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from having children, 2 and the only other child around was Roanne, Diana Hubbard’s
daughter. Other Sea Org members looked upon the children longingly. “People could see
what they could never have,” Guy White said. The fact that Tyson had been born so
soon after Hubbard’s death, and that he had shockingly red hair, stirred speculation that
he might be a reincarnation of the founder. “Is he? Is he?” they asked themselves.
Every church or mission maintains an oce for the day Hubbard returns. A pen and a
yellow legal pad await him at each of his desks. His personal bathrooms have
toothbrushes and identical sets of Thom McAn sandals beside the shower. On Gold Base,
his modest original house was razed and replaced with a $10 million mansion. A fulltime
sta attends the empty residence, regularly laundering the founder’s clothes and
keeping the house ready for his white-glove inspection. His vehicles are still in the
garage, gassed up, with the keys in the ignition. On his nightstand is a Louis L’Amour
novel, with a bookmark placed midway through. The dining table is set for one.
The search for Hubbard’s reincarnated being resembles the quest for the new Dalai
Lama in Tibetan Buddhism, although there are few clues about his identity. He had
prophesied that he would be out of action “for the next 20–25 years.” In some versions
of the story, Hubbard will be recognized by his red hair, which is why Tyson’s birth
aroused such expectations.
Suzette was terried that Tyson would be taken away from her. She had little time
with him as it was. There was a Sea Org policy, written by her father, which mandated
an hour a day of “family time,” but that had been canceled. Now Suzette was pregnant
again. Over a period of days she smuggled toys and clothes via a laundry basket into
her little Mazda; then one night she left a farewell note for Guy, grabbed Tyson, and
drove to San Diego. A few days later, she moved in with Mary Sue. Mary Sue was living
in a house in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles that the church provided when
she got out of prison. Amid all the anxiety, Suzette had a miscarriage.
After Suzette blew, Guy recalls being sent to Happy Valley and being told he would
have to divorce his wife. Jonathan Horwich, Roanne’s father, was also in Happy Valley,
along with Arthur Hubbard, Ron and Mary Sue’s youngest child. One night, while
Horwich was supposed to be standing guard, Arthur blew and was never recovered.
In October 1988, Guy also decided to escape. Each evening, he went for a stroll along
the fence line, a little farther each time, carrying a snack for the German shepherd
guard dogs. One night, he jumped the fence, but the dogs betrayed him and began
barking. He had to dive o the road when he saw the lights of the blow team coming
after him. For hours, he stumbled through the brush, bleeding, his clothes torn, until he
made it to Hemet, where he pounded on the door of a bowling alley. In broken Spanish,
he told the person who peeked out that he had been in a car wreck.
Guy nally rejoined Suzette. (They had two other children before he came out to her
as gay. They divorced in 1998.)
LIKE PAUL HAGGIS, Tom Cruise had been raised Catholic, although he was more religiously
inclined than Paul. His family moved frequently, and he spent part of his childhood in