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Controversial church linked to tutors on state list — Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Type: Press
Author(s):
Cameron McWhirter ,
Heather Vogell Source:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution A tutoring agency in Cobb County with ties to the Church of Scientology has drawn critics along with federal dollars. Applied Scholastics pledges to offer only secular lessons. But critics who lodged four complaints last year against the nonprofit — which uses Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings — wrote they feared it wouldn’t keep ideology out of the classroom. State education officials began an annual inspection in February and will observe the group’s tutoring this month. The review will include ...
Feb 28, 2009
Scientology to open center in downtown Ocala / The church bought the downtown property for $465,000 in January 2008 — Ocala Star-Banner (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fred Hiers Source:
Ocala Star-Banner (Florida) OCALA - The Church of Scientology will soon call Marion County home following the controversial group's announcement that it plans to open a church and education center downtown.
The church, which can claim such notables as actors John Travolta and Tom Cruise among its ranks, bought property at 50 S.E. 1st Ave., formerly home to the Weiner and Argo law firm.
A spokeswoman for the church said there is no definite date set as to when the church would open, saying ...
Feb 25, 2009
Church of Scientology zoning moves forward // Influential Printers Row resident raises concerns at zoning committee hearing — Chicago Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ian Fullerton Source:
Chicago Journal The Church of Scientology cleared a hurdle in their effort to develop a religious center in Printers Row when the Committee on Zoning approved a new zoning designation for a church-owned building in the neighborhood on Tuesday. Second Ward Alderman Robert Fioretti voiced his support for the decision at the committee meeting in city council chambers. "There are First Amendment and freedom of religion issues that have been raised," he said, "but I don't think the propriety of those issues should ...
Feb 23, 2009
Controversial zoning change could be considered tomorrow // Zoning Committee to hear Church of Scientology application — Chicago Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Micah Maidenberg Source:
Chicago Journal A zoning change that would allow the Church of Scientology to build a new church inside the vacant 650 S. Clark St. building in Printers Row is expected to be considered at tomorrow's Zoning Committee hearing. Nicole Wellhausen, a staff member for 36th Ward Ald. William Banks, who chairs the Zoning Committee, said attorneys for the Church of Scientology asked that the proposed change be placed on tomorrow's agenda. A call to Donna Pugh, the church's attorney, was not returned. Andy ...
Feb 13, 2009
Church of Scientology spiffs up Fort Harrison Hotel, plans interior work on Flag Building — Tampa Bay Business Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jane Meinhardt Source:
Tampa Bay Business Journal CLEARWATER — The largest building downtown and its little sister are hard to miss.
The Mediterranean-revival Flag Building occupies an entire city block. It is connected via an overhead walkway to the landmark Fort Harrison Hotel across the street to the west.
The Church of Scientology owns both, and each is in a phase of multimillion-dollar construction.
The hotel is shrouded in scaffolding as it gets gussied up in a $30 million renovation project started in April.
Looking from outside, the ...
Jan 28, 2009
Church of Scientology goes for zoning change // Printers Row residents worry about parking, solicitation — Chicago Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Micah Maidenberg Source:
Chicago Journal Church of Scientology members, Printers Row residents and 2nd Ward Alderman Robert Fioretti tussled Tuesday evening over a church Scientologists want to establish at 650 S. Clark. The group is seeking to change the building's zoning from DX-12, a downtown mixed-use district, to DR-10, a downtown residential classification. The change would allow the church to develop their religious center in the empty building without obtaining a special permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals, as the current zoning requires. The group ...
Dec 16, 2008
After long delay, Scientology church opens in Carytown — Style Weekly (Richmond, Virginia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Chris Dovi Source:
Style Weekly (Richmond, Virginia) Delayed for more than a year, the grand opening of the Church of Scientology Mission of Richmond Dec. 14 looked a lot like any old ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Big red bow stretched across the doorway at Cary and Nansemond streets? Check.
Founder of the church mission indulging his teenage son’s rock-star dreams with a rented public address system and a captive crowd? Check.
Plates of holiday cookies and punch? Check.
Slightly off-putting future man in black suit, black shirt and bright red ...
Sep 2, 2008
Church of Scientology, USD70+ million Hotel Renovations with Nova HRC — Press Release Network
Type: Press release
Source:
Press Release Network Church of Scientology, USD70+ million Hotel Renovations with Nova HRC Nova Hotel Renovation & Construction selected as General Contractor Clearwater, FL - Sep 2, 2008 (PRN): Nova HRC, a leader in hotel and resort renovations has just completed a USD$30 Million hotel renovation of the Oak Cove Hotel for the Church of Scientology, and is in the process of renovating their historical Fort Harrison Hotel USD$40 Million. Nova Hotel Renovation & Construction will continue to build its relationship with the Church ...
Jun 30, 2008
Church of Scientology buys a bigger home in Nashville — Nashville City Paper
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Lawson Source:
Nashville City Paper The Church of Scientology is stepping up its visibility in Nashville.
Late last Thursday, the church purchased the Fall School Business Center along Eighth Avenue South for $6 million.
The property reportedly will become the new home of the church’s Celebrity Centre Nashville, which currently sits in a small house along Music Row.
The Fall School site has roughly 36,000-square-feet of space.
Church officials said more space was needed to meet growing demand. On average, officials said 2,000 Scientologists are served ...
Jun 30, 2008
Historic nature of Fall School justifies $6 million price tag, Scientologists say — Nashville Business Journal
Type: Press
Source:
Nashville Business Journal Representatives of the Church of Scientology say they paid a premium for the Fall School Business Center because of the historic nature of the 19th century building. The Church of Scientology Religious Trust purchased the executive suit building at 1130 Eighth Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112 and 1114 Eighth Ave. S. for $6 million from Fall School Associates June 26, according to records and the Davidson County Register of Deeds. "The building's integrity has been maintained by the ...
Jun 27, 2008
Church of Scientology buys Falls School Business Center — Nashville Business Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Turner Hutchens Source:
Nashville Business Journal The Church of Scientology Religious Trust has bought the Fall School Business Center on 8th Avenue. The Scientology trust purchased the executive suit building at 1130 8th Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112 and 1114 8th Ave. S. for $6 million from Fall School Associates June 26, according to records and the Davidson County Register of Deeds. "It was just a persistence of the part of the buyer to continue to purse and be interested in a historic building," ...
Jun 13, 2008
Scientology hires Staubach Co. to shepherd $45M revival — Tampa Bay Business Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Janet Leiser Source:
Tampa Bay Business Journal CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology — the largest downtown property owner — expects to begin work on the interior of its world spiritual headquarters almost 10 years after it first began construction of the building. The organization has hired Staubach Co., an international construction management firm founded by former NFL star Roger Staubach, to oversee the $45 million interior design of the six-story Mediterranean Revival building. The church hasn't yet hired a general contractor, but work on the 380,000-square-foot building, ...
Jun 10, 2008
Church Appeals to Panel — Albuquerque Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sean Olson Source:
Albuquerque Journal The Church of Scientology of New Mexico was back for another city zoning hearing Monday as part of its attempt to relocate its church to Downtown Albuquerque. The church wants to move to the Gizmo building at Fourth and Central but has faced some community opposition and zoning challenges, delaying the building's proposed remodeling. "We're not arguing with the city; we just want to sort all this out," church community affairs director Sandy Block said Monday. Monday's hearing took up the ...
Jun 9, 2008
Appeal heard for Downtown church — New Mexico Business Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tom O'Connell Source:
New Mexico Business Weekly Albuquerque's land use hearing officer has 10 days to present his recommendation to the City Council for the special zoning of a church for the Church of Scientology in Downtown. In a public appeal of a code compliance official's declaratory ruling on churches in the City Council Committee room this morning, Church of Scientology of New Mexico attorney David Campbell told Land Use Hearing Officer Steven Chavez that the Downtown 2010 Sector Plan is not allowed, per state and federal law, ...
Jun 8, 2008
Beleaguered building - Church-owned Old Pas site vacant and in need of repairs — Pasadena Star-NewsMore: pasadenastarnews.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Janette Williams Source:
Pasadena Star-News PASADENA - Exactly two years after the Church of Scientology bought the historic Braley Building in Old Pasadena - and went into high gear to get all 22 small-business tenants out - not a single plan for the promised fast-track conversion has been submitted to the city. The deterioration in the historic 1906 building's appearance - and the inability of city staff to contact the owners about it - has been a source of "frustration," said Eric Duyshart, Pasadena's director of ...
Jun 1, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 7: The Land Base
May 27, 2008
Church of Scientology Buys 64,000 Square Feet in La Mesa for $9.3M — San Diego Business JournalMore: rickross.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ned Randolph Source:
San Diego Business Journal The San Diego chapter of the controversial Church of Scientology is moving its focus to La Mesa with the May 21 purchase of a Coleman College campus at 7380 Parkway Drive. The Church of Scientology’s San Diego offices are located at 1330 Fourth Ave. between A and Ash streets. The church purchased the new site for $9.3 million. The two buildings, which are 53,400 square feet and 11,000 square feet, will be used as an educational campus, said the broker on ...
May 23, 2008
Church of Scientology sold, will be converted to home — Memphis Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Eric Smith Source:
Memphis Daily News The Midtown property housing the Church of Scientology Mission of Memphis at 1440 Central Ave. has sold for $635,487 to David Slaughter, the church’s trustee or “mission holder,” and Bennetta Slaughter, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com. The sale closed Tuesday, and Slaughter said he will renovate the 10,500-square-foot building into a residence. He said he will live in the home temporarily and eventually put it on the market once the renovations are complete. Meanwhile, the church will stay in ...
May 16, 2008
Rocks and accusations fly as church prepares appeal — New Mexico Business Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tom O'Connell Source:
New Mexico Business Weekly The black paint on the rock is indistinct, but Church of Scientology of New Mexico representative Sanford Block said it looks like someone tried to spray paint the letter "A." It was tossed in March through an office window at the group's Albuquerque headquarters, cracking a glass-framed portrait of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, Block said. No one has claimed responsibility. Block said the "A" would stand for Anonymous, a shadowy Internet organization that in January began holding protests outside Scientology ...
May 6, 2008
Declaration of Lawrence H. Brennan
Type: Declaration
Author(s):
Lawrence H. "Larry" Brennan Tag(s):
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Church of Scientology of California (CSC) •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
Disconnection •
Elwood Rickless •
Fair game •
Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Front groups •
Gordon Cook •
Hana Eltringham Whitfield •
Hard sell •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
International Association of Scientologists (IAS) •
Inurement •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
L. Ron Hubbard •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawrence H. "Larry" Brennan •
Legal •
Lyman D. Spurlock •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Mission Corporate Category Sort out (MCCS) •
New Era Publications International, ApS (NEPI) •
Norman F. Starkey •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Omar V. Garrison •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Perjury •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious cloaking •
Religious Research Foundation (RRF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Ronald L. Pook •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Scientology Missions International (SMI) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Southern Land Development and Leasing Corporation (SLDLC) •
Tax matter •
United Churches of Florida •
United Kingdom (UK) •
Watchdog Committee (WDC) •
William W. "Bill" Franks •
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) Apr 24, 2008
Church of Scientology statement to ABC News — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Type: TV
Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News The Church of Scientology made it clear from its first contacts with "Nightline" that it would not publicly discuss the ecclesiastical circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Mrs. Hill from Church staff, regardless of the nature of her allegations.
The Church will not discuss matters surrounding Mrs. Hill, because given the thrust of her claims, she has used her name to make an otherwise ecclesiastical issue into a family matter and a personal attack on a family member. The Church will not ...
Apr 8, 2008
Scientology's first celebrity defector reveals church secrets // 'I was Miscavige's favorite boy,' says veteran TV actor Jason Beghe — Village VoiceMore: web.archive.org , rickross.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tony Ortega Source:
Village Voice Veteran television actor Jason Beghe tells the Village Voice that the Church of Scientology will be feeling blindsided by the YouTube video of him that hit the Internet on March 14. Long-held frustrations with the church motivated Beghe to leave Scientology seven months ago, after he had spent about 12 years in the organization as one of its most celebrated success stories. Over the course of about a year, he negotiated his "disassociation" with the church, trying to give every indication ...
Feb 4, 2008
Masked demonstrators protest against Church of Scientology — Daily Nexus (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tom Standifer Source:
Daily Nexus (University of California, Santa Barbara) Published Monday, February 4, 2008
Issue 69 / Volume 88
[Picture of masked protestors / Source: Sabrina Ricci; Daily Nexus]
A group of protesters yielding signs and handouts rally outside the Church of Scientology on State Street Saturday afternoon during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in protest of the Church's alleged restrictions of free speech.
A group of protesters yielding signs and handouts rally outside the Church of Scientology on State Street Saturday afternoon during the Santa Barbara International Film ...
Jan 30, 2008
New role awaits a historic eyesore // Church of Scientology buys former Alexandra Hotel — Boston GlobeMore: boston.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Palmer Jr. Source:
Boston Globe The Church of Scientology of Boston Inc. has bought the historic Alexandra Hotel building at Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue in the South End and plans to relocate its local headquarters from the Back Bay, following extensive renovations. The sales price of the Alexandra - ravaged by fire in the 1993, decayed, empty, and recently eluding City Hall's hopes that it would become residences - was not disclosed by the Rev. Gerard Renna, the top Scientology representative in Boston. The church, ...
Jan 18, 2008
Scientologists' tall new home — The Oregonian (Portland)
Jan 14, 2008
Château Scientology — New Yorker
Jan 9, 2008
Church of Scientology buys Stevens Building — Portland Business Journal
Type: Press
Source:
Portland Business Journal After a years-long search for a building to call its own, The Church of Scientology of Portland has acquired the historic Stevens Building in an all-cash deal for $5.38 million. The sale was fueled by donations from church members. At 12 stories, it is the tallest building ever acquired by a local chapter of the Church of Scientology, according to Butler Brokers Commercial Realtors, which handled both sides of the transaction. In November, former owner Joseph Weston donated the building, which ...
Dec 27, 2007
Church Of Scientology Wants Downtown Location — KOAT Albuquerque
Dec 24, 2007
Church of Scientology Buys One Griswold — CoStar Group
Type: Press
Author(s):
Afunu Ali Source:
CoStar Group Raymond James Exchanges 50,000-SF Office in Wayne County for $3.5M
Raymond James Financial Services sold One Griswold St. in Detroit, MI, to the Church of Scientology for $3.5 million, or approximately $70 per square foot.
Built in 1926, this eight-story office building is in the central business district along Detroit's waterfront. The building features an on-site property manager.
Sam Munaco and Angela Arcori of Signature Associates represented Raymond James Financial Services, and Tim Jarzembowski and Dave MacDonald of the Staubach Co. ...
Dec 20, 2007
Accord is green light for church — Sacramento Bee (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Edgar Sanchez Source:
Sacramento Bee (California) The Ramona building, a 78-year-old former hotel at Sixth and J streets, will be converted into Sacramento headquarters for the Church of Scientology. Courtesy of the Church of Scientology
Two years after it paid $4.75 million for the downtown Ramona building, the Church of Scientology is about to gain full control of the property.
A lease-buyout agreement was recently reached with Luis Jr.'s Mexican Food Restaurant, the last remaining tenant with a long-term lease in the five-story building at Sixth and ...
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