Reporter: Bryan Seymour
Broadcast Date: December 03, 2009
Edward McBride, 30, electrocuted himself at a substation near Brisbane in February 2007.
The Queensland Coroner requested the Church of Scientology hand over its files as Edward had been doing intensive Scientology courses before taking his life.
His brother Steve McBride is searching for answers.
"I just feel my brother's life has been taken for the mere sum of $25,000, my brother's life was worth more than that," he said.
"My brother was a beautiful, gentle, kind person, you know, just wouldn't hurt a fly, had a heart of gold." he said.
Steve said despite requests for the files, nothing was handed over.
"Police subsequently discovered that the file they wanted, my late brother's file, had been shipped by the Church of Scientology to the United States," he alleged.
Senator Nick Xenophon is leading the campaign for a Senate inquiry into Scientology.
He recently tabled shocking claims by former members of forced abortion, kidnap, torture, fraud, perjury.
He wants to know what happened to Steve McBride's brother.
"These files were shipped from Queensland, then Sydney then on to the US, out of the jurisdiction of the Queensland Coroner, now that's just not good enough," Senator Xenophon said.
Greens leader Bob Brown has also joined the campaign for a full Senate inquiry into Scientology.
"It raises questions about techniques being used, methodologies being used by a cult like this to put people in a position which is untenable," he said.
Steve said two days prior to Edward's death, his brother was bombarded with 19 telephone calls and SMSs from Scientology.
"I believe he was just cornered, you know, had nowhere to run," Steve said.
"He'd just paid $25,000 for three advanced courses for Scientology, he had $5000 of his own money but actually took out a bank loan of $20,000."
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