Scott endured religious and political oppression in both the East and the West. Born in former Czechoslovakia (CZ), he faced persecution from the CZ communist government counterintelligence for his religious convictions since the age of 14. He was denied high school education and subjected to communist re-education through forced manual labor, which nearly cost him his life before reaching adulthood. Thus, from 1984-91, Scott pursued Theology and Thomistic Philosophy studies in the Clandestine Roman Catholic (RC) Church established by the Vatican. His education was guided by exceptional religious leaders and esteemed professors who survi… Scott endured religious and political oppression in both the East and the West. Born in former Czechoslovakia (CZ), he faced persecution from the CZ communist government counterintelligence for his religious convictions since the age of 14. He was denied high school education and subjected to communist re-education through forced manual labor, which nearly cost him his life before reaching adulthood. Thus, from 1984-91, Scott pursued Theology and Thomistic Philosophy studies in the Clandestine Roman Catholic (RC) Church established by the Vatican. His education was guided by exceptional religious leaders and esteemed professors who survived both Nazi and Communist forced labor camps.
This clandestine education and religious formation led Scott to become a founding member of the Independent Student Movement, which commenced the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the youngest student leader and freelance journalist behind the Iron Curtain. His writings are preserved at the Stanford University Library. Following the CZ communist government's demise, Scott, at 18 years of age, was also the youngest founding member of the Civic Forum, together with the upcoming CZ President, Václav Havel. In December 1989, President Havel appointed him as his diplomatic representative to negotiate a ceasefire with the President of Romania during the civil-military conflict in Bucharest. These efforts, marked by significant personal sacrifices, were instrumental in paramount historical events, including the collapse of the CZ communist government, nuclear disarmament in Eastern Europe, and, ultimately, the end of the Cold War. The CZ-EU Ministry of Defense decorated Scott for his substantial contributions and leadership of the Cold War Anti-Communist Resistance.
Building on his perseverance acquired during communist persecution and profound dedication to knowledge and learning strengthened by his clandestine education, Scott began studies at Charles University in Prague, enrolling in both the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Philosophy in 1990. The following year, he was offered a scholarship at the New Mexico Military Institute, US, where he earned a Liberal Arts AA in '93, majoring in Military Science. He then pursued advanced Military Science and Diplomacy studies at Norwich University (NU), the Military College of Vermont. Concurrently, he worked as an Assistant Professor of Modern Languages at NU's Russian School, establishing, designing, and teaching an Intensive Graduate Language Program. Several of his former students became prominent Ivy League professors.
From 1996-2000, Scott invested in his athletic and artistic talents. He worked as a professional ski instructor at the US Ski University in Vermont's Green Mountains. Simultaneously, the following year, he began studying at Muhlenberg College, PA, graduating with a Liberal Arts BA in '00, majoring in Fine Arts. From 2001-06, Scott was offered a merit scholarship to study medical sciences at Harvard University, where he also worked as an assistant researcher at the Harvard Medical School, Dept. of Med. Anthropology and Social Medicine. During this time, he volunteered with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Physicians for Human Rights, and mentored international doctoral candidates in theology, philosophy, history, sociology, economics, and international relations.
At Harvard, approximately six months after openly condemning the US government's, then still secret, torture program, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and peace in Afghanistan and Iraq as threats to the dignity of human life and antitheses to the freedom of thought and religious convictions, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Boston agents forcibly entered Scott's Cambridge residence on Nov. 13, 2006, and subsequently kidnapped, extrajudicially detained, and tortured him for 7.5 years without any criminal charges or convictions. As information about Scott's torture and life-threatening injuries eventually leaked out to the public, ordinary people began to protest these DHS atrocities. In 2014, DHS agents attempted to cover up their crimes by abducting Scott across international borders and rendering him internationally displaced, expecting that without his family and the necessary medical care, he would die silenced.
With God's help, Scott survived and prospered. In 2016, he was invited by the University of Tehran to commence Persian language studies, thereby expanding his well-established multilingual background. In 2020, he earned an MA in Islamic Studies from Al-Mustafa International University. Then, he joined the University of Religions and Denominations, completing his doctoral thesis in theology and philosophy, titled "Avicenna et Aquinas: De Esse et Essentia Dei" and earning his Ph.D. As a multidisciplinary scientist, expert educator, and charismatic public speaker, Scott lectures as a distinguished visiting scholar and conducts academic research, benefitting all humanity.
Supervisors: Mons. Oto Madr, ThD, ThD(hc), Prof. Josef Zverina, SI, H.E. Bishop Felix Maria Davidek, PhD; H.E. Archbishop Frantisek Cardinal Tomasek, ThD et ThD; and H.E. Nelson Mandela, and JD(hc);