As I am more recently "out" I can personally verify that the recruitment of underage children..especially of OT parents..is totally rampant. The pressure exerted on my OT friends who are parents of underage children is almost unbelievable to anyone in the real world. I witnessed numerous 13-17 yr olds ripped out of their parents homes or out of the org where I worked on a Wednesday night to arrive by Thurs at 2..one OTVll Class Vlll auditor friend of mine with an underage daughter refused to let his daughter go into the SO until she finished school and had some life experience. The recruiters called him CI, called him 1.1..called him every name in the book but still he refused. Then one day while he wasn't home, the recruiters came to their home and convinced the mother to sign the papers and away the daughter went before he came home.
Another family of OTVll and Vlll parents were convinced to let their 16 yr old boy into the SO the next day(Thurs of course) after an all night recruitment the previous night. The son was in school and just left everything to join. They were and are besides themselves.
Another OT friend of mine's kid was locked up in a room at CCI with Dave Petit and his group of crazies. When my friend couldn't find his son after arriving to pick him up after course, he threw a fit until Petit arrived to "let him know" that his child was in the recruit office. My friend actually picked Petit up and threw him against a wall telling Petit in no uncertain terms to get his son out to him NOW and that if he ever heard of this happening again that he would beat him to a pulp. It worked.
Another little 13 yr old girl daughter of an OTVll friend of mine was recruited out of the org where she was on course and whisked away in two days to go to Flag for staff. The parents live in LA.
The story never ends. The fact is that the only recruitment that can get done is by threatening OT parents with eligibility, name calling and ethics actions. It's terrifiying to have children and be a Scientologist these days.
Another family of OTVll and Vlll parents were convinced to let their 16 yr old boy into the SO the next day(Thurs of course) after an all night recruitment the previous night. The son was in school and just left everything to join. They were and are besides themselves.
Another OT friend of mine's kid was locked up in a room at CCI with Dave Petit and his group of crazies. When my friend couldn't find his son after arriving to pick him up after course, he threw a fit until Petit arrived to "let him know" that his child was in the recruit office. My friend actually picked Petit up and threw him against a wall telling Petit in no uncertain terms to get his son out to him NOW and that if he ever heard of this happening again that he would beat him to a pulp. It worked.
Another little 13 yr old girl daughter of an OTVll friend of mine was recruited out of the org where she was on course and whisked away in two days to go to Flag for staff. The parents live in LA.
The story never ends. The fact is that the only recruitment that can get done is by threatening OT parents with eligibility, name calling and ethics actions. It's terrifiying to have children and be a Scientologist these days.
