We’ve been leaked some exclusive footage of David Miscavige speaking at the opening this weekend of a new “Ideal Org” in Sydney.
The source who provided us the footage estimated the crowd size at 1,500 — and that included people who had arrived from Taiwan, New Zealand, and across Australia.
That’s a pretty anemic turnout for such an important occasion, and more evidence that Miscavige is having a tougher time in recent months convincing Scientologists to show up for his events.
Here’s the footage. Note the photographer who jumps out to get Miscavige’s view of the audience…
For another angle on the proceedings, we’ll repost the earlier report made by Bryan Seymour, which included some nice close-up shots of a more casually-dressed Miscavige while he was runnning through a rehearsal…
Our Aussie elves tell us that Tom Cruise’s private jet left Sydney today, and we have a feeling his best man Miscavige was with him.
If only they’d fly in to Clearwater for the conference!
Speaking of which, when we get closer to tonight’s 7 pm start, we’ll post the live stream here for Day 2. We trust things will go smoother today than they did yesterday. And here’s hoping we can hear the speakers a little better this time.
The live feed will show up here. They’re running late tonight…
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A couple of images to help put us there…
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Posted by Tony Ortega on May 6, 2014 at 11:00
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