Thanks for the Manson data. I actually didn’t know much about his connection to Scientology.
It was my understanding that Manson claimed to be the leader or a high-ranking member of a scientology splinter group as well, The Process Church (”Ultimate Evil”, Terry Maury, and “Helter Skelter”, Vincent Bugliosi).
I remember asking a CoS auditor about The Process and he knew nothing about it but warned me against having anyone audit me but someone qualified to do it. That’s the one time I agreed with the CoS entirely. ;)