After six weeks of operation[5] it was replaced in April 1952 by the Hubbard Association of Scientologists, established in Phoenix, Arizona, to promote Hubbard's newly announced "science of certainty". [38] The raids were in response to the federal government's discovery that the Church of Scientology had been carrying out a secret and highly illegal "dirty tricks" campaign against government agencies, individuals, and institutions deemed to be enemies of Scientology. On its most basic level, "The Master" is a primordial myth about a man seeking his lost father (Freddie's dad, we learn, died long ago) and a father seeking his lost son (Dodd's own son . I doubt that she would face what you have with me or support me as well. I cared for her rather deeply but I have no desire to control her emotions, and I can, I hope, control my own. From our brother's account he has given away both his girl and his money. Had been friendly with many Communists. [9], In June 1941, at the age of seventeen, she began a passionate affair with Parsons while her sister Helen was away on vacation. "[45] A few days later while still married to Northrup he proposed marriage to Klowden. [8] In October 1953 they returned to the US where Hubbard gave a series of lectures in Camden, New Jersey and established the first Church of Scientology. Although Hubbard himself was much admired by Scientologists, his wife was said to be much less popular. Mary Sue Hubbard signed a letter revoking her resignation and condemning the actions of the CMO. [79], The establishment and expansion of Scientology. A few hours later, he returned with two of his Dianetics Foundation staff and told Northrup, who was now back at her apartment: "We have Alexis and you'll never see her alive unless you come with us. Quentin committed suicide in Las. According to Northrup's later recollections she repeatedly refused him but relented after he threatened to kill himself. It just never occurred to me he was a liar. It consists of 'marriage guidance' for Scientologists from the then 'first lady' of the organisation. Various Scientology experts are now comparing David's disappearance to that of founder L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986 after spending years dealing with lawsuits and legal battles until he became . He wasn't married to her. [57] In May 1981, he met with Mary Sue to tell her that her position as Controller of the Guardian's Office was untenable. [75] L. Ron Hubbard died on January 24, 1986, at his ranch near Creston, California. She was forced from her post as controller, convicted and imprisoned as a felon, and deserted by her husband. Suspected only. Hubbard spread allegations that she was a Communist secret agent and repeatedly denounced her to the FBI. [It] was made clear that we had no choice but to overthrow the GO and dismiss everyone who had violated Church policy or the law. "[62] He later told Hubbard's unofficial biographer, Russell Miller: I liked Sara and Miles a lot. Numerous other Guardian's Office personnel were purged as well. According to Northrup, Hubbard began beating her when they were in Florida in the summer of 1946. [59], In July 1981, all remaining GO staff were ordered to join the Sea Org, which would thus secure the CMO's control of the Guardian's Office, and the current Guardian, Jane Kember who was one of those convicted on conspiracy charges was to be removed. [11], A family friend, Ray Kemp, later recalled: "their relationship seemed OK, but there never seemed to be a lot of love between them. In the future I wish to lead a quiet and orderly existence with my little girl far away from the enturbulating influences which have ruined my marriage. Hubbard turned up and took the child. This was the only time Hubbard allowed an outside crew to interview him. The marriage ended in 1951 and prompted lurid headlines in the Los Angeles newspapers. "[12] Joan Vidal, a friend of the sculptor Edward Harris, who was commissioned by Hubbard to create a bust of him, described Mary Sue as "a rather drab, mousy, nothing sort of person, quite a bit younger than him. L. Ron Hubbard, in full Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, (born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska, U.S.died January 24, 1986, San Luis Obispo, California), American novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology. Or whatever. I please her physically until she weeps about any separation. [31] Hubbard returned to the United States, living under a false name in New York City while Mary Sue and the children remained aboard the Apollo. They would go to bed very late, usually in the small hours of the morning, and get up in the early afternoon [Mary Sue] had a separate bedroom, but usually had breakfast with him scrambled eggs, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes. whom I believed to be my wife, having married her and then, after some mix-up about a divorce, believed to be my wife in common law. [73] The controversy surrounding the divorce had severely dented his reputation. With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. The Hubbards continued to carry out auditing of each other and in February 1960 Mary Sue wrote to a friend to inform her that her husband had discovered that she had been the writer D.H. Lawrence in a past life. "[13] Ken Urquhart, who worked for the Hubbards as their butler in the 1960s, commented that Mary Sue "could be very sweet and loving, but also very cold. The black magic group was dispersed and destroyed and has never recovered. The targets were not just external enemies but dissident Scientologists; in 1969, Mary Sue wrote an order directing the GO to cull information from the confessional folders of Scientologists, breaking a rule of confidence that was supposedly sacrosanct. Mary Sue was promoted to the position of Controller "for life" of the Guardian's Office in January 1969, with one of her subordinates, Jane Kember, being appointed to Mary Sue's old post of Guardian. I've been married twice. I may live a long time and again I may not. He persuaded Northrup to pose as an old friend writing in support of his appeals; in one letter, she claimed untruthfully to have "known Lafayette Ronald Hubbard for many years" and described his supposed pre-war state of health. After breakfast he would go into his office and I would rarely see him again until six-thirty when I had to have the table laid for dinner. Her achievement was commemorated in a special tribute edition of the Scientology newspaper The Auditor, titled simply: "Mary Sue Hubbard Clear #208". She did, however, resurface on a few occasions during the remaining years of her life. They set up home in a villa on the outskirts of the Moroccan city of Tangier. The suit was filed by Mr. Hubbard's third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, the stepmother of Mr. Hubbard's oldest son, Ronald DeWolf. "[74], In October 1984, Mary Sue filed a $5 million lawsuit against her husband's first son, Ronald DeWolf, accusing him of "massive fraud" for attempting to have his father declared legally dead or mentally incompetent. And it was the nineteenth of June and it was the happiest day of my life. Parsons told Helen to her face that he preferred Northrup sexually: "This is a fact that I can do nothing about. She accompanied her husband to Phoenix, Arizona, where they established the Hubbard Association of Scientologists the forerunner of the Church of Scientology, which was itself founded in 1953. I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard is a fine and brilliant man. The dispute immediately became front-page news: the newspapers ran headlines such as "Cult Founder Accused of Tot Kidnap", "'Dianetic' Hubbard Accused of Plot to Kidnap Wife", and "Hiding of Baby Charged to Dianetics Author". On the night of February 24, 1951, Alexis was being looked after by John Sanborne while Northrup had a night at the movies. Not only was the GO not handling these suits, the GO, and particularly Mary Sue Hubbard, even refused to answer our questions about the suits because they viewed themselves answerable only to persons within the GO Our attempts to get information were thwarted by Mary Sue Hubbard. "[21], On January 26, 1967, Mary Sue was confirmed as a Scientology "Clear", a somewhat elite rank at that time. [54], She died of breast cancer in 1997 but in the last few months of her life she dictated a tape-recorded account of her relationship with Hubbard. I just wanted to be free of him! You are a greater person. by nevalalee February 1, 2017. "[20], By this time, Mary Sue was working as the chief course supervisor at Saint Hill Manor. An archive of documents released by FBI about L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. They lived there incognito for a few months before moving into an apartment in Dunedin on the west coast of Florida, a few miles north of the town of Clearwater where a Scientology front company had bought the old Fort Harrison Hotel to serve as Scientology's new headquarters. "[63], The divorce writ prompted a deluge of bad publicity for Hubbard and elicited an unexpected letter to Northrup from his first wife, Polly, who wrote: "If I can help in any way I'd like toYou must get Alexis in your custodyRon is not normal. "[94], Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, "Scientology and the Occult: Hugh Urban's new exploration of L. Ron Hubbard and Aleister Crowley", Miller, Russell. She played a major role in the creation of Dianetics, which evolved into the religious movement Scientology. Hubbard's financial troubles were reflected in his attempts to persuade the Veterans Administration to increase his pension award on the grounds of a variety of ailments which he said were preventing him finding a job. She was a sole signatory to the Church of Scientology's trust accounts and was also a director of the Operation Transport Corporation (OTC), a company established in 1968 that served as a conduit for cash transfers from the Church of Scientology to L. Ron Hubbard personally; it was characterized by US Tax Court as a "sham corporation" whose role was the enrichment of the Hubbards. Photo by the Miami Daily News. Wife was Ledora May Waterbury (1885 - 1959). The. Ron Hubbard's first wife was Jack Parsons' second wife, who he stole away from Jack, along with a lot of his life savings. Mary Sue Hubbard was still asserting her authority over the GO from her position as Controller. In 1933, Northrup's 22-year-old sister Helen met the 18-year-old Jack Parsons, a chemist who went on to be a noted expert in rocket propulsion. The late wife of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard left her home to her prized pooch, who survived its master by 11 years and lived it up in a multi-million-dollar Los Angeles pad. David was an original deputy to the late founder L. Ron Hubbard and had been working in the upper hierarchy of the Church since he was a teenager. "[43], By October, the Foundation's financial affairs had reached a crisis point. [62] She had consulted doctors who "concluded that said Hubbard was hopelessly insane, and, crazy, and that there was no hope for said Hubbard, or any reason for her to endure further; that competent medical advisers recommended that said Hubbard be committed to a private sanatorium for psychiatric observation and treatment of a mental ailment known as paranoid schizophrenia."[62]. When she ran off with another man Ron followed them and they locked him in a hotel room and pushed drugs up his nose, but he managed to escape and went to Cuba. Mary Sue Hubbard was removed from her post before she went to jail. [46], The marriage was in the process of breaking down rapidly. She played a major role in the creation of Dianetics, which evolved into the religious movement Scientology. [citation needed], The Hubbards traveled to England in September 1952 when Mary Sue was eight months pregnant. It is, of course, rather ironic that the person who authorized G.O. The reactions of Parsons and Helen towards Northrup were markedly different. I know, because I personally met with her and obtained her resignation At first, Mary Sue Hubbard was not willing to resign. This, plus her absolute control of the GO, made it difficult for the Church missionaires [Sea Org staff dispatched to achieve a target or specific goal] to get anything done. At six-twenty-five I would go into his office with a jacket for him to wear to table and after dinner they would spend an hour or so watching television with the children and then he and Mary Sue would return to work in their separate offices. The flagship of the Scientology fleet was the 3,280-ton vessel HMSRoyal Scotsman accidentally renamed the Royal Scotman due to a clerical error,[23] a former cattle ferry on the Irish Sea run.[24]. She was a leading figure in Scientology for much of her life. [42] Northrup recalled that "he used to Maybe he should be reincarnated as a rabbit. On "Scientology and the Aftermath," Leah Remini discussed the family members of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and the abuse they suffered. She played a central role in the financial management of the Church of Scientology's two principal corporations, the Church of Scientology of California and the United Kingdom Church of Scientology. Her half-sister was an inmate of an insane asylum. Father of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. [17] Although they got on well as fellow occultists, tensions between the two men were apparent in more domestic settings. He never had a child with her. The Ole Doc Methuselah series was done that way. L. Ron Hubbard dating history Relationships. I believed Sara absolutely; there was no question about the truth in my opinion. Speaking to Dianeticists following the divorce, Hubbard blamed shadowy outside forces for the bad publicity: "We have just been through the saw mill, through the public presses. "[6] Three weeks later, on September 24, 1952, she gave birth to her first child, Diana Meredith de Wolfe Hubbard. He had Dick de Mille reciting this sort of thing day and night to her. 121669 should complain about invasion of privacy. Dissmissed [sic] in February when affiliations discovered. His second wife, Sarah, claimed mental and . His lawsuit accused Hubbard and Northrup of breaking the terms of their partnership, dissipating the assets and attempting to abscond. She is all I have to live for. Helen and Jack were engaged in July 1934[6] and married in April 1935. Its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, has been described variously as the man who "solved the riddle of the human mind" (by the Church of Scientology), 4 as "a mental case" (by the FBI), 5 and as "hopelessly insane" (by his former wife). Further, through Parsons, she was strangely intimate with many scientists of Los Alamo Gordos [Alamogordo in New Mexico was where the first atomic bomb was tested]. [45] Mary Sue was closely involved in the strategy; a letter written by her, approving the thefts, was later used in evidence against her. [22] On November 22, 1966, the Hubbard Explorational Company Limited was formed with Hubbard and Mary Sue as directors Hubbard being described as expedition supervisor and Mary Sue as company secretary. [3] The couple had three daughters. He told her that she was "in a state of complete madness" due to being dictated to and hypnotized by Hollister and his "communist cell". The dinner party backfired drastically; Northrup began an affair with Hollister, a handsome 22-year-old who was college-educated and a noted sportsman. Sara Elizabeth Bruce Northrup Hollister (April 8, 1924 - December 19, 1997) was an occultist and second wife of Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbard. . "[27] The entire crew was forced to wear gray rags to symbolize their demotion; it was said that even Mary Sue's corgi dog, Vixie, had a gray rag tied around her neck. Following the birth, the Hubbards moved into a house in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her disruptive behavior appalled Fred Gwynn, a new O.T.O. He told me how he had met Northrup. But anyone who underestimated Mary Sue made a big mistake. After the vessel had been renovated by Scientologists, Mary Sue and the children moved into the upper-deck accommodation in November 1968. [56] The Messengers, who were mostly in their teens and early twenties, became Hubbard's sole means of communication with the Church. [49] The situation soon became tense again; Richard de Mille, nephew of the famous director Cecil B. de Mille, recalled that "there was a lot of turmoil and dissension in the Foundation at the time; he kept accusing Communists of trying to take control and he was having difficulties with Northrup. Under his doctrine he believed that "mistakes do not just happen, somebody causes them, always". [1] She soon rose to the rank of a second degree member, or "Magician", of the O.T.O. [29], The Hubbards moved ashore in March 1972 after three years traveling aboard their ship from port to port in the Mediterranean. The FBI declined to take any action, characterizing Hubbard as a "mental case". [44], One of their primary targets was the IRS, with which Scientology was engaged in a bitter battle over tax exemptions. Despite this, she still "felt so guilty about the fact that he was so psychologically damaged. Hubbard took with him only two people, a married couple named Pat and Anne Broeker. The final experiment "[91], Although Northrup did not speak out publicly against her ex-husband following their divorce, she broke her silence in 1972. He urged the FBI to start a "round-up" of "vermin Communists or ex-Communists", starting with Northrup, and declared: I believe this woman to be under heavy duress. "[10] When Helen returned, she found Northrup wearing Helen's own clothes and calling herself Parsons' "new wife." How many girls is a man entitled to in one lifetime, anyway? A year later, on August 15, 1978, Mary Sue Hubbard was indicted by a grand jury, accused of masterminding a conspiracy against the government in her capacity as head of the Church's Guardian's Office.[39]. Commonly armed. [15] Hubbard soon began an affair with Northrup after beginning "affairs with one girl after another in the house. In the late 1990s, Hubbard fell ill with breast cancer and died in 2002. "[14], In August 1945, Northrup met L. Ron Hubbard for the first time. Fur coats, Lincoln cars and a young man without any concept of honor so far turned the head of the woman who had been associated with me that on discovery of her affairs, she and these others, hungry for money and power, sought to take over and control all of Dianetics. [4], She became pregnant in February 1952 and married Hubbard the next month. [81], Only a couple of months later, he highlighted Northrup to his staff as a participant in a "full complete covert operation" mounted against Dianetics and Scientology by a "Totalitarian Communistic" enemy. L. Ron Hubbard's daughter the one he wanted to disappear surfaces online By Tony Ortega, February 6, 2017 . When he talked about his first wife, the picture he put out of himself was of this poor wounded fellow coming home from the war and being abandoned by his wife and family because he would be a drain on them. "[34] One night while they were living beside a frozen lake in Stroudsburg, Hubbard hit her across the face with his .45 pistol. The grand jury named Hubbard as an unindicted co-conspirator; the seized Guardian Office. She was convicted in December 1979 and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and the payment of a $10,000 fine. This body was responsible for overseeing each of the seven organizational subdivisions of the Church of Scientology. She joined as a teenager along with her older sister Helen. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. [37] She gave birth on March 8, 1950 to a daughter, Alexis Valerie. Worried about the chances of his own prosecution or being served with lawsuits, Hubbard slipped away into hiding. Illustration by Pat Barrett. She soon began an affair with Hubbard, who had just been divorced from his second wife Sara, and moved in with him within only a few weeks of arriving in Wichita. His wife was in prison and his estranged son believed he was either dead or insane. Northrup filed a kidnapping complaint with the Los Angeles Police Department on her return home but was rebuffed by the police, who dismissed the affair as a mere domestic dispute. "[8] She believed all of it, though none of his claims of wartime action or injuries was true.[8].