"A high-level person like Shelly Miscavige has to be taken to Twin Peaks," Pope says, where the church can persuade them not leave, or at least keep them isolated. They are then placed in the titanium "time capsules." Get directions on Google Maps. Gill managed to get to Beaumont, then pawned his Sea Org ring to get enough to catch a bus back to Northern California. Anyone coming from CST, it was very sensitive, says Gary Morehead, who was chief of security at Int Base and oversaw the interrogation of executives who had gone awry. Its perfect.". "I protest because I want to stop it much sooner than if it would die on its own," Pope said. Around that time, she stopped appearing in public. She was a member of the Sea Organization, an elite group that requires members to contractually commit to a billion years of service. Andreas Heldal-Lund | 16. Thats when I figured out that, for me, my wife came before Scientology. The organization has edited together several negative videos about his network of lawyers and activists fighting the church. CST made a lot of trips to China to get a deal going on the time capsules and new e-meters, he adds. But he says he doesnt remember frightening Gill to the point of urinating. ], [A Scientology spy comes clean: Paulien Lombards remarkable public confession], [Accidental leak shows Scientology spy wing plans to handle the, [Lori Hodgson and Disconnection: No ones going to take my eternity away], [Hey, Scientology Celebrity, Heres Your Media Training Checksheet! You just cannot leave. As with many activists, civil disobedience has gotten Pope into trouble with the law. As an aspiring reporter, the author wrote about race issues as they moved from idealism to disillusion to anger to violence. His father doesnt see him and doesnt see Gills children. In the production buildings, where the Hubbard archives were being handled, they had actually constructed full-blown clean rooms, the kind of thing you normally only expect at high-tech firms. Is Shelly being held against her will? One anti-Scientology activist, who goes by the pseudonym "Angry Gay Pope,"visited the Twin Peaks compound earlier this yearand shared his photos with INSIDER. As punishment, he was taken down to Happy Valley, a ranch near Hemet, California, and several miles from Int Base itself. [Scientology hates clean ice, part 2: Another target, and the web as weapon] These materials are, in turn, stored in 2,300 titanium capsules housed in calamity-proof vaults to ensure the timeless preservation and survival of the Scientology scripture. In Germany with Ursula Caberta: [Announcing plans] | [Press conference] | [Making news about Tom Cruise, Bill Clinton, and Tony Blair] | [Post-trip interview] At the party, Gill was reunited with Gary Morehead, the man who had interrogated him at Happy Valley. This is plainly obvious to anyone with a modicum of common sense. The 2014 Vanity Fair article says Miscavige was responsible for restructuring the upper levels of Scientology, but she told a former Scientology member at her father's funeral that she had "f----d up.". She cited their security, noting that "the Church leader and its parishioners have been subjected to numerous violent threats, including death threats.". "Scientologists who worked for Cruise and Kidman reported to the church about whatever they observed," Wright writes. (Today, he notes, the RPF is no longer run at Happy Valley but at Int Base itself, which has a high wall with razor wire. (Hes now married to someone else.) And then the thought suddenly hit him: Oh my God, this many people had been here before me and had gone, and this was all their crap. She was one of Hubbard's most devoted followers, according to a 2014 issue of Vanity Fair. Calvary Chapel Lake Arrowhead is a non-denominational church whose desire is to know. And now they all face inward, rather than out. 11-4-93, Bate Stamp: 151412 - 151413, Ex. Church of Spiritual Technology at Twin Peaks, CA gets raided by AO and Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. For a decade, no one has seen his wife in public. United States. Scientology base Wyoming - clear [Birmingham in the House! In 2010 he took these pictures of the CST compound in Twin peaks, Calif., documenting its spiked fences, razor wire, motion detectors, infra-red spotlights, satellite dishes, fuel tanks and mysterious semi-permanent trailers. But then he stopped paying. We're sure you'll find Twin Peaks Community Church has something for everyone. At this point, Pope's identity is likely known by the Church of Scientology. And I was given a lot of sec-checking. Mike Rinder | 9. Garys a good guy. The vault was started about 1986. | [The curious career of Scientology rapper Chill EB] They were about 17 to 20 feet tall, Gill says. Hubbard's texts have been engraved on stainless steel tablets and encased in titanium capsules underground. (Beatty, a former Sea Org member, is a sort of unofficial historian of the church. Its common for Sea Org members to marry young as weve written numerous times before, former SO members tell us that the only way to get any privacy was to get married and move out of the single-sex barracks that were for unmarried workers. 1,205 were here. 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Weve written previously that when Sea Org members are interrogated, they are put under intense pressure not only to confess to mistakes theyve made in their job or doubts they have about Scientology, but they are also questioned about their sexual practices. Twin Peaks, CA 92391. She wasn't present at Tom Cruise's wedding to Katie Holmes in November 2006 and she didn't return letters sent to her for the holiday season. At the end of the 98 feet is a 10-foot-long storage room. | [Scientology vs. South Park] The CST oversees the Scientology scriptural archiving project, which aims to preserve the works of Hubbard on stainless steel tablets and encased in titanium capsules in specially constructed vaults throughout the world. ], [Scientology hates clean ice: The Fair Game operation that should turn your stomach], [Scientology hates clean ice, part 2: Another target, and the web as weapon], [Paulette Cooper, Scientologys original and worst nightmare: a Thanksgiving tribute], [Valeska Paris, held against her will from 1996 to 2007 on Scientologys cruise ship], [Ramana Dienes-Browning, marriage at 16, sexual interrogation, life in the engine room], [Melissa Paris, Valeskas sister: forced to marry at 16], [Scientology responds in typical fashion], [Mark Chauppetta, private eye, explains what Scientology operatives look for], [Rathbun and Mark Bunker reveal surprising ties], [Making news about Tom Cruise, Bill Clinton, and Tony Blair], [Ingleside on the Bay, Texas rallies to Rathbuns cause], [Squirrel Busters claim to be making a documentary], [Anna sent to creep out Monique Rathbun], [A videographer blows the whistle on the goon squad], [Ed Bryan, OT VIII, shows the power of Scientologys highest levels], [Secret Scientology documents spell out spying operation against Marc Headley], [Scientologys West U.S. spies list revealed], [Scientologys enemies list: Are you on it? Once Hubbard adopts a new body, hes expected to make his way to one of the CST bases. About 120 miles east of Los Angelesnear Lake Arrowhead reportedly lies the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST). Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. "I never, ever, ever saw them kiss," a former Scientologist and Sea Org member, told Vanity Fair. The Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) is a California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation,[2] incorporated in 1982, which owns all the copyrights of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard and licenses their use. Pope said he met with a woman who claimed she met Miscavige and that she looked like "an emaciated homeless person" and had two younger men trailing behind her. Tim Donnelly - former California State Assemblyman and local businessman; [Mark Chauppetta, private eye, explains what Scientology operatives look for], MARTY RATHBUN AND THE SIEGE OF SOUTH TEXAS, [Scientology has Rathbun arrested] | [Rathbun and Mark Bunker reveal surprising ties] Its not so easy to escape like walking down a riverbed.). One long shaft, with a dividing wall about halfway down, with another vault door inside of the main vault., There was equipment, too. This agreement was subject to an additional "Option Agreement" between Hubbard, RTC and CST. ], [Petrolias vault entrance, farther along the road, inland from the previous image. How are Churches of Scientology supported financially? Chairman of Religious Technology Center. Last year in Texas, there was a gathering of Independent Scientologists people who have left the church over their problems with the management of leader David Miscavige, but who still adhere to the ideas of L. Ron Hubbard. Were they a memorial? The Church of Scientology denies that "The Hole" exists. He also noticed another thing from his visits: they extended and updated the fence. [Tad Reeves: Scientology might listen to this guy] | [More Tad Reeves and family] Gill didnt only oversee construction projects at CSTs Rimforest headquarters. he wrote in an email. When Gill arrived at Trementina base for the first time, the airstrip was still being cut out of the desert. Its day-to-day activities are the long-term archival preservation methods to ensure that Mr. Hubbards written recorded works will be preserved for future generations. The website also states that the archive's purpose is to make available L. Ron Hubbard's technology in its exact and original form, no matter what happens to the society.[14], Additional archive sites exist in Tuolumne California[15] and Petrolia California.[16]. EXCLUSIVE - Pictured for the first time: Secret 'Twin Peaks' Scientology base in the California mountains 'where Shelly Miscavage has lived since disappearing seven years ago', SHELLY SPEAKS: Scientology Leader's Banished Wife Says She'll Get Out "Only One Way". ", "The questions are entirely disingenuous since you know that Mr. and Mrs. Miscavige or anyone else for that matter would have no desire to see an obsessed stalker with a criminal record," Pouwwrote. "In the years since, theyve planted things up even higher," Pope told INSIDER. "Just as you know this is simply the latest in his long string of harassment and stunts. I think it was around $20,000.. He believes Shelly is at Scientology's little-known "Church of Spiritual Technology," a remote forest compound with prison-like security in Twin Peaks, Calif., near San Bernadino. Judy Shapiro-Ikenberry (born 1942), long-distance runner; Church of Spiritual Technology, a church part of the Church of Scientology is located in Crestline on CA-189; References . [Scientology singalong, We Stand Tall] | [Captain Bill Robertson and Galactic Patrol] Trementina's ventilation house: Vault entrance? San Miguel County Road C-56-A is to the right. Church of Spiritual Technology has preserved the writings and lectures of Dianetics and Scientology on more than 135 tons of archival books, stainless steel plates and nickel-plated records. 11 Los Angeles renters rights everyone should know. The original short strip was expanded in the early 1990s on land acquired by a land swap deal between CST and neighboring land owners in 1992. [Scientology wins a major award!] It's near Twin Peaks, California, about a 40 minutes' drive from San Bernardino. P.O. "In short, Myers is a man with a criminal record who will do or say anything to spread his venom and hate-filled agenda. [7] Copies of Hubbard's works go through a rigorous process, beginning with the removal of deterioration-causing acid from the paper, and then being placed in plastic envelopes. Since his last visit, it hasbecome harder to see inside the compound. Former executives of the church told Wright that the church offered "unpaid clergy" to renovate their home and, in doing so, "installed a sophisticated audiovisual system." "I guess that would be some sort of tribute to a woman. It was a huge deal. [Lori Hodgson and Disconnection: No ones going to take my eternity away], [Hey, Scientology Celebrity, Heres Your Media Training Checksheet!] Here Are Photos of Scientology's Super Secret Armageddon Compound in "There are numerous other examples of arrests by police for his harassment of Scientologists," Pouwwrote in an email to INSIDER. He thinks Shelly is at Scientology's little-known Church of Spiritual Technology, a remote forest compound with prison-like security in Twin Peaks, California, near San Bernardino. [A Scientology spy comes clean: Paulien Lombards remarkable public confession] What I came up with was heated pathways. The capsules were still being researched. "The more you scratch a mosquito bite the more it itches," Pope wrote. Grant Cardone, NatGeos Turnaround King: [Doing Scientologys dirty work?] One person who has visited the compound is "Angry Gay Pope," the nom de guerre of an Anonymous activist who has staged protests against Scientology. ", "I'm a gay man. Gill was sent from Florida to Scientologys administrative headquarters in Los Angeles, a former hospital that takes up a full city block and is known as Pacific Area Command (PAC) by Scientologists. When the temperature dropped, it would pump heated glycol into the pathways and melt the snow, he says. (Current members refuse to have anything to do with former members, leaving them isolated from their families and former friends.) [Scientology responds in typical fashion] | [Lloyd Kaufman confirms the probe] Other Scientology organizations require all corporate officers to be Scientologists in good standing, along with Scientologist general directors and staff. And after passing that gauntlet, Gill was on his way to Rimforest. Over the years, information has leaked out about CST and its extremely odd work building underground vaults to ensure that the words of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard survive a nuclear holocaust. Locations include: While not a vault location, the Creston Ranch, where L. Ron Hubbard died, is marked with the CST logo. Shelly Miscavige may still be working for the Church alongside her husband. I like Marty [Rathbun]. [Benjamin Ring, LA deputy sheriff, wants you to spend your 401K on Scientology] Because once theyd identify you and they did theyd go to peoples homes and businesses and theyd try to get your landlord to kick you out, try to get your boss to fire you. The first 98 feet from the entrance are improved, with a 10.5-foot domed ceiling. I told him I understood that concept, but why the big logo visible from the air (which at that time was still being planned)? As in the case with many other young church members, Gill soon started getting recruited for the hardcore Sea Org. She responded by turning him in, writing a Knowledge Report about the incident. Episode 78: Dylan Gill and Church of Spiritual Technology CST does business as L. Ron Hubbard Library. Multiple binders of instructionswhoever survived a nuclear war could use it, if mankind was going to rebuild society.. "Scientology was founded in the '50s, when everyone was afraid of getting nuked.". As a kid, my own family used to go up to nearby Crestline to stay in a big, rustic old cabin. And that brought him to the attention of Gary Morehead. When Cruise married Nicole Kidman in 1990, Shelly was personally responsible for interviewing members of their household staff, Lawrence Wright writes in "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief.". I know what fascism is all about," Pope said. One way to look at Shelly's power is that she held watch over Tom Cruise, Scientology's most famous adherent. ], [This is an overhead look at Rimforests LRH House, where a reincarnated L. Ron Hubbard would be raised until hes old enough to take over Scientology.]. Instead, Gill was telling me it was there to signal the wandering spirit of L. Ron Hubbard. I got married to a second-generation Scientologist, Gill says. Location: Twin Peaks California. Filmmaker Alex Gibney's 2015 Scientology documentary "Going Clear" passes over the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, instead focusing on testimonies from former Scientology members and the history of the organisation's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. ], [The same spot on the ridge today, showing areas cleared off and several structures. It's now easy to find his identity on the internet he's an animator who's worked on two Emmy Award-winning shows but Pope likes to wear the mask and keep up the alter ego to throw the Scientologists off. Then, one day when he was at Trementina base, he got a call from Rimforest. A 2014 Vanity Fair article referred to Shelly Miscavige as "Scientologys Vanished Queen.". Emergency workers learn battlefield medicine on the job. I like a lot of the indies. In practice, this means inscribing and maintaining metal plates with Hubbard's writings inscribed, with "more than 135 tons of archival books, stainless steel plates and nickel-plated records,"according to the church. Just outside Hemet, the property still had its name from a previous owner, but there was little happy about the place. Mention CST, and even longtime former members of the church admit that they knew almost nothing about it, or even where CSTs own super-secret headquarters was located. Hilarity ensues.] [Scientology surf report: Anonymous parties outside the New York org], [A scientologists letter to the Voice and its readers] | [Scientology silent birth] They call it "Twin Peaks.". [citation needed]. Jefferson Hawkins | 18. We were going through it and throwing it away. 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