Jesse Prince

Jesse Prince (b. March 15, 1954) is a critic of Scientology.

Church years

Prince joined the Church of Scientology in September 1976, in San Francisco. Within months he joined Scientology's elite Sea Organization. Jesse was recruited into the Religious Technology Center (RTC) in 1982 where he served at the Gold Base, near Hemet, California, as Deputy Inspector General, External.

Post-Church years

In 1992 Prince left the Church and moved to Minnesota. In 1998, after 6 years of silence, he became a vocal critic of the religion, involving himself in several court cases against the Church.

Jesse worked with Bob Minton and Stacy Brooks on the Lisa McPherson Trust, and claims that he was harassed for doing so by the Office of Special Affairs utilizing private investigators.cite web | url = http://www.sptimes.com/News/052401/TampaBay/Scientology_is_a_key_.shtml | title = Scientology is a key player in marijuana case | accessdate = 2007-04-13 | last = O'Neil | first = Deborah | date = 2001-05-24 | publisher = St. Petersburg Times] [cite web | url = http://www.sptimes.com/News/052601/Opinion/Church_behavior.shtml | title = Church behavior? | accessdate = 2007-04-13 | author = Editorial | date = 2001-05-26 | publisher = St. Petersburg Times]

References

External links

* [http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/jesse_prince_affidavit.html Jesse Prince Affidavit]
* [http://www.lermanet.com/prince/ The Jesse Prince Tapes]