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F.A.C.T.Net does not sell documents, it only lends them according to the terms of your library cardholder agreement with F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Australia: Scientology Anti-Medical Campaigns [Also Children of God] Scientology' s Citizens Commission on Human Rights, in its campaign to expose medical malpractice, appears to have a hidden agenda, namely the discrediting of doctors and organizations helpful in outlawing Scientology in the state of Victoria 25 years ago. Internal Scientology documents, according to the Melbourne Age (4/22/91), target the late Melbourne psychiatrist Dr. Alex Sinclair as a key person behind the suppression of Scientology and outline plans to have him made the subject of an official investigation. Last year, the president of the CCHR, after assisting a royal commission to investigate the deaths of 25 deep-sleep therapy patients in a private psychiatric hospital, said: "I know that ridding the planet of psychiatry helps Scientology expand and therefore helps all of you. We have been fighting a war and we have won." (FAIR NEWS [London], Summer 1991.) Children of God The Children of GOD are still active, with 200 to 300 members around the country. They are in every Australian city and recruiting about a dozen persons each year. Former member Jan Groenveld says most people think the group died out with the hippie era that founded it, "but it is still around. . . [and] still operates the same way and they have the same sick creed." (Truth, 1/19/91.) 2 Britain: Scientology The Scientology response to criticism, notably the Time magazine international edition expose of June 5, has been as threatening in Britain as elsewhere. The group's Impact magazine contains two articles on dealing with critics by the late Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who says: "We do not find critics of Scientology who do not have criminal pasts." . . . We are not a law enforcement agency. BUT we will become interested in the crimes of people who seek to stop us. If you oppose Scientology we promptly look up - and we will find and expose - your crimes. If you leave us alone, we will leave you alone. . . . and don't underrate our ability to carry it out." Locals in East Grinstead, where Scientology in Britain is headquartered, call followers of L. Ron Hubbard "Synos," a taxi-driver told a Daily Telegraph reporter. The cabbie also said that anti-Syno graffiti can be found all over town. A local reporter thinks there is greater tolerance these days for the Scientologists, but a local vicar told the Telegraph that Scientologists are a bad element: "It's not a church, it's a front for charging people a lot of money for something it cannot deliver." The Birmingham Evening Mail has withdrawn an ad for sales assistants with a Scientology-linked consultant group - that promises œ100 per week and training for people with no experience - because the ad did not state the job was to sell Scientology-devised "life improvement" courses. A Scientology spokesman said the job was not advertised as "sales assistant for life improvement courses" because it would not all fit on the card. (FAIR NEWS [London], Summer 1991.) Unification Church The mayor of Cambridge, who is also a senior tutor at Cambridge University, has asked colleagues to warn students of renewed UC activities, including a school newspaper ad recruiting for a stint of teaching English in Eastern Europe for the summer. Similar recruitment is taking place at Oxford University, where 25 students signed up to go. ( FAIR NEWS [London], Summer 1991.) Treatment Seminar A conference, believed to be the first of its kind in Britain, "Cultism -- A Case for Treatment," took place last November in Cambridge. Organized by Prof. Steve Hirsch (Charing Cross Hospital, London) and Daphne Vane, a founder of FAIR (the major British cult information and referral organization, conference speakers included Dr. Betty Tylden, consultant psychiatrist at Middlesex and University College Hospitals, Dr. Peter Clark, Director of the Centre for the Study of New Religions at King's College, London, Simonetta Hornby, J.D. (on "micro" legal issues), and Dr. David Halperin, Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York. (Cult Observer Report, 8/1/91.) 3 Thailand: Warrant for Moon Arrest warrants have been issued for the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife for allegedly inciting criminal activity. (London Times, 7/12/91.) 4 Italy: Scientologists Convicted A Milan court has convicted six Scientologists of deceiving confused people and sentenced them to prison terms of one to two years. Sixty-seven other Scientologists were acquitted on charges ranging from criminal association to tax evasion. While not ruling that Scientology is a church, the court in the case said it was a non-profit organization and thus need not report to the Italian tax office. (Associated Press-DS, 7/4/91.) ================================================================= If this is a copyrighted work, you are acknowledging by receipt of this document from FACTNet that on the basis of reasonable investigation, you have not been to obtain a copy elsewhere at a fair price, and that you are and will abide by the following copyright warning. 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(Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, Incorporated) a non-profit computer bulletin board and electronic library 601 16th St. #C-217 Golden, Colorado 80401 USA BBS 303 530-1942 FAX 303 530-2950 Office 303 473-0111 This document is part of an electronic lending library. F.A.C.T.Net does not sell documents, it only lends them according to the terms of your library cardholder agreement with F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CARD CATALOG ENTRY DOS FILENAME OF TEXT FILE: CO0791AC.TXT DOS FILENAME OF IMAGE FILES: none ADMINISTRATIVE CODE: OK SECURITY CODE: SCO DISTRIBUTION CODE: RO DESCRIPTION FOR BBS FILE LISTING: The Cult Observer July 1991 SORT TO: AFF CONTRIBUTOR: American Family Foundation (AFF) LOCATION OF ORIGINAL: American Family Foundation (AFF) NOTES: Back issues and selected reprints of the Cultic Studies Journal are available from the American Family Foundation, P.O. Box 2265, Bonita Springs, FL 33959-2265. FOREIGN STORIES: | 1 Australia: Scientology Anti-Medical | Campaigns [Also Children of God] | 2 Britain: Scientology [Also Unification | Church] | 3 Thailand: Warrant for Moon | 4 Italy: Scientologists Convicted [Milan] For additional verification see the contributor of the document. UPDATED ON: 8/22/94 UPDATED BY: FrJMc =================================================================