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Jun 20, 2009
Scientology's response to church defectors: 'Total lies' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology pressed vigorously Friday (June 19, 2009) to delay publication of the Times ' Scientology story. Its spokesmen and lawyers said that the few days the newspaper gave the church to respond to Mike Rinder, who only recently agreed to go public, was not enough time. The church also said the Times needs to talk to more people. Church spokesmen, executives, attorneys and others flew in from around the country to meet with reporters in Clearwater. The parade started ...
Jun 15, 2009
French prosecutor seeks dissolution of Scientology — ReutersMore: rickross.com
Type: Press
Source:
Reuters (Reuters) — A French prosecutor on Monday recommended a Paris court should dissolve the Church of Scientology's French branch when it rules on charges of fraud against the organization. Registered as a religion in the United States, with celebrity members such as actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta, Scientology enjoys no such legal protection in France, where it has faced repeated accusations of being a money-making cult. The Church's Paris headquarters and bookshop are defendants in a fraud trial that began ...
Jun 9, 2009
Latest news from the French Scientology trial — DigitalJournal.com
Type: Commentary
Author(s):
Michael Cosgrove Source:
DigitalJournal.com The Church of Scientology is on trial in Paris for organised fraud. Six individuals and two organisations have been charged and if they are found guilty the Church may well have to wind up some or all of its activities in France. This trial had been talked about for months here as being a make-or-break affair for Scientology and it began last Monday. The two organisations being tried are the Spiritual Association of the Church of Scientology and the Scientology library, ...
Jun 7, 2009
Infinite Complacency - The Paris Trial: Pierre Auffret's Story
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jonny Jacobsen Day 3 (May 27): a Paris court heard how a company director's massive spending on Scientology put his business at risk. [...]
Jun 2, 2009
Infinite Complacency - The Paris Trial III
May 31, 2009
Norwegian government considers prosecuting Scientology — Wikinews
May 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency - The Paris Trial I
May 28, 2009
Scientology on trial in France: Can a religion be banned? — TIME Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bruce Crumley Source:
TIME Magazine As a fiercely secular nation, France has always had an awkward relationship with religious groups. Officials often find themselves struggling to strike the delicate balance between maintaining church-state separation and honoring the right of citizens to express their faith. But in the current case against the U.S.-based Church of Scientology, authorities have abandoned their usual attempts at fine-tuning religion's standing in French society — instead, they want to ban Scientology from France altogether. In a long-awaited trial that opened this week, ...
May 26, 2009
Scientology on trial in Paris for 'ruin' of disciples — Daily Telegraph (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Henry Samuel Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) The Church of Scientology has been accused of manipulating followers into handing over their savings, in a trial that could see the church banned from France. The church's main centre in France, the ASES-Celebrity Centre, its bookshop and six of its leaders were charged on Monday with organised fraud and illegally prescribing drugs. One former church member claimed she had been psychologically pressured into paying thousands of pounds for lessons, books, drugs and a device called an "electrometre", which the church ...
May 26, 2009
Tom Cruise and a trial that could drive Scientology out of France — The Independent (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Lichfield Source:
The Independent (UK) Movement accused of 'organised fraud' against two female members persuaded to part with €20,000 The Scientology movement went on trial in Paris yesterday for "organised fraud" in a case which could lead to the cult's organising bodies being outlawed in France. The French state prosecution service has failed to back the trial but denies that its decision was influenced by the lobbying of French politicians, including Nicolas Sarkozy before he became President, by leading Scientologists, including the actor Tom Cruise. After ...
May 25, 2009
Church of Scientology goes on trial in Paris for fraud — Radio France International (RFI)
Type: Press
Source:
Radio France International (RFI) Members of the Church of Scientology go on trial in Paris Monday on charges of fraud, along with the Church of Scientology itself, which means its operations in France are at risk. The trial is the culmination of two complaints lodged by people who said they were manipulated into spending thousands of euros by the Church. France considers Scientology a cult. Until now, prosecutors have only gone after individual Scientologists in court. But Monday, along with seven Scientologists, the Church itself ...
May 25, 2009
Scientology on trial in France — BBC News
Type: TV
Source:
BBC News The Church of Scientology has gone on trial in the French capital, Paris, accused of organised fraud. The case centres on a complaint by a woman who says she was pressured into paying large sums of money after being offered a free personality test. The church, which is fighting the charges, denies that any mental manipulation took place. France regards Scientology as a sect, not a religion, and the organisation could be banned if it loses the case. It is the ...
May 22, 2009
Scientology trial set to begin — Channel 4 (UK)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Emily Reuben Source:
Channel 4 (UK) Are the secrets of Scientology about to be exposed in a French court? More4 News goes to Paris to find out. It sounds like a science, but calls itself a church, while opponents have other names for it. Despite celebrity followers such as John Travolta, the Church of Scientology is viewed with suspicion in some countries. Now the organisation faces a legal battle in France, with a trial starting next week threatening its operations there.
May 21, 2009
Infinite Complacency - Scientology on trial in France
May 21, 2009
Kirstie Alley and Scientology vs the MOTHERS Act — Daily Kos
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Barbara Graham Source:
Daily Kos The MOTHERS Act is under attack by Scientology and its front group, 'Citizens Commission on Human Rights.' Kirstie Alley, the star of Fat Actress, Cheers, and Jenny Craig commercials, is using Twitter to spread lies about this bill, which has the potential to help thousands of new mothers understand and deal with Post Partum Depression. I just got back from San Francisco Monday. I went up to join in a protest of the Scientology rally against the American Psychiatric Association convention ...
May 12, 2009
L’examen du dossier accablant l’église de scientologie reporté [French] — RTL (Europe)
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RTL (Europe) L’examen du dossier accablant l’église de scientologie reporté Escroquerie, extorsion, exercice illégal de la médecine, infraction aux pratiques de commerce et organisation criminelle : ce sont les faits reprochés à 12 personnes et 2 associations. La chambre du conseil de Bruxelles n'a pas entamé mardi les débats sur le règlement de la procédure dans le dossier impliquant l'église de scientologie. Elle a reporté cet examen à une date indéterminée, a-t-on appris auprès d'un des avocats des douze personnes inculpées, Me Xavier ...
Apr 27, 2009
Departementet om Scientologikirken: - Kan være på kant med loven [Norwegian] — VG Nett (Norway)More: Google translation
Type: Press
Source:
VG Nett (Norway) (VG Nett) Helsedepartementet mener det er på tide at Scientologikirkens aktiviteter blir kontrollert opp mot norsk lov.
Etter å ha besvart 200 spørsmål i Scientologikirkens personlighetstest på internett, gikk tre av VG Netts medarbeidere hver for seg til kirkens lokaler i Karl Johans gate i Oslo.
Journalistene Stian Eisenträger og Marianne Vikås svarte ærlig på spørsmålene ut fra eget ståsted. Begge opplever seg selv som stabile, og fornøyd med livet.
For å finne ut hvilke tilbakemeldinger depressive personer kan få, påtok ...
Apr 2, 2009
Laura Ann DeCrescenzo v. Church of Scientology International, and Does 1-20
Apr 1, 2009
Special investigation: Former Scientologists claim coerced abortions, child labor inside church [Part 10] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)More: Transcript
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nathan Baca Source:
KESQ Channel 3 (CA) PART TEN Former Scientologist Maureen Bolstad continues her account of her years at the church headquarters near Hemet. "I was actually one of the older ones at 17. There were 13-year-olds, 12-year-olds," Bolstad recollects. "There was just one kid, 12-years-old that was given an executive responsibility doing something. He had a complete nervous breakdown." This is how Maureen spent her teenage years: making videos for the church. Looking at her social security tax forms, she says nobody ever told her about ...
Mar 25, 2009
Former Scientology film production employees allege labor violations — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Perrault Source:
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) Two former employees who worked more than a decade at the Church of Scientology's Golden Era Productions enclave near Hemet have filed lawsuits alleging the church violated federal and state labor laws and engaged in human trafficking.
Church of Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis called the lawsuits "utterly meritless," noting that hundreds of staff would boast about working conditions at the nearly 700-acre compound in Gilman Hot Springs.
"Working conditions at Gold Base are nothing short of spectacular," Davis said.
In separate ...
Mar 24, 2009
In The Zone: Graham Berry interview [Part 1] — Radio94x.comMore: part 2 , part 3 , part 4
Mar 11, 2009
Beck's show tonight will benefit Scientology-affiliated charity — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Margaret Wappler Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) There's been a touch of Internet controversy today about Beck's somewhat-impromptu show at the Echo tonight, first started by blogger Sketchytown, then picked up by the LA Weekly's West Coast Sound blog. Both blogs raised a flag about a charity cited on the show's promotional material, Educating Children International, which, according to the promo poster, will get the "net proceeds" of the show priced at a cool $35.
Nothing was mentioned about any connections with Scientology, and the website for the ...
Mar 1, 2009
[Complaint vs Narconon Nevada & Narconon Southern California]
Feb 20, 2009
Legal battle between Wachovia and a hedge fund shows the interconnected world of a Wall Street fiasco — Charlotte Business Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sarah Okeson Source:
Charlotte Business Journal It was a tiny deal in Wall Street terms. In May 2007, Wachovia Bank agreed to make what was essentially a $10 million bet with a small offshore hedge fund.
No big deal; certainly no big impact on Wachovia at the time.
But now, credit markets have nearly frozen. Taxpayers are shelling out $700 billion — with much more expected — to shore up a tottering financial system. Many banks, including Wachovia, have all but failed and disappeared. Venerable Wall Street ...
Feb 10, 2009
Les raëliens appuient l'Église de scientologie — Le Soleil (Québec, Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jean Pascal Lavoie Source:
Le Soleil (Québec, Canada) Jean Pascal Lavoie
Le Soleil
(Québec) L'Église de scientologie reçoit l'appui du Mouvement raëlien dans son projet d'implanter un lieu de culte dans le quartier Saint-Roch.
Les raëliens ont réagi aux propos du cardinal Marc Ouellet, qui s'interrogeait la semaine dernière sur les critères de reconnaissance des religions au Québec. Celui-ci refusait de considérer l'Église de scientologie en tant que religion. «Je ne sais pas en vertu de quel principe ce statut leur a été accordé. Mais malheureusement, au Québec, tout ...
Jan 31, 2009
Trial date set for fraud case against Church of Scientology in France — Wikinews
Jan 28, 2009
L'Eglise de scientologie jugée pour escroquerie du 25 mai au 10 juin — Agence France Presse (AFP)
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 3, 2009
Inmates pulled from Second Chance — Albuquerque JournalMore: forums.whyweprotest.net
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jeff Proctor Source:
Albuquerque Journal By Jeff Proctor
Journal Staff Writer
During the past week, county officials from around the state have been removing their inmates from the controversial Second Chance Center, which the city of Albuquerque plans to kick out of the old West Side jail building at the end of the month.
It is unclear how many inmates have been moved out of the center, which city officials have ordered out of the old jail by Jan. 31. The center has violated its lease ...
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