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. [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]. [32] They were reunited in September 1973, when the possibility of extradition had passed. Her body was cremated two days later and her ashes were scattered at sea off the California coast,[2] where L. Ron Hubbard's ashes had similarly been scattered in January 1986. She attempted to flee on a ferry but Hubbard caught up with her and convinced her to stay, saying that he was in the process of getting a divorce and that an attorney had told him that the marriage with Northrup was legal. Fearing arrest, he fled to Washington, D.C. with a handful of aides while Mary Sue was left behind in Florida continuing her day-to-day management activities. Alexis will get a fortune unless she goes to you as she would then get nothing. 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]. 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". [citation needed], The Hubbards traveled to England in September 1952 when Mary Sue was eight months pregnant. By this time, Mary Sue was well advanced with her second pregnancy and remained largely confined to a rented house at Medford Lakes, New Jersey. The situation was potentially disastrous for the GO and caused panic among the leadership. David went ballistic at his wife while she . That's it. We are very gay companions. He told me how he had met Northrup. He had Dick de Mille reciting this sort of thing day and night to her. 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. Outspokenly disloyal to the U.S.[56], In another letter sent in March, Hubbard told the FBI that Northrup was a Communist and a drug addict, and offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who could resolve Northrup's problems through the application of Dianetics techniques.[57]. When she first came to me with this wild story about how her husband had taken her baby I was determined to help her all I could. Hubbard rescued a girl they were using. He was a cruel man who designed the Church of Scientology for his personal enrichment and glorification at the expense of his loyal . They set up a business partnership on January 15, 1946 under the name of "Allied Enterprises", with Parsons putting up $20,000 of capital, Hubbard adding $1,200 and Northrup contributing nothing. "[42] He began an affair with the twenty-year-old Klowden, much to the annoyance of Northrup, who was clearly aware of the liaison. By that time, Hubbard had separated from his first wife, Margaret "Polly" Grubb, but he was still legally married to her when he proposed to Northrup. [4] She was sexually active from an unusually young age and often said she lost her virginity at the age of ten.[5]. 28 Photos Of L. Ron Hubbard And The Birth Of Scientology. "[73] He publicly portrayed his marital problems as being entirely the fault of Northrup and her lover Hollister: The money and glory inherent in Dianetics was entirely too much for those with whom I had the bad misfortune to associate myself including a woman who had represented herself as my wife and who had been cured of severe psychosis by Dianetics, but who, because of structural brain damage would evidently never be entirely sane. I didn't know why it was so important to him; I'd never met Sara and I couldn't have cared less, but he wanted to persuade me that the marriage had never taken place. In three years of marriage to Hubbard, she had set up home in seven different states and had never stayed in one place for more than a few months. I just wanted to be free of him! She did, however, resurface on a few occasions during the remaining years of her life. In this same year, Hubbard launched a new religion based on two books he had written, Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science, and Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. In the UK alone, it issued hundreds of writs against the media for publishing negative reports on Scientology. 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 . To Hubbard, her sadness was nothing more than an annoyance. It's an unimportant detail but he's had three wives What is important is that his followers were there as he lied, but no matter what the evidence they don't believe it. that Jack did get together. By this time, Mary Sue had become a key figure within the nascent Scientology movement. On October 8, a deal was struck between the government and the Church that the nine defendants including Mary Sue would each plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy if they agreed to sign a written stipulation by the government (essentially a public confession) of what they had done, thus avoiding a lengthy trial. I know, because I personally met with her and obtained her resignation At first, Mary Sue Hubbard was not willing to resign. After her resignation from the GO, Mary Sue Hubbard ceased to have any involvement in the management of the Church of Scientology. [46] In March 1976, she approved an illegal plan to obtain "non-FOI data" from the government, meaning classified documents not available through the Freedom of Information Act. [53] Mary Sue, who had last met with her husband a few months before his disappearance, never saw or heard from him again. Sara Elizabeth Bruce Northrup Hollister (April 8, 1924 December 19, 1997) was an occultist and second wife of Scientologist founder L. Ron Hubbard. Ronald DeWolf, L. Ron Hubbard's son, told the News-Herald that his father took amphetamines, hallucinogens, and cocaine. [35] The presence of the Hubbards was meant to be a secret, but in January 1976 he was recognized by a science fiction fan while on a shopping trip. [57] In May 1981, he met with Mary Sue to tell her that her position as Controller of the Guardian's Office was untenable. Her actual true name is a Russian name. member, wrote to Karl Germer to explain the situation: As you may know by this time, Brother John signed a partnership agreement with this Ron and Betty whereby all money earned by the three for life is equally divided between the three. [43] She left Wichita as soon as Alexis was returned to her. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. He accused Communists of destroying his business, ruining his health and withholding material of interest to the US Government. Here I am in Miami pursuing the children of my folly; they cannot move without going to jail. 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. It consists of 'marriage guidance' for Scientologists from the then 'first lady' of the organisation. of age, 5'10", 140 lbs. [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. In August 1978, she was indicted by the United States government on charges of conspiracy relating to illegal covert operations mounted by the Guardian's Office against government agencies. There, creased between space adventures and tales of alien invasion, were the pages . My wits never gave way under all you did and let them do but my body didn't stand up. In a memo of December 2, 1969, he wrote that the operation had started with bad reviews of Dianetics, "pushed then by the Sara Komkovadamanov [sic] (alias Northrup) "divorce" actions At the back of it was Miles Hollister (psychology student) Sara Komkosadamanov [sic] (housekeeper at the place nuclear physicists stayed near Caltech) "[82], By 1970, Northrup and Hollister had moved to Maui, Hawaii. For more than a decade, the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, the reportedly missing wife of Scientology leader David, has been hotly debated. Commonly armed. He stated: In 1981, a Church investigation was begun into the activities of the GO. Eventually she did so. 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. Interviews with Barbara Klowden, "Scientology Photoshopping: Erasing L. Ron Hubbard's second wife from 'The RON Series', "Interviews with "Barbara Kaye", Los Angeles, July 28 & August 21, 1986", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sara_Northrup_Hollister&oldid=1133607437, This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 17:19. In June 1951, she finally secured the return of Alexis by agreeing to cancel her receivership action and divorce suit in California in return for a divorce "guaranteed by L. Ron Hubbard". Jack Parsons was also an avid student and practitioner of the occult. Mary Sue attempted to contact her husband to rescind the CMO's takeover bid but failed, and admitted defeat when the Messengers produced an undated dispatch from Hubbard instructing the GO to be put under the CMO when its senior executives went to prison. This proved a puzzle since where there is no legal marriage, there can't be any divorce. My first wife is dead. An attempt was made to have her sign an affidavit stating that she was in fact the daughter of L. Ron Hubbard's first son, her half-brother L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.[87], As the United Press International news agency noted, Church of Scientology biographies of Hubbard's life do not mention either of his first two wives. A Wikimdia Commons tartalmaz L. Ron Hubbard tmj mdiallomnyokat. L. Ron Hubbard was previously married to Mary Sue Whipp (1952 - 1986), Sara Northrup (1946 - 1951), Margaret Louise Grubb (1933 - 1947) and Margaret Grubb.. L. Ron Hubbard was in relationships with Barbara Kaye (1950) and Mary Sue Hubbard.. About. Mary Sue strongly opposed these changes and reappointed herself Controller, rescinding the CMO's permission to investigate the GO. Photo by the Miami Daily News. My Will is all changed. 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]. From 1941 to 1945 she had a turbulent relationship with her sister's husband John Whiteside Parsons, a pioneer in liquid-fueled rocketry and head of the Pasadena O.T.O. I want her always. And since then, the Church of Scientology has maintained in biographical . 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. Please do believe I do so want to help you get Alexis."[64]. She was born into a criminal atmosphere, her father having a criminal record. The Church sued in 1982 and Mary Sue joined the suit, charging that Armstrong had committed an "invasion of privacy". . I make this statement of my own free will for I have begun to realize that what I have done may have injured the science of Dianetics, which in my studied opinion may be the only hope of sanity in future generations. The final experiment Hubbard blamed Klowden for the suicide bid and told her to forget about him and the Foundation, but resumed the affair with her again within a month.[48]. Maybe he should be reincarnated as a rabbit. By this time the Foundation had filed for bankruptcy, and Hubbard's erstwhile backer, Don Purcell, was left to deal with its substantial debts. Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding, a forthcoming book on the history of science fiction, digs into the writing career of L. Ron Hubbard, gaining new insights into the life of the controversial founder of dianetics and the origins and nature of Scientology itself. Hubbard, who had left his wife and two children with relatives years earlier, bigamously married Sara. Hubbard would evolve into the leader of the Church of Scientology.[1]. When Hubbard's active stint in the Navy was over he stayed on the West Coast, moving to Los Angeles in 1945. As far as I know, all his policies and doctrines were race-neutral, which is a big deal for someone from the 1940s. According to the Church of Scientology, the reason for the trip was that "amid the constant violence of the turncoat Don J. Purcell of Wichita and his suits which attempted to seize Scientology, Mary Sue became ill and to save her life, Ron took her to England where several Dianetic groups had asked him to form an organization. Under his doctrine he believed that "mistakes do not just happen, somebody causes them, always". "[10] When Helen returned, she found Northrup wearing Helen's own clothes and calling herself Parsons' "new wife." I thought she was going to blow my head off. Following the birth, the Hubbards moved into a house in Silver Spring, Maryland. The fact is that Hubbard had been married 3 times at the time of the interview. A young girl is nearly dead because of this effort. ", "Court upholds convictions of 9 Scientologists", "Church of Scientology of California, Plaintiff, Mary Sue Hubbard, Intervenor, vs. Gerald Armstrong, Defendant Memorandum of Intended Decision", "Son of Church Founder Is Sued by Stepmother", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mary_Sue_Hubbard&oldid=1139846347, This page was last edited on 17 February 2023, at 05:30. "[69], On June 12, Hubbard was awarded a divorce in the County Court of Sedgwick County, Kansas on the basis of Northrup's "gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty", which had caused him "nervous breakdown and impairment to health. 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. L. Ron Hubbard in Ocala Star-Banner - Jan 30 1986 view all Immediate Family Margaret Ochs ex-wife Ronald DeWolf son Catherine May Gillespie daughter Sara Northup Hollister ex-wife Private child Mary Sue Hubbard wife Diana Meredith Horwich daughter Quentin Hubbard son Mary Suzette Rochelle White daughter Arthur Ronald Conway Hubbard son She gave Hubbard four more children - Diana, Quentin, Suzette and Arthur - over the next six years. [1] She soon rose to the rank of a second degree member, or "Magician", of the O.T.O. members, Northrup's usurpation of Helen's role led to conflict between the two sisters. "I thought he was pretty. [76] Mary Sue Hubbard continued to be active in Scientology well into the 1990s; in a 1994 Scientology magazine, she was listed as a "Patron" of the International Association of Scientologists, indicating a donation of $40,000. Mary Sue then travelled with Ron to Phoenix, Arizona where they established the first organisation. [37], On July 8, 1977, 134 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation simultaneously stormed the Church of Scientology's offices in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, seizing nearly 50,000 documents and other evidence. I think I have made a great gain and as Betty and I are the best of friends, there is little loss. [66] She lost her final appeal in April 1982[67] and was ordered to begin a prison term in January 1983. "[72], After divorcing Hubbard, Northrup married Miles Hollister and bought a house in Malibu, California. The final version of Dianetics was written at Bay Head, New Jersey in a cottage which the science fiction editor John W. Campbell had found for the Hubbards. [2], Although she later remembered her childhood with warmth, Northrup's upbringing was marred by her sexually abusive father, who was imprisoned in 1928 for financial fraud. I went back several times later to make sure that she wasn't going to rat on him. On July 13, 1981, a matter of weeks after we had uncovered what was going on, and with no advance warning to the GO, a coordinated series of CMO missions were sent out concurrently to take over the GO. 6 Yet remarkably, despite the tantalizing scandal that surrounds it in popular culture, Scientology . Before starting his church in 1954, L. Ron Hubbard earned his living as a pulp fiction writer, churning out story after story across numerous genres. She became involved in Hubbard's Dianetics in 1951, while still a student at the University of Texas at Austin, becoming a Dianetics auditor. The marriage ended in 1951 and prompted lurid headlines in the Los Angeles newspapers. In May 1951, Northrup filed a further complaint against Hubbard, accusing him of having fled to Cuba to evade the divorce papers that she was seeking to serve. "[90], After the documentary-maker Alex Gibney directed the film Going Clear, based on Wright's book of the same name and citing Northrup's words about Hubbard, the Church published a video calling Northrup a "failed gold digger" and "self admitted perjurer" who was responsible for "a get-rich-quick scheme [concocted] by the woman and her publicity starved lawyer to try to shake down Mr. Hubbard for money and take over the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation after Dianetics soared to the top of national bestseller lists. Although she was a committed and popular member, she acquired a reputation for disruptiveness that prompted Crowley to denounce her as a "vampire." She gave Hubbard an ultimatum: get treatment or she would leave with the baby. It carried out an international campaign against psychiatry, Interpol, the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and various other government agencies. . Worried about the chances of his own prosecution or being served with lawsuits, Hubbard slipped away into hiding. ", HUBBARD: "I never had a second wife."[78]. During his interview with him, he got Lafayette to refer to Hubbard's wife Mary Sue Hubbard as Mary, before informing him that Hubbard used to call her Suzy. Had been friendly with many Communists. [54] The downfall of the GO led Hubbard to distrust it, believing it to be riddled with Suppressives; he severed his communications with it[55] and put his reliance instead on the Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO), a group he had formed in 1968 and whose purpose was to relay messages to and from church staff as Ron's personal representatives. [2] She was the granddaughter of Russian emigrant Malacon Kosadamanov (later Nelson) who emigrated to Sweden. In the late 1990s, Hubbard fell ill with breast cancer and died in 2002. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers Of The Future; Tuesday Trash And Trouble ~ The Friday Night Mystery Club by Joanna Campbell Slan; The Adventures Of Winston The Pig: Meet Winston ~ Guest Post And Giveaway; No Small Murder ~ A Mini-Meadows Mystery by Lena Gregory; Invocation: Days Of Iron & Clay by Aileen Erin ~ Cover Reveal And Giveaway; categories Although he bluffed it out initially, a warrant was issued for his arrest in August. "[14] Cyril Vosper, one of the Saint Hill staff at the time, noted the differing impressions left by the Hubbards: "I always had great warmth and admiration for Ron he was a remarkable individual, a constant source of new information and ideas but I thought Mary Sue was an exceedingly nasty person. Such conduct was expressly permitted by the O.T.O., which followed Crowley's disdain of marriage as a "detestable institution" and accepted as commonplace the swapping of wives and partners between O.T.O. Hubbard turned up and took the child. Ron Hubbard's first wife was Jack Parsons' second wife, who he stole away from Jack, along with a lot of his life savings. Apart from captaining the Royal Scotman for a period, Mary Sue's duties included managing the sprawling empire of the Guardian's Office agency within the Church of Scientology and serving as the chair of an executive group known variously as the Commodore's Staff Aides, the Aides Council, and the International Board of Scientology Organizations. 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. I felt as though he had given so much to our country and I couldn't even bring him peace of mind. . . It is thought to have been written around 19467 as part of an attempted program of self-hypnotism. She was Hubbard's personal auditor and along with Hubbard, one of the seven members of the Dianetics Foundation's Board of Directors. That was one of the reasons L. Ron Hubbard never had a relationship with her. [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. But he did save her life and pull her out of that whole black magic ring. He sought to explain it to his followers as being the result of his victimization by his ex-wife. You are a greater person. I see her every day. [72] When the case came to trial in May 1984, she told the Superior Court of Los Angeles County that she had been "mentally raped" and "emotionally distressed" knowing that others had seen the documents. In reality, Hubbard had made an unsuccessful request for assistance from the US military attach to Havana. Someone erroneously tipped Hubbard off that the FBI was going to raid again and a massive shredding frenzy took place in Palm Springs, CA as he left on 2/14/1980, again going into hiding, never to return.