Surviving Scientology podcast: Former treasury employee Mat Pesch spills the beans

In November 2012, we broke a big story with the help of Mat Pesch. At that time, former church executive Marty Rathbun had testified in court that Scientology had spent about $30 million in order to influence officials and get the church out of a criminal prosecution over the 1995 death of Scientologist Lisa McPherson. It was an explosive allegation by Rathbun, who was under oath when he said it.

Pesch then came forward and gave us corroborating information: He was the treasury secretary of the Flag Service Organization (FSO), and said he watched $20 million drained from that Scientology entity in order to fuel the campaign Rathbun was talking about.

Pesch was in the right place to witness a lot of Scientology’s more nefarious activities. And that really comes through in a new interview he did with Jeffrey Augustine. Give it a listen when you have time to hear the full hour…

 

 

Today, Mat lives in the state of Washington with his wife, Amy Scobee, herself a top former Scientology executive, author of the memoir Abuse at the Top, and a longtime friend to the Underground Bunker.

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on July 21, 2014 at 07:00

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