Declaration of Keith Scott

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Gerald Armstrong
715 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
San Anselmo, CA 94960
(415) 456-8450
In Pro pria Persona

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, a California not-for-profit
religious corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

GERALD ARMSTRONG; MICHAEL WALTON; THE GERALD ARMSTRONG CORPORATION a California for-profit
corporation; DOES 1 through 100, inclusive,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 157 680

DECLARATION OF KEITH SCOTT IN OPPOSITION TO MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION OF 20TH CAUSE OF ACTION; AND 13TH, 16TH, 17TH & 19TH CAUSES OF ACTION OF SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

Date: 4/21/95
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Dept: One
Trial: 5/18/95

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DECLARATION OF KEITH SCOTT

I, Keith Scott, declare:

1. I am over the age of 18 years. I am a resident of the State of California and I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth herein. If called upon as a witness herein I could testify competently thereto.

2. I was an active member of the Church of Scientology from February, 1974 to 1979. I studied its "technical" and "management" policies and I became familiar with its organization structure and many of its practices.

3. I am now a Christian. Along with my wife Shawn I have Christian ministry we call the Cults Awareness Ministry. A vital aspect of my ministry to offer advice born of experience people who are going in or thinking about coming out of Scientology. I do this work from a Christian perspective, using the strength and truths I have gained through my faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I expose the untruths of Scientology and explain the dangers to the spiritual well-being and future of people who follow those untruths rather than the truths of the Word of God.

4. I have known Gerry Armstrong for about two years and have communicated with him a few times during this period. I am familiar with the part he played in bringing many of the untruths of Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard to light. I use the information he made public, where applicable, in advising people who are led to me as a result of their doubts about Scientology. I am familiar with the attacks on him by Scientology to impugn his credibility so his information would

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not be believed. I am familiar with Scientology's attacks on any critic; and this is one aspect of Scientology which is dangerous and which I expose in my ministry.

5. When I first got involved in Scientology, I was a Christian, but a lapsed one. At that time I believed Scientology's public statements that it accepted Christians, had no essential disagreement with the Christian Faith, and that someone could practice both Christianity and Scientology. The farther I went in Scientology, the clearer it became to me that Scientology in its actual practices and policies was anti-Christian. I understood that if I put my faith in God, or if I proclaimed Christ as my personal savior, I would have been considered " PTS Type III," or psychotic.

6. I believe I was saved from the manipulation and mind control of Scientology by the Grace of God recognized through my faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.

7. Only recently did I see the two bulletins appended hereto as Exhibits [A] and [B] respectively, "Routine 3 Heaven," dated May 11, 1963, and "Resistive Cases Former Therapy," dated September 23, 1968. In these bulletins Hubbard asserts that Christ, God and Heaven are implants, designed for the enslavement of man, and that only Scientology can save man from this "religious" slavery. I believe this is a blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and that people led along Scientology's "road to total freedom" to believe these lies and themselves blaspheme the Holy Spirit, are in danger of eternal damnation.

8. Scientology claims to be a religion, and calls its

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practices religious expression, and its management policies and technical bulletins and all other writings about Scientology "scriptures." That may be, for our country permits even the most antisocial organizations to call themselves "religions," and receive ail the benefits of the First Amendment. It is entirely inconsistent, however, that our country, through our courts, can stop anyone from his religious expression, speaking out against the dangers of such-antisocial organizations.

9. To my wife's and my knowledge, harassment of us from Scientology individuals has been minimal. We say "to our knowledge," because we are so aware of the operations done covertly against critics of Scientology. We feel concern that this will change and that we will become targets because of our friendship with Gerry. Even so, we feel compelled to offer our help.

I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed in Arcadia, California, this 5TH day of April, 1995.

[signed]
Keith Scott

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Exhibit [A]
HCOB May 11, AD 13 [1963] ROUTINE 3 HEAVEN © 1963 L. Ron Hubbard

Exhibit [B]
HCOB 23 September 1968 RESISTIVE CASES FORMER THERAPY © 1968 L. Ron Hubbard