David Miscavige
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Miscavige in 2011
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April 30, 1960 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Michele Miscavige |
| Relatives | Jenna Miscavige Hill (niece) |
| Website | davidmiscavige |
| Religion | Scientology |
| Church | Church of Scientology |
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Offices held
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Captain of the Sea Org |
| Title | Chairman of the Board, Religious Technology Center |
David Miscavige (/ˌmɪsˈkævədʒ/; born April 30, 1960) is the leader of the Church of Scientology. His official title is Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center (RTC), a corporation that controls the trademarks and copyrights of Dianetics and Scientology.
Miscavige was a deputy to church founder L. Ron Hubbard (a "Commodore's messenger") while he was a teenager. He rose to a leadership position by the early 1980s and was named Chairman of the Board of RTC in 1987. Official church biographies describe Miscavige as "the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion" and celebrate his accomplishments, including obtaining recognition as a tax-favored charity by the US Internal Revenue Service, issuing restored and corrected editions of the works of L. Ron Hubbard and undertaking a program of new or remodeled churches and related facilities.
Since he assumed his leadership position, there have been a number of allegations made against Miscavige. These include claims of forced separation of family members, coercive fundraising practices, harassment of journalists and church critics, and humiliation of church staff members, including physical assaults upon them by Miscavige. Miscavige and church spokespersons deny the majority of these claims, often criticizing the credibility of those who bring them.
David Miscavige was born in 1960 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia area to the Roman Catholic Polish-Italian family of Ron and Loretta Miscavige, the youngest of their four children. Miscavige was raised in Willingboro Township, New Jersey. He attended high school at Marple Newtown. As a child, he suffered from asthma and severe allergies. He played baseball and football. His father, a trumpet player, became interested in Scientology, and he sent Miscavige to see a Scientologist. According to both father and son, a 45-minute Dianetics session cured his ailments.
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