the unbreakable miss lovely by tony ortega

“I knew of a son forced to disconnect from his mother when he joined the Church of Scientology, and he committed suicide. “People have been calling me for over 40 years telling me horror stories about Scientology,” Cooper said. After losing her parents to the Nazis in Auschwitz, Cooper successfully missed a train ride to the same death camp and spent six years in four orphanages in Belgium before getting adopted by an American couple and brought to the United States.Ĭooper now lives in Palm Beach and writes a popular pet column for The Palm Beach Daily News, and she has authored multiple books on consignment shopping.įorum Publishing contacted the Church of Scientology via phone and email multiple times for comment on the film and on Paulette Cooper, but the Church failed to respond to all queries. Ortega, who writes The Underground Bunker, a blog centered on the scandals of Scientology, traveled to Los Angeles this summer with Cooper to promote his book, which details Cooper’s legal battles with Scientology as well as the traumatic early years of her life. The Church’s relationship with Paulette Cooper is also at the center of Tony Ortega’s new book. More than 5.5 million people have viewed the documentary. Scientology is back in headlines now because Lawrence Wright’s 2013 book sparked Alex Gibney’s recent documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.” According to a report on, it costs $128,000 for an individual to reach the state of “clear.” “Are you OK?”Īuditing sessions can cost thousands of dollars and are needed to move up Hubbard’s “Bridge to Total Freedom” in the Church of Scientology. “Our staff has been writing you letters trying to contact you,” states a letter from Charles Fox, with letterhead from the Church of Scientology in Coral Gables. The note urged the resident to contact the church. This month, a resident in the Wellington area received an unsolicited hand-written note from the church, along with several glossy pamphlets detailing the benefits Scientology. The Church is actively recruiting new members locally. Some celebs have defended it others broke away and became critics of its teachings. Many have followed the tribulations of celebrities involved with the Church of Scientology. When Palm Beach resident Paulette Cooper penned “The Scandal of Scientology” in 1971, she never imagined that 44 years later people would still be talking about it.Ĭooper found herself in the Scientology spotlight again after she was interviewed in Lawrence Wright’s 2013 best-selling book, “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief.” More recently, she became the subject of Tony Ortega’s new book, “The Unbreakable Miss Lovely,” which was released May 17.

The unbreakable miss lovely by tony ortega