"We were born. We grew up. We escaped." So reads the motto of ExScientologyKids.com, a website launched Thursday by three young women raised in the Church of Scientology who are speaking out against the religion. Their website accuses the church of physical abuse, denying some children a proper education and alienating members from family. One of the women behind the site, Jenna Miscavige Hill, is the niece of David Miscavige, the head of the church, and Kendra Wiseman is the daughter ...

The truth about Scientology Yvette Shank, National Post Published: Monday, March 03, 2008 Jonathan Kay's article on Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard ("In fear of Xenu," Jan. 18.) certainly didn't give the picture of the religion I have known for the past 40 years. From a very young age I found myself asking many questions: Who am I? What am I? Where do I come from? How can I help my friends and family? And I finally found what ...

New York’s Church of Scientology is hoping its newest acquisitions — three buildings on 125th Street in Harlem — will become more than just another quiet storefront on the block. The new buildings will mark a major move into Harlem for the church, and will replace its small 5,000-square-foot location around the corner on Third Avenue with a fully functional church and community center. “People at the Harlem church are hoping to create a second Harlem Renaissance, and to do so ...

Karen Johnson still remembers how it felt to watch parades as a youngster in her northern Illinois hometown. SLIDESHOW: Sen. Karen Johnson has represented Mesa for nearly 2 decades Templar: Sen. Karen Johnson impresses with upbeat attitude —– [Picture] QUITE A PERSONALITY: Mesa Sen. Karen Johnson is a conservative pro-gun, anti-abortion Republican who has championed the rights of juvenile sex offenders and chastised the Bush administration as being too compassionate and extravagant. Paul O'Neill, Tribune —– “When the bands and the ...

ATTLEBORO - A group opposed to the overuse of medication in treating mental illness took its campaign public Tuesday, demonstrating on a bridge on Route 1 in South Attleboro. A small group assembled on the border of Attleboro and Pawtucket to hold signs and pass out literature urging parents to refuse to have their children screened for mental health problems. The protesters said they wanted to warn parents about a new mandate giving Medicaid children mental health screenings. They said the ...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR When I was 17, I left the Church of Scientology. When I was 22, my parents and all members of my immediate family were pressured by the church to "disconnect" from me. When I heard of the protests by Anonymous on behalf of all those who have lost their families, homes and savings accounts to Scientology, I thanked God that someone was finally willing to listen. Reading Michael Shermer's op-ed article, I was surprised to find myself ...

Watch Tom Cruise goes Missing [G, 2:51min.] (Help): Play The video But there are some people whose tender feelings receive a lot more consideration from the News Ltd empire. On the same day that News's website carried a link to The Australian's piece about Carey's childhood, it carried another story right next door. Global Scientology protests begin in Australia. — News.com.au website, Global Scientology protests begin in Australia But what's this? A pixelated poster? What can it have ...

Funding sought for meth cops' health regimen Detoxification program is touted by officers, but legislator is asking for scientific proof it works By Nate Carlisle The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 02/22/2008 01:48:36 AM MST Retired police officer for the Utah Department of Public... (Steve Griffin/Tribune file photo ) A proposal before lawmakers would allocate $440,000 for police officers exposed to methamphetamine labs to undergo a regimen designed to excrete poisons. The regimen has roots in Scientology and officers who ...

A new demand for transparency and justice from netzins... In late January, news media across the world picked up on a phenomenal development on the Internet. A virtual civil rights movement had arisen from a most unlikely source: Internet gamers. It all kicked off when an in-house video of Tom Cruise preaching to members of his faith, the controversial Church of Scientology, was leaked onto the Youtube internet video sharing site. Indeed, Cruise is a frightening spectacle and his incoherent rant ...

THE POWER TO DESTROY Info sought on secret IRS deal with Scientology 'Position represents unconstitutional favoritism of one religious group over another' Posted: February 19, 2008 3:53 pm Eastern © 2009 WorldNetDaily A federal appeals court is being asked to tell the Internal Revenue Service to open up a secret deal with the Church of Scientology that reportedly allows members to deduct certain educational, or "auditing," expenses, a benefit denied members of other faiths in the United States. The report comes ...

MP backs anti-drug organization Pierrefonds-Dollard MP Bernard Patry and Carole Arvisais hold a banner from Narconon Trois-Rivières, which preaches drug prevention to students. MP backs anti-drug organization BY RAFFY BOUDJIKANIAN raffy.boudjikan...@transcontinental.ca Pierrefonds-Dollard MP Bernard Patry added his name to a banner declaring he promised to live a life without drugs, a symbolic gesture aimed to help non-profit organization Narconon Trois-Rivières preach prevention to grade school students across Quebec. "I remember seeing a patient years ago," recalled Patry, a former physician, "who ...

A Sydney woman will stand trial on charges of murdering her Scientologist father and teenage sister. The 25-year-old, who cannot be named, is facing two counts of murder and a third of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent to murder over a frenzied stabbing at her southwestern Sydney home in July last year. It is alleged that the woman, who has been diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder, fatally stabbed her 53-year-old father and 15-year-old sister in a psychotic rage at the ...

The belief system of Tom Cruise is coming to the city.Scientology plans its Mumbai chapter MUMBAI: What do Tom Cruise, businesswoman Priya Kumar, model Sheena Chohan, actor Bunty Grewal and John Travolta have in common? They're all Scientologists, and swear by the teachings of Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, the American sci-fi writer who laid down the principals of what came to be called – in 1954 – the Church of Scientology. Over the years, Priya, who owns and runs a leadership training ...