Mitgliederorganisation oder Wirtschaftskonzern?

Nach aussen erweckt die Scientology-Organisation den Eindruck, eine Mitgliederorganisation zu sein.
Damit wird selbstverständlich auch der Eindruck erweckt, als hätten diese Mitglieder auch Entscheidungsrechte.
Und damit soll die Tatsache verschleiert werden, dass es sich um einen Wirtschaftskonzern handelt.

Seit 1975 (>>) behauptet die Scientology-Organisation, sie habe in Deutschland 30.000 Mitglieder.
2007 seien es 10 Millionen Mitglieder weltweit gewesen.
Diese Scientology-Angaben zur Zahl der Mitglieder sind falsch.
Tatsächlich sind es  höchstens weltweit 500.000 und in Deutschland 6.000.
Mehr dazu unter www.Ingo-Heinemann.de/Mitglieder.htm
Falsch ist auch der Eindruck, dass es sich bei der Scientology-Organisation um eine Mitgliederorganisation handelt.

Die Hubbard Association of Scientologists International (HASI), gegründet 1954, war die einzige Mitgliederorganisation, vgl. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard_Association_of_Scientologists_International
Die Nachfolge übernahm 1984 die International Association of Scientologists (IAS),
Eine Erklärung für das Finanzamt (>>) vom 18.8.1993 enthält einen Absatz über Mitgliederorganisation (>>).
Es gebe davon zwei, nämlich die Sea Org (>>) und die IAS (>>).
Beide sind in der Liste (>>) der Firmen und Organisationen nicht enthalten.
Grund: Beide sind keine eingetragenen Organisationen, also keine juristischen Personen:
 

Aus (Stand 2.10.2008): http://www.scientologytoday.org/Common/question/pg44.htm     The International Association of Scientologists (IAS) is an unincorporated membership organization open to all Scientologists from all nations. It does not participate in management or Church affairs and is not part of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.

Aus (Stand 2.10.2008):     www.approvedscientology.org/page017.htm     The Sea Org, an unincorporated association with no formal or informal ecclesiastical or secular structure ...

 

Eine weitere Firma fehlt in der Liste (>>) der Firmen und Organisationen:
Die Church of Spiritual Technology, abgekürzt CST oder COST oder CoST.
Nach Angaben in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Spiritual_Technology betreibt die CST die L. Ron Hubbard Library.
Auch die frühere Hubbard-Firma Firma Author Services Inc. (ASI) gehört der CST,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author_Services_Inc.
ASI vermarktet Hubbards Science-Fiction-Literatur mit dem Verlag Galaxy Press, der von Bridge Publications (>>) abgespaltet wurde, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Press

CST war und ist vermutlich immer noch Inhaber der Urheberrechte an Hubbards Werken, auch wenn in allen Scientology-Websites das Religious Technology Center RTC als Hüter der Copyrights gepriesen wird. Das RTC vermarktet die Rechte offenbar nur. Hubbard hatte die Rechte an seiner "Technologie" und an den Markenzeichen an unterschiedliche Firmen übertragen. Ausserdem hatte er CST durch Testament überwiegend seinen Grundbesitz übertragen.
 
 
 

"Die Führungskanäle" - "The Command Channels"
 

Für Scientologen gibt es eine Darstellung der "Kommando-Kanäle": "The Command Channels of Scientology" in Form einer Broschüre, über die verschiedentlich im Internet kritisch berichtet wird.    Es gibt davon auch eine deutsche Version: "Die Führungskanäle der Scientology".   Daraus wird verschiedentlich in dieser Website zitiert.   Hier die Schilderung von OSA, dem Scientology-Geheimdienst:

 

Aus: "Die Führungskanäle der Scientology"

From: The Command Channels of SCIENTOLOGY

"Das Büro für Spezielle Angelegenheiten International (OSA INT) ist ein Netzwerk, das sich über die Kontinentalen Verbindungsbüros bis in die Unterabteilungen 20 auf Org-Niveau erstreckt, der Unterabteilungen für öffentliche Angelegenheiten.   Das OSA-Netzwerk ist für die Handhabung aller externen Angelegenheiten der Kirche (inklusive Rechtsfragen, Verteidigung, Regierungs- und Medienbeziehungen) verantwortlich, mit dem Ziel, die völlige Anerkennung der Scientology und ihres Gründers L. Ron Hubbard zu erreichen. OSA hilft durch seine Aktivitäten bei der Errichtung eines sicheren Umfeldes, in denen die Orgs arbeiten und expandieren können. Es erfüllt seine Funktion indem es dafür sorgt, dass die Orgs in voller Übereinstimmung mit den Gesetzen des Landes handeln, indem es bezüglich der Behörden im Umfeld der Org die LRH Public Relations-Technologie anwendet und indem es sicherstellt, dass die Org frei von externer Enturbulation ist, so dass sie darin fortfahren kann, ihr Gebiet zu klären.   OSA Int ist Teil des Flag-Führungs-Bureaux und wird vom Kommandierenden Offizier OSA Int geführt, der dem WDC OSA gegenüber verantwortlich ist."

"The Office of Special Affairs International (OSA INT) is a network which extends through Continental Liaison Offices to org level Department 20s, the Department of Special Affairs.   The OSA Network is responsible for handling all external matters of the Church (including legal, defense, government and media relations) to the result of the total acceptance of Scientology and its Founder, L. Ron Hubbard. OSA helps create a safe environment for orgs to operate in and expand by their actions. It gets this function done by keeping orgs operating fully in accordance with the laws of the land, by applying LRH Public Relations technology with the officials in the org environment and ensuring the org is free of external enturbulence and distraction so that it can get on with the business of clearing its community.   OSA Int is part of the Flag Command Bureaux and is headed by the Commanding Officer OSA Int who is answerable to WDC OSA.

 
 

Für Nicht-Scientologen ist ein Text von Chris Owen aus 1997 gedacht:
 

Aus: Chris Owen  "Piercing the corporate veil: the true structure of Scientology"    http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/essays/corporate.html    Part two: a detailed examination of the fiction of corporate integrity maintained by the Scientology cult.    Worldwide  The Sea Org Take-Over Of Worldwide  The Guardian's Office (GO)  The Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO)  The Watchdog Committee (WDC)  Mission Corporate Category Sort-Out (MCCS)  Corporate Sort-Out (CSO) And The New Corporations  The All Clear Unit (ACU)  Church Of Scientology International (CSI)  Scientology Missions International (SMI)  The Religious Technology Center (RTC)  Author Services Incorporated (ASI)  Office Of Special Affairs (OSA)  Church Of Spiritual Technology (CoST) Positions Held By Principal Sea Org Members

 
 
 

Die Liste

Wichtigste Quelle ist eine "LIST OF TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS & OFFICERS " vom 21.9.1993, die von Scientology beim US-Bundesfinanzamt IRS zum Antrag auf Gemeinnützigkeit eingereicht wurde.
Diese Unterlagen waren der Öffentlichkeit auf Grund des Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes Freedom of Information Act FOIA frei zugänglich.
Nachfolgend sind nur die darin enthaltenen Firmen und Organisationen aufgeführt.
Eine PDF-Liste einschliesslich Leitungspersonal befindet sich unter
http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/pdf/irs-q-3-d-trustees-directors-from-sub-scientology-organizations.pdf
 

Aus der "LIST OF TRUSTEES, DIRECTORS & OFFICERS " vom 21.9.1993

• Religious Technology Center RTC
• Church of Scientology International CSI
• Church of Scientology Incorporated CoS
• Foundation Church of Scientology Flag Ship Service Organization
• Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization Inc.
• Church of Scientology WESTERN CS
• Church of Scientology RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COLLEGE. INC.
• C OF S ADVANCED ORGANIZATION EUROPE AND AFRICA
• SCIENTOLOGY MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL SMI
• INTERNATIONAL HUBBARD ECCLESIASTIC LEAGUE OF PASTORS
• INSPECTOR GENERAL NETWORK
• WISE  Inc. SHAREHOLDER: Inspector General Network
• RTC AUSTRALIA, INC.
• FSO OKLAHOMA INVESTMENTS CORPORATION
• FLAG SHIP TRUST
• SAN DONATO PROPERTIES SHAREHOLDER: Transcorp Services, S.A.
• TRANSCORP SERVICES S.A. SHAREHOLDER: Flag Ship Trust
• MAJESTIC CRUISE LINES INC. SHAREHOLDER: Trust Company of Willemstad N.V., an unaffiliated Netherlands Antilles corporation, as nominee for Flag Ship Trust
• MCL SERVICES. N.V.  SHAREHOLDER: Trust Company of Willemstad N.V., as nominee for Flag Ship Trust
• FSS ORGANIZATION, N.V.
• BUILDING MANAGEMENT SERVICES VOTING MEMBER: CSI
• TRUST FOR SCIENTOLOGISTS
• UNITED STATES PARISHIONERS TRUST
• C OF S RELIGIOUS TRUST
• SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL RESERVES TRUST [SIRT]
• SOR SERVICES LTD. SHAREHOLDERS: Pauline Chatterton and Helen Wehl as nominees for SIRT
• C OF S FREEWINDS RELAY OFFICE  VOTING MEMBER: CSI
• HUBBARD DIANETICS FOUNDATION
• CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF DIANETIC AUDITORS
• WORLD INSTITUTE OF SCIENTOLOGY ENTERPRISES
• MASTERTECH  SHAREHOLDER: World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
• INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS TRUST
• PUBLICATIONS INT LIMITED  SHAREHOLDER:  International Publications Trust
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL APS SHAREHOLDER: Publications Int Limited
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS UK. LTD.  SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International ApS
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS ITALIA. S.R.L. SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS DEUTSCHLAND. GMBH SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International ApS
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS FRANCE SARL. SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International ApS
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS JAPAN. INC. SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International ApS
• NEW ERA PUBLICATIONS S.A. (SPAIN) SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International ApS
• N.E. PUBLICATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. SHAREHOLDER: New Era Publications International ApS
• ERA DINAMICA EDITORES - MEXICO SHAREHOLDERS: Federacion Mexicana de Dianetica (controlling interest) along with various Mexican Scientologists
• BRIDGE PUBLICATIONS INCORPORATED SHAREHOLDER: International Publications Trust
• ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING AND EDUCATION [ABLE]
• APPLIED SCHOLASTICS
• NARCONON INTERNATIONAL
• THE WAY TO HAPPINESS FOUNDATION
• HUBBARD COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATION
• CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [CCHR]
• NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT & SOCIAL JUSTICE
• SCIENTOLOGY DEFENSE FUND TRUST
• CITIZENS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE TAX SYSTEM
• FOUNDATION FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Der Scientology-Konzern
in einer Selbstdarstellung an das Bundesfinanzamt der USA

Am 18.8.1993 hat die CSI - Church of Scientology International beim Bundesfinanzamt IRS der USA einen "Antrag auf Anerkennung der Befreiung" von der Steuer gestellt, das "Formular 1023".        Diesem Antrag wurde 1993 stattgegeben.        Diesem Antrag war eine Erklärung beigefügt.        Diese Erklärung enthält eine Darstellung des Scientology-Konzerns.

 
 

Formular 1023 Antrag auf Anerkennung der Befriung 18.8.1993	"Form 1023 Application for Recognition of Exemption"  18. August 1993
Erklärung als Anlage zum IRS-Formular 1023", 104 Seiten	"Attached Statement to IRS Form 1023", 104 pages
A. Einführung	A. Introduction
1. Die Scientology-Religion	1. The Scientology Religion
2. Die Scientology-Marken und die fortgeschrittene Technologie	2. The Scientology Marks and Advanced Technology
3. CSI-Aktivitäten    ....       Das "Wachhund-Komitee" (WDC) ist ein komitee innerhalb der Kommodore Boten Organisation (International (CMO INT"). WDC ist verantwortlich für die kontrolle der kirchlichen Management-Körperschaften (...) um sicherzustellen, dass diese richtig eingerichtet sind und in Übereinstimmung mit den richtlinien arbeiten. Jedes Mitglied des WDC ist verantwortlich, das Management eines Sektror der Religion zu überwachen (...). WDC benutzt CMO INT und andere CMO-Einheiten als Arm zur Beobachtung und Ausführung zur Sicherstellung, dass Management-Einrichtung gegründet sind und funktionieren.	3. CSI's Activities      ....      The Watchdog Committee ("WDC") is a committee within Commodore's Messenger Organization International ("CMO INT"). WDC's responsibility is to monitor the Church's ecclesiastical management bodies (such as the International Executive Strata, Flag Bureaux, Scientology Missions International, etc.) to ensure that they are properly established and functioning in accordance with policy. Each member of WDC is responsible for overseeing the management of a sector of the religion (Class V churches, Sea Org churches, Flag Service Organization, etc.). WDC utilizes CMO INT and other CMO units as its observation and execution arms to ensure that management  bodies are established and functioning.       ....
B. Die kirchliche scientology-Hierarchie	B. The Scientology Ecclesiastical Hierarchy
1. Feld-Geistliche	1. Field Ministers
2. Missionen	2. Missions
3. Klasse V Kirchen	3. Class V Churches
4. Celebrity Centres	4. Celebrity Centres
5. Saint Hill und fortgeschrittene Organisationen	5. Saint Hill and Advanced Organizations
6. Church of Scientology Flag Service Org. Inc.	6. Church of Scientology Flag Service Org. Inc.
7. Church of Scientology Flag Ship Service Organization	7. Church of Scientology Flag Ship Service Organization
C. Publications and Film Organizations	C. Publications and Film Organizations
1. Herrn Hubbards Trust	1. Mr. Hubbard's Trust
	2. International Publications Trust
	3. New Era Publications
	4. Bridge Publications. Inc.
	5. Golden Era Productions
D. Organisationen für gesellschaftliche Verbesserungen	D. Social Betterment Organizations
1. Vereinigung für besseres Leben und Ausbildung       Das meiste des gesellschaftlichen Verbesserungs-Programms der Scientology Kirche International wird ausgeführt unter Beaufsichtigung und Leitung der Vereinigung für besseres Leben und Ausbildung, einer gemeinnützigen Firma in Kalifornien, gegründet 1988. Der einzige Zweck von ABLE ist, die Gesellschaft zu verbessern durch die Anwendung von Herrn Hubbards Gesellschafts-Verbesserungs-Technologie. ABLE fördert, finanziert und bietet Hilfe für Organisationen, die L. Ron Hubbards Technologien in der Ausbildung, bei der Rehabalitation von Drogen-Missbrauchern und Kriminellen und bei der Hebung der öffentlichen Moral einsetzen.      ABLE verwirklicht seine Ziele hauptsächlich durch Gewährung technischer und finanzieller Unterstützung und allgemeiner Unterstützung bei der Werbung	1. Association for Better Living and Education       The bulk of CSI's social betterment program is carried out under the supervision and direction of Association for Better Living and Education ("ABLE"), a California nonprofit public benefit corporation formed in November 1988. ABLE's sole purpose is to improve society through the application of Mr. Hubbard's social betterment technologies. In general, ABLE promotes, funds and provides assistance to organizations that use L. Ron Hubbard's technologies in education, in rehabilitating drug abusers and criminals, and in raising public morality in general.                   ABLE accomplishes its goals primarily by providing technical and financial assistance and general promotional support to the international social-betterment organizations that work in ABLE's four areas of concern: Narconon International (drug rehabilitation), Applied Scholastics (education) , The Way To Happiness Foundation (public morality) and, though not yet incorporated, Criminon (criminal rehabilitation). These four international organizations, in turn, assist organizations that work in their respective fields at the local level.        ABLE is responsible for ensuring that the programs that use the names referring to Mr. Hubbard's social-betterment technologies — Narconon, Applied Scholastics, The Way To Happiness and Criminon — meet the high standards of quality with which they have come to be associated. ABLE discharges this responsibility by permitting the international social-betterment organizations and local organizations to use the names        subject to ABLE's ultimate supervision.        ABLE assists social-betterment organizations in other ways. It provides technical assistance when necessary to help them better achieve their program goals. It helps raise funding to support their charitable programs. It promotes their programs throughout society through the printed media as well as radio and television. It also will provide        social-betterment organizations the physical facilities necessary to house their charitable and educational programs. A representative sample of an ABLE publication, INROADS MAGAZINE, is included as Exhibit 64.        ABLE is filing an application for recognition of its exemption under section 501(c) (3) concurrently with this application.
	a. Narconon International       .....
	b. Applied Scholastics       .....
c. Der Weg zum Glücklichsein Stiftung       ....	c. The Way to Happiness Foundation       .....
	d. Criminon       .....
	2. Citizen's Commission on Human Rights       Citizen's Commission on Human Rights ("CCHR") is a research and educational organization dedicated to investigating, publicizing and eradicating violations of human rights committed through the guise of psychiatric "treatments" and to recommending viable alternatives to such practices through an extensive program of objective educational and outreach activities.       ......
	3. National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social Justice       .....
	4. Foundation for Religious Freedom       ....
	5. Scientology Defense Fund Trust       ....
	6. Churches of Scientology       In addition to the social-betterment activities carried out under the auspices of ABLE, CCHR and other organizations formed for this purpose, as described above, Scientology churches and individual Scientologists also conduct community projects and social reform actions directly. For example, CSI periodically publishes Freedom magazine in order to bring to public attention areas of society in need of reform. (Exhibit 72.) Scientology churches have united other groups in their communities in "Say No To Drugs" campaigns, promoting anti-drug slogans through concerts, marches and distribution of promotional materials. Other community outreach activities in which Scientologists and Scientology churches are active include campaigns to improve the environment and to assist children, the elderly and other neglected individuals. A selection of some of many thousands of news articles describing specific social-betterment projects of individual Scientology churches and Scientologists is attached as Exhibit 73, Chapter 23 of  WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?, Exhibit 9, and Exhibit 21, The Church of Scientology, a Vital Force in Your Community.
	E. Membership Organizations       Over the years the religion of Scientology has had several different membership programs. At present, there are two. One, the Sea Organization, is a Scientology religious order and is composed of Scientologists who have dedicated their lives to the religion. The International Association of Scientologists is a membership program open to clergy and laity alike, serving as an expression of its members' desire to propagate the faith.
	1. The Sea Organization       The Sea Organization or Sea Org is a religious order of the Scientology faith that was formed aboard sea-going ships in the late 1960s.       ....
	2. International Association of Scientologists       Since 1984 CSI has recognized International Association of Scientologists ("IAS") as the membership organization for Scientologists. The purposes of IAS are to assure the continued practice and expansion of Scientology throughout the world, to assist churches of Scientology when needed, and to maintain communications with Scientologists on matters of common concern. It is an unincorporated religious membership association composed of individuals, churches of Scientology and national associations of Scientology. (See Chapter 22 of WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?, Exhibit 9, for a description of IAS.)        ....
	F. Miscellaneous Organizations
	1. Building Management Services       Building Management Services ("BMS") is a nonprofit religious corporation that serves as an integrated auxiliary of CSI by holding title to real estate in Southern California that CSI and various churches of Scientology use. (BMS acquired its real estate holdings from Church of Scientology Religious Trust, which provided it with properties and a loan valued at $ 2.5 million and a grant of approximately $ 2.5 million.) BMS leases its properties to churches of Scientology at very reasonable rates designed to cover only its obligations without producing any surplus. BMS has no staff; CSI staff personnel manage both its accounts and its property.       .......
	2. World Institute of Scientology Enterprises       World Institute of Scientology Enterprises ("WISE") is a California nonprofit religious corporation. It is a membership organization comprised of businessmen and professionals in many fields who recognize that the principles and technology of third dynamic (group) organization and administration developed by Mr. Hubbard for use in churches of Scientology has a broad application to any group - be it a social club, a business or a government body. WISE members share a common goal of improving both their own organizations and society at large through the application of Scientology administrative and ethics technologies. (WISE is described in Chapter 26 of WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?, Exhibit 9.)        .....
	3. Hubbard College of Administration       The Hubbard College of Administration (the "College") is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation formed for the purpose of educating interested members of the general public in theories and techniques of administration based on principles developed by L. Ron Hubbard concerning the structure, management and administration of organizations (the "administrative technology").        ....
	4. Inspector General Network       As discussed earlier, in countries where agreements by religious organizations are not enforced the rights to the Scientology marks are granted to local organizations through a system of secular corporations that serve as integrated auxiliaries of RTC and CSI. These secular corporations mirror the roles of RTC and CSI in licensing the religious marks within the Scientology ecclesiastical hierarchy.        Under this secular system, rights to the Scientology religious marks are nominally held for the benefit of RTC by Inspector General Network ("IGN"), a California nonprofit public benefit corporation that serves as RTC's integrated auxiliary.        IGN serves as RTC's nominee and is authorized to permit other organizations to use the marks in countries where it owns them (a copy of the agreement between RTC and IGN is, attached as Exhibit 79) .  ....        ....
	5. Hubbard Dianetics Foundation       Hubbard Dianetics Foundation ("HDF") was formed in 1985 as an integrated auxiliary of CSI to assist CSI in disseminating the religion to the general public. CSI uses HDF to mail out literature on Dianetics and to sponsor an 800 telephone number members of the general public can call to obtain more information on Dianetics. HDF has no income; its operating expenses are paid directly by CSI.        ....
	G. Funding and Reserves
	I. funding       The primary source of funding for the Scientology ecclesiastical hierarchy is its congregation — the thousands upon thousands of individual Scientologists throughout the world who contribute to their churches, usually with respect to their participation in religious services. For most churches of Scientology, these contributions cover their current operating expenses, and generally it is only the very large churches that raise sufficient funding to set aside significant reserves to finance the large-scale projects that are necessary for continued expansion of the faith. (Administration of these reserve funds is discussed below.) As discussed above, ecclesiastical management organizations like CSI, SMI and IHELP are indirectly supported by parishioners' contributions since they are funded by the churches and missions that they manage.        .....
	2. Reserves       Like other hierarchical churches, the Scientology ecclesiastical hierarchy maintains a reserves system to fund important long-term programs and extraordinary projects that benefit the entire faith such as capital development, broad-scale dissemination and defense.        ....