I'm sorry T.I., it's a hell of a lot more than that!
Yes, my experience of the "Church" before the current "thugs" took over, is that it was previously run by three thugs in particular.
L Ron Hubbard, Mary Sue Hubbard and Jane Kember.
Those of us who were shivered into silence by MSH's and Jane Kember's ruthless implimentation of LRH's orders, as regards critics of his "Church", know that the DM incarnation of the CofS is only a later incident on the chain.
I was talking the other day with someone who is
still frightened of Ron's "Church" and what they did to critics. Still frightened after thirty years! Still crying at the memory of the threats and menace perpetrated on "parishioners" by Ron, Mary Sue and Jane.
In those days we all knew that MSH and Kember were dedicated to silencing critics by whatever means necessary and that a whole organisation was dedicated to this end.
For those of us shivered into silence by fear of Ron and his henchmen and henchwomen, it is hard to come to terms with the current crticism that is rampant. We still expect LRH's orders to "ruin critics utterly" will be carried out.
TI, disconnection of children from parents is not a new DM phenomena. It has gone on for decades under LRH's direct orders. To imply it is a new post-LRH phenomenon is painting an untrue picture. Disconnection and destruction of critics was more ruthlessly implimented in Ron's day.
We all knew this and when we left Ron's "Church" most of us were extremely fearful of LRH's ruthless wrath and his "Nazgul" operatives MSH and Jane Kember and their evil GO.
I was shocked all over again the other day to realise that so many thousands are still shuddered into fearful silence by Ron's evil.