A new issue of Scientology’s ‘Impact’ magazine contains yet another gallery of wealthy donors who were awarded trophies for turning over the big bucks.
The biggest of Scientology’s donors are celebrated each year in England in October, but in this case it was a special set of richies who attended the grand opening of Scientology’s new “advanced org” in South Africa in January.
As always, we’re interested in the names of any big donors keeping Scientology flush even in a time of declining membership.
Scientology makes a game out of giving the church huge sums, begging big donors — we call them “whales” — to turn over more and more in the hopes of reaching a new status level and a bigger trophy.
But it’s important to keep in mind that these are cumulative amounts. Someone credited for giving $1 million, for example, may have given only a few thousand in recent months that enabled them to get past that plateau. [For an explanation of how we know what amounts the statuses represent or the estimates we’ve made for some of them, see our methodology here.]
So here’s the newest set of whales. If you know something about the people here, please let us know about them!
And speaking of Carol Hogarth, smiling so happily there on the upper part of that last photo, you might remember her from one of our wildest stories of all time.
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Bonus items from our tipsters
Meanwhile, in Toronto…
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Scientology’s celebrities, ‘Ideal Orgs,’ and more!
We’ve been building landing pages about David Miscavige’s favorite playthings, including celebrities and ‘Ideal Orgs,’ and we’re hoping you’ll join in and help us gather as much information as we can about them. Head on over and help us with links and photos and comments.
Scientology’s celebrities, from A to Z! Find your favorite Hubbardite celeb at this index page — or suggest someone to add to the list!
Scientology’s ‘Ideal Orgs,’ from one end of the planet to the other! Help us build up pages about each these worldwide locations!
Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society!
Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in our weekly series. How many have you read?
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THE WHOLE TRACK
[ONE year ago] Shocking molestation claims inside Scientology leaking out before ‘Aftermath’ episode
[TWO years ago] Scientology’s all-hands-on-deck gathering in the Valley caught in pics
[THREE years ago] Battle for a Scientology soul: Kazakh 20-year-old ‘prisoner’ is back home, but will she stay?
[FOUR years ago] Scientology leader David Miscavige opens “Ideal Org” in Colombia today
[FIVE years ago] John Joseph, 1955-2014: A Scientologist, and a friend to the Underground Bunker
[SIX years ago] Has Leah Remini Left the Church of Scientology?
[SEVEN years ago] SCIENTOLOGY PRESIDENT’S SON DIES; DEATH OF ALEXANDER JENTZSCH KEPT FROM MOTHER, AN EX-MEMBER
[EIGHT years ago] When Scientology Was Hip: E-Meters in the Village
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Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 5,498 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 1,627 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 2,131 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 1,651 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 671 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 562 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 3,869 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 1,737 days.
Carol Nyburg has not seen her daughter Nancy in 2,511 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 3,285 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 2,631 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 11,197 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 7,116 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 3,284 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 2,865 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 3,126 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 2,165 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 1,877 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 1,403 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 5,492 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 2,632 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 2,952 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 7,808 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 2,927 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 1,282 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 5,585 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 1,691 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 2,093 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,965 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 1,548 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 2,043 days.
Mary Jane Sterne has not seen her daughter Samantha in 2,297 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 13,406 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on July 5, 2019 at 07:00
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