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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOfficials Investigating Mysterious Death Of Scientology President's Son
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/alexander-jentzsch-dead-o_n_1687645.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-headlineBy Anna Almendrala Posted: 07/19/2012 5:44 pm
Authorities are investigating the mysterious death of 27-year-old Alexander Jentzsch, the son of the president of the Church of Scientology International Heber Jentzsch. A spokesperson from the LA Coroner's Office says that the actions of Jentzsch's parents-in-law have raised some questions about his death.
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Jentzsch's death on July 2 attracted controversy because his mother, Karen de la Carriere, claimed that she had been banned from seeing his body because she had left the church of Scientology in 2010. In an email sent to thousands of current Scientology members, De la Carriere blamed the church and Jentzsch's in-laws (also Scientologists) for failing to help him recover from a traffic collision and for trying to suppress the news of his death.
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Because the church banned de la Carriere from Jentzsch's memorial, she held her own service last Friday in honor of the son she had not seen in two years, due to the church's policy of "disconnecting" from someone who leaves the organization
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Scientology's habit of "disconnecting" families is reprehensible.
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Officials Investigating Mysterious Death Of Scientology President's Son (Original Post)
FrodosPet
Jul 2012
OP
sad event all the way around but if it brings scrutiny into this bunch, good.
roguevalley
Jul 2012
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Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)1. how do they know he is dead...as opposed to tranformed into his God-form?
or are they supposed to take their bodies with them?
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)2. Good question.
Haven't got a clue.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)3. sad event all the way around but if it brings scrutiny into this bunch, good.
RIP, kid.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)4. People are starting to pay atttention to the Co$
They have the right to practice their religion, so long as they don't violate the law. But neither Scientology, nor any other religion, has the right to tell me that they are immune from my criticism.