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Citations dropped in Scientology scuffle — WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee)
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WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The district attorney has dropped the citations against a man arrested during a scuffle outside the Church of Scientology.
Protesters were walking down the sidewalk last month when security guards hired by the church went after them. Those guards were off-duty Spring Hill police officers.
A college student said the officers attacked him. He received three citations, but the district attorney just dismissed them.
May 13, 2009
Former home of L. Ron Hubbard to be used as Scientology history museum — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: Press
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Nathan Baca Source:
KESQ Channel 3 (CA) The Church of Scientology purchased a multi-million dollar estate in the La Quinta Cove. They reportedly plan to use it as a museum and spiritual retreat center. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard once lived at that estate in the 1970s. Now, former Scientologists are coming forward to say they were abused there by the church and they fear it could happen to others. The estate is right next to the La Quinta Resort at 49875 Avenida Obregon. Former owner Richard Fredericks ...
May 13, 2009
Un ex-adepte témoigne [French] — L'Express (France)More: Google translation
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L'Express (France) Pendant quinze ans, le pianiste belge Alain Stoffen a vécu sous l'emprise de la secte. Il raconte son "Voyage au coeur de la Scientologie" (Privé), qui l'a manipulé, ruiné et a détruit sa famille. Extraits exclusifs. "L'argent commence à manquer" [Avril 1986. Alain Stoffen vient d'arriver au centre de Copenhague de la Scientologie qui doit lui délivrer son "état de Clair", pour lequel il a déjà déboursé 45 511,29 francs.] -Serre les boîtes! Olivier, mon auditeur, vient de me poser dans ...
May 13, 2009
What do Americans want? Legal pot, White House online survey reports — Washington Post
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Dan Eggen Source:
Washington Post Forget about the economic crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and saving Social Security: An online opinion survey released by the White House this week ranks legalizing pot, playing online poker and cracking down on Scientologists as far more important issues.
The results are part of a "Citizen's Briefing Book," which compiles the results of an online project launched by President Obama's transition office to solicit policy ideas from the citizenry. More than 125,000 users submitted 1.4 million votes during ...
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 ...
May 12, 2009
US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks — The Register (UK)
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John Leyden Source:
The Register (UK) Anonymous botnet hacktivist faces spell behind bars A US teenager has admitted involvement in a high profile denial of service attack against Scientology websites last year. Dmitriy Guzner of Verona, New Jersey, 19, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of using a botnet of compromised PCs in order to flood Church of Scientology-related websites with spurious traffic back in January 2008. Guzner faces between 12 and 18 months at a sentencing hearing, due to take place on 24 August. Guzner identified ...
May 11, 2009
Scientology founder's writings honored at event // Alum Hubbard's novel performed at SMPA — GW Hatchet (George Washington University, Washington, D.C.)
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Lauren Hoenemeyer Source:
GW Hatchet (George Washington University, Washington, D.C.) Aliens, brandy and guns were the key components of a comedic adaptation of an L. Ron Hubbard novel performed by Emmy-award winning actors in the Jack Morton Auditorium last week. Hubbard, whose writings became the founding documents of the Church of Scientology, attended GW for two semesters before leaving without a degree in 1931. The adaptation of his novel "The Crossroads" was followed by a presentation on his life before, during and after his time at the University. Dion Graham from ...
May 7, 2009
Laws broken in Scientology church security — WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee)More: xenutv.wordpress.com
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Dennis Ferrier Source:
WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – There are problems with how security for a Nashville Scientology event was handled, and laws appear to have been broken.
In a home video, a group of protesters walk toward the Church of Scientology on the day of the church's grand opening and are stopped by security guards, who knock one protester to the ground and have him arrested for criminal trespass.
The altercation happened 400 yards from the church, on the other side of the street.
Public ...
May 6, 2009
Protesters say they were bullied by police — WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee)More: xenutv.wordpress.com
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Dennis Ferrier Source:
WSMV (Nashville, Tennessee) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A protest at the Church of Scientology in Nashville led to pushing, shoving, an arrest and the whole thing was caught on tape.
The tape, protesters said, proves they were assaulted and bullied by security guards for no reason.
A Middle Tennessee State University student doesn't want his name revealed after what happened on April 25 at Nashville's new Church of Scientology on Eighth Avenue. The man is in a group called Anonymous that protests Church of Scientology ...
May 5, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 19 Maureen Bolstad's Story V: A tougher regime
May 4, 2009
CurbedWire: Scientologists get going — Curbed LA
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Curbed LA [Pictures] EAST HOLLYWOOD: For the longest time, reps from the church have said that repairs to their Fountain Avenue building, which was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, have been going on, but here's the first time that we've seen any actual progress on that tower. Immediately after taking these photos, the black-clad Scientology guards on bikes started circling, asking why we were taking photos. [Curbed Staff]
May 3, 2009
Dissent and scientology are mutually exclusive apparently [comments section is especially informative] — Blorbis
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Blorbis After publishing this article, supporters of the Church of Scientology sent correspondence to Orbis complaining about what they perceived to be a bias in favor of Anonymous. The fact that they apparently keep such close tabs on media about scientology (Vanderbilt Orbis, after all, isn’t as well-known or as well-distributed as the New York Times) doesn’t do much to further their case that they don’t take… aggressive measures… to silence their critics. In the meantime, the Nashville scientologists have apparently decided ...
May 1, 2009
Crime, proposed church concern High Point Civic Association — Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia)
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John F. Schaffner Source:
Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia) The High Point Civic Association heard a report from Sandy Springs police Lt. Steve Rose on crime in the southeast area of the city and a discussion from Senior Officer Larry Jacobs of the benefits of the city's Neighborhood Watch program in helping to fight crime. According to association President Alan Powell, the annual meeting April 21 was "quiet" and mainly centered on the "state of affairs in the community," which encompasses the Sandy Springs neighborhoods south of I-285 and east ...
May 1, 2009
Scientologists' move meets opposition — Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia)
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Amy Wenk Source:
Sandy Springs Reporter (Georgia) Sandy Springs residents roared over the Church of Scientology's rezoning request at a community-developer resolution meeting April 23. It was the initial public discussion for the application, which is scheduled to go before the City Council on June 16. Now based in Dunwoody, the church wants to move to 5395 Roswell Road at the corner of Glenridge Drive. [Picture]The Dunwoody-based Church of Scientology plans to relocate to 5395 Roswell Road at the corner of Glenridge Drive, a property purchased around 2005. ...
Apr 30, 2009
Four more Santa Clara County schools close because of swine flu fears — San Jose Mercury NewsMore: mercurynews.com
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Jessie Mangaliman ,
Linda Goldston Source:
San Jose Mercury News Four more Santa Clara County schools are closing because of concerns about possible swine flu infections, county health officials said today. They are not expected to open until Monday, May 11, according to county health officials. Among those closing is Rucker Elementary, a K-5 school near Gilroy. At least one child at the school, and possibly others, are being tested for swine flu, Gilroy Unified School District Superintendent Deborah Flores wrote in a message posted on the district's Web site. "In ...
Apr 30, 2009
Letters / Scientology displayed — Montreal Mirror
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Montreal Mirror Scientology displayed [Re: Scientology on display, News, April 23] The only thing more disturbing than the Church of Scientologys presence in the atrium of the Concordia library last week is the university administrations laissez-faire attitude about the indiscriminate rental of its common spaces. Its completely inappropriate that Concordia spokesperson Christine Mota encourages members of the university community to get a grip and chill while access to our library is given over to anyone who can afford the price. The attention of ...
Apr 30, 2009
[Opposition] leader won't reveal 'fakes' source — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News The South Australian Government is keeping the pressure on Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith to say who gave him fake documents he tried to use against the Premier.
Labor Party leaders say they do not believe any ALP members forged documents to set up Mr Hamilton-Smith.
He has apologised for raising the fake documents in Parliament to claim that the Premier Mike Rann solicited donations from an agency of the Church of Scientology.
SA Transport Minister Pat Conlon says Mr Hamilton-Smith needs ...
Apr 29, 2009
Bolkus threatens to sue over Scientology claim — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News Consultant and former federal minister Nick Bolkus says he is considering taking legal action over accusations that he was involved in payments from the Church of Scientology to the ALP.
South Australia's Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith gave details in State Parliament on Tuesday of emails he said he had received from a Labor Party source.
The emails alleged a $20,000 payment was made to the ALP by a company affiliated with the church.
Mr Bolkus is one of two party members ...
Apr 29, 2009
Hernando commissioners delay debate on funds for central water system — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Barbara Behrendt Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) BROOKSVILLE — Hernando County commissioners decided on Tuesday to delay discussions on whether to seek federal stimulus dollars for a central water system to help residents who have elevated levels of arsenic in their well water.
State officials had asked Hernando to take preliminary steps to seek funding for a water system to serve homes in rural areas southeast of Brooksville. The system could cost $15 million, and state officials have sent mixed messages about how much the county could get ...
Apr 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 18 Maureen Bolstad's Story IV: Int Base in the 80s
Apr 29, 2009
Martin Hamilton-Smith humiliated by forged 'Labor invoices' — The Advertiser
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Russell Emmerson Source:
The Advertiser OPPOSITION Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith has admitted he used fake documents for a parliamentary attack accusing Premier Mike Rann of corruption.
He apologised to Parliament over his reliance on faked documents linking Mr Rann to a supposed illegal $20,000 donation from an organisation linked to the Church of Scientology.
Mr Hamilton-Smith told Parliament on Tuesday that Mr Rann had a meeting with Applied Scholastics, an education company linked to the Church of Scientology, in Melbourne to smooth the way for "special treatment" ...
Apr 29, 2009
No record of Scientology donation: ALP — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
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Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News The South Australian Government says it is considering pressing charges against whoever gave suspected fake documents to the Opposition.
The Liberals told parliament that emails from within the Labor Party indicated that a company associated with the Church of Scientology donated $20,000 to the ALP after a meeting with the Premier.
Some of the emails are alleged to have come from ALP state secretary Michael Brown.
But he says he did not send them and there is no record of any ...
Apr 29, 2009
Scientology email scam dragged into SA Parliament — ABC NewsMore: MP3
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Nance Haxton Source:
ABC News MARK COLVIN: The Church of Scientology is at the centre of an unholy row in the South Australian Parliament.
The Liberal Opposition claimed in Parliament that it had emails and invoices from a Labor source.
It said these confirmed that Scientology had made a $20,000 donation to the Labor Party, and was getting special favours from the Premier Mike Rann.
But the Labor Party says all the documents are fake and that the Liberals have been duped.
Now the Deputy Premier ...
Apr 29, 2009
Shrinks vilified an ConU / Exhibit "despicable," says psych student — The Suburban (Montreal)More: transcript
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Dan Delmar Source:
The Suburban (Montreal) A display on the mezzanine of one of Concordia University’s downtown buildings turned heads last week for proclaiming that the profession of psychiatry is an “industry of death.”
Students who walked into the Library building on de Maisonneuve Blvd. two weeks ago were faced with a large exhibit, decorated to resemble a filthy asylum, with various displays on the historical evils of psychiatry and the quackery practiced by its disciples. What is not immediately apparent is that the display was organized ...
Apr 27, 2009
Anonymous plans counter-protest of Scientology's protest of psychiatry convention in San Francisco — SF Weekly
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Lauren Smiley Source:
SF Weekly It looks like the Church of Scientology will be out in force to protest the upcoming American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco next month. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Scientology's anti-psychiatry activist arm, will apparently be setting up their "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" exhibit next to the Moscone Center for the duration of the convention. How do we know? The flier above was discovered by Anonymous, the masked shock troops who sprang from the Internet over a ...
Apr 27, 2009
Departementet om Scientologikirken: - Kan være på kant med loven [Norwegian] — VG Nett (Norway)More: Google translation
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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 27, 2009
Scientology powers on — Daily News & Analysis (India)
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Ashish Virmani Source:
Daily News & Analysis (India) Mumbai: Director of the Scientology tour in India, Marion Whitta, came to India in September 2005 with the intention of staying three-and-a-half months in the country. Marion loved being here so much that she stayed on for the last three-and-a-half years, traveling all over the country. "India is the most spiritual country on the planet," she says after nearly four years of spreading the science of Scientology in this land. "The reach of Scientology here is like nothing I've ever done ...
Apr 24, 2009
Letters // Concordia got it right — Montreal Gazette
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Montreal Gazette Re: "Scientologists didn't deserve a soapbox" (Letters, April 22). Norman Ingram suggests that so called "crackpot" groups like the Scientologists should not be accorded publicly funded space like Concordia's atrium. But that is precisely what universities have a mission and an obligation to provide. Academic freedom and free speech have no point if offensive speech and crackpot ideas have no public forum. Every single university discipline has some ideas or promotes practices that will offend some portion of our population. Every ...
Apr 24, 2009
Road work in Nashville area — The Tennessean
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The Tennessean Street closure — Sunday, Edgehill Avenue, 21st Avenue South to 19th Avenue South, crane in the road. Advertisement Street closure — Today through May 1, Old Glenrose Avenue, Glenrose Avenue to Dodge Drive for railroad work. Detour required. Vanderbilt University street closures — Saturday, for the Dave Matthews Band concert the following streets will be closed: * Jess Neely Drive, 25th Avenue South to Natchez Trace * Kensington Place, Natchez Trace to 25th Avenue South * Vanderbilt Place, 31st Avenue South ...
Apr 24, 2009
Scientologists moving to J Street — Sacramento Business Journal
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Sacramento Business Journal [...] The Church of Scientology is close to putting its building at 825 15th St. on the market to raise cash for its effort to convert the 58,000-square-foot Hotel Ramona building at J and 6th streets downtown into a new church and Northern California headquarters. The church in 2005 bought the 79-year-old Ramona, which had been converted to office use in the mid-1980s. It is a designated city landmark so there won’t be much change to the exterior, including the hotel ...
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