Ronald DeWolf

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Ronald DeWolf

1982, appearance on 20/20
Born:	May 5, 1934 Encinitas, California, United States
Died:	September 16, 1991 Carson City, Nevada, United States
Occupation:	Co-Author, L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?

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Ronald DeWolf (May 7, 1934 - September 16, 1991), born Lafayette Ron Hubbard, Jr., also known as Nibs Hubbard, was the eldest child of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Hubbard's first wife, Margaret Louise Grubb.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Helped father with Scientology 3 Claims father lied 4 Co-author, Hubbard biography 5 References 6 External links 7 See Also

[edit] Early life

Hubbard Jr. was born several months premature; his father constructed a makeshift incubator with a shoe box, later a cupboard drawer, and used blankets and an electric light bulb to keep the baby warm.^[1] He later claimed his birth was actually the product of a botched abortion his father (Hubbard Sr.) attempted on his mother.^[2]

[edit] Helped father with Scientology

Hubbard Jr. helped his father in the early days of Scientology but later rejected his father and Scientology, changing his name to Ronald DeWolf. In the 1980s, he sued for control of his father's estate, claiming his father was either dead or incompetent. His father was proved to still be alive, and when he died in 1986, he left his estate to the Religious Technology Center.

[edit] Claims father lied

In a lengthy 1983 interview with Penthouse magazine, DeWolf stated that "99% of anything my father ever wrote or said about himself is untrue." In the same interview, he claimed his father was a con man, a Satanist, a KGB accomplice, and a drug addict. Scientology, he said, was little more than a cult that existed to make money.

[edit] Co-author, Hubbard biography

DeWolf was named as co-author (with Bent Corydon) of the first edition of a highly critical book about Hubbard and the Church of Scientology titled "L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?" His author credit was removed from subsequent editions of the book. DeWolf claimed that his half-brother Quentin Hubbard was murdered by agents of his father.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Russell Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah, Chapter 4
2. ^ (June 1983) "Inside The Church of Scientology: An Exclusive Interview with L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.". Penthouse. Retrieved on 2006-05-12.
3. ^ (February 12, 2001) "Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on 2006-05-12.

[edit] External links

• Penthouse interview with L. Ron Hubbard, Jr, 1983
• The 1982 Clearwater Hearings - video clips
• 20/20 1982
• Morning Break 1982
• PBS Late Night May 24, 1983, appears with Robert Vaughn Young
• The Fifth Estate November 1985
• Ancestry Database Records

[edit] See Also

• Bent Corydon