Patrick Broeker

Patrick D. Broeker (born 1950) is a former member of the Scientology organization who was appointed by L. Ron Hubbard to succeed him. After Hubbard's death, Broeker was ousted by David Miscavige , the current leader of the Scientology organization, and was monitored by private detectives on his behalf for the next 24 years.

Life with L. Ron Hubbard

Whispering Wind Ranch , Creston, California

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard went into hiding in the mid-1970s during the investigation into Operation Snow White . At his side, along with other members of the Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO), was the long-time Sea Org employee Patrick Broeker, whom Hubbard had nicknamed 007 . Upon her return in early 1978, Broeker faced three jury summons and 48 court cases in two years in which he was named. In February 1980, Hubbard went into hiding again with Broeker and his wife. The Broekers spent the next six years with Hubbard at the Whispering Wind Ranch in Creston , which Broeker had previously bought under the name Mike Mitchell.

In the course of various restructuring of Scientology, Patrick Broeker took over the management of the so-called Special Project Operations in 1983 , David Miscavige was subordinate to him . Miscavige and Broeker decided which information was passed to and from Hubbard and which was not. At the same time, they exchanged leaders of their own choosing. Finally there was only Hubbard confidante Patrick Broeker and David Miscavige, who acted outwardly and carried out Broeker's orders, while Annie Broeker took care of Hubbard's well-being. “The coup was a success. Now Broeker and Miscavige had absolute control over Scientology, ” said Lawrence Wright .

The death of L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard died on January 24, 1986 and five days before his death in Flag Order 3879, The Sea Org and the Future , he had himself as Admiral and Patrick and Annie Broeker in the newly created rank of First and Second Loyal, respectively Officer charged. Broeker had thus been chosen by Hubbard as his successor.

At the memorial service for Hubbard on January 27, 1986, Broeker made his first public appearance in six years and announced a. a. that Hubbard had developed OT levels VIII through XV in recent years . "The small foretaste of the OT material had cemented Broeker's position as the new leader: only he knew what was coming."

Disempowerment by David Miscavige

David Miscavige

Despite previous cooperation with Broeker, David Miscavige did not want to comply with Hubbard's order and tried to get Broeker's OT files into their possession together with Mark Rathbun and Owen Starkey.

The search for the records was unsuccessful, however, and lawyers advised Broeker to retire to the former Hubbard ranch in Creston, as federal tax investigations were ongoing. In 1987 David Miscavige took over the leadership of Scientology by making himself Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center (RTC). Since Miscavige continued to fear that Broeker was in possession of important material from Hubbard, he used private investigators to find out where Broeker was hiding the documents, which was unsuccessful. Most recently, Miscavige Broeker threatened through lawyers, had the ranch temporarily converted and threatened u. a. to hand over the investigation of missing US $ 1.8 million to law enforcement. In the end, Broeker Miscavige had all files confiscated, but they contained "nothing really interesting - let alone anything resembling new OT levels".

Miscavige then made another attempt with a team of private detectives, ex-police officers, and several Scientologists. Annie Broeker admitted under the pressure that her husband had rented his own storage room for materials. The suspected work on the OT levels was not found there either. Miscavige subsequently officially revoked the Flag Order, in which the Broekers had been designated as Loyal Officers , by stating that Patrick Broeker had forged them. Patrick Broeker then resigned and fled, his wife Annie divorced her husband and remained a Scientologist.

Surveillance by private detectives

In 1988 David Miscavige hired two private detectives through Mark Rathbun to monitor Patrick Broeker. You should get $ 32,000 a month for this. They monitored Broeker for the next 24 years, again without success. In total, Scientology paid between $ 10 million and $ 12 million for its surveillance.

Individual evidence

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