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Dec 3, 2009
[Interview with Nancy Many] — KNOP (Washington)
Type: Radio
Source:
KNOP (Washington) Nancy Many appeared on a KNOP radio show today from Washington state to promote her new book, My Billion Year Contract. She talks about her experiences in Scientology as an aide to L. Ron Hubbard, being sent to the RPF by Hubbard where she was locked in the garage of the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater when she was five months pregnant, escaping from Scientology with her husband, disconnection and much more.
Dec 2, 2009
Intimidating and violent: defector — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nick O'Malley Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) A former Scientology leader says bullying is widespread in the church, writes investigations reporter Nick O'Malley. Coerced abortion, violence, intimidation and demands for ever greater "donations" have become unofficial Church of Scientology policy, beginning at its Florida head office and leaching around the world, the church's most senior defector has said. Marty Rathbun, who until 2004 was the church's second-most powerful man, answering only to the present leader, David Miscavige, said the church leadership was obsessed with destroying dissent and increasing ...
Nov 24, 2009
Infinite Complacency: The Detheridge letters
Nov 22, 2009
Celebrities lead charge against Scientology — The Observer (London, UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Peter Beaumont ,
Toni O'Loughlin Source:
The Observer (London, UK) Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities The security at the red-brick and glass-walled horseshoe of the John Joseph Moakley courthouse on Boston's waterfront was unusually tight. Anybody who was not a member of the city's bar association was swept with a search wand. Photo IDs were checked. Mobile phones were taken from guests, who included the Hollywood star Tom Cruise. The occasion was a memorial service for Scientology's top legal adviser for ...
Tag(s):
Aaron Saxton (aka Aaron Tweddell) •
Abortion •
Anonymous (group) •
Assault •
Australia •
Blackmail •
Blown for Good / Behind the iron curtain of Scientology (book) •
Carmel Underwood •
Children, youth •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Copyright, trademark, patent •
Cyrus Brooks •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
Death •
Destroying/hiding/falsifying evidences •
Disconnection •
Earle C. Cooley •
False imprisonment •
France •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Homosexuality •
Inurement •
Jason Beghe •
Kevin Rudd •
Lawsuit •
Marc Headley •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Martin Bashir •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Murder •
Nick Xenophon •
Paul David Schofield •
Paul Haggis •
Paul Harris •
Perjury •
Peter Beaumont •
Private investigator(s) •
Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Silencing criticism, censorship •
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) •
Suppressive person (SP) •
The Observer (London, UK) •
The Truth Rundown (St. Petersburg Times' special report) •
TIME Magazine •
Tom Cruise •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Tom De Vocht •
Tommy Davis •
Toni O'Loughlin •
Washington Post •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Nov 10, 2009
Scientology foe’s arrest raises issue of rights // Authorities feared his opposition crossed line, threatened violence — Las Vegas Sun
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jeff German Source:
Las Vegas Sun The arrest of a member of an anti-Scientology group on terrorism-related charges last month thrust Las Vegas into the forefront of a worldwide dispute between the group and the celebrity-laden church. Metro SWAT officers and counterterrorism detectives stormed the southwest Las Vegas Valley home of Colby Schoolcraft in the middle of the night Oct. 15 and seized a cache of weapons and ammunition, including an AK-47 assault rifle. Authorities say they believed acts of violence were about to be committed against ...
Nov 2, 2009
How Scientology got to Bob Minton — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Tobin ,
Joe Childs Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Robert S. Minton seemed to surface out of nowhere in late 1997. • A retired investment banker and millionaire from New England, he began to show up at anti-Scientology demonstrations in Boston and Clearwater. He gave millions to groups critical of the church. • He became the money man behind a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of Lisa McPherson, whose unexplained death at Scientology's Clearwater mecca threw the church into crisis. • Minton quickly became the Church of Scientology's No. ...
Oct 31, 2009
Chased by their church: When you try to leave Scientology, they try to bring you back — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) For years, the Church of Scientology chased down and brought back staff members who tried to leave. Ex-staffers describe being pursued by their church and detained, cut off from family and friends and subjected to months of interrogation, humiliation and manual labor. One said he was locked in a room and guarded around the clock. Some who did leave said the church spied on them for years. Others said that, as a condition for leaving, the church cowed them into signing ...
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 20 The Internet — CNM Publishing
Oct 19, 2009
Just say no to blasphemy: U.S. supports Egypt in limiting anti-religious speech — USA Today
Sep 21, 2009
The Assclown Offensive: How to enrage the Church of Scientology — Wired
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 16, 2009
Critics call for repeal of county picketing ordinance — Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Young Source:
Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) RIVERSIDE — A Riverside County ordinance that prohibits picketing closer than 30 feet from a residence has never been enforced since a divided Board of Supervisors approved it, prompting critics Tuesday to call for its repeal.
“There are no picketing incidents now or in the past that show the necessity of this ordinance in the County of Riverside,” said Julie Waltz, a county resident who has been a vocal critic of the measure since it was enacted in March.
“This ordinance ...
Sep 9, 2009
Scientology seeks to squash anonymity — The Register (UK)
Sep 8, 2009
Scientology vs Paulette Cooper // How the daughter of Holocaust victims took on a powerful religion — Jewcy
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paulette Cooper Source:
Jewcy Paulette Cooper, a journalist based in Florida, wrote the book The Scandal of Scientology in 1971. She was the first reporter to expose some of the unsavory elements of the Church and its teachings. As a result, the Church hounded her for years and tried to intimidate her into no longer challenging them. She didn't give in. ''Paulette agreed to respond to some of her frequently asked questions here on Jewcy, as well as discussing her Jewish roots and explaining ...
Jul 31, 2009
Scientology expert describes how the church recruits and controls its members — Overnight America
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