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Mar 6, 2011
Inside the Church of Scientology [Melbourne, Ascot Vale] — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Hamish Heard
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Inside the Church of Scientology What's the Church of Scientology all about? Sunday Herald Sun reporter Hamish Heard joined to find out. AFTER barely an hour in the Church of Scientology's new Melbourne headquarters the verdict is in: I am deeply flawed. It appears I am in denial of a deep-seated depression, I am close to unlikable and a decade and a half of social indulgence has left me borderline dim. On the plus side, Mark - my new mentor in ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Jan 23, 2011
Grand start planned for new multi-million dollar Scientology church — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Hamish Heard
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
[Picture / Caption: The Church of Scientology building in Mt Alexander Rd, Ascot Vale. Picture: Ian Currie Source: Sunday Herald Sun ] SCIENTOLOGISTS from around the world are expected to land in Melbourne this week ahead of the opening of a new multi-million dollar Scientology church. But the church has hosed down speculation that high-profile devotees John Travolta and Tom Cruise would be among the Scientologists in town to celebrate the opening of the Ascot Vale facility this weekend. Reports surfaced ...
Aug 22, 2010
University Prof Patrick McGorry is targeted by Scientology church — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Brigid O'Connell
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
AUSTRALIAN of the Year Prof Patrick McGorry is among a number of top psychiatrists who have been targeted by the Church of Scientology after they spoke out against the religion. The University of Melbourne professor, with Monash University's Prof Louise Newman and Prof Ian Hickie, director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney, publicly backed calls by South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon in March for a senate inquiry into Scientology. They have since received requests under ...
Apr 21, 2010
Russia bans books by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
RUSSIA is set to ban dozens of texts and recordings by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. "Materials on Scientology by Ron Hubbard have been found extremist and will be banned from distribution in Russia," the Russian prosecutor general's office said in a statement. The ban relates to 28 books and audio-video discs containing lectures by Hubbard, a US science fiction author who founded Scientology in 1954. The ruling was the latest blow to the Church of Scientology, an organisation that some ...
Dec 3, 2009
Melbourne school linked to Scientology received $300,000 in federal stimulus money — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): John Masanauskas
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
A MELBOURNE school linked to the controversial Church of Scientology received $300,000 in funding from the federal stimulus package. Yarralinda, in Mooroolbark, is one of two schools in Australia that uses the teaching methods of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently expressed concerns about the Church of Scientology after independent senator Nick Xenophon made serious claims against the organisation under parliamentary privilege. Last week, the State Government told its schools not to distribute materials by a Scientology-funded ...
Nov 29, 2009
Wealth seminar a front for Scientology recruitment, say ex-members — Sun Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Kate Dennehy
Source: Sun Herald (Australia)
[Picture / Caption: Carly Crutchfield, CEO of Ccorp at the 'Massive Results Bootcamp' the Gold Coast.] Scientologists are using a get-rich-quick seminar at the Gold Coast this weekend to groom potential new members for the controversial church, say former members. Carly Crutchfield, the key speaker at a 'Massive Results Bootcamp seminar' at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Sanctuary Cove confirmed that she and two other main speakers are Church of Scientology members. She said the others speakers were Gareth Jekel, a business ...
Nov 28, 2009
Brumby Government bans group linked to Church of Scientology from Victorian schools — Herald Sun (Australia)
Oct 8, 2009
Jodhi Meares signs to model agency, aims to get back on Australian television — Herald Sun (Australia)
Sep 17, 2009
Church bid to gag critics — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Ben Butler
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
THE celebrity-studded Church of Scientology in Australia wants negative media reports about the controversial religion outlawed. Scientology, which boasts members including Tom Cruise, said it wanted a law "to prevent the dissemination of anti-religious propaganda in the media, which is based on unfounded hearsay and either known or reasonably known to be untruthful". Churches and individuals who have been "defamed" should be able to sue for damages, the religious organisation said in a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission. Scientology ...
Sep 7, 2009
Hanged soldier Edward McBride 'refused to get drunk' — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
AN army private found dead in mysterious circumstances had been bullied by others for refusing to get drunk, a court has been told. Edward Alexander McBride, 30, was found hanging from a rope at the Energex substation in Brisbane's Everton Park on February 7, 2007. The cause of death was found to be electrocution. An inquest into his death got underway in the Brisbane Coroners Court today, where evidence was heard that Mr McBride had been the victim of bullying while ...
Jul 30, 2009
Church of Scientology denies John Travolta too scared to leave — Herald Sun (Australia)
More: news.com.au
Type: Press
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
THE Church of Scientology has angrily denied that high-profile follower John Travolta allegedly blames it for not being able to prevent his son’s death. Tabloid reports earlier this week claimed Travolta had become a “bitter recluse” after the death of his son Jett, 16, who was believed to have suffered from autism. Britain’s Mail on Sunday claimed church insiders had said Travolta bitterly regretted adhering to Scientology’s teachings when treating his son's condition and had threatened to quit the secretive church. ...
Jul 5, 2009
Film crew signs 'no questions' TomKat Scientology contracts — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Luke Dennehy
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
KATIE Holmes is about to start filming her new movie, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, but some questions from the crew will not be allowed. The Batman Begins actor will begin filming on the closed Docklands set this week, as she, husband Tom Cruise and daughter Suri continue to explore Melbourne's sights and stores. One film source from the set said that each crew member had signed agreements saying they would not ask the superstar about her religion, Scientology. The ...
Nov 20, 2008
Schoolies to face drug, condom blitz by Scientologists — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Emily Power, Aaron Langmaid
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
MORE than 15,000 schoolies on an annual party invasion will be bombarded with safe sex and anti-drug messages. A drug information booklet sponsored by the Church of Scientology, and free condoms from a health provider will be available to school-leavers letting off steam when official celebrations start on Saturday. About 7000 Victorians will flock to the Gold Coast, at least 5000 will party at Lorne and Torquay, and up to 3000 teens are anticipated at Phillip Island after exams finish today. ...
May 5, 2008
Sect spends $7m on new home — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Mark Dunn
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
THE Church of Scientology has spent more than $7 million on a new Victorian headquarters and prayer facility in northern Melbourne. The controversial church has also quietly put out the feelers on selling its landmark five-storey Russell St building, which is expected to fetch about $7.5 million. Scientology officials would not comment on claims that James Packer - who allegedly has links to the church through his friendship with movie star and Scientologist Tom Cruise - had helped finance the new ...
Feb 26, 2008
Scientology kindergarten shut down — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 18, 2008
Scientologist stabbing trial to go ahead — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
A Sydney woman will stand trial on charges of murdering her Scientologist father and teenage sister. The 25-year-old, who cannot be named, is facing two counts of murder and a third of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent to murder over a frenzied stabbing at her southwestern Sydney home in July last year. It is alleged that the woman, who has been diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, fatally stabbed her 53-year-old father and 15-year-old sister in a psychotic rage at the ...
Feb 10, 2008
Scientology protests start across Australia — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Andrew Ramadge
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jan 7, 2008
Explosive claims on Cruise baby — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Kent
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
Tag(s): Herald SunPaul Kent
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jul 19, 2007
Woman recovers from 'Scientology' stabbing — Herald Sun (Australia)
More: news.com.au
Type: Press
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
A SYDNEY woman allegedly stabbed by her daughter in an attack that killed two other family members has been released from hospital. The 52-year-old mother of six, who cannot be named, has been recovering in hospital since the deadly attack at the family home in Revesby, in Sydney's south-west, on July 6. A St George Hospital spokeswoman said the woman was discharged yesterday. The woman's 25-year-old daughter is accused of fatally stabbing her 53-year-old father and 15-year-old sister and injuring her ...
Jul 9, 2007
Religion's rise in the stars — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Carla Danaher
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
VICTORIA'S Scientology population has almost doubled in a decade, figures reveal. There are 629 Scientologists in Victoria, compared with 324 in 1996. Census data prepared for the Herald Sun shows that Melbourne's Yarra Ranges and Whitehorse areas are the state's Scientology capitals. Australia-wide, there were 2507 Scientologists in 2006, up from 1489 a decade ago. Experts say the religion's popularity is in line with the growth of other alternative religions and has been boosted significantly by Scientology's celebrity links. High-profile Scientologists ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jul 9, 2007
Scientology 'stopped accused killer getting help' — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Katherine Danks
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
A Sydney woman accused of fatally stabbing her father, sister and injuring her mother was denied psychiatric treatment by her parents who were Scientologists, a court was told today. The 24-year-old woman, who cannot be named, was diagnosed with a psychotic illness in late 2006 and recommended follow-up treatment at Bankstown Hospital, in Sydney's southwest. Dr Mark Cross, the consultant psychiatrist and clinical director of Liverpool and Fairfield Mental Health Services, said the woman's parents refused this treatment. "She had a ...
Jul 2, 2007
Hubbard's Scientology 'built on nonsense' — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Jill Singer
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
WITH the Packer wedding over — and guest Tom Cruise embrolied in a "religious" controversy — Scientology is once again on the agenda, writes Jill Singer. SCIENTOLOGY is being talked about again because of certain prominent supporters. Germany is reluctant to have Scientology's most famous adherent, Tom Cruise, play one of its country's greatest heroes. Valkyrie, the planned film, centres on Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg's heroic role in attempting to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The problem for Cruise is that Germany is ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 17, 2007
Hubbard Love — Sunday Herald
Aug 16, 2005
Scientology lessons in schools — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Liam Houlihan
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
A drug program run by Scientologists and labelled dangerous by medical authorities is being given free rein at dozens of Melbourne schools. The controversial Narconon group gave a speech at Melbourne High on Sunday and has made classroom presentations at Melbourne schools including MacRobertson Girls High. The group – which does not disclose its Scientology background to schools – gives students booklets that condemn prescription drugs and equate coffee with heroin. "All drugs are basically poison . . . Two or ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 25, 2004
Sect link to MP adviser — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Lincoln Wright
Source: Herald Sun (Australia)
A SENIOR adviser to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has been linked to the Church of Scientology. Innes Willox, Mr Downer's chief of staff, is on the Church of Scientology's roll of Australian membership, listed on the Internet. Like other members named on the roll, Mr Willox also has a personal Scientology website. His site includes his favourite L. Ron Hubbard quote and other personal details. Scientology was founded by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s. Some ...
Jan 31, 2004
Cult aims at kids' shows — Herald Sun (Australia)
Jul 4, 1999
Young disciples — Sun Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Sun Herald (Australia)
The Church of Scientology is using six-year-olds to hand out leaflets on Sydney streets. The church says the children are members of its Chinese congregation, who are distributing anti-drug fliers outside the George Street cinemas. Sydney Scientologist PR Linda Fitzpatrick says the church is interested in recruiting children as "drug-free ambassadors".
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Mar 14, 1999
Soul Sisters — Sun Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Sun Herald (Australia)
Scientologist Kate Ceberano is rumoured to be appearing in the Channel 7 comedy 'Dharma And Greg.' It seems that while travelling in the US recently Ceberano met soulmate and star of the show Jenna Elfman and the pair hit it off.
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Jul 5, 1998
Church persecuted — Sun Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Sun Herald (Australia)
CLARIFICATION is required regarding the article on Scientology (June 21), as no German court decision exists which states that Scientology is not a religion, while 36 local and regional courts there have held that it is a bona fide religious community. It appears that the German courts have had to shoulder the whole burden of being objective and just. The Government inquiry on new religions was roundly condemned by parliamentarians and scholars and solidly lampooned in Spiegel magazine as "a kindergarten ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Jun 21, 1998
Censorship won't stop slaughter — Sun Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Source: Sun Herald (Australia)
AFTER reading so many news articles of violent deaths and murders in the past few weeks I am sure I am not alone in wanting a solution to the problems that cause such occurrences. Frustrated politicians and social commentators tell us that we have to stop the killing, and the primary solutions offered are more police, tighter gun controls, "intervention" with enforced mental health "treatment" and tougher prison sentences. And while it is obviously true we have to do something about ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
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