Rev. Heber Jentzsch of the Church of Scientology

Question answered by FreeZone in Scientology

FredricRice asked this question on 7/25/2000:

This is a question more for current Scientologists who may know more about it, however I'm curious whether the Reverend Heber Jentzsch will return willing to Madrid to stand trial, whether he's a possible extradiction case, or whether the Scientology cult's management will feed him to the wolves, risking that the Reverend will sing like a canary to the authorities.

So I've got a number of questions:

#1 Is the Reverend Heber Jentzsch going to willingly return to Spain to stand trial?

#2 If not, is he extradictable?

#3 If not, can bounty hunters be purchased to collect Mr. Jentzsch to return him to Spain to stand trial?

#4 And if he's found guilty in abstancia, does that mean that the good Reverend would need to hide out in the cult's armed and fortified compound in Gilman Springs, California, or would he be walking around out in the open?

Thanks.

FreeZone gave this response on 7/26/2000:

1 - No. Heber is himself expendable, but the principle that leaders can't be held to answer to wog justice is very dear, for extremely personal reasons, to Miscavige and those around him.

2 - Beats me. Ask a lawyer.

3 - No. It's an extreme step in international law to kidnap a citizen of another country on that country's territory, bypassing its legal system. It's been done, but only in extraordinary cases - Heber is hardly comparable to Eichman.

4 - It would probably mean that he couldn't enter any country in the EU, but not restrict his movements in the US. Hubbard was officially a fugitive in France for years, but the American, and indeed French, governments made no real effort to collect him.

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