The Clearwater Hearings were a 1982 Clearwater, Florida commission that investigated the Church of Scientology and Project Normandy. Among the witnesses who testified were Ron DeWolf and various ex-Scientologists. The commission uncovered a number of illegal activities committed by the church, including:
murder of Susan Meisterhaving Tonja Burden, as a minor, sign promissory notes to the churchnegligence and abuse of childrentheft of government documentsforging of government ID cardsgiving money to its founder, L. Ron Hubbardharassment of reporters and alleged attackersharboring of fugitive Mike Meisnerperjury in federal courtsThe commission likewise found unethical activities committed by the church, including:
lying about the ends and benefits of auditingfabrication of L. Ron Hubbard's lifeforging of evidence for Hubbard's lifeunsanitary living conditions for Scientologistsabortions by beating women in the stomachusing a front to buy Fort Harrisonfalse witness against alleged attackers"widespread, intercontinental espionage"justifying all the aforementioned as religionFinally, the commission found the following about L. Ron Hubbard:
had suicidal thoughts after leaving the Navycontinuously wrote to the FBI about alleged Communist plots against himrefused to get help for his mental illnesswrote to a magazine posing as a womanmarried three times, and one time practiced polygamyabused and performed pseudoscientific experiments on Sara Hubbardperformed abortions by beating women in their stomachssurrounded himself with very young girls who did his every whimfounded Scientology to make money for himselfmade extravagant purchases and lacked personal managementwas obsessed with blood while making movies