Apparently the Church of Scientology (which doesn’t even own the copyrights to Scientology, the Church of Spirtual Technology which was founded by a former IRS attorney and non scientolgist does) has some new problems.

It turns out for that for over 20 years the church either knew or should have known that their highest levels were being delivered on a ship, the FreeWinds, (owned by Scientology “trusts”) that was coated in the worst kind of asbestos, “Blue Asbestos” (link to National Institutes of Health PDF Report).

When the architech working for the church warned them about it in 1987, he was brushed off, and eventually silenced, until he gave an affidavit in 2001.

While the members of the “Church” feel that they will overcome all disease and illness through doing the work that the founder, L. Ron Hubbard did.  It’s unfortunate that most Scientologists do not know the details of L. Ron Hubbard’s death:

L Ron Hubbard was given Vistaril® by Dr. Gene Denk in his final days, by intramuscular injection in the right buttocks. Vistaril® is a psychiatric drug, used to calm frantic or overly anxious patients. He died on January 24th, 1986, eight days after the fatal stroke, and one day after signing his last will and testament.

While the members of the church might be okay with being exposed to what is widely agreed to be a lethal substance, the “Church” should have warned the other people who have worked on the ship about the risks, but didn’t.

Which is why the ship has been sealed and the government in the island Curacao had publicly announced the health risk when they recently found about it.

RadarOnline has written and gossip columnist GlossLip have both written about this.

But that’s not the only problem for the “Church” of Scientology.  Apparently actor Jason Beghe has requested that the “Church” turn over it’s files on him to him.  However, in spite of the press coverage of this (see Fox News article) it seems that the “Church” has people sign a contract that states:

“I am giving up any and all rights of ownership, possesion and
control, copying and viewing the PC folder and other files
concerning myself, both with respect to the files themselves
and the information contained therein.”

So Beghe will have to go to court to get the secret files that his former church has on him.

What a great way to run a religion.  Have it be secretly controlled by former IRS attorneys, put people onto ships with asbestos, discourage them from knowing anything about cancer, deny them drugs that their founder was taking when he died, and keep secret files on their members that the members can never see.

Only in America.

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