OperatingDonkeyIV
Patron with Honors
A celeb this guy was certainly in the U.S., quarterback John Brodie. I find this piece from Sports Illustrated very entertaining (and true), it is almost 40 years old. The first half deals with $cientology, SI bluntly calls it a cult:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1085331/index.htm
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1085331/index.htm