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Scientology has emerged into the 21st century as
the fastest growing religious movement on Earth.

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With more than 11,000 churches, missions
and groups around the world,

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Scientology is expanding more rapidly today
than at any time in its history.

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Leading Scientology’s international congregation

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is the ecclesiastical leader of the religion,
Mr. David Miscavige.

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Under his leadership, Scientology is accomplishing
the aims and goals of its Founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

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Over the last decade,

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the Church of Scientology opened dozens of
new churches in major cities across the globe.

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These new churches,
referred to as “Ideal Orgs,”

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fulfill the ideal standard established by
Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard.

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To achieve this standard in
Scientology churches the world over,

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Mr. Miscavige saw to the establishment of
the International Landlord office

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and personally supervises
the development of each new Ideal Org;

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Overseeing building selection,

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design,

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space planning,

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staff training

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and all the myriad details
that make a Scientology church ideal.

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And ultimately signifying the completion
of each new Ideal Org –

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Mr. Miscavige opens its doors
to the world.

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In the last decade alone, more than 40 new
ideal churches have opened across 6 continents.

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These new ideal churches were established

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with the aim of bringing the benefits of
Dianetics and Scientology

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to peoples of all nations and all languages.

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Ideal Orgs provide parishioners
with a place to receive such benefits

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through Scientology religious services,

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while serving as a point of coordination and
outreach for church-sponsored programs

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to help people in their community.

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Many of the Ideal Org buildings
are themselves historical monuments –

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which the Church respectfully restores,
by preserving and honoring the local heritage.

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The latest new ideal church to be added
is Sydney, Australia.

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So significant is the opening of an Ideal Church
of Scientology to its surrounding community

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the events are attended by religious leaders,
scholars, elected officials and local luminaries.

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Moreover, as the leader of the international
Scientology congregation,

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Mr. Miscavige meets with local parishioners,
and church staff and executives

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to review future planning.

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Ideal churches in cultural epicenters
across the globe - drive one purpose –

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to make Scientology available
and accessible all over the world.

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To facilitate rapid church expansion,

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came the establishment of Scientology’s
international Dissemination and Distribution Center.

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Printing, manufacturing, and shipping materials
needed to open and maintain Scientology churches,

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the 185,000 square-foot facility in Los Angeles
plays a central role in the religion’s rapid expansion.

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The Dissemination Center equips every ideal church
with custom-designed audio-visual systems

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used in each location’s public information center
and for hosting seminars and community meetings.

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And its computerized custom mill is dedicated to
producing all signature Ideal Org elements.

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Here is state of the art,
computer-aided fabrication

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capable of equipping a new Ideal Org
every ten days.

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This is also where the uniforms for the church staff
and executives are customized and delivered.

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The Dissemination Center produces materials that
keep Parishioners in over 160 nations informed,

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and magazines in 18 languages to answer
the public’s interest in Scientology.

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It is also from here that the church is able to provide
materials for the growing number of volunteers

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engaged in the many humanitarian initiatives
the Church sponsors around the world –

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producing all the informational
and educational materials

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needed to support the Church’s
humanitarian initiatives,

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making them available to schools,
civic groups, government,

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law enforcement and private sector
institutions in 18 languages.

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These initiatives include the world’s largest

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nongovernmental drug education
and prevention program.

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The Truth About Drugs campaign has distributed over
60 million drug awareness booklets in 188 nations;

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the largest nongovernmental
human rights initiative,

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which has educated nearly a million people
on their inalienable rights;

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and a global campaign to foster morality reaching
more than a hundred million people worldwide.

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Spurring the Church’s global expansion –

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the completion of a monumental project to catalog
and certify the religion’s scripture,

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a project spanning 3 decades and involving
millions of hours of work –

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and coordinated by Mr. Miscavige, personally.

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This was carried out
under the banner of two projects:

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First, Golden Age of Knowledge,
completed in 2009,

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capped more than 25 years of research,
recovery, restoration and verification

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of all manuscripts and recorded lectures
from Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard.

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Then, Golden Age of Tech Phase II,

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another massive project directed by
Church Founder, L. Ron Hubbard,

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to ensure the standard application
of all Scientology scriptural material.

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And to provide this same technology
across multiple borders,

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it is now being made available
in over 50 languages.

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To meet the global demand, Mr. Miscavige also saw
to the establishment of a wholly unique facility

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building the world’s first fully digital
publishing house

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with cutting-edge book printing
and binding technology,

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CD manufacturing capability for
the mass reproduction of recorded lectures,

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quick and economical automated packaging

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and all manufactured to answer the need for
these materials in even the most remote lands.

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The state of the art facility was conceived,
built and operates with one purpose:

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to disseminate the works of L. Ron Hubbard
as broadly as possible.

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The production of these materials,

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representing more than 24 million words
and some 2,500 recorded lectures

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signified the monumental completion of projects
directed by the Church’s Founder

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to ensure the purity, availability and longevity
of the religion into perpetuity.

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Mr. Miscavige announced the accomplishment over
the course of a three day religious convocation

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to more than 10,000 Scientologists at Flag,
Scientology’s spiritual headquarters,

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igniting an unprecedented surge in expansion
across the Scientology landscape.

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To ensure the correct application of
Scientology’s religious technology

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in its ideal churches around the world,

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Golden Age of Tech Phase II also entailed the
largest training program in Scientology history.

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At its completion, certificates were conferred
on more than a thousand ecclesiastical staff,

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coming from every Church of Scientology
across 37 nations.

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The historic weekend was crowned by
the grand opening of the new Scientology Cathedral

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signifying the culmination of a decade of
extraordinary and unprecedented expansion.

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The completion of the
377,000 square-foot Flag Building,

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also marks a decade of planning,
design and construction

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under Mr. Miscavige’s supervision
to carry out the Founder’s objective –

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resulting in a place where L. Ron Hubbard’s vision

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for a Spiritual Mecca for the Scientology religion
has now been realized.

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Today, at any given time, thousands of
Scientologists from around the world

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are advancing on the path to spiritual
enlightenment at the new Flag Cathedral.

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This is but a glimpse of Scientology today.

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As the religion continues to grow and expand,

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its churches service burgeoning communities of
Scientologists around the world,

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and introduce more and more people to
Dianetics and Scientology every day.

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Through sponsorship of human rights,
drug awareness and social betterment programs,

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Churches of Scientology also bring together
and help, the people of the communities they serve,

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fulfilling L. Ron Hubbard’s legacy

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and representing the fastest-growing,
most dynamic religious movement on Earth.