Shelly Miscavige's mother, Mary Florence "Flo" Fike Barnett, was a long-time Scientologist Archive page 2, page 3, page 4 who later resigned, taking with her copies of "confidential upper-level materials". She joined David Mayo's Advanced Ability Center, an independent Scientology organization considered heterodox by the Church of Scientology. According to testimony by former high-ranking church executive Vicki Aznaran, "The fact that David Miscavige was linked to [Flo Barnett] by familial ties was extremely repugnant to him and to his wife...”
