know that is a lie. I wish you did have the freedom to buy yourself nice things. I wish you did have the freedom to donate to the IAS of your own volition. But we know the truth, the misery of being forced to write daily KRs on the things you have seen on the internet, and every day it gets more and more, how overwhelmed you must be. The only reason you are here is because you KNOW the attention the Village Voice articles are getting, and that these comments will remain online FOREVER. Which means the articles are 100 truthful. You only ever show up to divert people away from the truth - the LRH was a child abuser and the CULT of David Miscavige is one of violence, extortion and misery. And because you KNOW that more people are leaving the cult than joining. Only a matter of time now. You're actually harming $cientology by being here. The cult of cowards will soon be no more. What will you do then Louanne?

• Fail. You try this every time. But your bullshit can't beat direct observation and experience. 

• Dilettantish, I knew it. 

•  Thanks for showing your colors.

• LOL, good try Louanne - look - now everyone can Google the child abusing cult of $cientology for themselves!! Wait for the big one, it's coming, you know that don't you Louanne? There is a huge leak almost ready to be exposed to the world that will kill the cult in every nation on earth. Forever. Think about your future - what will you do when you wake up and realize you were scammed???

• SM, I just burned a couple hundred bucks on a gorgeous bag and some shirts. Nothing went to the Church. But - I tend to donate to the IAS because I know from first-hand experience how the money is spent and I agree with that. 

• Yeah Gustavo - go visit your local "church" of $cientology - it will be empty and the staff demoralized and demotivated. They'll cheer up when you walk in because they will see you as a money making device. Ask them about where Tommy Davis is, or where David Miscavige's wife is, or where Heber Jentzsch is! Then they will take your numberplate, or your photo, and they will track you down and kill your pets, they might send false accusations to your neighbors, call your boss and try to get you sacked from your job, and abuse your private life, threaten your children, it's called "Fair Game". Just Google it. There are sworn affadavits that are all over the internet. And Google "Louanne" and "scientology" and you'll see that this poor little soul has been doing the positive PR spin 24 hours a day for years, and I mean years. It really is sad, especially as you know she gets $50 a day, and rice & beans to eat if she's lucky. The life of a cult slave. I only wish I was lying.

•  Quota? Actually, I have no quota other than a personal one to antagonize morons—and, gracias to you, I've succeeded for the day! Now, off to eat pizza...

• That'll happen soon enough...

• Luckily, my reputation is already shit nationwide, so it can only go up!

• some us of already have.  including Gustavo. I've known some pretty important CoS folks in my time. Several were really good people who helped my family. A lot were drones like you. Interestingly, the further up the COS organization they were, the less-drone like and *nicer* they were. Again: David has squandered L. Ron's gifts.

• What about YOUR hate campaign against psychiatry? What about the hate you show towards kids on medication? What about the hate you show towards former members of your cult who leave because they see it for the bullshit that YOU KNOW deep down the corporate cult of Miscavige has become? What did all YOUR money get spent on, Louanne? Where did it get wasted? Another empty org? The "super power" building? LOL, way to go scientology - $178 million dollars wasted on a building that hasn't opened its doors even after 13 years, when it should have taken just two years. Also - wasting half a million bucks on city fines because the building is empty. LOL, yeah, the most "capable people on the planet" LOLOL $cientology isn't worth shit. LRH was a clown. You got duped, girl.

• THE TRUTH http://kspaink.home.xs4all.nl/fishman/index2.html IS  http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/cos-kids.htm   OUT  http://www.ronthenut.org/there THERE  http://www.lermanet.com/cisar/carto/

• Whoops

• See above. 

• So why are you here? Orders from OSA? I'm glad you are here - you are living proof that scientologists are forced to defend their non-existant honor by repeatedly posting on sites like this. It must be hard for you knowing you have no chance to defend your cult. It must upset you knowing that Anonymous has solidified opinion to the point now where scientology is contracting and shrivelling up.like an old balloon, all the hot air gone, all that's left is stinky breath and emptiness. And you do this to defend what you believe is your eternity. I do this for fun. That must hurt you, Louanne. The fact that I don't even care about the cult. :D

• I got a better idea, Gustavo. Go visit your local Church of Scientology. They are open today. Do some research, talk to some people who know something. Like a journalist. 

• I am posting because I can see the hate campaign going and I disagree. And yes, I do mind personal attacks, especially by slimebags like "Mary." 

• What is a sock? Do you not believe my name is Shelly Miscavige? Is that because you know full well Shelly Miscavige, David's wife, is actually locked away in a shipping container on Gold Base or one of the other cult compounds? Or is it because she is dead? She hasn't been seen for over 6 years, by anyone, this is potentially a HUGE news story. And lets not forget what happened to her mom - shot 4 times with a rifle and supposedly suicide?? LOLOLOL You call me a sock, I call you a clam. I know where the truth lies. And what is true is true for me.

• I can see the OC Writer sitting there on Black Friday, grinding at the bit to get out shopping and fulfill his writing quota. I don't understand why putting out hate propaganda seemed to be an option. Journalist bias is inexcusable, even on a day like his. 

• I am in favor of completely eliminating the concept of a tax free organization period. All organizations would pay taxes. Short of that I would add a couple of qualifications to qualify for tax free status. First an organizations books (and all affiliate orgs.) would be 100% open to the public. Second, no more than 30% of annual revenue could be used for operating expenses or carried over into the next fiscal year.  Donations to charitable organizations would remain a tax deduction for the donor.

• hello, smelly foot.

• Dude - just Google "Wally Hanks" and then Google the name Jan Eastgate-Meyer. She's on perversity charges over the repeated child abuse of another victim in Australia. In fact - any search of "scientology" and "child abuse" will give you plenty to start with. Even L Ron Hubbard made pre-pubescant girls dress in little shorts and run around carrying ash trays just in case he wanted to tip his ash from the cigarettes he told his followers would cure cancer. And of course locking little kids in a dangerous chain locker on board his ships. L Ron Hubbard was a child abuser who should have been jailed, but the coward spent most of his later years on the run from the cops in several countries. A bit like the coward David Miscavige is doing now. When was the last TV interview David Miscavige did? 1993???

• L, you  chose to post, multiple times, in a public forum.   If you don't like the words here, stop posting. But the rest of will keep posting, however many times you shout "shut up." ...and the more you post, the more we know about you.

• Hi Sock.

• Then you would be the subject of a nasty Knowledge Report, and possibly declared a Suppressive Person, and then Fair Gamed. This is how L Ron Hubbard's retarded little sect was designed to work. Remember that next time the IAS are banging on your door demanding that you give up what is left of your money - if they haven't already, LOLOLOL

• You're right Louanne: we nothing about you EXCEPT  that you're presenting a cookie-cutter standard CoS response to criticism of CoS, albeit in sub-competent form. I had a lot more respect  for CoS it was led by true, mentally unbalanced, brilliant visionary. With David at the helm, CoS has completely lost its way. It can't be even mount a proper counter-attack, and that is because David is so focused on maintaining he perks he can't see that he hasn't move CoS forward. With David, the Thetan's are making a comeback AT THE VERY HEART OF THE CHURCH.

• I'm a bit new to this game—I'm more familiar with the pedophile protectors at the Diocese of Orange. At least I've never seen THAT emerge from Scientology. But if any of  you out there can shed some light on the inner workings of the OC Church of Scientology, feel free to drop a line at garellano at ocweekly.com!

• and this, boys and girls, is what has become of the adherents of a once-great organization. Once upon-a-time the CoS response would savage.  People once *feared* being targeted by Flag.  Now, the best Louanne and her friends can manage is interent an  flame so mild the comment isn't worth flagging.

• It's easy to explain: one of your own shined a light on OC Co$. Very "clear" to me haha.

• LOL, a cult PR person talking about "propaganda" - that is priceless!! Been looking through anyone's trash lately? Is the convicted pedophile Wally Hanks still a high ranking member of your cult? How is Rex Fowler doing, you know, the OT7 guy who shot his employee dead then shot himself in the head because scientology had made him go crazy? Does David Miscavige still beat his staff?

• We know all we need to know about you - you are a $cientologist, therefore you are a liar. Which bits of the article you clearly haven't read because you're scared of "entheta" (a made-up word) do you disagree with? Where is Tommy Davis? Where is Heber Jentzsch? Why did Head of CCHR Jan Eastgate cover up child abuse and why is she being tried in an Australian court of law for her perverting the course of justice? It's OK to doubt Louanne. We'll be here for you when you want to blow the cult. We love you Louanne.

• That lame attack is the best "handling" you can do? Back in the 70s, a properly motivated  CoS hack would have stalked Gustavo and his family, filing false IRS reports and generally destroying Gustavo's public reputation. It's not hard for someone who has properly internalized L. Ron's teachings. How do ever expect to become a "clear" with such flaccid motivation?  Too many Thetan's weighing you down?  Must be time for another audit. Back to the E-Meter for you....

• Good article, Gustavo. Hope to see more on this topic real soon.

•  Fundraising is always a squeeze in one way or the other. You could choose not to attend the fundraiser.

• Geez. You know Banana Republic has everything 35% off today? Why don't you go helping the US economy a bit?  On your "comment," I can only repeat: You know shit about me. So shut up.

• This is Scientology is, what it makes of it's staff. Some church, lol

• Its a real mess at the OC "Ideal" Org. You should see the photos. They are all over the internet. What happened to all the money your church took from members? That's what you should be concerned about. UPDATE: Here are the recent photos posted over at WWP. Take a look, if you dare: http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/oc-ideal-org-recog-with-photos.94043/

• LOL. Propaganda 101. Still hungover?

• Hello Slimebag. You know shit about me. So shut up. 

• Hi Louanne. I see the church put you onto this article. Too bad they don't let you read it. If you had, you'd see what you probably already know but are afraid to admit. Oh well, maybe someday you'll reach out for help in escaping, like others have in your job.

• Its good to know why this buiIding is looking the way it is despite all the money people put in. The bigger story is "Where did the money go?" I smell fraud in there some where. I am glad the Garcia's are speaking up. However, it takes time, much soul searching and a willingness to face the truth for some to recognize that L Ron Hubbard created the very monster these people ran from, which includes all the totalitarian tenets and policies of Scientology. I wish them the best in unraveling the web they got caught up in. Its the truth that sets us free. UPDATE: Here are the recent photos posted at WWP forum. http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/oc-ideal-org-recog-with-photos.94043/

• Arrogance and pure stupidity seem to be contagious, or is it just vicious hate propaganda? How else can one explain this article? Nothing of it resembles Scientology and the activities of the Church of Scientology. Disgusting. 

• "Juicy gossip," right, if the SP Times had at least that to offer. Hot air and biased trash journalism is a much better description.

• The idea that the "church" of Scientology is a tax-free organization due to its supposedly "charitable" contributions is hilarious baloney. Everything in Scientology is geared towards two things:  making money and self-promotion. The disgusting tactics used by Scientology fund-raisers to bully, guilt and extort money out of its members are truly unethical.  And Scientology dares to proclaim itself "the most ethical organization on the planet".  What a sick joke. taxthecult(.)com

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