They only read the reports and listened to the brags and never looked... (from LRH in KSW 1)

or

C of M's own address list is short by 7,067 addresses

The Church of Miscavige claims that it has, under the leadership of the little man "achieved an unprecedented level of expansion in the twenty-first century, including some 8,500 Churches, Missions and affiliated groups across 165 nations." Ex-Int staff claim the C of M is shrinking since 20 years and that those at Int were aware of it.

I've never been at Int and though I am aware (first-hand knowledge) of a number of (formerly booming but now) struggling orgs and missions, I simply wanted to see what the C of M is counting for orgs, missions and groups.
I ended up searching for an address list because if one thing is difficult to find, it is an address list (and so it must be difficult to find an org, mission or group). Addresses seem to be a well-hidden secret.

The more I looked the worse it got.

Just to make it perfectly clear, I only looked at official Scientology websites (no "entheta", "anti", "SP", "disaffected" or "outside the Church" sites).

Everybody (including Scientologists in good standing) may and should visit these sites and look for themselves.

I have composed a file containing everything I found. Originally I planned to make this file available for download but decided against it as all you would look at was my report. However, I wish you to look at those sites for yourself. To make it simple and quick for you (and it was anything but quick for me) I'll give you a few hints on what to look for.

These are the websites included in my search:
scientology.org (official Scientology website)
rtc.org (RTC website)
http://www.locator.scientology.org/scn/  (Global Org and Mission Locator)
http://www.volunteerministers.org/locate/ui/ (Global VM Locator)
http://www.appliedscholastics.org/global_locator/ (Applied Scholastics Global Locator)
http://www.hubbardcollege.org/ (Hubbard College of Administration International)
http://www.wise.org/en_US/membership/about/pg004.html (WISE International)
http://www.able.org/contact/global-locator (ABLE International Global Locator)
http://www.criminon.org/  (Criminon)
http://www.thewaytohappiness.org/#/home (TWTH Foundation)
http://www.scientologytoday.org/around-the-world/index.htm (called "Scientology Today", an OSA Int website)

And here are the results:

Official Scientology Website
www.scientology.org

Every (latest version) book says at the end (on the page titled ADDRESSES):

To obtain more information or to locate the Church nearest you, visit the Scientology website: www.scientology.org

Please do! There is a search field - and search your heart out.

THERE IS NOT A SINGLE ADDRESS LISTED ANYWHERE.

A total ZERO when it comes to "finding an org". Not even Idle Orgs are included - just a total nothing.

(After this article was published I was alerted to a link I had missed at the very bottom of each page of this site. This link is called "Locations." However, as it merely links to the Global Mission and Org Locator covered next it has no affect on any of the points made in this article. - George)

Global Mission and Org Locator
http://www.locator.scientology.org/scn/

Next came this OP (for those not fluent in Scientology abbreviations and terminology: an OP is an Overt Product and is a description of something "produced" that is useless or even damaging).

Check it out and search for a few locations.

Sorry folks, there is no "list all" button - you have to go by location! And this turned out to be a handy way to confuse - or to camouflage a hole.

• First thing you notice is that it always gives you a list from A to T (i.e. 20 names), regardless what you search for.
• Search for a city you know only has a single org - you still get 20 names, filled with whatever is handy.
• If you believe it simply provides a list of the 20 closest to farthest orgs and mission - click on what you find and watch the locations on the map - the listing is random.
• The listing is limited to 20 names, even if you search for "missions" or "orgs" (which is not linked to a specific location).
• Search for a large area (such as "USA", "Europe", "Russia") where more than 20 orgs, missions and groups exist. Again, the listing is complete random and arbitrary.

• Click on any of the orgs and chances are (my guess is at least 90%) will say "News coming soon." Oddly enough that even applies to the Idle Orgs listed - sorry folks, the listing is not intuitive and you do have to do a little searching.
• You will notice a few RSS feeds - again, this is not very exciting as each one produces more or less the same (global) listings.

• The global locator is incredible in how it breaks down address lists - the only country I know of that refers to locations by "states" is the USA. Well, play a bit with it and look how many choices you have. Ever heard of a state or province named "P.A.C.A." anywhere? Well, you probably didn't know it was in France. What about "Prest"? You flunked again! Supposedly it is located in Hungary (wrong - it's part of the City of Budapest - see Wikipedia). Could also be that this Locator-thingy is a (confusing and camouflaging) pest.

• Play around with the various countries and what you find under provinces and see the obvious duplicates for yourself.
• See how many individuals are listed as a "group". Personally, I know of a number of individuals listed that do absolutely nothing in the field of Applied Scholastics or Study Tech, including a teacher that is separately listed from the school that teacher works for. Doesn't that make 2 groups out of one? Please note: I have not deleted these questionable entries - I only have removed what was obviously a duplicate because the details were the same down to e-mail address and phone number.
• Note the contrary fact between the ABLE locator (on Study Tech groups - 492) and the Applied Scholastics locator (more than 800).

Summary

The scientology.org site says (http://www.scientology.org/david-miscavige.html)

"In that capacity [as COB RTC] Mr. Miscavige has redefined the term “religious leader” to fit the tasks necessary to direct a truly unique, contemporary religion—a religion born in the twentieth century, which has achieved an unprecedented level of expansion in the twenty-first century, including some 8,500 Churches, Missions and affiliated groups across 165 nations"

By the as-exact-as-possible count described above we get:

8,500   orgs, missions and groups (according to the official claim)
1   well, you have to add at least "one" for "more than 8,500)

MINUS

1,434   actually found addresses on OFFICIAL SCIENTOLOGY WEBSITES

RESULT:

7,067  missing addresses for orgs, missions and groups
That is 83% bullshit; "a gross and blatant lie" (whopper).

To Tommy Davis

It is a certainty that OSA is monitoring this site. So, you or some OSA staff will certainly read it, check its validity (that would truly appreciated) and know. Please, take this as a Knowledge Report about something that needs to be corrected so that people can find an org, mission or group.

What will you do once you found this out? Or do you already know?

Say on TV that this count is totally and utterly false? A willful twist to smear the good name of the good church and its good leader. Bring on 100 signed affidavits saying that the C of M actually does have "more than 8,500 orgs, missions and groups"?

Or will you simply go down to Addresso Int (a unit within the C of M that keeps the addresses of every member, org, mission and group world wide), ask it to press the button and have the full listing of orgs, missions and groups in 10 seconds?

If so, two scenarios are possible:

1. You do have more than 8,500 addresses. In this case, I am sure, you will run back up to OSA Int, go to the Internet Unit (which is a part of OSA Int) and have that list put online in 5 minutes. Well done and thanks.
2. Well, now the worst-case scenario: you are short a "few" names. What will you do? Be honest and post what you have and correct that figure (yikes, it is right in the middle of a most flowery description of dear leader; ... and .... he did say the ... "big" .... figure at international events too, ... didn't he? Well ... hm ... I feel for you). In this case you may ask him (you do have a direct line to Him (capitalization intended), don't you?) - well, ask him to please send you the addresses of the missing orgs, missions and groups that you (meaning "everybody below Him") missed to record during that "explosive and unprecedented expansion". Or would this be "presenting a real problem?"

Read Mission Earth again... I mean that part (at the end) where Soltan Gris contemplated on how his entire life could have been different if he simply had been honest when Jettero Heller asked him (at the beginning of the book) what he really was up to (yes, it was in a prison).

Regardless what you do, at least fix up these Dis-Locators. They are anything but a promotion to Scientology. And have the lists coordinated between the different sites, please. It's all handled within the Internet Unit in OSA Int anyway, isn't it (I'm asking because I am merely assuming here).

To help you get honest, here's also something intended

For Scientologists ("in good standing")

For the Media, Anderson and the likes

PS:

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