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Sep 6, 2007
Charges against Scientology in Belgium — Radio Netherlands
Type: Press
Author(s): Dave McGuire
Source: Radio Netherlands
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 5, 2007
Belgium charges Scientologists with extortion — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Sep 5, 2007
Belgium: Scientology Faces Criminal Charges — New York Times
Type: Press
Source: New York Times
A Belgian prosecutor recommended that the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology stand trial on charges of fraud and extortion, after a 10-year investigation. The prosecutor, Jean-Claude Van Espen, said that up to 12 people from the church should face charges and that his inquiry had concluded that Scientology’s Brussels-based Europe office and its Belgian missions had conducted unlawful practices in medicine, violated privacy laws and used illegal business contracts. The Church of Scientology said it would fight the charges.
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 5, 2007
Museum for Scientology founder may open in Arcadia — Arizona Republic
More: groups.google.com
Sep 5, 2007
Scientologists charged in Belgium — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: The Age (Australia)
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 5, 2007
Scientology branded a 'criminal organisation' and may face charges — The Scotsman (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): Alastair Dalton
Source: The Scotsman (UK)
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 4, 2007
Belgian prosecutor recommends classifying Church of Scientology as criminal — JURIST
Type: Press
Author(s): Alexis Unkovic
Source: JURIST
[JURIST] Belgian prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen said Tuesday that the Church of Scientology [church website] should be classified as a criminal organization after completing a 10-year investigation into the church's activities. Van Espen also recommended that the Church and a dozen of its adherents should face criminal charges of fraud and extortion in Belgium [JURIST news archive], where the Church is not deemed an official religious group [IRNA report]. The Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office also alleges that the Church of Scientology ...
Tag(s): Alexis UnkovicBelgiumJURIST
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 4, 2007
Belgium Clamps Down on Scientology Church — Brussels Journal
Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Belien
Source: Brussels Journal
The Belgian authorities have indicted the Belgian chapter of the Church of Scientology, the European headquarters of the Church, as well as 12 of its leading members. According to the office of Public Prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen Scientology is a criminal organization which has committed several crimes including extortion, fraud, violations of the trade law, violations of the privacy law and the illegal practice of medicine. On 30 September 1999, 120 Belgian police officers raided 25 Scientology offices and seized tons ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 4, 2007
Mixed response for Madison Center protester — South Bend Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s): Alicia Gallegos
Source: South Bend Tribune
SOUTH BEND — For almost a year, a tall man with a long blond beard has stood nearly every day with a protest sign in front of Madison Center on Niles Avenue. His rusty pickup truck sits parked nearby with a wooden sign posted on the trailer accusing mental health officials of a litany of crimes. The protester is 52-year-old Richard Ketelhut, who says his beef relates to poor treatment for his son, but also that he has become an advocate ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 4, 2007
Scientology church before the courts? — Flanders.news
Type: Press
Source: Flanders.news
The chance is real that several leading figures in the Church of Scientology in Belgium could be issued with court summonses. The Federal Judicial Authorities plan to prosecute the church for being a criminal organisation that has defrauded its members. The judicial authorities opened their investigation into the Scientology movement in Belgium back in 1997, after having received tip-offs from ex-members of the church. All aspects of the Scientology Church's practises were gone through with a fine tooth comb. Now the ...
Tag(s): BelgiumFlanders.newsLegal
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 4, 2007
Scientology faces criminal charges — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s): Constant Brand
Source: Associated Press
A Belgian prosecutor on Tuesday recommended that the U.S.-based Church of Scientology stand trial for fraud and extortion, following a 10-year investigation that concluded the group should be labeled a criminal organization. Scientology said it would fight the criminal charges recommended by investigating prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen, who said that up to 12 unidentified people should face charges. Van Espen's probe also concluded that Scientology's Brussels-based Europe office and its Belgian missions conducted unlawful practices in medicine, violated privacy laws and ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 29, 2007
School to use Hubbard theories — Janesville Gazette
Type: Press
Author(s): Frank Schultz
Source: Janesville Gazette
Here's the connection between a tiny new school in Janesville and Scientology: L. Ron Hubbard founded Scientology, a religion popular among some Hollywood types such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Hubbard wrote science fiction books, but he also wrote about education. His educational theories are the basis for something called Applied Scholastics. Applied Scholastics is the method used by Sequoia Academy, a fledgling school that will open its doors Sept. 4 in the home of Christine Koth on the city's ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 29, 2007
The Invasion Begins: Scientology's Plan To Conquer Cleveland — Cleveland Free Times
Type: Press
Author(s): James Renner
Source: Cleveland Free Times
The optometrist wants to hear about my most painful memories. This is an auditing session, an important component of a religion called Scientology. The optometrist is the auditor. His name is Steve Sasala. He is skinny. And tall. His face is long and narrow. I can make out the shape of his skull. We sit across from each other, on opposite sides of a tiny desk inside a claustrophobic room at the back of some historic building in Parma Heights. The ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 27, 2007
Re: Kyle Brennan Investigation
More: forums.whyweprotest.net
Type: Account
Re: Kyle Brennan Investigation Content of conversations: Victoria Britton and Detective Steve Bohling of the Clearwater Police Department. August 27, 2007 After Kyle passed away, family members were upset and puzzled as to why we had never received a phone call from the Clearwater Police Department. We thought for certain they would have some questions to ask us regarding Kyle. It was also questioned why Kyle’s physician “Dr. Steven McNamara” was not contacted by the Clearwater Police Department or the medical ...
Aug 25, 2007
FairTax, Flawed Tax — Wall Street Journal
Type: Press
Author(s): Bruce Bartlett
Source: Wall Street Journal
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's unexpectedly strong second-place showing in the recent Iowa Republican straw poll is widely attributed to his support for the FairTax. For those who never heard about it, the FairTax is a national retail sales tax that would replace the entire current federal tax system. It was originally devised by the Church of Scientology in the early 1990s as a way to get rid of the Internal Revenue Service, with which the church was then at war ...
Aug 23, 2007
The business of Cruise control — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): John Clark
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
It's been a year since Tom Cruise's war of words with Paramount resulted in one of Hollywood's biggest splits - and, apparently, new days of thunder for the 45-year-old superstar. Previous to the much-publicized split, the 5-foot-7 actor was riding high. How high? Cruise has had seven consecutive films that made $100 million or more (a record he shares with Tom Hanks). He has won three Golden Globes, and has been nominated for an acting Oscar three times. He has worked ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 23, 2007
Xenu is Loose! The Musical! — The Herald
Type: Press
Author(s): Carmody Wilson
Source: The Herald
[...] Xenu is Loose! The Musical! follows the plight of Jen, a not-quite-convert to Scientology as she is charmed and seduced by a handsome member of the church during her initial tour. Meanwhile, Xenu has escaped from his native planet and has murder in mind. The characters at the church are good at the smooth, reassuring Scientology-speak, and Xenu is great fun as the preening, speechifying, killing machine, but there are plenty of missed opportunities here for some great satire. More ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 22, 2007
Digital Lightwave pays off note to Optel Capital, LLC // Improved financial performance enables Digital Lightwave to repay loan — Business Wire
Type: Press release
Source: Business Wire
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Digital Lightwave, Inc. (OTCBB:DIGL), a leading provider of optical networking test equipment and technology, today announced that on August 13, 2007, it repaid to Optel Capital, LLC the principal amount of $225,000 plus accrued interest that Digital Lightwave borrowed from Optel on May 11, 2007. "Over the last year, we have broadened our product offerings, increased our marketing efforts and restructured the company," said Ted Myers, President and CEO. "These efforts have yielded improved financial results. We are ...
Aug 20, 2007
Interview: John Sweeney // 'I can never again lose my temper on TV' — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): James Silver
Source: The Guardian (UK)
His rant at a Scientology spokesman was a ratings winner, but the Panorama reporter insists there's more to him than just a loud voice Panorama reporters are not supposed to "lose it". Not on camera, anyway. So no wonder that John Sweeney's spectacular cartoonish strop with Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis three months ago - in which he resembled an incandescent frog, eyes bulging, voice croaking with rage - became one of those water-cooler TV moments, making headlines and propelling him to ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 20, 2007
The cult that spawned the tough-love teen industry — Mother Jones
Type: Press
Author(s): Maia Szalavitz
Source: Mother Jones
The idea that punishment can be therapeutic is not unique to the Rotenberg Center. In fact, this notion is widespread among the hundreds of "emotional growth boarding schools," wilderness camps, and "tough love" antidrug programs that make up the billion-dollar teen residential treatment industry. This harsh approach to helping troubled teens has a long and disturbing history. No fewer than 50 programs (though not the Rotenberg Center) can trace their treatment philosophy, directly or indirectly, to an antidrug cult called Synanon. ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 17, 2007
A bridge too far — Haaretz
Type: Press
Author(s): Aviva Lori
Source: Haaretz
Hollywood, Tel Aviv is right behind you: Artists, businesspeople and middle-class seekers are filling the classrooms of local Scientology centers, hoping to rid themselves of excess spiritual baggage. Opera singer Gaby Sade used to have a very short fuse. If someone cut him off, he was capable of getting out of the car and giving the offending driver more than a piece of his mind. If if did not come to blows, he would at least tell him, in choice language, ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 17, 2007
Cruisin' Harlem // Scientology buys chunk of 125th Street — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Kaili McDonnough, Leonard Greene
Source: New York Post
Harlem, beware! The neighborhood long weary of gentrification may soon have to deal with the likes of Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. The Church of Scientology, known for its celebrity devotees, is making a big push to expand its empire along 125th Street, purchasing three properties there last week, and planning a major recruitment drive in the neighborhood. The Rev. John Carmichael, president of the church in New York, declined to give details about the purchase, but reports put ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 17, 2007
Scientology-linked group infiltrates Israeli summer camps — CNSNews.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Ryan Jones
Source: CNSNews.com
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) — A group teaching the core moral values as outlined by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard has been conducting workshops at Israeli summer camps this month without the knowledge of the children's parents. During the month of August, most Israeli children attend summer camps, as both parents typically work. News First Class, an online Israeli news agency, learned that at many of those camps, the children are getting morning lectures by volunteers from the Association for Prosperity ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 15, 2007
Cast your vote on the Wikipedia editing Wall of Shame — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s): Scott Gilbertson
Source: Wired
Threat Level is running a poll where you can track and vote on the most shameful and/or disturbing Wikipedia edits found with Virgil Griffith’s new Wikipedia search tool. For those that missed the story, Griffith created a tool that unmasks the anonymous edits made to Wikipedia pages. The long and short of it is that corporations, celebrities and other egomaniacs concerned with negative Wikipedia entries can no longer hide behind the anonymous edits. Here’s an excerpt from John Borland’s full story ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 15, 2007
Scientology founder's Phoenix home restored — Associated Press
Type: Press
Source: Associated Press
L. Ron Hubbard had a restlessness that led to a lifetime of traversing the globe. So it was scarcely three years that the eclectic writer and adventurer lived at his "House on Camelback." That modest home in Phoenix, recently restored to how it looked in 1952, is regarded as a religious historic site _ the birthplace of Scientology. "For it was here that he developed the first exteriorization process and advanced fully into the realm of the human spirit, and here ...
Aug 14, 2007
Brainwash summer camp — Ynet
Type: Press
Author(s): Bat-Hen Epstein Elias
Source: Ynet
They run summer camps for children and teach them all about love, modesty, and safe sex. They even hand out awards. Yet, it turns out that behind the volunteers of the Association for Prosperity and Security in the Middle East stands the disputed Scientology sect. Association members insist they are not missionaries. 'Our aim is to teach values,' they say. The surprised parents are not convinced. 'How come they run such activities without even asking us?' "Don’t be promiscuous. Sex is ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 13, 2007
The spirit moved them: Scientology church grows — City Limits Weekly
More: rickross.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Anna Phillips
Source: City Limits Weekly
The church will soon command a higher profile in Harlem. The first thing many subway riders hear as they exit the subway station at 125th Street and Lexington Avenue often is, “Ma’am, do you have stress in your life?” It's an initial hint of one newer brand of religious outreach that continues on street level – and 125th Street in particular has seen its share of street-corner religion, from mainline Protestant denominations to the Nation of Islam. The latest comer is ...
Aug 11, 2007
Below the belt, without remorse — Haaretz
Type: Press
Author(s): Naama Lanski
Source: Haaretz
Photos of Holocaust survivors wearing striped pajamas, rumor mills grinding out stories about the complainants in Moshe Katsav's case, campaigns that build up and tear down politicians - welcome to the PR firm of Motti Morell and Ronen Tzur, an aggressive place where public opinion is created. "The prime minister is in shock," a government official who had been involved in dealing with the demonstration by angry Holocaust survivors against Ehud Olmert, said this week. "He is trying to make a ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 11, 2007
Scientologists find unlikely allies in other faiths — Florida Times-Union
More: jacksonville.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Matt Sedensky
Source: Florida Times-Union
TAMPA, Fla. - The Rev. Charles Kennedy travels the country preaching the brilliance of L. Ron Hubbard’s words. Children in his after-school program learn with the Scientology founder’s methods; church members study one of his books. The minister calls Scientologists the kindest people he’s met and their programs the best he’s found. One thing sets Kennedy apart: He and his congregants are not Scientologists. They are Christians. The Glorious Church of God in Christ here is among a number of houses ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 9, 2007
Scientology Targets Europe Amid Fresh Calls for Ban in Germany — Deutsche Welle
Type: Press
Author(s): Marcus Bösch
Source: Deutsche Welle
An alarming book, fresh demands for a ban and a rejection of those calls for a prohibition: the controversial Scientology organization has been all over the media, yet still aims to missionize Europe. Ursula Caberta expressed her opinion loud and clear: "Scientology is a dangerous, extremist organization which has declared war on Europe." As Commissioner for Scientology issues for Hamburg, Caberta is considered an expert on the subject. She has been observing the movement since 1992 and just presented her new ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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