======== Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Odhran Fortune: transcript of statement June 11th -97 [Xenu] From: jensting@imaginet.fr (Jens Tingleff) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:18:08 +0200 -------- [The following is a press release from the wire service hired to handle PR for the $cienttologists in the Odhran case - they're making a BIG STINK about deprogrammers, and milking the PR opportunity for all it's worth] =================================================================== Dear Sirs, I am making this statement as I want the truth known. I am currently rebuilding my life. I have no regrets aboput leaving Gorey but I regret my family was so viciously manipulated by Deprogrammers and continues to be manipulated by them. These deprogrammers were Paul O'Kelly, Mary Johnston, Bonnie Woods, Richard Woods and Mike Guarde. For months, I was deprived of the ability to run my own life and made to do things agaionst my will, at times deprived fo sleep (up to 25 hrs) and physically assaulted. My passport was taken away from me so that I could not leave, I was constantly escorted, and I was prevented from using even a telephone. I was put under intense emotional and mental pressure, shouted at, harrasses, and harangued about my beliefs and convictions, and even threatened with commitment toa mental institution if I did not renounce my religion at once. I hate these people who ruined my family. They are a despicable lot. They pretend to be interested in family but it is a big sham. The only break up families. They profit from keeping my family in conflict. I will not be extorted or coerced into changing beliefs. Threats against the Church of Scientology will not hide the truth of what these people did. They just want to point the finger somewhere else because they are afraid they will be brought to justice. I have already made a complaint to the Police and am consulting laywers so that I can also take civil action. I intend to get the manipulative deprogrammers and their associates out of the road of my family living civilly and harmoniously. I will do what I know is right. Yours Faithfully, Odhran Fortune (STAR EDITORIAL Fax No. 1902188 11/6/97 19:32) 51 Wellington Quay Dublin 2 =================================================================== Comments: Isn't if *odd* how the press release accuses the "deprogrammers" of doing exactly what the Sea Org has been claimed to do? (And claimed, IMHO, by more reliable sources..) He talks about "treaths" against the Co$ - what threats would that be? Are they as concrete as the lawsuits slapped on the Fortune family? At the end of the day, neutral observers will find that both sides are saying the same things. Then, neutral observers, who are curious, will look up the available data on the Sea Org, and "find out for themselves". This is why a.r.s. and the info in the Web is pretty darned important. Jens ------ No PGP signature, no authenticity. Vive La France!! --------- http://www.imaginet.fr/~jensting/. Scientology[tm]?? Check it out at http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/mpoulter/scum.html *and* http://www.scientology.org/. Report to alt.religion.scientology ;-)