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vows of dedication in other faiths and orders, serves to signify an individual’s eternal commitment to the goals, purposes
and principles of the Scientology religion.”
5 The church explained, “As it became a matter of tradition among the crew members at that time having adopted the
practice of overboarding, Mr. Hubbard set forth rules in October of 1968 to ensure it was conducted safely in attaining the
spiritual benet intended. To that end, given that it was an ecclesiastical penance, the procedure includes the Chaplain
making the following statement as part of the observance: ‘We commit your sins and errors to the waves and trust you will
arise a better thetan.’ ”
6 The church denies that Scientologists worked with General Oufkir’s men or used the E-Meter to provide security
checking for the Moroccan government.
7 The church supplied me with a number of adavits from former Sea Org members saying that they had not been forced
to terminate their pregnancies.
8 The CIA at the time was taking note of Hubbard, mainly through newspaper clippings. “There is no indication that
HUBBARD or members of his organization have been engaged in intelligence or security matters,” an agency dispatch
notes. “Rather, HUBBARD appears to be a shrewd businessman who has parlayed his Scientology ‘religion’ into a multimillion
dollar business by taking advantage of that portion of society prone to fall for such gimmicks” (“Scientology/L. Ron
HUBBARD,” CIA dispatch, Mar. 18, 1971).