Tom Cruise's former personal counselor in Scientology says the religion's leader, David Miscavige is the real problem behind the actor's troubled marriages.
BY MARK ‘MARTY’ RATHBUN
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For the last eight years of my service to corporate Scientology, while carrying out other executive duties, I also served as the personal counselor to Tom Cruise.
I participated in Scientology Inc. supreme leader David Miscavige’s meddling in Cruise’s first two marriages with Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman. (Miscavige is Cruise's best friend and was best man at his wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006.)
I know the players involved, and it’s clear to me that Cruise has capitulated this time around. That’s how I read the joint statement issued Monday by Cruise and Holmes. He’s not trying to have complete control of their 6-year-old daughter, Suri, and her upbringing, though that’s certainly what he wanted.
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It’s a very coded statement, especially when they say they are going to respect each other’s beliefs. That is not allowed in Scientology. He’s prohibited from respecting others’ beliefs if he’s going to raise Suri in Scientology. There’s no neutral ground.
I think Holmes was in the dominating position, and she got what she wanted in this divorce. I don’t think they would have settled in such short order if that wasn’t the case.
It happened because of the media’s laser focus on the issue of Scientology Inc. and Cruise's close relationship with Miscavige.
I personally witnessed how Miscavige inserted himself between Cruise and his first two wives, and there was every indication he had done the same with Holmes.
A contested divorce proceeding would have shined a spotlight on that and would have irreparably damaged the image of Scientology, Miscavige and Cruise.
They were called out on Scientology’s child indoctrination practices and harassment tactics over the past several days. With those weapons exposed, there was no other means available for Scientology Inc. to practice its dark arts. They couldn’t intimidate and bully Holmes any longer.
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That’s why last week I publicly advised Cruise to concede primary custody of Suri to her mother. On Sunday, I published a prediction on my blog, markrathbun.wordpress.com, that Cruise and Miscavige would attempt to quickly settle with Holmes, conceding primary custody of Suri while issuing a statement that would attempt to portray a different outcome.
It appears Cruise made my prediction come to fruition.
I will impart one more piece of advice: No matter what else happens, wake up and terminate the abusive, manipulative relationship you have been carrying on with David Miscavige through your three unsuccessful marriages.
I think that if you look at it objectively, you will find that your problem with marriage has been your unhealthy and unnatural relationship with cult leader Miscavige.
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Many people who have done the bidding of Miscavige over the past three decades, including myself, have blown the whistle on his unlawful and violent behavior during the past three years.
Let me assure you that the public at large will forgive you at once the moment you make a clean break.
It might be a bitter pill to swallow, but as the founder of your religion once noted, quinine tastes terrible, but if you have malaria, you sure don’t think twice about drinking it.
Leave the Kool-Aid, take the quinine.
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BY MARK ‘MARTY’ RATHBUN
For the last eight years of my service to corporate Scientology, while carrying out other executive duties, I also served as the personal counselor to Tom Cruise.
I participated in Scientology Inc. supreme leader David Miscavige’s meddling in Cruise’s first two marriages with Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman. (Miscavige is Cruise's best friend and was best man at his wedding to Katie Holmes in 2006.)
I know the players involved, and it’s clear to me that Cruise has capitulated this time around. That’s how I read the joint statement issued Monday by Cruise and Holmes. He’s not trying to have complete control of their 6-year-old daughter, Suri, and her upbringing, though that’s certainly what he wanted.
It’s a very coded statement, especially when they say they are going to respect each other’s beliefs. That is not allowed in Scientology. He’s prohibited from respecting others’ beliefs if he’s going to raise Suri in Scientology. There’s no neutral ground.
I think Holmes was in the dominating position, and she got what she wanted in this divorce. I don’t think they would have settled in such short order if that wasn’t the case.
It happened because of the media’s laser focus on the issue of Scientology Inc. and Cruise's close relationship with Miscavige.
I personally witnessed how Miscavige inserted himself between Cruise and his first two wives, and there was every indication he had done the same with Holmes.
A contested divorce proceeding would have shined a spotlight on that and would have irreparably damaged the image of Scientology, Miscavige and Cruise.
They were called out on Scientology’s child indoctrination practices and harassment tactics over the past several days. With those weapons exposed, there was no other means available for Scientology Inc. to practice its dark arts. They couldn’t intimidate and bully Holmes any longer.
That’s why last week I publicly advised Cruise to concede primary custody of Suri to her mother. On Sunday, I published a prediction on my blog, markrathbun.wordpress.com, that Cruise and Miscavige would attempt to quickly settle with Holmes, conceding primary custody of Suri while issuing a statement that would attempt to portray a different outcome.
It appears Cruise made my prediction come to fruition.
I will impart one more piece of advice: No matter what else happens, wake up and terminate the abusive, manipulative relationship you have been carrying on with David Miscavige through your three unsuccessful marriages.
I think that if you look at it objectively, you will find that your problem with marriage has been your unhealthy and unnatural relationship with cult leader Miscavige.
Many people who have done the bidding of Miscavige over the past three decades, including myself, have blown the whistle on his unlawful and violent behavior during the past three years.
Let me assure you that the public at large will forgive you at once the moment you make a clean break.
It might be a bitter pill to swallow, but as the founder of your religion once noted, quinine tastes terrible, but if you have malaria, you sure don’t think twice about drinking it.
Leave the Kool-Aid, take the quinine.
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