Editing David Miscavige (section)

{{Villain_Infobox|fullname = David Miscavige|alias =Chairman of the Board (or COB) |occupation = Leader of the Church of Scientology, Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center|skills = Charismatic and influential leader|hobby = Running Scientology's day-to-day operations, initiating the construction of new churches in every major city in the world, issuing unreleased and corrected editions of [[L. Ron Hubbard]]'s books and restoring many of Hubbard's lectures, including translating them into other languages|goals = Preserve, maintain, and protect the Church of Scientology and the legacy of L. Ron Hubbard, harass and silence any journalist, critic, and former member that speaks out against the church, keeping members of the church in line by including forced separation of family members, instilling coercion and fear against anyone that attempts to leave the church, and humiliate and abuse disobedient staff members through physical and psychological means.|type of villain = Dark Priest|image = David Miscavige - Portrait.jpg|Box title = David Miscavige|origin = Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States|crimes=[[Serial Murder]]<br>
Extortion<br>
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[[Attempted Murder]]<br>
Stalking<br>
Psychological abuse<br>
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{{Quote|People keep saying, 'How’d you get power?' Nobody gives you power. I'll tell you what power is. Power in my estimation is if people will listen to you. That’s it.|David Miscavige}}'''David Miscavige''' (April 30, 1960-), is the megalomaniacal leader of the [[Church of Scientology]]. Miscavige was the assistant to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and succeeded him following his death. He is known for his strongly authoritarian leadership and aggressive fundraising techniques.

There have been numerous allegations from former Scientologists that Miscavige personally engages in physical and psychological abuse, and enforces policies such as forced separation of family members, child labor, imprisonment, and coerced abortions.

Miscavige is known for having strong-armed the IRS into granting Scientology tax-exempt status by forcing his followers to file approximately 2,500 individual lawsuits against the agency. Miscavige has enforced his predecessor's policy of "Fair Game" towards many of Scientology's enemies deemed "suppressive persons". Some of these individuals are stalked and harassed by the church, including outspoken ex-Scientologists such as former executives Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun.

Miscavige is also known for banishing his wife, Shelly Miscavige, to an undisclosed location.