Hey Gen,
I know where you are coming from on both of these instances you posted. As has been mentioned on this thread, we were all part of the game, and whether aware of it or intentional or not, having a different persepective on it as time goes by, can be a bit of a bitch when it first hits you and you can't turn back the clock.
Well I'm sorry to the gentleman who didn't want to sign up for any more auditing, whose house David Bloomberg and I visited and virtually broke into and man-handled him back to the reg to get him to sign up for more auditing. He was eating his breakfast of mince on toast, and we wouldn't even let him finish his breakfast.
He signed up for another 25 hours and we thought we were doing him a favour.
Sorry. I can't remember your name, but I'm very very sorry.
I did a similar cycle when my partner in crime and I were helping the AO go St Hill size.
I was ED of Sydney Day at the time. At nights and weekends for the last couple of weeks before target date, we were in the AO working with Sandy Wilhere the mission I/C, Moana (the Captain) and the reg'es (Rob, Anita and Co).
Sandy hadn't been sleeping at all, and she was carrying the world on her shoulders. Prior to this time, she had backed me up big time in regard to SO terminals who were trying to by-pass me on running the org. On her prior visits to ANZO I didn't like her at all (or I fell out with her on several issues), but on this visit she had been a saving grace for sure, and her influence got some mothers off my back.
I wanted the AO to reach the St Hill size target, but honestly though, my motivation to help was more about supporting her.
The pressure was huge, it was the last day (Wednesday evening), and the GI was short. We had a better comm line with those in the field than the reg'es did, and if anyone could pull it off, it would be us.
We mocked up a cycle, and headed off to the blue mountains at about 12.30am. We got to our destination at about 2am, and woke up an unsuspecting couple. We laid it all on the line - our desperation in regard to the AO target, his 'need' for NOTS, etc. They weren't ready to do the cycle, but we pushed the point. Because of the respect they had for us, and our persistence, they gave in and agreed to do the cycle.
On the drive home, we talked about it. We didn't feel the best, but we justified it all the way back I think.
That couple know who they are. I don't know if you they are still on lines or not, but if and when they ever get to read this, I want them to know that I am truly sorry for what went down that night, and that it's fair enough if they are still pissed off with us about it.
I'm also sorry to the two little girls who were nieces of a man I was auditing. This man was sexually molesting the girls who were 1 and 3 at the time he was receiving auditing. I had to fly his ruds extensively before each auditing process, as he was committing overts in PT.
I was never told not to audit him, and I'm sorry I didn't fight this. I'm sorry I didn't tell the Director of Tech Services to go fuck herself, and report this guy to the police.
I often think about those wee girls and how they fared in life. They would be in their late 20s now. I'm probably the sorriest about this than about anything else in the whole world.
I remember this. I know you were quite disturbed about it at the time, that you had a major dilemma about it, and at the time, whichever action you took would have been an 'overt'. I think it was the same at the time for the C/S - priest penitent privilege stuff, 'we deliver what we promise' etc. From our current perspective it all seems clear now, but as they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing. The fact remains though, that while he may have been refused auditing, you (just like a Catholic priest) wouldn't have had the right to notify the authorities.
Realize that the statute of limitations doesn't apply to this stuff. There are individuals who are now out, who are willing to speak up. There are a few cases that have been brought to light in recent times. While this case that you have mentioned was not a 'cover up' (so to speak) by you or the C/S, it may well have been one of the cases that was a 'cover-up' on the part of OSA, which is something that there is intent on dealing with. While that won't or didn't prevent the girls from further harm, at least getting this stuff out in the open, could well help prevent future protection of paedophiles by the CofS.
Love,
Carmel
