Religious Technology Center

The Religious Technology Center (RTC) is a non-profit organization established in 1982 by the Church of Scientology to control and oversee the uses of all of the trademarks, symbols and sacred texts of Scientology and Dianetics, including the copyrighted works of the religion's founder, L. Ron Hubbard. While exercising authority over the use of all Scientology materials, RTC does not directly manage the Church of Scientology; that role is assigned to a separate organization, the Church of Scientology International (CSI). According to the RTC website, "RTC stands apart as an external body which protects the Scientology religion and acts as the final arbiter of orthodoxy."

Related Topics:
Church of Scientology - Scientology - Dianetics - L. Ron Hubbard - Church of Scientology International

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While the RTC represents itself as having a limited purpose ("to protect the public from misapplication of the technology and to see that the religious technologies of Dianetics and Scientology remain in proper hands and are properly ministered"), virtually all observers of Scientology agree that the RTC, and its Chairman David Miscavige, control the entire complex of Scientology enterprises. The RTC has a office and an official address in Los Angeles; journalists and former Scientologists report that the RTC is actually headquartered at Scientology's highly fortified "Gold Base," near Hemet, California.

Related Topics:
David Miscavige - Hemet, California

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The Board of the RTC consists of its Inspector General, Mark Rathbun, its Deputy Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Warren McShane, and the Chairman of the Board, David Miscavige.

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