In response to my two earlier posts, the one about Meagan Porpora and
the most recent "Little (Mace-Kingsley) Ranch of Horrors", I've been
hearing from more ex-staffers and former students.  Below is some
information from a student who attended a Scientology "school" run by
former Mace-Kingsley staffer Wally Hanks, who had by then started his
own school for troubled Scientology kids, the Hanks Ranch, in
Palmdale, California.  Hanks is said to be a pedophile, from multiple
reports.  See this report from Astra Woodcraft:

     http://lisatrust.freewinds.cx/stories/astra-5.htm
or
     http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:wNLSGxmAF0QJ:lisatrust.bogie.nl/...

And see this one from Jane Scott:

    http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=a107a74a.0202021909.3c70b776%40p...

Although Scientology was aware of Hanks' predatory activities, he is
apparently still a member, according to his cult-sponsored web site:

     http://scientologist.myhomepage.org/wallyhanks/myself.htm

And he's still working with children, operating a facility called the
Roudhouse Yacht Club in Seattle, "Helping the youth of today is
helping the world of tomorrow."

     http://www.roundhouseyachtclub.com/

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        Interview with a Former Student from the Hanks School

  Some information has been abridged, indicated by [brackets], to
  protect this person's privacy, as they are not yet ready to risk
  publicly taking on the Scientology cult.

Q: What's your story?

A: I'm another ex-ranch student. Except I was at the Hanks ranch in
   Palmdale for 2 years. I'd be happy to share any info with you.

Q:  When were you there?

A: [Early 90s]

Q: How old were you at the time?

A: 13 when I got in, 15 when I left.

Q: Why were you sent there, and by whom?

A: I was sent there by my stepdad because I got kicked out of [another
   Scientology school] for smoking.

Q: What were the staff and other students like?

A: Some of the students were seriously nuts, violent, others were just
   fuckups like me. A lot of the students were really ok, they just
   had lazy, rich Co$ parents who wouldn't want to deal with the kids'
   problems.  The staff were fuckups as well.  One of the staff members
   brought his entire family up to live/work on the ranch because his
   parents were homeless downstats.  Others were outright incompetent.

Q: What kind of education did you receive there?

A: HAH!! Education, as if. For the first year I got about an hour a
   day, practiced my cursive, read LRH books, minimal Delphian
   materials. After the first year, I had completed my 'education'
   program.

Q: Did any notable incidents, good or bad, occur while you were there?

A: Wally beat the shit out of me once for running his horse too hard.
   We had another whacked out vietnam vet who was clearly psychotic
   stay there for a few months, living in a tent out in the back of
   the property. On a camping/hunting trip to the Indian mines he
   completely lost his mind, took all his clothes off, grabbed a
   couple guns and took off into the desert. We found him a couple
   days later.

   Kids torturing animals. Older kids making younger kids perform
   homosexual acts, on them. I'm sure there is tons more, but I'd have
   to sit and think about it.

Q: Why did you leave?

A: I 'graduated'. In reality I think my stepdad was sick of forking over
   $2000 a month.

Q: How old are you now, and what are you doing?

A: [Late twenties] now.  I'm currently living [outside the US] working
   as [management] in a [high tech] company.  I was very fortunate to
   have gotten [a computer] when I was [very young], programming by [a
   young age].  I really feel sorry for other childeren of Scientology
   who were deprived of education and didn't have any skills to fall
   back on in the real world.

Q: You also need to decide how much anonymity you want.  I can use your
   name, or not use it, as you prefer.  I can leave out some info (like
   the exact dates you were at the ranch) if you are concerned about
   remaining anonymous.  It's up to you.

A: I would like to remain very anonymous for the time being.  I haven't
   decided if I want to declare myself an enemy of the church yet.  So
   no name, and no dates.  There were enough people at the ranch that
   details of experiences wouldn't lead to me.

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I'm learning that there are lots of Scientology victimes lurking on
ARS.  Slowly, the truth is coming out.  More information about
Scientology schools can be found on Tilman Hausherr's web site
(search for "Mace"):

     http://home.snafu.de/tilman/prolinks/

Questions for any of the staffers or ex-students can be sent to me or
posted to this thread on alt.religion.scientology.  No wonder
Scientology hates the Internet.

-- Dave Touretzky:  "We don't need no education..."
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