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Feb 19, 2009
Que se passe-t-il au club de golf Les vieilles Forges? — TVA Trois-Rivières (Quebec, Canada)More: Video
Feb 3, 2009
Will the L. Ron Hubbard house turn a Camelback neighborhood into a Scientology recruitment Mecca? — Phoenix New Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robrt L. Pela Source:
Phoenix New Times On a recent December Sunday, on a still street nestled against Camelback Mountain, a party is in full swing at the L. Ron Hubbard House. It's meant to be a holiday open house, to show off the stunning renovation of the simple brick dwelling where Hubbard founded Scientology a half-century ago, and to smooth relations with neighbors, some of whom have lately been up in arms about plans to turn the house into a Scientology museum. These concerned neighbors, none of ...
Feb 1, 2009
21 Søndag: Skattekroner havner i Scientology [Unofficial translation: "Narconon: Tax money ends up in Scientology"] — Danish State Television (Denmark)More: dr.dk
Jan 25, 2009
Scientology base denied by officials — Albuquerque JournalMore: abqjournal.com , forums.whyweprotest.net
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jeff Proctor Source:
Albuquerque Journal Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal
Journal Staff Writer
The Second Chance drug rehab program was pitched to lawmakers and the judiciary as the missing link in a broken system that recycled non-violent drug offenders between jails, prisons and the streets.
The past year, it has struggled through money problems and accusations that it is housing ineligible inmates. On Saturday, faced with a city-delivered Jan. 31 deadline to vacate, Second Chance officials moved the last of its inmates out. But throughout the ...
Jan 23, 2009
Devoir d'enquête: "La Scientologie: La secte démasquée" [Part 1] [Unofficial English translation] — RTBF 1 (Belgium)More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
Jan 21, 2009
Scientologists hit out at criticism — Canberra Times (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jano Gibson Source:
Canberra Times (Australia) THE Church of Scientology has appealed for religious tolerance after its $12 million bid to redevelop its Sydney headquarters sparked fears from neighbours of an increase in "menacing" and "aggressive" recruitment tactics.
The church has sought approval from the City of Sydney to add two floors to its five-storey building, Scientology House, on Castlereagh Street. The increased floor space would help turn the building into an "Ideal Org", the name Scientologists give to their most significant churches.
But almost 150 people ...
Jan 17, 2009
Godelman and Le Shay respond to Diskeeper’s motion to strike — realitybasedcommunity.net
Jan 14, 2009
Chicago dentist to settle forced Scientology, harassment case — Chicago TribuneMore: articles.chicagotribune.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
James P. Miller Source:
Chicago Tribune A Chicago dentist has agreed to pay $462,500 to settle federal allegations that he violated U.S. discrimination laws by sexually harassing workers and by forcing employees who wanted to keep their jobs to submit to indoctrination in the tenets of Scientology. The Chicago office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had filed a civil lawsuit against James L. Orrington in September 2007, asserting he had discriminated against 18 employees by subjecting them to sexual propositions, comments and improper touching. The suit ...
Dec 22, 2008
Scientology refuseniks sue over compulsory workplace courses / Diskeeper fights religious discrimination suit — The Register (UK)
Dec 20, 2008
Former CIO sues Diskeeper claims he was fired for not participating in Scientology training — realitybasedcommunity.net
Oct 30, 2008
Openness could be Scientology's salvation — Livenews (Australia)
Oct 15, 2008
Alexander Godelman, Marc Le Shay v. Diskeeper Corporation: Discriminatory discharge
Oct 1, 2008
Mission: Investigate! — Sveriges Television (Sweden)More: Youtube
Type: TV
Source:
Sveriges Television (Sweden) Tag(s):
Anonymous (group) •
Anti-psychiatry •
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) •
Bo Persson •
Brainwashing •
Cecilia Lind •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Clark Carr •
Communications Course •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
E-Meter •
Fair game •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Front groups •
Harassment •
Human Rights Committee (Sweden) •
Håkan Järvå •
Income •
Infiltration •
Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer •
Medical claims •
Membership •
Michael Pattinson •
Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) •
Narconon International •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operation Snow White •
Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Public funding •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Recruitment •
Rickard Sulek •
Robert B. "Bob" Adams •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Schools •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Sveriges Television (Sweden) •
Sweden •
Tarja Vulto •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Ulf Brettstam •
Vanna Beckman •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) •
Åsa Graaf
Jun 6, 2008
Ala. woman cites Scientology in suit over job loss — Alabama NewsMore: al.com
Type: Press
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Alabama News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A Pinson woman claims in a discrimination lawsuit that she was fired by a Warrior dentist after she told the "Rick and Bubba" radio show that Scientology was part of her staff training. In a federal suit filed Tuesday, Cortnie L. Beasley claims Dr. Susan Wells required her to read a book by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. Beasley says she's a Baptist. Wells' office said she had patients Friday was not ...
Jun 6, 2008
Woman says she was fired for publicly objecting to on-the-job Scientology teachings — Birmingham News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Val Walton Source:
Birmingham News A Pinson Baptist has sued a Warrior dentist, claiming she was fired from her job after she said on the "Rick and Bubba" morning show that Scientology was being forced upon her in the workplace. Cortnie L. Beasley contends in a federal lawsuit that on the first day she reported to work at Dr. Susan Wells' office she was taken to the office's basement and was required to read a book by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of ...
Apr 19, 2008
Rekrutterer unge til Scientologi med stress-test [Norwegian] — VG Nett (Norway)More: Google translation
Type: Press
Source:
VG Nett (Norway) [Picture of Scientology stress-test table]STRESS-TESTES: Mange barn syns det er morsomt med stress-testen på Karl Johan. Kirken avviser at de forsøker å verve barna. - Vi lar dem prøve for moro skyld, sier pressetalsmann Matthias Fosse. Foto: Roar Dalmo Moltubak
KARL JOHAN (VG Nett) Fra denne standen på Karl Johan i Oslo forsøker Scientologi-kirken å verve nye medlemmer med en egenkomponert stress-test.
Lørdag formiddag stoppet et titalls forbipasserende, deriblant flere barn og unge, og tok plass på stolene foran standen for ...
Apr 6, 2008
Special report: The Scientologists — Israel TV
Apr 2, 2008
Des théories remises en question [French] — Société Radio-Canada (Canada)More: Video: Unofficial English translation , Transcript: Unofficial English translation
Type: TV
Author(s):
Émilie Dubreuil Source:
Société Radio-Canada (Canada) La scientologie est une entreprise ultramoderne qui a aussi des activités séculières. Par exemple, en 1966, Ron Hubbard fondait avec un collègue Narconon une cure de désintoxication qui compte aujourd'hui plus d'une centaine de centres dans le monde, dont un à Trois-Rivières. En plus d'être une cure de désintoxication, Narconon s'est donné pour mission d'instruire les jeunes sur les méfaits de la drogue en donnant des conférences dans de nombreuses écoles de la province. L'atelier offert dans les écoles, appelé La ...
Mar 12, 2008
A Prisoner of Scientology Los Angeles — Orato
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Duignan Source:
Orato Following on from my own experiences and analysis on the Scientology cult, I came across this. It is absolutely par for course as to how this 'religion' separates people from their families and creates horrendous distress in forwarding their own agenda. I hope this story creates the sense of revulsion with readers that this cult truly deserves. I am simply placing Mrs. Lentsch's story here, with no editing, it speaks for itself. Portland, Oregon - March 11, 2008 Portland resident Susan ...
Feb 26, 2008
Scientology kindergarten shut down — Herald Sun (Australia)
Feb 15, 2008
The faith business: Scientology in NZ — Sunday Star-Times
Type: Press
Source:
Sunday Star-Times Accountant Andrew Yong was near his office in the Panmure shops in east Auckland when he met a man who would change his life. Andrew Wenborn was from the Church of Scientology, headquartered a few hundred metres away. An Australian on secondment from Sydney, Wenborn persuaded Yong to take a Scientology "stress test", using an electrical device called an "e-meter". Sure enough, Yong was stressed and his health poor, Wenborn told him, and Scientology could help. What's more, said Wenborn, he ...
Feb 5, 2008
Bad publicity 'helps Scientology recruitment' — The Telegraph (UK)
Sep 26, 2007
Dental Hygiene — Chicagoist
Type: Press
Author(s):
Margaret Lyons Source:
Chicagoist The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Dr. James Orrington, DDS, alleging religious and sexual harassment. The suit, filed on behalf of ten employees — 9 women and 1 man? 10 women? — claims the South Side dentist required employees to recite passages from Scientology literature before he'd give them their checks. Three employees were fired after they lodged a complaint with the EEOC in 2005, and another two were fired after they complained about the harassment. According ...
Sep 21, 2007
Southwest Side dentist accused of sexual, religious harassment — Daily SouthtownMore: icsahome.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Mike Nolan Source:
Daily Southtown Feds: Workers propositioned, forced to learn about Scientology
A Southwest Side dentist sexually harassed female workers and forced them to recite Scientology formulas in order to get their paychecks, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Thursday.
The EEOC sued Dr. James L. Orrington on behalf of 10 former female employees, including three who were fired by the doctor shortly after they lodged complaints with the commission, said Ann Henry, an EEOC lawyer. The dentist fired two others after they complained ...
Sep 12, 2007
City Dentist Gets Fine, Probation — Daily News Record
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Reynolds Source:
Daily News Record RICHMOND — The Virginia Board of Dentistry ruled Friday that a Harrisonburg dentist broke state regulations by allowing unlicensed assistants to sedate patients.
The board put Dr. Kathryn Biery on indefinite probation, for at least two years, ordered her to take continuing education classes and fined her $24,000, according to Leigh Kiczales, of the Virginia Department of Health Professions Administrative Proceedings Division.
The decision followed Biery’s admission on Thursday that she told unlicensed assistants to sedate children, sometimes calling the order ...
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, ...
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 ...
Aug 6, 2007
Scientology Underground — Gothamist
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jen Carlson Source:
Gothamist The blog Boy Culture ran into (an all too common these days) "Travolting display" in the subway system over the weekend. Scientologists! The religion cult "legendarily opportunistic Church Of Scientology" is back underground giving out free stress tests.
Though police kicked them out in 2005 for violating New York City Transit rules about vending in the subways, it seems they've still had a presence down there and, from this photo (taken in late 2006), they're still selling Dianetics (translated in 50 ...
Aug 3, 2007
Scientologists Descend on Minneapolis Collapse Site — ABC News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marcus Baram Source:
ABC News They're ubiquitous at almost every disaster zone, assisting the wounded and consoling grieving families, from Ground Zero to Indonesia to New Orleans and now Minneapolis.
The Church of Scientology and its globetrotting team of volunteer ministers have been active over the last several years, arousing the ire of critics who read unholy motives into the group's charitable works.
Soon after Wednesday's bridge collapse, at least 20 Scientology volunteers in Minneapolis and surrounding areas headed to the disaster zone, according to a ...
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 ...
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