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FredricRice asked this question on 5/9/2000:

Item number 22 of the Auditor's Code reads "I promise never to use the secrets of a preclear divulged in session for punishment or personal gain."

In light of the audio tape recordings of scientologists doing just that, and the many court transcripts available on the Internet that cover the violation of this item, does anyone know whether this item has been repealed? And if not, would the violation of this item usually result in a Condition of Ethics? And if so, do you happen to know which Condition?

There's no date on the court document that I've read this Item from, by the way.

formerscientologist gave this response on 5/9/2000:

It's still part of the auditor's code, but there is a double standard.

The auditor may not use the preclear's secrets for personal gain, but he writes what goes on in session for the case supervisor.

Every preclear has both an auditor and a case supervisor.

When a preclear divulges his secrets to the auditor, those secrets are documented. The church has those documented secrets in its possession. Should the preclear publicly attack Scientology in some way, the OSA can access the preclears folders to intimidate the preclear.

formerscientologist gave this follow-up answer on 5 9/2000:

I wish to edit my punctuation error to read "preclear's folder."

formerscientologist gave this follow-up answer on 5/9/2000:

Oh! I just checked "The Creation of Human Ability."

The 1954 Auditor's Code says, "Never use Scientology to obtain personal and unusual favours or unusual compliance from the preclear for the auditor's own personal profit."

This book also has "The Code of a Scientologist," which says:

"To refuse to impart the personal secrets of my preclears"

There have been changes made in the Auditor's Code from time to time. But the last version was done in 1980.

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You rated this answer a 5.

Interesting. So my version _is_ out of date. Still, they both have the same Items, reworded quite a bit. What constitutes "personal gains" apparently means that using the materials to blackmail and extort silence is perfectly allowable.

Thanks. I'd like to web your coverage of this Item.

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