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Dec 31, 2009
Three of Scientology's elite parishioners keep faith, but leave the church — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: Recent high-profile defectors , Climbing The Bridge: A journey to "Operating Thetan'' , Scientology's response
Dec 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency: The Underwoods' Letters
Dec 29, 2009
Letters // Greens MP's claims about Scientology denied — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) You quote John Kaye's statement to Parliament about the former Scientology leader Marty Rathbun (
"Intimidating and violent: defector" , December 2). Mr Rathbun was removed from his position related to legal and public relations matters in the US in 1993, after having inexplicably deserted his post. He later returned and worked his way back into legal affairs. By 2002 his malfeasance became apparent and he was removed from any position of executive authority. The internal investigation leading to his removal also ...
Dec 29, 2009
Rick Pendery, ethical Scientologist
Dec 16, 2009
Church of Scientology hoping South End move will clear up misconceptions — South End News (Massachusetts)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kate Lindsmith Source:
South End News (Massachusetts) Timeframe of move remains undecided almost a year after sale of Alexandra Hotel
Having spent more than three decades in the heart of the Back Bay, the Church of Scientology is still working on moving its headquarters to the South End. The church plans to renovate space in the Alexandra Hotel building and a neighboring brownstone, thus expanding its base to nearly twice the size of its current 26,000-square-foot location at 448 Beacon Street. The church bought the space in early ...
Dec 15, 2009
Lawsuit coming, despite Sandy Springs' OK of Scientology church — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Scientology is coming to Sandy Springs – but a federal lawsuit is coming first.
“Absolutely,” said attorney William Woodson Galloway, when asked if the Church of Scientology will pursue a religious liberty lawsuit following a vote Tuesday that limited the size of the church in Sandy Springs. “We are not happy with the result.”
The result was a 3-3 vote by the City Council on Tuesday night that tried to find a common ground between outright denial of the rezoning of ...
Dec 15, 2009
Scientology: 'The Crusade' continues — Gawker
Dec 14, 2009
Scientology has been Gaming the New York Times Best Seller list
Dec 14, 2009
Scientology vote Tuesday in Sandy Springs — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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April Hunt Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution The showdown over Scientology in Sandy Springs comes up for a vote Tuesday night that both opponents and supporters hope puts an end to the matter.
It isn’t likely.
The threat of a religious-liberty lawsuit looms if the City Council rejects outright the Church of Scientology’s request for a zoning change so it can move from its current state headquarters in Dunwoody into a Sandy Springs office building it owns.
On the other side are the more than 700 residents – ...
Dec 11, 2009
'This Is the Crusade': Leaked Scientology Video Features the Voice of Bart Simpson — Gawker
Dec 10, 2009
Is the Church of Scientology guilty of human trafficking? — Change.org
Dec 9, 2009
Sydney MP blasts school grant over Scientology link — Central (Sidney, Australia)
Type: Press
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Robert Burton-Bradley Source:
Central (Sidney, Australia) A Newtown School which teaches Scientology beliefs has received $1.4 million in government funding for less than 50 students.
Greens MP John Kaye blasted State and Federal governments for providing the Athena School with $751,519 in ongoing funding until 2012, $135,287 for a new library, $114,713 for classroom refits and $50,000 for other works.
According to the school’s website it teaches from The Way to Happiness, written by Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Mr Kaye said responses to questions on notice ...
Dec 9, 2009
Today Tonight: Scientology secrets — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube
Dec 5, 2009
Probe into Scientology rejected — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Barney Zwartz Source:
The Age (Australia) A SENATE inquiry into Scientology will not go ahead after the Rudd Government told the church it believed the Tax Office and police were the most appropriate authorities to investigate any complaints.
A staff member for Government Senate leader Chris Evans has emailed Scientologists who wrote to him after independent senator Nick Xenophon made a series of explosive allegations in the Senate last month, saying it would be inappropriate to conduct an inquiry into a private, religious organisation.
The email, from ...
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 ...
Dec 3, 2009
More claims against Scientology — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube
Type: TV
Author(s):
Bryan Seymour Source:
Channel 7 (Australia) The Church of Scientology's musical endeavours might be laughable yet the current storm of accusations against them is deadly serious. Edward McBride, 30, electrocuted himself at a substation near Brisbane in February 2007.
Calls for Scientology inquiry The Queensland Coroner requested the Church of Scientology hand over its files as Edward had been doing intensive Scientology courses before taking his life. His brother Steve McBride is searching for answers. "I just feel my brother's life has been taken for the ...
Dec 2, 2009
Escaping Scientology: One Kiwi's story — Channel 3 (New Zealand)
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Channel 3 (New Zealand) One time Scientologist Lance Hoskins has had a first hand insight inside the mind and workings of the strange religion.
Dec 2, 2009
Infinite Complacency: Kevin Mackey's Letter
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Jonny Jacobsen Scientology’s relentless hard sell has driven some members to the edge of bankruptcy, wrote one former member who had experienced such tactics. [...]
Dec 2, 2009
Police investigate Scientology — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nick O'Malley Source:
The Age (Australia) NSW police are investigating allegations of abuse and bullying in the Church of Scientology made in a series of letters from former members tabled in Federal Parliament by independent senator Nick Xenophon. The most senior executive to defect from the church, US-based Marty Rathbun, has said the allegations, including coercion to have abortions and donate money, were unwritten church policy, dictated from its head office, according to a speech by Greens MP John Kaye in the NSW upper house. "My office ...
Dec 2, 2009
Schools linked to Scientology will get $1.6m — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anna Patty Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) FEWER than 100 children will benefit from more than $1.6 million in Federal Government subsidies over four years to two schools strongly linked to the Scientology movement. The Athena School in Newtown will receive $751,519 in recurrent funding from the Federal Government for the 2009 to 2012 funding period. It has also been allocated $135,287 for a new library, $114,713 for primary classroom refurbishments and $50,000 for other refurbishments under the Rudd Government's Building the Education Revolution program. The Athena School ...
Dec 1, 2009
Il coraggio di parlare. Storie di fuoriusciti da Scientology [Italian] [English: "The Courage to Speak. Stories of defectors from Scientology"] — Paoline Editoriale Libri (Italy)
Nov 30, 2009
Church of Scientology Signs Lease in Commerce — Los Angeles Business JournalMore: labusinessjournal.com
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Los Angeles Business Journal Editor's Note: A version of this story appeared in the Business Journal's November 30 print edition. The Church of Scientology has signed a 10-year lease topping $12 million for industrial space in Commerce. The lease with landlord Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America for the 184,772-square-foot building at 6130 E. Sheila St. closed Nov. 9. The church will print and distribute magazines and books there. The deal starts at about 52 cents per square foot per month on a triple net ...
Nov 30, 2009
Infinite Complacency: Paul Schofield´s Letter
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Jonny Jacobsen Paul David Schofield described how Scientology was complicit in the cover-up of child sexual abuse – and how he helped them hide the truth about the deaths of his own daughters. [...]
Nov 30, 2009
Leave Churchill out of Scientology, says family — The Independent (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Guy Adams Source:
The Independent (UK) Images of Britain's wartime leader are being used in recruiting posters Fight them on the beaches if you will. But the descendants of Sir Winston Churchill have decided that a more effective way to prevent the Church of Scientology from hijacking the memory of Britain's wartime leader involves stern cease-and-desist letters and the threat of a costly PR battle. In an unlikely dispute that pits Sir Winston's grandchildren against followers of the late L Ron Hubbard – the science-fiction writer who ...
Nov 29, 2009
Church of Scientology plans Illinois headquarters on Printer's Row — Chicago Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Manya A. Brachear Source:
Chicago Tribune Convicted of fraud in France, impugned by former celebrity members and accused of coercing estranged practitioners to stay against their will, the Church of Scientology has encountered a fair share of bad publicity in recent months. But in Chicago, the religious movement founded by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard appears to be flourishing. Signaling that success are plans for a new seven-story Illinois church headquarters slated to open next year in Chicago's historic Printer's Row. The restoration of ...
Nov 29, 2009
Scientology DVDs in schools — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
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Matt Nippert Source:
New Zealand Herald A scientologist doctor, who gave evidence on the suicide of a church member she treated, is promoting a controversial educational resource in New Zealand schools. Dr Helen Smith gave evidence this year to a coroner's inquiry after the death of David Sampson in December 2008. Sampson had won $651,000 in Lotto's first division in 1991, but battled with alcohol abuse and depression. A friend of Sampson was upset at the church's policy against psychiatric help: "He was suffering from depression, but ...
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)
Nov 27, 2009
Scientology probe in limbo — The Age (Australia)
Nov 26, 2009
Infinite Complacency: John Lindstein's lawsuit
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