The Stop Scientology Disconnection Project

MISSING: Mike Jones. Last Seen at Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles.

This came across my Twitter feed from some trusted sources.

https://twitter.com/reddit88008/status/689606919892271104

https://www.reddit.com/r/scientolog...ing_mike_jones_last_seen_at_celebrity_centre/



From the Reddit thread:

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[–]bagginsforsure 2 points an hour ago

Is this a joke? Does anyone know more? :/

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[–]ellaraitchscn4stadtech 2 points an hour ago*
I don't know much, but it sounds like a case of disconnection. Sad.
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[–]bagginsforsure 2 points an hour ago
Indeed.
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[–]ellaraitchscn4stadtech 2 points an hour ago

Looks like this is legit. The guy's father posts at the Underground Bunker under the handle Sid, and is ex-Scn himself. There is a medical emergency in the family and they are desperate to reach their son.
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[–]bagginsforsure 3 points 58 minutes ago
Thank you. "Church." What a joke.
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[–]ellaraitchscn4stadtech 2 points 41 minutes ago

Can you imagine facing the end of your life and not knowing if your kids are OK? I'm panicking a little just thinking about it. Fuck this shit.
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[–]bagginsforsure 2 points 34 minutes ago
Unfortunately I can imagine a version of what he/she must be going through as I have lost my biological family to scn disconnection policy. I don't know a bit about this family but compassion isn't going to come from scn management in L.A. I hope the police and media are involved very quickly to move things along.
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Miss Tia:

https://twitter.com/misstia/status/689587433457917952

Just saw this:http://tonyortega.org/2016/01/19/wh...st-about-getting-rich-by-creating-a-religion/

Tony Ortega has a follow-up on this story.

Willie and Phil Jones — on a mission to defeat disconnection (2nd story)

http://tonyortega.org/2016/02/05/sc...nd-heres-proof-starring-leah-reminis-husband/

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Last night, Karen de la Carriere posted on Facebook a statement by Willie Jones who, with her husband Phil (known as “Sid” in the Bunker), has made a trip to Los Angeles to try and reconnect with their son and daughter, who each work in Scientology’s Sea Org.

Recently, we wrote about how that activity kicked up a threat letter by Scientology’s attorney Bert Deixler. (Karen was sent one, and so were Phil and Willie.) In that story, we explained that the Joneses are working with Sirens Media on a television series about Scientology. Willie explains a little more here, from the Facebook post, and we thought you’d want to see it.

My name is Willie Jones. Most of you will know my other half, Phil Jones, AKA Sid. He’s a trouble maker but I adore him to pieces! We have been together for 43 years and have three kids, five grandchildren and one great grandchild on the way. Two of our children are in the Sea org and one was never really in. Our son who was never in, David, has given us all the grandkids. Bless his heart!

Emily Jones our daughter currently works at ASI. Before that she worked as David Miscavage’s personal assistant for ten plus years and travelled everywhere with him. Our oldest son is Mike Jones has worked at Celebrity Center for almost twenty years. Both have completely given their entire adult life to the service of the Sea Org. They both joined the sea org for the “right” reason, which was to save the planet, and for that reason I am proud of them. Unfortunately, they have been completely taken over by the church and have disconnected from us. I don’t blame them for doing so. As most of you already know, the programming goes very deep. For all those who have struggled to come to grips with what has done to them and how difficult it can be to sort through, I feel your pain! It is why we fight!

I am not going to go into our whole life story but suffice it to say, our story is most likely similar to your own. I will say however, that even though we have basically been out for more than ten years, we recently changed our operating basis.

We, like many others, played by the churches rules. We stayed quiet, didn’t make any waves and put a smile on our faces just to stay in contact with Emily and Mike. It only took a facebook friend who had been declared (that we did not want to disconnect from) to start us on the road to having our lives turned upside down. We have not seen our SP declare but have been notified that our only terminal is the IJC. We have not had contact with our children going on two years now. Believe me, we have tried.

We went from being good little boys and girls to roaring lions! Turning the kids against us was a bad idea! You may have seen some of the noise we have made on Tony’s blog and Karen’s posts. Well you ain’t seen nothin yet! We have only just begun to fight!

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I knew both Phil and Willie slightly. I am so glad to see they have left the cult. I am not glad that they have two children disconnected from them.

Phil and Willie struck me as pretty nice and decent people at the time I also in the cult. I do notice that they still use combinations of words that I associate with Scientologists, (''operating basis''), but I am sure even that will be dropped sooner or later.

I am so pleased to see long time Scientologists leave. I hope their kids leave soon as well but it doesn't look good. My thoughts go out to them. Give them hell, Phil and Willie.

Well, it seems obvious that Karen de la Carriere lied when she said she had nothing to do with the Jones on that article on TO's site about she receiving a letter from the cult attorneys.

Liar that lie. Fucking "scientologists"

Phil and Willie Jones are crowdfunding for a billboard on Hollywood Boulevard

By Tony Ortega, February 28, 2016

Phil Jones, known as “Sid” here at the Bunker, has been kicking up a fuss at Scientology’s Los Angeles facilities lately. He and his wife Willie are former church members who are determined to see their children, Mike and Emily, who are still in Scientology and have disconnected from them. Scientology attorneys recently sent a cease-and-desist order to Phil and Willie after they put up “Missing” posters of Mike around the Hollywood Celebrity Centre, and even brought a television film crew with them.

Now, they plan to go really big with their missing person sign. They’re trying to raise $8,200 at a GoFundMe page and website so they can put up a billboard on Hollywood Boulevard. And it will target disconnection in general, so it won’t only be about their two kids.

“I usually don’t like fund raising,” Phil tells us. “But we want to step things up a bit in trying to get the kids back.”

Wow. We wish them luck.

http://tonyortega.org/2016/02/28/er...-rod-kellers-scientology-social-media-review/

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

They're almost to their target of $8200.

They had raised $1500 in 12 hours of fundraising when I checked earlier today - shortly after today's installment from TO had been posted.

Now, 8 hours later and 20 hours into their fundraiser, they have raised about $6000.

This is a bit late, but I figure there is no harm in doing my standard cross-post from ESMB.

Go Fund Me for Stop Scientology Disconnection Billboard on Hollywood Boulevard.

I saw this before on Twitter, but Tony Ortega has a succinct story.

Phil and Willie Jones are crowdfunding for a billboard on Hollywood Boulevard

http://tonyortega.org/2016/02/28/er...-rod-kellers-scientology-social-media-review/

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Phil Jones, known as “Sid” here at the Bunker, has been kicking up a fuss at Scientology’s Los Angeles facilities lately. He and his wife Willie are former church members who are determined to see their children, Mike and Emily, who are still in Scientology and have disconnected from them. Scientology attorneys recently sent a cease-and-desist order to Phil and Willie after they put up “Missing” posters of Mike around the Hollywood Celebrity Centre, and even brought a television film crew with them.

Now, they plan to go really big with their missing person sign. They’re trying to raise $8,200 at a GoFundMe page and website so they can put up a billboard on Hollywood Boulevard. And it will target disconnection in general, so it won’t only be about their two kids.

“I usually don’t like fund raising,” Phil tells us. “But we want to step things up a bit in trying to get the kids back.”

Wow. We wish them luck.

UPDATE: Mike Rinder messaged us to point out that the middle of the three women wearing “Crap Nebula” T-shirts is ASI employee Emily Jones.

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EDITED TO ADD:

The update from Mike Rinder refers to this picture. The woman in the middle is Emily Jones.



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Go Fund Me: Stop Scientology Disconnection
https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily



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Website: Stop Scientology Disconnection
http://stopscientologydisconnection.com/

As many will recall, Kate has also suffered as a result of Scientology Disconnection.

https://twitter.com/katebornstein/status/704012310831038464

Some comments from the Go Fund Me page.

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

GOAL MET.

Nice!

Billboard decrying Scientology ‘disconnection’ will be going up on Hollywood Blvd

Tony Ortega, February 29, 2016

What a way to celebrate Leap Day. Early this morning, Phil and Willie Jones’ project to put an anti-disconnection billboard on Hollywood Boulevard reached its funding goal, and now Phil tells us that he’ll quickly get the papers filed to make the sign a reality.

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"I am so grateful to so many people, all of whom care so much, and many who are embroiled in their own disconnection situations,” Phil tells us. “One thing I learned, of myself, is that this has grown bigger than Willie and me. Someone asked what we’d do if we got a call saying the kids would reconnect if we dropped the billboard. As heartbreaking as all of this has been I would not be able to desert the others. I didn’t hesitate. I would not accept any terms on this other than that which would include ALL of those who suffer from the abuse of Scientology disconnection. We are in it to the end.”

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Said Phil in the comments yesterday: “I had tears of joy when I saw how much support we’re getting on the billboard, and had a bit of a lump in my throat when I saw Emily in the photo from the Long Beach Comic Expo post. I wish I would have known she was there. I’d have gone to try to see her. Well, the billboard, and other things in the works, and we’ll make some noise. Maybe they’ll hear us.”

http://tonyortega.org/2016/02/29/bi...onnection-will-be-going-up-on-hollywood-blvd/

I wonder.how many billboards Slappy is trying to book right now to attempt to block it?

love this SO much
Need one in Clearwater!!!!

Patheos: Billboard Criticizing Scientology’s “Disconnection” Policy Will Soon Go Up in Los Angeles

http://www.particlenews.com/n/025joY1F?original=true

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We talk a lot on this site about the idea of Disfellowshipping, where Jehovah’s Witnesses require followers to shun people who have left the faith, even if it’s their own children.

Scientology has something similar. It’s called Disconnection and it, too, has torn apart countless numbers of families.

But as of this morning, a fundraising campaign for a “Stop Scientology Disconnection” billboard on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles has reached its goal of $8,200:


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Suddenly out of nowhere, three new domains were registered while people were discussing the billboard idea on the phone...

https://twitter.com/LeahRemini/status/704136058481455104

An Independent Scientologist responds to the campaign.

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

Wah wah wah

Your concerns and whining have been considered

and discarded for faggotry

Poor Dave still in Hubbard's grip.
Wake up and smell the entheta and realize your beloved Hubbard is the one who wrote the policy that was never cancelled.

Anyways...... can you imagine these billboards in different languages too?

????

https://twitter.com/IndieScieNews/status/704770641287880704

https://twitter.com/IndieScieNews/status/704773680694468609

Clamdom or the good guys?

Privacy protected.

But the good guys behind the sign, who registered theirs a week later, didn't do it. So my guess is Clamdom.

If it was CoS, and they did have advance notice of this plan, then registering those domains breaks the fourth wall of covert ops: You never expose your operation for something valueless like registering three parked domains.

CoS doesn't seem to understand that parked domains are irrelevant. They don't change any search engine results. Whatever domain is used for the sign project becomes the relevant domain due to the content.

DONE DEAL: Contract signed and date set for billboard about Scientology disconnection

By Tony Ortega, March 2, 2016

Excerpt:

“We’ve signed and secured the billboard location for three months. I have the final artwork and it will be forwarded on to the billboard company this week,” Phil tells us. “I also secured an option for an additional three months on the billboard. We have 30 days to exercise the option, so we’d have to come up with the money by then. We already have some of it since we went over the target on our fund raising, so we probably need about $6,500 more. Once the dust settles I’ll get a more exact figure.”

Phil also mentioned that GoFundMe had some problems with some of the smaller donations that people pledged which included joke names. Some of them did go through, so it wasn’t a consistent problem. But if you want your donation to go through without a problem, Phil asks that you either use your real name or “anonymous.”

Phil tells us that he’s hoping to make an event of the billboard’s launch, and he has a date secured.

http://tonyortega.org/2016/03/02/do...or-billboard-about-scientology-disconnection/

Damn, this is so good, I might chip in.

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

Still whoosh
And over my head

(But just in case I was being rebuked, my response had been to the independent scilon)

It should .
But I hope she donated too. How much would just one session of auditing (for having come across such entheta ) have cost?

https://www.gofundme.com/reconnectingfamily

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