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Kidnapped by Scientology, ex-member makes formal complaint
rue89.com — The story has shaken Scientology. On January 20, Martine Boublil (48 ), ex- member of the sect, is discovered half naked in a house in Sardinia. Martine makes formal complaint against Scientology.
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- anoneMoose, on 03/20/2008, -0/+4Current translation of the article
***Scientology: getting to the bottom of the Martine Boublil affair
by Emmanuel Fansten 13:53 18/03/2008
According to our information, Martine Boublil, who claims to have been
kidnapped by her scientologist brother, has made an official complaint.
[irrelevant pic of Tom Cruise]
The story has shaken Scientology. On January 20, Martine Boublil (48 ), ex-
member of the sect, is discovered half naked in a house in Sardinia.
Unable to walk, lying on an infested mattress, this ex-scientologist
claims to have been locked up for a one month and half in Sardinia, after
being held by force in la Sarthe [in France] for several days previously.
Four people were implicated in Italy, as well as the elder brother of the
victim, Claude Boublil, a retired doctor, like there others a
scientologist.
After Italian justice, the authorities [?] in Paris have opened a
preliminary investigation in France, entrusted to the police of the
Central Office for the Prevention of Violence to Individuals (OCRVP).
According to our information, Martine Boublil, currently in a psychiatric
hospital near Paris, has made a formal complaint concerning "abuse of
weakness and kidnapping", the authorities have confirmed to us.
Another threat to Scientology, which continues to claim to be uninvolved:
"There was no kidnapping, nobody was held against their will", insisted
Danièle Gounord, spokesman of the organization in France. "It was a
terrible family drama." In which Claude Boublil would have played an
important part.
[subhead]
"He was regarded as a demigod by many followers"
Since the beginning of the affair, he has claimed to be a "simple
parishioner", who sought to help his sister "to recover spiritually in a
calm environment". A way, especially, of getting her out of the clutches
of psychiatry, considered to be criminal by Scientology.
Contacted by telephone, Claude Boublil declined to make further comment
today. "Scientology has nothing to do with this", he insisted firmly.
Problem: the doctor, a known and acknowledged Scientologist, is one of the
big shots at the Celebrity Center, the prestigious Parisian center of the
organization. A follower for thirty-five years, he has reached level OT8,
the highest rank in the organization.
"He was regarded as a demigod by many followers", says Alain Stoffen,
pianist and ex-scientologist. "It is he who issued the certificates for
purification (a treatment intended for new followers involving vitamins
and sauna sessions)".
A Pioneer of Scientology in France, Boublil was even invited to speak on
France Inter, in February 1988, to praise the merits of Dianetics, the
bible of scientologists written by their founder, Ron Hubard. "It is at
this moment in time the most advanced mental science", Boublil explained
on air. "I am the most intelligent doctor practising Dianetics." [sic!?]
This same Dianetics would make headlines barely two months later: Patrick
Vic, a young member of the Dianetics centre at Lyon, committed suicide in
front of his wife. The affair resulted in one of the most damaging
lawsuits for Scientology, leading to convictions for manslaughter and
fraud.
[subhead]
"To say yes, they blinked eyes, for not, they left them open"
Since then Doctor Boublil having retired has been more discrete but
remains an influential scientologist. At the end of 2004, still OT7, he
supervised a national congress of the organization in Paris. Theme of the
conference: "Assistance and dissemination, the magic formula to Clear the
Planet."
Can we see a link here with the affair of his sister in Sardinia? "There
can be no doubt", insists Arnaud Palisson, former officer of the general
Information and specialist [OSA??] in Scientology. For him, the "hell"
described by Martine Boublil is not just a simple matter. "They did not
address a word to me. To say yes, they blinked eyes, for not, they left
them open ", the victim told "Parisien" [newspaper] before her return in
France. According to Palisson, this silence corresponds exactly to a
classic scientology procedure reserved for "psychotics", and called
"Isolation Watch" by Hubbard. Several internal memos describe the precise
protocol to be followed:
[quote]
"In the presence of a person undergoing a psychotic crisis, totally
isolate this person, all communications made must be silent"
In France, kidnapping and false imprisonment have a possible sentence of
twenty years in prison. The investigation will now have to determine the
exact circumstances of this detention.
Whilst waiting for the opening of a possible criminal case, deputy [member
of French parliament] George Fenech is demanding the immediate creation of
a parliamentary board of inquiry. Objective: "To burst the abscess [sic],
and to determine once and for all the methods of the Church of
Scientology." Should disorder be proven with public order, the procedure
could lead to a proposal for the movement to be closed down.**** - anoneMoose, on 03/20/2008, -0/+6media coverage of this has been pathetic outside of France, this is something that needs to be exposed and covered everywhere. Proof about Scientology
- fivo7, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1the got too many plants here
- rayboto, on 03/20/2008, -1/+2MAN, I ***** LOVE HOT-POCKETS!
- FreddyO, on 03/21/2008, -0/+3I applaud the actions of the French authorities. The ongoing abuses of human rights by the Church of Scientology should not be tolerated.
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