Despite insisting on clean living and even prohibiting followers from taking necessary medication, Hubbard loved to party. John Sanborne, who worked with Hubbard for many years, recalled: Earlier on (before the divorce) he made this stupid attempt to get Northrup brainwashed so she'd do what he said. 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. 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. The Hubbards lived at a house on Tatum Boulevard (now 5501 North 44th Street)[10] on the slopes of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix for the remainder of 1954. Since. or so the stories go. [22] Northrup was able to dissuade Parsons from pressing his case by threatening to expose their past relationship, which had begun when she was under the legal age of consent. She had attached herself to a Jack Parsons, the rocket expert, during the war and when she left him he was a wreck. The marriage ended in 1951 and prompted lurid headlines in the Los Angeles newspapers. Father of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. She played a leading role in the management of the Church of Scientology, rising to become the head of the Church's Guardian's Office (GO). Mary Sue then travelled with Ron to Phoenix, Arizona where they established the first organisation. Louis Culling, another O.T.O. [70] Her reunion with her daughter was uncertain to the last, as Hubbard had second thoughts about letting her go as he drove Northrup and Alexis to the local airport. [30] Their sojourn in Morocco ended abruptly in December 1972 when it became clear that the Church of Scientology was about to be indicted in France for fraud, and that Hubbard himself was potentially at risk of being extradited to appear in court if the case went to trial. "[65] He accused Northrup of having conspired in a bid to assassinate him and described how he had found love letters to his wife from Hollister, a "member of the Young Communists." 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". He thought I had thrown in with the psychiatrists, with the devils. 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]. Sharp chin, broad forehead, rather Slavic. "[53] She was bundled into the back of a car and driven to San Bernardino, California, where Hubbard attempted to find a doctor to examine his wife and declare her insane. 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. She informed us that she did not appreciate our investigation of the GO and that if one were needed she would do it. As Scientology's "first lady," Shelly Miscavige took on many duties. Northrup was one of five children born to Thomas Cowley, an Englishman working for the Standard Oil Company, and his wife, Olga Nelson, the daughter of a Swedish immigrant to the United States. He never had a child with her. Ronald DeWolf, L. Ron Hubbard's son, told the News-Herald that his father took amphetamines, hallucinogens, and cocaine. This was done before his divorce from his first wife, Polly. I can never pronounce her name. She was not the affectionate type, she was more efficient than affectionate. [11] and had a son in 1943 who bore Parsons' surname but who was almost certainly fathered by Smith. The writer Lawrence Wright was told in September 2010 by Tommy Davis, the then spokesman for the Church of Scientology, that Hubbard "was never married to Sara Northrup. I just wanted to be free of him! She joined as a teenager along with her older sister Helen. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986), commonly shortened to L. Ron Hubbard, was a science-fiction writer and drug fiend[1] who engaged in the ultimate experiment: to create a religion founded on utter bullshit, yet endowed with the sociological and psychological components that "make religions work". I gathered a couple of dozen of the most proven Church executives from around the world and briefed them on the criminal and other unethical conduct of the GO. Black hair. Now a new report claims the 58-year-old is alive and, in mid-December, was spotted leaving a Scientology cruise ship in the Caribbean. She told the court that she had not seen her husband since January 1980, "but I've written him personal letters but I don't believe he's getting them" as he had not replied to them. [71] In June 1984, Judge Paul G. Breckenridge ruled against the Church and Mary Sue Hubbard, criticizing her credibility as a witness: LRH's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard is also plaintiff herein. I did not know or realize these things until I myself investigated the matter. Her allegations produced more lurid headlines: not only was Hubbard accused of bigamy and kidnapping, but she had been subjected to "systematic torture, including loss of sleep, beatings, and strangulations and scientific experiments". [46], The marriage was in the process of breaking down rapidly. There followed a turbulent period during which Ron successfully wrested his materials from the early boards of directors. This body was responsible for overseeing each of the seven organizational subdivisions of the Church of Scientology. But the Church of Scientology denies the existence of this woman,. Recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation files show that just over a year after L. Ron Hubbard created the the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, a precursor to the Church of Scientology, he offered to become an informant for the Bureau, and provide the FBI with a list of its members and copies of their fingerprints.. Her actual true name is a Russian name. My Will is all changed. January 8, 1983 Mary Sue Hubbard, wife of the founder of the Church of Scientology, was sentenced in federal court here yesterday to four years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to plant. Mary Sue Hubbard and the GO, however, did not simply capitulate. [20], Northrup later recalled that the boat had been caught in a hurricane in the Panama Canal, damaging it too badly to be able to continue the voyage to California. [24] It was not until much later that Northrup discovered that Hubbard had never been divorced from his first wife, Margaret "Polly" Grubb; the marriage was bigamous. L. Ron Hubbard made it a high crime for any Scientologist to turn over any other Scientologist to the police. I'll just go to the airplane. Mary Sue enforced the rules rigidly but shared the privations, and was scrupulously fair and popular. American Religious Leader L. Ron Hubbard was born Lafayette Ronald Hubbard on 13th March, 1911 in . [7] Her parents not only knew about her unconventional living arrangements but supported Parsons' group financially. I was rather surprised when we were driving back to LA on Sunday evening, he stopped at a florist to buy some flowers for his wife. "[71] She was so desperate to leave by the time she got to the airport that she left behind her daughter's clothes and her own suitcase and one of Alexis's shoes fell off as she dashed to the plane. With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. He persuaded Northrup to pose as an old friend writing in support of his appeals; in one letter, she claimed untruthfully to have "known Lafayette Ronald Hubbard for many years" and described his supposed pre-war state of health. A disaster on the scale of the GO criminal case was clearly the result of the activities of someone hostile to Scientology a Suppressive Person operating within the GO. One of his aides, David Mayo, was dispatched by Hubbard to suggest that Mary Sue might consider a divorce. He accused Communists of destroying his business, ruining his health and withholding material of interest to the US Government. [1] Hubbard married his third wife, Mary Sue Whipp, in 1952. . A "Founding Church of Scientology" was established in Washington, D.C. and Mary Sue became its first Academy Supervisor. "[52] She left Palm Springs on February 3, leaving Hubbard to complain that Northrup "had hypnotized him in his sleep and commanded him not to write. While previously published books have mentioned part of this . [16] They remained there until 1957, when Hubbard returned to lecture at the Academy of Scientology in Washington, D.C., with Mary Sue and the children following later. She soon became involved in a relationship with Hubbard and married him in March 1952. Hubbard and Northrup made no secret of their relationship; another lodger at Parsons' house described how he saw Hubbard "living off Parsons' largesse and making out with his girlfriend right in front of him. [18] Not long afterwards Hubbard bought Saint Hill Manor at Saint Hill Green, near East Grinstead, West Sussex. Parsons told Helen to her face that he preferred Northrup sexually: "This is a fact that I can do nothing about. The flagship of the Scientology fleet was the 3,280-ton vessel HMSRoyal Scotsman accidentally renamed the Royal Scotman due to a clerical error,[23] a former cattle ferry on the Irish Sea run.[24]. [4], She became pregnant in February 1952 and married Hubbard the next month. [54], She died of breast cancer in 1997 but in the last few months of her life she dictated a tape-recorded account of her relationship with Hubbard. Playing along, she told Hubbard that he was right and that the only way she could break free of their power was by going through with the divorce. Suspected only. [58] After a fruitless six-week search she finally filed a writ of habeas corpus at the Los Angeles Superior Court in April 1951, demanding the return of Alexis. [47], The espionage continued for another three months before Meisner's luck ran out and he was caught in June 1976. It is thought to have been written around 19467 as part of an attempted program of self-hypnotism. I have no revenge motive nor am I trying to angle this broader than it is. A change in the visa regime in the UK enabled foreigners to remain indefinitely if they had sufficient means to support themselves. I have many experiments in mind.[16]. In 1998 she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in addition to her existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). His lawsuit accused Hubbard and Northrup of breaking the terms of their partnership, dissipating the assets and attempting to abscond. They used to have fierce husband and wife domestic arguments. 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. Born as Henry August Wilson, adopted by James W. Hubbard and Philena Jane Potter Hubbard, who changed his name to Harry Ross Hubbard. Several ships were purchased to serve as the quarters of the newly created "Sea Org". She became involved in Hubbard's Dianetics in 1951, while still a student at the University of Texas at Austin, becoming a Dianetics auditor. Harry was born "Henry August Wilson" in Fayette, Iowa but was orphaned as an infant and adopted by the Hubbards, a farming family of Fredericksburg, Iowa. "[21], On January 26, 1967, Mary Sue was confirmed as a Scientology "Clear", a somewhat elite rank at that time. With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. . Around the summer of 1951, he explained his flight to Cuba as being a bid to escape Northrup's depredations: "He talked a lot about Sara. The Hubbards moved back to London in February 1959, settling for a while in Golders Green. "[12] Joan Vidal, a friend of the sculptor Edward Harris, who was commissioned by Hubbard to create a bust of him, described Mary Sue as "a rather drab, mousy, nothing sort of person, quite a bit younger than him. She began an affair with Wilfred Smith, Parsons' mentor in the O.T.O. Last edited on 17 February 2023, at 05:30, International Association of Scientologists, "Will the L. Ron Hubbard House Turn a Camelback Neighborhood Into a Scientology Recruitment Mecca? After breakfast he would go into his office and I would rarely see him again until six-thirty when I had to have the table laid for dinner. "[68] She agreed to sign a statement, written by Hubbard himself, that retracted the allegations that she had made against him: I, Sara Northrup Hubbard, do hereby state that the things I have said about L. Ron Hubbard in courts and the public prints have been grossly exaggerated or entirely false. Recommended Mary Sue Hubbard (ne Whipp; June 17, 1931 November 25, 2002[1]) was the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, from 1952 until his death in 1986. 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. I have not at any time believed otherwise than that L. Ron Hubbard is a fine and brilliant man. 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. 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. Photo by the Miami Daily News. . However I am afraid that most of the money has already been dissipated. 6.3K The black magic group was dispersed and destroyed and has never recovered. He dubbed her "the alley-cat" after an unnamed mutual acquaintance told him that Parsons's attraction to her was like "a yellow pup bumming around with his snout glued to the rump of an alley-cat. Please do believe I do so want to help you get Alexis."[64]. Ernie was adopted by Mrs. Kanzler, the sister of the wife of Edsel Ford, at the request of Katherine Hepburn. It must be noted that Mary Sue Hubbard believed her position as Controller and as the "Founder's wife" to be unassailable and beyond reproach by anyone but Mr. Hubbard who was not around at the time, a fact that she was well aware of. - Creston, Kalifornia, 1986. janur 24.) [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. members. Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement.Adherents are called Scientologists. In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth, New Jersey, writing a movie. According to Mayo: She was really offended and very upset. members. Hubbard spread allegations that she was a Communist secret agent and repeatedly denounced her to the FBI. [81], Only a couple of months later, he highlighted Northrup to his staff as a participant in a "full complete covert operation" mounted against Dianetics and Scientology by a "Totalitarian Communistic" enemy. Center of most turbulence in our organization. It appears that originally they never secretly intended to bring this boat around to the California coast to sell at a profit, as they told Jack, but rather to have a good time on it on the east coast. [54], Hubbard nonetheless remained active in the management of Scientology. Commonly armed. I loved to make plots. Mary Sue Hubbard died on November 25, 2002, aged 71, at her home in Los Angeles. They were formally found guilty on October 26, 1979. I remember he said to me I was the only person he knew who would set up a white silk tent for him. "[45] A few days later while still married to Northrup he proposed marriage to Klowden. [It] was made clear that we had no choice but to overthrow the GO and dismiss everyone who had violated Church policy or the law. . In April 1969, Mary Sue was promoted by Hubbard to serve as the captain of the Royal Scotman and ordered to cruise up and down the coast of Spain to train the vessel's inexperienced crew of Scientologists, who had made a string of mistakes that infuriated Hubbard. I'm actually gonna disagree with most people here. She began a relationship with L. Ron Hubbard, whom she met through the O.T.O., in 1945. "[11], Helen was far less sanguine, writing in her diary of "the sore spot I carried where my heart should be",[11] and had furious sometimes violent rows with both Parsons and Northrup. Yet she was the head of the Guardian Office for years and among other things, authored the infamous order "GO 121669" which directed culling of supposedly confidential P.C. Mary Sue conspired with her subordinates to concoct alibis for Meisner and work out how to keep him out of the hands of the authorities, keeping him in hiding under a series of false identities. On "Scientology and the Aftermath," Leah Remini discussed the family members of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and the abuse they suffered. Her husband's reaction was one of fury, blaming Quentin for in his eyes letting him down. She accompanied her husband to Phoenix, Arizona, where they established the Hubbard Association of Scientologists the forerunner of the Church of Scientology, which was itself founded in 1953. He was having a lot of problems with her. Polly Hubbard had filed for divorce on the grounds of desertion and non-support, and was not even aware that Hubbard was living with Northrup, let alone that he had married her. 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. 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. Why is he lying about this? Instead, he said, if Northrup really loved him she should kill herself. It has been variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement. [65] Hubbard wrote to the FBI to further denounce Northrup as a Communist secret agent. I cared for her rather deeply but I have no desire to control her emotions, and I can, I hope, control my own. The Hubbards had four children: Diana (born 1952), Quentin (19541976), Suzette (born 1955), and Arthur (born 1958). Wife was Ledora May Waterbury (1885 - 1959). [51], Northrup went to a psychiatrist to obtain advice about Hubbard's increasingly violent and irrational behaviour, and was told that he probably needed to be institutionalized and that she was in serious danger. Illustration by Pat Barrett. They were married in Maryland in 1946. In 1923 the family moved to Pasadena, a destination said to have been chosen by Olga using a Ouija board. I want her always. [2] Parsons' interest in the occult led in 1939 to him and Helen joining the Pasadena branch of the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). "[6] Three weeks later, on September 24, 1952, she gave birth to her first child, Diana Meredith de Wolfe Hubbard. Mary Sue Hubbard signed a letter revoking her resignation and condemning the actions of the CMO. Parsons initially attempted to obtain redress through magical means, carrying out a "Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram" to curse Hubbard and Northrup. A young girl is nearly dead because of this effort. They would go to bed very late, usually in the small hours of the morning, and get up in the early afternoon [Mary Sue] had a separate bedroom, but usually had breakfast with him scrambled eggs, sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes. L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology three decades ago, has died of a stroke, the church said tonight. Mary Sue Hubbard (ne Whipp; June 17, 1931 - November 25, 2002 [1]) was the third wife of L. Ron Hubbard, from 1952 until his death in 1986. Speaking several years later to the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, Miscavige commented: I knew if it was going to be a physical takeover we're going to lose because they had a couple thousand staff and we (the "messengers") had about 50. [25] He wrote: Sara, my sweetheart, is young, beautiful, desirable. She was convicted in December 1979 and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and the payment of a $10,000 fine. "[79] Hubbard also gave a new explanation of why he had been involved with Jack Parsons and the O.T.O. 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. [41] Its eventual downfall was to result from the use of illegal methods, ordered and authorized by Mary Sue, to further its campaign. She made a striking impression on the other lodgers; George Pendle describes her as "feisty and untamed, proud and self-willed, she stood five foot nine, had a lithe body and blond hair, and was extremely candid. We were talking about guns and she said to me that I was the type to use a Saturday night special" (a very cheap "junk gun"). [84] Even his own staff were shocked by the contents of Hubbard's letter; he ended his instructions to them with the statement, "Decency is not a subject well understood". [73] The controversy surrounding the divorce had severely dented his reputation. [55], In 1981, the "All Clear Unit" was established within the CMO, tasked with the purpose of making it "All Clear" for Hubbard to come out of hiding. His search was unsuccessful and he released her at Yuma Airport across the state line in Arizona. [50] Her husband avoided being indicted but was extremely concerned that Mary Sue would betray him. He moved in with me about two months ago, and although Betty and I are still friendly, she has transferred her sexual affection to Ron. Hubbard had a personal steward, as did Mary Sue and the Hubbard children, who all had their own cabins. I doubt that she would face what you have with me or support me as well. By this time the Foundation had filed for bankruptcy, and Hubbard's erstwhile backer, Don Purcell, was left to deal with its substantial debts. She was a leading figure in Scientology for much of her life. She and Hubbard eloped, taking with them a substantial amount of Parsons' life savings and marrying bigamously a year later while Hubbard was still married to his first wife, Margaret Grubb. L. Ron Hubbard, in full Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, (born March 13, 1911, Tilden, Nebraska, U.S.died January 24, 1986, San Luis Obispo, California), American novelist and founder of the Church of Scientology. My wife Sara."[74]. "[62] He later told Hubbard's unofficial biographer, Russell Miller: I liked Sara and Miles a lot. At the order of both of the Hubbards, the GO ran scores of operations against Scientology's enemies. He issued an internal directive in 1979 asserting that major failures must result from the presence of multiple Suppressives, who would need to be rooted out along with their "connections". [42] Mary Sue continued to manage the GO from her various residences aboard the Apollo, and the villa in Tangier. 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. That title that states that L. Ron Hubbard built the Georgia Guidestones is absurd. Dissmissed [sic] in February when affiliations discovered. . Separation papers being filed and divorce applied for. L. Ron Hubbard and Sara, his second wife, aboard the schooner Blue Water II, June 1946 in Miami, Florida. View Gallery. 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. [93] Rejecting any suggestion that she was some kind of "pathetic person who has suffered through the years because of my time with Ron", Northrup spoke of her relief that she had been able to put it behind her. [54] She reacted angrily; in a 1992 trial in Canada, Miscavige told the court that she had called him "some pretty nasty names" and threatened him with a large ashtray held close to his face, but she had eventually agreed to step down. Evidently a prime mover but very young. 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. TIL L Ron Hubbard's first wife once discovered two love letters the Scientology founder had written, to two different women, in the couple's outgoing mail. [citation needed], The Hubbards traveled to England in September 1952 when Mary Sue was eight months pregnant. According to Northrup, Hubbard began beating her when they were in Florida in the summer of 1946. He became disillusioned with Scientology and left the Church, taking with him copies of biographical material, including Hubbard's letters to Mary Sue over the years.
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