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May 2, 2010
Scientology leader David Miscavige accused of snooping in secret celeb confessional files — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): Joanna Molloy, George Rush
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
[Picture / Caption: Scientology leader David Miscavige (l.) is being accused of gossiping about Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson after snooping in her confidential confessional file.] The Church of Scientology is bringing down the hammer on a renegade member who alleges leader David Miscavige loves to gossip about his star parishioners. Former high-ranking member Amy Scobee claims in her just-out book, "Scientology: Abuse at the Top," that Miscavige and other officials "snooped" in confidential confessional files - a charge vehemently ...
Jan 20, 2010
Scientologists barred — NY Daily News (New York)
Nov 8, 2009
Scientologists: Did Tom Cruise offer to give a beatdown to disobedient members? — NY Daily News (New York)
Nov 3, 2009
Holy Family students join others in drug-free pledge — The Daily News (New York)
Nov 2, 2009
Will France ban Scientology? — The Daily Beast
Type: Press
Author(s): Eric Pape
Source: The Daily Beast
Five years after Tom Cruise called Nicolas Sarkozy a “wonderful guy,” a French court convicted his church of fraud. Eric Pape on Scientology’s latest crisis. Scientology isn’t a religion, it’s a dangerous sect overseen by convicted criminals—at least as far as France is concerned. There is no doubt that the last week has brought a flurry of bad news for Scientology. There was the vocal defection of respected film director Paul Haggis, as well as fresh indications that John Travolta, one ...
Oct 27, 2009
Scientology's new face — The Daily Beast
Type: Press
Author(s): Kim Masters
Source: The Daily Beast
In his first detailed interview since walking off Nightline last week, church spokesman Tommy Davis talks to Kim Masters about Monday's startling public defection by Paul Haggis, addresses drug allegations—and explains his relationship with Tom Cruise. Plus, his former colleague speaks out. Tommy Davis has been busy lately. In the past week, the spokesman for the Church of Scientology tore off his lapel microphone and stormed out of an interview when Nightline correspondent Martin Bashir tried to question him about whether ...
Oct 1, 2009
John Travolta's lawyer: Paramedic in extortion plot thought actor 'intentionally killed' his son — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): Lisa Lucas, Carrie Melago
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
It was a twisted scheme playing on a broken dad's unbearable grief. A blackmailing medic and his brazen lawyer threatened to tell the world John Travolta "intentionally killed" his son unless they got $25 million in hush money, the star's lawyer testified Thursday. Paramedic Tarino Lightbourne planned to make public a routine waiver Travolta signed initially refusing local medical treatment after his autistic son, Jett, 16, suffered a massive seizure in the family's Bahamas resort villa. The actor had considered flying ...
Sep 21, 2009
The Assclown Offensive: How to enrage the Church of Scientology — Wired
Jun 13, 2009
Fox's axed man blames Scientologists — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): Joanna Molloy, George Rush
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
Fox News bowed to pressure from Kelly Preston, Tom Cruise and other members of the Church of Scientology when it fired columnist Roger Friedman, the entertainment journo is expected to charge in a wrongful termination lawsuit this week. In April, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. announced it had “terminated” Friedman after he wrote on FoxNews.com about watching a pirated Internet copy of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” Friedman is convinced that was a cover story. Last August, Friedman went to Memphis ...
Apr 27, 2009
Scientology powers on — Daily News & Analysis (India)
Type: Press
Author(s): 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 ...
Jan 15, 2009
How not to protest Scientology — Village Voice
Jan 4, 2009
John Travolta, EMT struggled to save 16-year-old Jett — NY Daily News (New York)
Jan 3, 2009
Don't blame death on rare childhood illness, say docs — NY Daily News (New York)
Dec 1, 2008
'The Complex' author John Duignan cites Tom Cruise control — NY Daily News (New York)
Oct 10, 2008
Chorus of boos awaits Katie Holmes — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): George Rush, Joanna Molloy
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
Katie Holmes and hubby Tom Cruise can count on seeing some familiar mustachioed faces when "All My Sons," in which Holmes stars, opens on Broadway Thursday. The anti-Scientology critics of the group Anonymous are gearing up for another protest against the couple's controversial faith outside the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Last month the group, whose members often don "V for Vendetta" masks with mustaches, heralded the play's first preview by carrying signs that read "Scientology Kills" and "Free Katie, keep Tom." Count ...
Sep 29, 2008
Naples Estates homeowners win right to purchase mobile home park — Naples Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s): Aisling Swift
Source: Naples Daily News
But a Collier Circuit judge still must hear arguments from the homeowners and property owner to set a price NAPLES — When Barbara Brown bought her mobile home in Naples Estates in 1987, she was paying $160 monthly in base rent for the land it sat on. But over the years, land rents at the senior citizen mobile home park, off Rattlesnake Hammock Road, increased while services decreased. So the homeowners sued. That was a decade ago — and the prices ...
Aug 22, 2008
Scientology fight with 'Anonymous' hits home in New York — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
The war between the Church of Scientology and the group that calls itself Anonymous is heating up. New York City has become one of the chief battlefronts. Critics of the church - which counts John Travolta and Tom Cruise among its members - have staged at least nine protests here in the last year. Last Saturday, Anonymous members picketed the Scientology Center on W. 46th. Many came dressed as nurses and doctors to lampoon what one protester tells us is "the ...
Jul 31, 2008
Lawsuit goes after Tom Cruise, church — Daily News
Type: Press
Source: Daily News
Tom Cruise is named in a $250 million federal lawsuit that is using the RICO statute against the Church of Scientology. Ex-Scientologist Peter Letterese, a longtime critic of the church, filed suit in Southern District Court in Florida on July 15 alleging, among other things, that members of the church harassed him after he left. In court papers provided to The News by investigator Paul Barresi, Letterese claims a member of the church phoned his lawyer at home, and when the ...
Jul 8, 2008
Attorney: City can't trump state authority over Narconon — Northwest Florida Daily News
Type: Press
Source: Northwest Florida Daily News
DESTIN — Destin's hands are tied if Narconon Gulf Coast wants to open a home for recovering addicts in a city neighborhood, a city attorney says. "I'm aware that you're tempted to shoot the messenger on this because it may not be popular with all the residents," City Land-Use Attorney Scott Shirley told the City Council Monday. "It's something the city's required to accept." Narconon Gulf Coast wants to open a "community residential home" for recovering addicts, in addition to the ...
Jul 1, 2008
Anti-Scientology group on attack — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
Critics of Scientology say they plan another theatrical protest against the church — this time targeting its intelligence division. The anti-Scientology group known as Anonymous says its July 12 "Spy vs. Sci" demonstration will be held in "cities all around the world," according to a press release. Anonymous members — who include former Scientologists — are focusing on alleged "abuses" of the church’s intelligence agency, known as the Office of Special Affairs (OSA), says the release. It asks, "Why does something ...
Jun 3, 2008
Attorney: Destin’s hands are tied on Narconon in the neighborhood — Northwest Florida Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s): Fraser Sherman
Source: Northwest Florida Daily News
Destin can’t stop Narconon Gulf Coast from opening a “community residential home” for recovering addicts as long as the home abides by Florida law, the city’s land-use attorney says. “The state has made a decision to encourage the treatment of individuals â€Â¦ in a community homelike setting,” Land Use Attorney Scott Shirley told the City Council Monday, and that pre-empts the city’s zoning and even homeowner association covenants. It wasn’t what the council wanted to hear. “If I put myself in ...
Jun 3, 2008
Council: Narconon not city's business — Northwest Florida Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s): Fraser Sherman
Source: Northwest Florida Daily News
The Narconon drug-treatment program can open a "community residential home" for recovering addicts in a single-family neighborhood, city staffers say. "We have determined that they are abiding by the state statutes," said Destin Planning Manager Ken Gallander. "Now they have to get licensing from the state." Debbie Ross of Narconon Gulf Coast said that while Narconon has looked at a home in the Emerald Breeze subdivision off Emerald Coast Parkway, it has no firm plans, no contract and no lease. "We ...
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 ...
Feb 15, 2008
Heard of aliens, now meet the Thetans — Daily News & Analysis (India)
Type: Press
Author(s): Anjali Thomas
Source: Daily News & Analysis (India)
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 ...
Jan 22, 2008
Scientologists hit back at German newspaper over Cruise-Goebbels comparison — Daily Mail (UK)
Jan 20, 2008
Scientologist elects to be bigoted — NY Daily News (New York)
Jan 9, 2008
Will Smith boosting Scientology — Daily News
Type: Press
Author(s): Ben Widdicombe
Source: Daily News
Will Smith has joined the ranks of Hollywood power players actively recruiting for the Church of Scientology. Big stars traditionally distribute "wrap presents" to crew members after completing a film. His recent gift after wrapping next summer's comedy "Hancock" was a card good for a personality test at your local Scientology center. Fun! Never mind that such tests are given free by the church anyway. The quiz is designed to convert people to the religion by identifying personality flaws that - ...
Jan 7, 2008
Tell-all has Tom Cruise in overdrive — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): Adam Lisberg
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 12, 2007
City Dentist Gets Fine, Probation — Daily News Record
Type: Press
Author(s): David Reynolds
Source: Daily News Record
RICHMOND — The Virginia Board of Dentistry ruled Friday that a Harrisonburg dentist broke state regulations by allowing unlicensed assistants to sedate patients. The board put Dr. Kathryn Biery on indefinite probation, for at least two years, ordered her to take continuing education classes and fined her $24,000, according to Leigh Kiczales, of the Virginia Department of Health Professions Administrative Proceedings Division. The decision followed Biery’s admission on Thursday that she told unlicensed assistants to sedate children, sometimes calling the order ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 23, 2007
The business of Cruise control — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): John Clark
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
It's been a year since Tom Cruise's war of words with Paramount resulted in one of Hollywood's biggest splits - and, apparently, new days of thunder for the 45-year-old superstar. Previous to the much-publicized split, the 5-foot-7 actor was riding high. How high? Cruise has had seven consecutive films that made $100 million or more (a record he shares with Tom Hanks). He has won three Golden Globes, and has been nominated for an acting Oscar three times. He has worked ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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