DECEMBER 28, 1995
THOMAS WEBSTER, PASTOR
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
1030 COLLEGE DRIVE
MADISONVILLE, KY 42431
DEAR PASTOR TOM:
I WRITE TO YOU AS THE FATHER OF MY TWO CHILDREN JULIE AND BEAU PADGETT
WHO BELONG TO OR ATTEND YOUR CHURCH. ON CHRISTMAS EVE DAY MY DAUGHTER
JULIE INFORMED ME THAT SHE LIKES YOU AND YOUR STYLE THAT YOU "CONNECT AND
RELATE" TO YOUR CONGREGATION YOUNG AND OLD. SHE ACTUALLY ORIGINATED THIS
WITH OUT PROMPTING OR QUESTIONS. THIS IS GREAT! THIS IS VERY REWARDING
AND PROMISING ESPECIALLY DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME HER MOTHER AND FATHER
ARE HAVING THAT IS SCARRING AND SCORCHING THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS .... JULIE
MORE SO THAN BEAU. BEAUS DEFENSE MECHANISMS ARE STRONGER AND REMAINS MORE
OPEN AND INQUISITIVE TO WHATS HAPPENING. JULIE IS SO HURT SHE AVOIDS OR
SIMPLY WOULD NOT RATHER KNOW THE TRUTH AS IT MIGHT HURT MORE. BOTH ARE
DEEP, LOVING, AND SENSITIVE KIDS. BOTH ARE VERY INTELLEGENT ALSO.
LAURA THEIR MOM (WHO I PRESUME YOU KNOW AND HAVE MET) AND I LOVE OUR CHILDREN
EQUALLY AND DEEPLY AND BOTH WANT CUSTODY OF OUR KIDS. OUR DIFFERENCES AND
BELIEFS RUN STRONG AND DEEP. SHE IS A SCIENTOLOGIST AND I AM NOT. SINCE
OUR SEPARATION AND DIVORCE LAURA IS CLAIMING SCIENTOLOGY AS HER RELIGION
FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE FIRST AMENDENT RIGHTS TO HIDE THE ESOTERIC AND.
DESTRUCTIVE SIDE OF THIS GROUP (AND HUGE MARITAL INVESTMENTS AND DEBT) FOR
THE LEGAL DIVORCE AND CUSTODY DEBATE. UP UNTILL THEN IT WAS NEVER HER
RELIGION, ONLY A SELF HELP MENTAL HEALING VEHICLE FOR HER. THEREFORE THE
RELIGIONS OF JULIE AND BEAUS PARENTS ARE:
LAURA PADGETT, MOTHER, SCIENTOLOGIST WITH HIGHEST REGARDS FOR
SCIENCE FICTION WRITER L. RON HUBBARD
AS MANS SALVATION.
TOM PADGETT, FATHER, CHRISTIAN, CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF A PRES-
BYTERIAN CHURCH WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF GOD AND HIS SON JESUS AS OUR SALVATION.
I DO NOT PRETEND TO BE PERFECT OR FREE OF SIN. I AM A GOOD, CARING, LOVING,
AND RESPONSIBLE FATHER. I WAS A VERY GOOD PROVIDER UNTILL I SPOKE AGAINST
SCIENTOLOGY AND BECAME AN "SP" ENEMY TO BE DESTROYED. I AM A LAW ABIDING
CITIZEN AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. HOWEVER I HAVE COME TO REALIZE "SCIENTOLOGY"
IS A RICH, POWERFULL, GREEDY, DECEITFUL, AND DESTRUCTIVE CULT. I WANT ME
MY CHILDREN FREE OF ITS INFLUENCES. I REALIZE LAURA HAS THE RIGHT TO BE
A SCIENTOLOGIST BY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS GUARENTEED TO ALL OF US. BUT
I ALSO CONTEND, SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFLICT AND ENFORCE ITS
POLICIES UPON JULIE, BEAU, AND MYSELF. SEE ATTACHED DECLARATION NO ONE
INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER WILL SIGN!?!?!?! IN REGARD TO THE POLICIES OF
SCIENTOLOGY. I THINK THEY ARE LITERALLY EVIL. THE HOPKINS CIRCUIT COURT
IN MADISONVILLE RULED THAT SCIENTOLOGY IS INADMISSIBLE IN THIS PROCEEDING
BECAUSE OF LAURAS FIRST AMENDENT RIGHTS. THIS ALLOWS HER TO ENFORCE ALL
THESE NASTY AND HORRIBLE THINGS UPON ME AND MY CHILDREN. IT DISALLOWS ME
TO "DELIVER US. FROM EVIL" AS THE CHRISTIAN PARENT. I AM NOT STATING THAT
MY CHILDRENS MOTHER IS EVIL. I AM STATING THAT HER HATRED AND BITTERNESS
IS OUT OF CONTROL AND OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY AND JESUSES TEACHINGS.
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IN A LETTER TO MY CHILDREN FOR CHRISTMAS I NOTED FOR THEM TO SEEK YOU OUT
AND TRUST YOU. BRING THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TO YOU. ABOUT LIFE,
ABOUT THEIR MOM AND DAD, ABOUT CONFUSION, ABOUT RELIGION, SCIENTOLOGY,
ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG . . . . . NOT WHO! THEY NEED A LOT OF TRUTH AND
STRAIGHT ANSWERS NOW. THEY DON'T NEED POLITICS, FAMILY FAVORS IN SMALL
TOWN LEGAL SYSTEM, NASTY ATTORNEYS PUSHING FOR HARM FOR ANOTHER PARENT,
THEY DO NOT NEED SECRETS OR LIES, SUPRESSION OF THOUGHTS AND FREEDOMS,
AND THEY DO NOT NEED ANIMOSITY AND ANGER TO REACH A POINT OF DESTRUCTION
IN THEIR FAMILIES. I HAVE BROUGHT THEM TO MEET WITH MY PASTOR HERE IN
FLORIDA. APPEARANTLY THEIR MOM DOES NOT WANT THIS OR LIKE THIS. HER
SOLUTION TO RESOLVE ANY EMOTIONAL TURMOIL IN THEIR LIVES IS TO REDUCE THEIR
CONTACT WITH ME AND TO "CONTROL" THEIR THINKING AND KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE
FACTS AND EVENTS IN THEIR LIVES. THAT IS TO SAY SHE FIRMLY BELIEVES THEIR
FATHER IS THE PROBLEM, SOURCE, AND CAUSE. I ON THE OTHER HAND BELIEVE THAT
SCIENTOLOGY IS THE SOURCE AND CAUSE OF SYMPTOMATIC PROBLEMS. RECENTLY
LAURA GOT A PSYCHOLOGIST AND HER ATTORNEY TO DECEIVE MY CHILDREN AND
THE COURT WITH FALSE AND UNSUBSTANCIATED CLAIMS TO BETTER HER POSITION
ENTERING THE APPEALS COURT HAS WELL AS THEIR DENOUNCEMENT OF SCIENTOLOGIES
POLICIES TO BE RENDERED NOT WORTHY OF RECOGNITION. THIS PsyD. DOCTOR'S
MOTIVES WERE NOT CLEAR. PERHAPS MONEY, FEAR, ANGER, OR TO REMAIN IN THIS
HOPKINS COUNTY PACT TO KEEP THE "OUTSIDER" FATHER DOWN, OUT, AND AWAY.
LAST SUMMER JULIE, BEAU, AND I, WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS WENT THROUGH SOME
"DEPROGRAMMING" EXERCIZES. A SIMPLE DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF DEPROGRAM IS
"TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF A PREVIOUS INDOCTRINATION BASED ON SECTARIAN,
UNUSUAL, OR ESOTERIC NOTIONS." GET THE FACTS AND LET THEM DECIDE KEEPING
ON THE THEME OF WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG (SCIENTOLOGY VS CHRISTIANITY) NOT
WHO (MOM OR DAD) FOR THIS I HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FROM MADISONVILLE....
BUT NO WHERE ELSE. PLEASE REVIEW SOME OF THE ENCLOSED MATERIALS, CORRESPON-
DENCE, AND INFO. I AM VERY FRIEGHTENED OF WHAT SCIENTOLOGY HAS DONE TO
ME AND MY FAMILY. PLEASE CALL MY PASTOR HERE AND HAVE A CHAT WITH HIM:
JIM KLUKOW
PARKWAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
4731 HEATHSIDE DRIVE
ORLANDO, FL 32837
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT IS ENORMOUS BUT DOES NOT NEED TO
BE. FEEL FREE TO CALL ME. ALSO FEEL FREE TO SHARE THIS WITH LAURA.
LAURAS MOM I THINK NEEDS ANGER COUNSELING. LAURAS ATTORNEY IS NOT A VERY
CHRISTIAN MAN IN HIS LEGAL AND ETHICAL DEALINGS. BOTH ARE CAUSING THE.
CHILDREN DIRECT HARM DEFENDING THIS CULT FOR LAURA. JULIE AND BEAU COULD
USE YOUR HELP. THIS DOCTOR NICHOLS FROM HOPKINSVILLE HAS CAUSED SOME PRETTY
SEVERE DAMAGE. ATTACHED IS A LIST OF EXPERT TESTIMONY SHE SAID IN COURT
WAS NEEDED RE: SCIENTOLOGY. BUT NOW SHE IS SAYING I HAVE BEHAVIOR AND
CHARACTER PROBLEMS FOR EDUCATING MY KIDS IN CULTS AND MIND CONTROL JUST AS
BOTH LAURA AND I WOULD ON THE ABUSES OF ALCOHOL, DRUGS, SEX, SUBSTANCE,
DRIVING ETC. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE ATTORNEYS OF JULIE AND BEAUS PARENTS
TO STATE THEIR POSITIONS ON THEIR CLIENTS AND OPOSITION. YOU WILL GET
A CLEARER MESSAGE OF WHERE WE STAND AS PARENTS AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF
OUR CHILDREN. LAURAS LAWYER WILL PROBABLY AND PREDICTABLY STAND BEFORE
THE JUDGE THE NEXT CHANCE HE GETS AND ARGUE "SEE YOUR HONOR, MR PADGETT IS
NOW HARASSING THE CHILDRENS PASTOR AT THEIR CHURCH." REFERING TO YOU AND
THIS PLEA FOR HELP FOR BOTH THE VANNOYS AND THE PADGETTS. MY FAMILY ARE
GOOD EDUCATED PEOPLE TOO AND HAVE ATTEMPTED TO COMMINICATE TO THE VANNOY
FAMILY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT ARE ONLY MET WITH COLD SILENCE. LAURA HAS
SOLE CUSTODY OF OUR CHILDREN BASED ON "ANIMOSITY" AND THAT SHE TOOK THE KIDS
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TO MADISONVILLE WERE HER HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE COULD HELP HER "DISCONNECT"
OUR CHILDREN FROM ME -- A SCIENTOLOGY REQUIREMENT. THE CAUSE OF THE
ANIMOSITY WAS NOT NOTED OR IDENTIED IN ANY COURT RULING. I HAVE SUMMARIZED
IT ...SEE ATTACHED. LAURA IS NOT THE CUSTODIAL PARENT BECAUSE IT WAS DE-
TERMINED SHE IS MORE QUALIFIED, LOVING, CARING, COOPERATIVE, COMMUNICATIVE,
EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, SPIRITUALLY MORE COMPETENT. NOW LAURA WANTS MY
VISITATION RESTRICTED SO THAT SHE CAN "CONTROL" AND "DISCONNECT" MORE.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR GODS HELP. THIS JUDGE GRANTS LAURA ALMOST ANYTHING TO
AFFECT THE SCIENTOLOGY POLICIES UPON ME AND JULIE AND BEAU.....BUT MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE SOMETHING ELSE. I AND MY FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND ATTORNEYS HAVE
TRIED ALL KINDS OF COMMUNICATION TO STOP THE "ANIMOSITY" HARM, AND HURT.
FOUR NIGHTS AGO MY SON TOLD ME. HE WISHES WE WERE A FAMILY AGAIN AND THAT HE
STILL WANTED TO LIVE WITH ME. HE SAID HIS MOM TOLD WE ARE NOT A FAMILY UNIT
ANYMORE BECAUSE OF A WOMAN IN MICHIGAN 3 1/2 YEARS AGO. A YEAR AGO THIS IS
WHAT MY DAUGHTER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS ANOTHER WOMAN TOO PER HER MOM. THIS
IS NOT TRUE. SCIENTOLOGY DROVE A BIG WEDGE BETWEEN LAURA AND I WITH ITS
HUGE COMMITMENTS OF TIME, MONEY, AND BIZARRE BELIEFS. NOW I DON'T WANT IT
TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN MY CHILDREN AND I....WHICH IT IS.
POLITICS IN THIS COURT HAS ALLOWED THIS.
PASTOR TOM, I AM DESPARATELY TRYING NOT TO SOUND SELF SERVING OR CRITICAL
BUT THIS IS REAL HARD AND HEAVY STUFF. LAURA AND I BOTH AGREE THE CHILDREN
ARE SUFFERING EMOTIONAL HARM. WE DISAGREE DRAMATICALLY ON THE CAUSE THOUGH.
SHE BELIEVES THE FATHER SHOULD BE STOPPED (THE CHRISTIAN) I BELIEVE
SCIENTOLOGY INFLUENCES SHOULD BE STOPPED. THIS IS VERY SAD AND NEEDS ALL
THE HELP IT CAN GET. LAURA WANTS THIS TO BE A LEGAL ISSUE ONLY. I WANT IT
TO BE A MORAL ISSUE. LAURA NEEDS TO TELL THE KIDS "THE COURT SAYS:.....OR
RON SAYS....." I CONTEND "WHAT DOES GOD SAY"
I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN LEND IN THIS MATTER AND ANY UNDERSTANDING
JULIE AND BEAU CAN HAVE FROM YOU TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS. THIS DOCTOR
NICHOLS IS NOT REAL HONEST ONLY A PAID PERFORMER IF I MIGHT BE DIRECT.
PERHAPS LAURA NEEDS THIS BUT THE CHILDREN DON'T. I EVEN HAVE LAURAS LAWYER
CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH THE SCIENTOLOGY HEADQUARTERS IN CLEARWATER, FL.
THE KIDS DON'T NEED THIS EITHER.
SINCERELY,
THOMAS C PADGETT
XXX-XXX-XXXX
cc PASTOR JIM KLUKOW
P.S. ON VIDEO FROM A 12/18/95 HEARING WHERE LAURA WAS PUSHING FOR COURT
SANCTIONED DISRUPTION OF MY PLANNED AND SCHEDULED CHRISTMAS VISITATION WITH
JULIE AND BEAU, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE BOTELER QUIPPED THE CASE (PADGETT VS.
PADGETT)"IS LIKE THE BOSNIAN CONFLICT" INSINUATING I WAS THE CAUSE. BUT AS
USUAL HE NEVER CLARIFIES HIS ANALOGIES OR OPINIONS IN ANY KIND OF DEPTH
AS NOT TO SURFACE ANY UNDERSTANDING OR HIS OWN PARTICIPATION AND ENCOURAGE-
MENT OF THIS HATRED GAME. ONE WOULD HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE BOSNIAN CONFLICT
FOR WHAT IT IS. THE POSITIONS OF CROATIANS, THE SERBIANS, ETC. IT IS A
CONVOLUTED MESS OF RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, ETHNIC, AND REAL ESTATE GARBAGE AL-
LOWED TO BE PROTRACTED TO A POINT OF SEVERE AND IRREVERSABLE HARM TO
HUMAN LIFE -- MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. SOMEWHERE THERt HAS TO BE NEUTRAL
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GR0UND AND COMMUNICATION. IF YOU LOOK FURTHER YOU WILL SEE LAURA AND I
TEND TO BE REPUBLICAN, SO IT IS NOT POLITICAL. BOTH HAVE "WASPY" HERITAGE
SO IT IS NOT ETHNIC. LAURA HAS MOST IF NOT ALL THE REAL ESTATE INCLUDING
VENUE/JURISDICTION AND OUR CHILDREN (children should not be real estate)
PER-COURT ORDER. SO WHAT IS LEFT? RELIGION! THE COURT AND THIS
PSYCHOLOGIST DR NICHOLS SHOULD BE ACTING AS U.N. PEACE KEEPING FORCES BY
THE DEFINED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR ROLES. THEY ARE NOT. THEY CON-
DONE THE CONTINUED BOMBING AND SHELLING OF THE FATHER TO HIS EVENTUAL
PARENTAL, PROFESSIONAL, FINANCIAL, AND LEGAL DEMISE THEY. DO THIS BY PRE-
TENDING SCIENTOLOGY HAS NO BEARING OR REASON IN THIS MATTER. CERTAINLY
.ANY U.N. PEACE KEEPING FORCE HAS TO EXAMINE AND UNDERSTAND THE POLICIES
pg THE PEOPLE (countries/regions/factions) IN CONFLICT. THEY ARE NOT GOING
TO SIDE WITH THE AGRESSIVE, AGITATIVE, AND PROVOKING PARTY TO CAUSE MORE
HARM. THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR TOWN WITH THE PARENTS OF JULIE AND
BEAU'S PARENTS. IN EFFECT I AM ASKING YOUR ASSISTANCE AS A "PEACEKEEPING"
FORCE. I HAVE TRIED, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE TRIED, MY ATTORNEYS HAVE
TRIED.......BUT THE BOMBINGS KEEP COMING. PERHAPS IT IS ECONOMICS (MONEY
POWER AND CONTROL)
THE ENCLOSED VIDEO OF SCIENTOLOGY COMPARING IT TO CHRISTIANITY IS.
EDUCATIONAL BUT SHOCKING. THE JUDGE ALSO QUIPPED ON THE 18 OF DEC THIS IS
THE THICKEST DIVORCE FILE HE HAS SEEN AS A JUDGE AND PERHAPS ON RECORD IN
THIS _COURT .....AGAIN INSINUATING ME AS THE CAUSE. BUT HE AGAIN FAILS TO
ACKNOWLEDGE (OR PRETENDS) THE POLICIES OF THE PARTIES HAVE NO BEARING ON
THIS. THE ATTACHED COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES OF THE PARENTS OF JULIE AND
BEAU CLEARLY INDICATE THE SOURCE OF THE THICKNESS OF THE FILES. LAURAS
ALLEGED RELIGION SAYS THE LAW SHOULD BE USED TO HARASS, RUIN, AND CAUSE
DECEASE. THE SCIENTOLOGY DISCONNECTION POLICY SAYS TO SEVER COMMUNICATION.
THE COMMUNICATION TRAINING ROUTINES (they call "TR" drills). FORCE ONE-WAY
AND ILLOGICAL DIALOGUE. THIS DR NICHOLS IS ASSERTING THERE IS BEHAVIOR
AND CHARACTER PROBLEMS OR FLAWS WITH ME (but without any contact with me
since 7/93!?!?!?!) I DO NOT HAVE ANY HISTORY OF MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL
DISORDERS. LAURA DOES, SEE ATTACHED. AGAIN, I AM NOT TRYING TO DOWN TALK
THE MOTHER OF MY CHILDREN WHO WAS THE WOMAN I LOVED. I HAD THE RIGHT TO
HAVE _A LIFE FREE OF L. RON HUBBARDS "JUNK" RELIGION AND SCIENCE FICTION
HATRED THAT HAS TURNED REAL. JULIE AND BEAU HAVE THIS RIGHT TOO. ALL OF
US NEED HELP, BUT HAVE TO HAVE TO COURAGE TO DEAL WITH ITS SOURCES AND STOP
POINTING FINGERS AND SLINGING MUD AT THE SYMPTOMS- PLEASE HELP US PASTOR
TOM. LAURAS SOLUTION AGAIN IS TO SUPRESS ME AND OUR CHILDREN .... CONTROL.
MINE IS TO PUT ALL THE CARDS ON THE TABLE AND ALLOW THE KIDS TO PARTICIPATE
WITH FREE MINDS AND CRITICAL THINKING. THE ENCLOSED LETTERS OF LAURA AND
I (10/94-_and__11/94 respectively). TO EACH_OTHER PRETTY MUCH STATE OUR
POSITONS IN NON-LEGAL/COURT TERMS MOSTLY RELATIVE TO JULIE AND BEAU. THEY
ARE VERY REVEALING. ALSO THESE ARE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT
AN END TO THIS "TRAVESTY" FOR THESE CHILDREN OF LAURA AND MINE.
-GAIL PADGETT, PATERNAL AUNT XXX-XXX-XXXX
-JOHN_PADGETT, PATRENAL UNCLE XXX-XXX-XXXX
- SHIRLEY PADGETT, PATERNAL
GRANDMOTHER XXX-XXX-XXXX
- CAROL AND JOE BRESTER
OUR FAMILY FRIENDS XXX-XXX-XXXX
- JUDITH VANATOR, A WITNESS IN FL XXX-XXX-XXXX
- FRIENDS OF JULIE AND BEAU PADGETT c/o I.P.A.S.S.
P.O. BOX 4546, LEXINGTON, KY 40544
PLEASE PRAY FOR US.