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Headley claims Hubbard left leadership to Pat Broeker before Miscavige seized control

Julian Dorey Daily · The TOM CRUISE Stories Scientology Has Spent MILLIONS to Keep Hidden · August 9, 2026
Headley claims Hubbard left leadership to Pat Broeker before Miscavige seized control
Julian Dorey Daily
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The TOM CRUISE Stories Scientology Has Spent MILLIONS to Keep Hidden
"He told that guy, or so it the the story goes, he told that guy, "You and your wife are going to be in charge." Not David Muscavage."
Mark Headley recounts an internal Scientology narrative about succession after L Ron Hubbard’s death, saying Hubbard intended Pat Broeker and his wife to take charge, not David Miscavige. Headley claims Miscavige leveraged knowledge of financial logistics and organisational "silos" to sideline Broeker, who allegedly drove off with boxes of cash before Miscavige consolidated power in 1986.
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The TOM CRUISE Stories Scientology Has Spent MILLIONS to Keep Hidden

August 10, 2026 · 1h 0m · 3 Egleze moments
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