Aug. 16, 2005 - David Miscavige

Mr. David Miscavige has a unique role in the Scientology religion. 

Here's what it says in his profile:

David Miscavige is Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center (RTC), a non-profit organization formed in 1982 to preserve, maintain and protect the Scientology religion.

     Religious Technology Center holds the ultimate ecclesiastical authority regarding the standard and pure application of L. Ron Hubbard’s religious technologies. RTC is not part of the management structure of the Church and is not involved in its day-to-day affairs.

     The Chairman of the Board is the most senior position in RTC, and a position for which David Miscavige is uniquely qualified. An active Scientologist for most of his life, he first became a church staff member in 1976 and has since been involved with nearly every aspect of the Church’s activities.

As a young man, Mr. Miscavige studied to become a Scientology minister and for several years delivered spiritual counseling to parishioners. He later worked with Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, helping to produce technical training films and materials for Scientology ministers-in-training. He then progressed to international management with responsibility for the worldwide activities of Church missionaries.

     In the early 1980s, Mr. Miscavige was a leader in reorganizing the corporate structure of the Church and establishing a new and stronger management set-up capable of handling the rapid expansion of the Church and providing future stability.

     Mr. Miscavige has worked tirelessly to expand and protect the religion of Scientology. He has taken actions to ensure that the technology of Scientology, as contained in thousands of Mr. Hubbard's written and recorded works, continues to be made fully available.