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Cross Post from WWP:
https://whyweprotest.net/threads/a-...narconon-must-be-stopped.128577/#post-2543246
Over the past few days, I have received messages from three ex-Narconon students, including two attempted suicides.
This came in two days ago while I was proof-reading a book chapter:
My book 'Roller Coaster Out of Hell' will be published August 2015 once final edits and proof-reading is finished. Here is an unedited excerpt from a chapter that's being worked on today:
https://whyweprotest.net/threads/a-...narconon-must-be-stopped.128577/#post-2543246
Over the past few days, I have received messages from three ex-Narconon students, including two attempted suicides.
This came in two days ago while I was proof-reading a book chapter:
My book 'Roller Coaster Out of Hell' will be published August 2015 once final edits and proof-reading is finished. Here is an unedited excerpt from a chapter that's being worked on today:
Messages to me from a young Mom – ex-Narconon staff member. (Name of deceased changed to “Johnny” in consideration of innocent child, and name of mother changed to Melody).
'Even though leaving the center was probably one of the best decisions I have made in my life, I just was glad I was out of there. I found a new job and realized what a real work place is. No backstabbing, arguing all the time, writing other people up, and games - well you know it. I was talking to my new boss wondering why I stayed there so long. Looking back, I can't understand. It was for the students obviously, but still something was wrong.
When Johnny died, I blamed the drug. He did many rehabs including 12 steps and he really believed NN was the answer. Before he went back to the center last time, he tried to commit suicide. I called the cops on him. He ended up in psychiatry. Then he was released to a homeless shelter because I did not take him back. He absolutely wanted to get back to the center. I tried to tell him that any rehab would help, he could maybe try something else, but he really wanted to go to NN and he went for free.
'I was thankful because he believed in it and he was safe. Then, I knew exactly when he relapsed. Called him at lunch and he did not answer - never heard from him personally ever again. I heard he was living at Kyle's but I did not even bother to go kick the shit out of them. I just had enough. Then I heard one morning at the tech meeting from James (I think) that they called the cops on him the night before because of a gun. Then my brother called to say the cops went to his workplace with Johnny’s picture looking for him stating he was dangerous and armed.
I emailed his ex-wife to let her know what he was up to in case he tried to get in touch with her. He did and I knew he was in Ontario. Didn't know he still had the gun and then the rest is history. I personally never talked about it at work because I had to be strong for me and my son and if I talked about it I would cry. I started to stop believing in the program, but wanted to fight addiction so much. Anyways it caught up with me. When I left I was 27 and felt like 40 years old.'
So, this vulnerable young man was known by Narconon staff executives to be suicidal and in fact attempted to take his own life on an earlier occasion before he went back to the center the last time, and tried to commit suicide.
On April 18, 2012, Le Nouvelliste newspaper confirmed more unconscionable Narconon practices of admitting patients with suicidal tendencies and “serious problems of a psychiatric nature.”
'Sylvain Bérard, the Ethics Officer, said that Narconon had already been experiencing financial problems for some time, to such an extent that, in recent months, the organization had even been admitting clients with more serious problems of a psychiatric nature.'
'Some of these cases weren't admissible to the program because it requires cutting off their medication. But the administration chose to keep them anyway. There were several instances of attempted suicide during the past few months. By law, immediate medical assistance should have been provided, but management decided to keep these persons without calling for an ambulance,'says the former employee.'
'His colleague, Julie Ann Pagé remembers a female resident who, less than ten days earlier, made at least two suicide attempts in one day, but she was not referred to a hospital. Ms. Pagé says that incidents like this were blamed on the employees for supposedly 'not delivering enough.'
'We had no right to have a personal opinion. The only thing that mattered was their teaching of Scientology. Don't do to others what you wouldn't want them to do to you. This was one of their internal rules, but they themselves don't apply it. They have no respect for us or for the residents,' says Sylvie Houde. We’re playing with people’s lives,' adds Julie Ann Pagé.'
There was no patient aftercare program in place – at least not one that was based on therapeutic science. If a patient is having troubles or relapsed, they are instructed to apply some of the Scientology Training Routines, policies and doctrines they learned and were subject to while in the program.
Of course, as usual, all these horrific events are hushed up by executives. Even with my dorm wing nearly full to capacity with students at various stages of the program, I heard nothing about the ‘death by gun’ until after I escaped.
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You wouldn't want to see the many edits I have to make in almost every post, right after I've hit the Send button. 
