Gosh, we not only had a correspondent at the New Year’s event at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday who heard David Miscavige’s claim that Mexico has officially recognized Scientology as a religion, but we also have audio to prove it.
Some of our readers were pretty skeptical of our report on Sunday that Scientology has achieved such a thing. Well, there should be no doubt now that Miscavige at least made the claim. As you can hear in the audio, he’s very specific about it being federal recognition, and our correspondent said Miscavige showed a document from Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior to prove it. But does that document back up what Miscavige is claiming?
We have no confirmation from the Mexican government itself yet, but we figure Miscavige is going to hold back that document until video of Saturday’s event can be shown in the orgs around the world on New Year’s Eve itself.
For now, listen for yourself as Miscavige makes his announcement and then gets drowned out by the crowd’s roar…
Also, our correspondent said that Miscavige appeared to make yet another promise about Scientology’s cable television channel, which would be produced out of its new set of studios, Scientology Media Productions, dedicated with much fanfare in May 2016.
This reference in his speech was less direct, but our correspondent is correct that this is the language that Miscavige has been using in reference to the SMP going fully online. So yes, we agree with our correspondent that this appears to be Miscavige promising yet again that the cable channel is coming, and in “a few short months”…
And we have yet another treat from that night as well. Our correspondent also managed to get us a copy of a booklet that was being handed out to attendees, a guide to help them figure out which of their donations and payments to the Church of Scientology are fully tax deductible!
What a handy thing to hand out with just a couple of weeks left in the tax year.
We’re sure our document hounds and financial specialists will have fun with this document. We look forward to their observations in the comments.
Here’s the guide…
Scientology Tax Guide by Tony Ortega on Scribd
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Bernie Headley has not seen his daughter Stephanie in 4,969 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 115 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 1,178 days.
Carol Nyburg has not seen her daughter Nancy in 1,952 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 2,726 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 2,072 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 2,566 days.
Sara Goldberg has not seen her daughter Ashley in 1,606 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 1,318 days.
Marie Bilheimer has not seen her mother June in 844 days.
Joe Reaiche has not seen his daughter Alanna Masterson in 4,933 days
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 2,073 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 2,393 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 2,368 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 724 days.
Mike Rinder has not seen his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in 5,026 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 1,132 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 1,535 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 1,408 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 989 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 1,494 days.
Mary Jane Sterne has not seen her daughter Samantha in 1,738 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 12,847 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on December 20, 2017 at 07:00
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