Scientology Human Rights Abuse and Criminality Questionnaire
for Former Members and Family
Factnet is seeking information about Scientology, Dianetics, and their front groups
The information you provide in this questionnaire will help save lives and stop Scientology's alleged ongoing human rights abuse of children, young adults, families, critics and former members.
Notice: All questions or requests for a particular type of information in this questionnaire are to be considered as investigatory allegations. These allegations, opinions, and beliefs concern activities which may be a serious threat to public health and well being. This questionnaire also may contain statements in which individuals are exercising their first amendment rights of religious freedom in openly dialoging on claimed religious matters or their former or current religious beliefs. "Undue influence" as used in this document could include threat of removal from post, a suppressive person declare, assignment to the RPF, termination of affiliation, threats, physical harm, etc.
Getting this questionnaire into the hands of everyone who has had experience with Scientology is critical because:
- Scientology is known to hide and destroy harmful information about itself
- Scientology members are forbidden to talk to each other about anything harmful that happens to them or others while involved with Scientology
- Scientology members are deceived by Scientology policies into keeping silent about any member casualties or illegal activities they might hear about or be part of
- Scientology has not stopped its abusive practices and is totally incapable of reforming itself
- Only by standing together against Scientology's abuses and disclosing them to the disinfecting light of public exposure will Scientology ever be brought to justice and the human rights abuses be solved
Do your part
It is critical for you to stop rationalizing that someone else will do your part.
- We have learned the tragic lessons of recent cult tragedies like Jonestown Waco, and the Swiss Solar temple
- We have learned from the historic lesson of Nazi Germany what happens when you fail to stop a small, loud group of bullies
- The tide has turned. Scientology is no longer growing. There are now an estimated 1-2 million former members versus only about 50,000 active current members
- If you do not speak out, your silence will be used by Scientology as ongoing license to continue abusing others
- In many countries, laws similar to California's Restatement of Agency, Section 395f, provide additional legal motivation to speak out now. "An agent [staff members are agents] is privileged to reveal information confidentially acquired by him in the course of his agency in the protection of a SUPERIOR interest of himself or a third party." This questionnaire clearly spells out those superior interests
Attention current Scientology member
Special note only for current member, staff, or other agents of Scientology.
Read this carefully! By policy and law you are personally responsible for the past, present, and future abuses of Scientology that you know about, were involved in, or can foresee repeating or occurring. If you are or were an agent of Scientology, your corporation and insurance company are also responsible
If you are a staff member, look around you. How many people do you see who were in Scientology when it first began? (80-95% of everyone who gets into Scientology leaves or becomes inactive within 3-5 years).
Keep in mind that the Nuremberg war crime trials established that "following orders," "following policy" or "I didn't know" is not a defense against personal responsibility for human rights abuse if you are in a managerial or agency position for that organization. Your personal responsiblity won't go away just because Scientology's childish "entheta" policies about negative information tell you to blindly ignore, not read, or not think about the serious allegations of this questionnaire.
What happens with this questionnaire
The information from this questionnaire will be used to force Scientology to stop abusing its members, former members, and critics through ethical use of justice systems throughout the world.
- It will be used to assemble summary reports for government agencies responsible to protect the public safety and mental health. These summary reports will compel the various government agencies to open new investigations into Scientology
- It will help to file new legal actions in the U.S. and other countries such as a civil RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act) lawsuit, and an "all past victims" class action lawsuit. The U.S. Supreme court recently ruled that the RICO statutes could be used against groups forwarding ideological positions if a pattern could be shown of threatened violence, harassment, or actual violence. This ruling in an abortion rights case broadens RICO use beyond organized crime in the traditional sense to include cases like Scientology
- It will assist ongoing civil or criminal litigation
- It will be used to challenge the fraud of Scientology's non profit or religious tax exempt status with the IRS in the U.S. and with similar agencies in other countries
- It will assist investigative media reporters seeking to call the public's attention to Scientology's ongoing human rights abuses
FACTNet wishes to thank everyone who answered its previous questionnaires and for taking the time to do this one. Be sure to conclude your report with your name, address, phone, fax, e-mail etc., the date, and the words: "I swear the preceding is true and correct." Then sign it and mail it to us. (This document may be translated to other languages)
Please make and distribute copies of this questionnaire by any and all means to every current and former Scientologist or family member you can contact, and to anyone else who has had problems with Scientology. If you send us their address we will mail it for you.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE QUESTIONNAIRE as a Microsoft Word document (can be opened in Open Office and many other word processors).
If you cannot download, open or use the above linked file, please download our PDF version.
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