13 Facts About Elli Perkins

Elli Perkins was an American glass artist and a Scientologist who lived in western New York State, working as a senior auditor at the Church of Scientology branch in Buffalo.

When her son, Jeremy, began to show signs of schizophrenia, Perkins attempted to treat him in accordance with Scientology instead of seeking proper psychiatric care.

Elli Perkins, born Elli Present, was raised Jewish; she married Don Perkins, who was brought up with a Christian background.

Elli Perkins had met Don shortly after taking a Scientology course.

Elli Perkins crafted handmade glass art and traveled to the Sterling Renaissance Festival, an annual renaissance fair in upstate New York of which she was a member, to sell her wares.

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The family then moved to California and lived there during the 1980s, where Elli Perkins worked at the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles.

Elli Perkins's treatment did not succeed with the Sea Org, so he returned to his parents within a few months, resuming his job at his father's business.

Family friend said, "Elli Perkins strongly believed that psychiatry was an evil", so she would not consult a psychiatrist about her son's mental illness.

Elli Perkins's deterioration exhausted the Church's efforts to cure him; they classified Jeremy as a level III "Potential Trouble Source" and banned him from further Scientology courses.

Elli Perkins later convinced the court to release her son into her custody.

Elli Perkins began to seek out alternative methods of treatment to psychiatry, and refused to allow her son to be treated with anti-psychotic medications.

Elli Perkins fed Jeremy the recommended vitamins, but he became highly suspicious of his mother.

Elli Perkins retrieved a steak knife and attacked Elli as she spoke to her friend.