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Mesothelioma a Concern for Workers Who Completed Repairs on Scientology Cruise Ship — Asbestos.com (Florida)
Type: Press release
Source:
Asbestos.com (Florida) New reports about Freewinds, the Scientology-owned cruise ship, suggest more people than previously recorded may have been exposed to crocidolite asbestos over the last few years. Crocidolite asbestos is one of the most toxic forms of asbestos, and is known to cause several types of asbestos cancer. Initial reports of asbestos problems surfaced in April. However, a recent statement from the vessel’s captain has indicated there may have been previous incidents where asbestos was released through the ship’s onboard ventilation system. ...
Aug 13, 2008
Scientology's antagonists — SF Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lauren Smiley Source:
SF Weekly An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion. Maybe it's his badass black outfit with blood-red letters screaming "Scientology Kills." Or possibly it's his crew cut, or his nose slammed 45 degrees left after catching one too many right hooks. Maybe it's the hardcore cell-phone earpiece or the camcorder strapped to his palm to record confrontations. Whatever it is, when Tommy Gorman stands at a man's door demanding he get his "chicken-shit ass out ...
Jul 1, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 11: Planetary Dissemination
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jeff Hawkins "You wanted to see me, Sir?" I poked my head into the office of the new Commanding Officer of the Planetary Dissemination Organization, Ronnie Miscavige. "Yes, come in Jeff." He indicated the chair across the desk from his deputy, Bill Dendiu, and I sat down. They both looked very serious. [...]
May 16, 2008
Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds — Wikinews
May 11, 2008
Tom put on cruise alert — Daily Star (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Mike Parker Source:
Daily Star (UK) TOM Cruise and other Hollywood stars are being urged to have urgent medical checks after an asbestos scare on board a Church of Scientology cruise ship. The $2million Freewinds was said to be “under seal” on the Caribbean island of Curacao after cancer-causing particles were found on the 40-year-old vessel. According to local reports, deadly blue asbestos dust was released during refurbishment of the ship – used by the church as a floating “education centre” and for VIP parties. As well ...
May 9, 2008
Marc Headley interview on Glosslip — Glosslip
May 6, 2008
Cancer on the Lido Deck: Clean Team Enters Scientology's S.S. Asbestos — Radar Online
Type: Commentary
Author(s):
Tyler Gray Source:
Radar Online A special team from the United States, supervised by an independent bureau from the Netherlands, has arrived on the Caribbean island of Curacao to remove asbestos from Scientology Cruise ship Freewinds, according to Amigoe, the longest running daily paper in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Freewinds is still reportedly sitting high and dry at a Curacao facility owned by docking company CDM. The company managing the cleanup is Ft. Lauderdale-based "woman owned" AirQuest Inc. A staffer answering phones at the ...
May 5, 2008
Astra Woodcraft, Lawrence Woodcraft interview on Glosslip — Glosslip
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip Astra and Lawrence Woodcraft will be joining Dawn Olsen of Glosslip Radio for a special show to discuss their experiences inside the Church of Scientology, including their life inside the Sea Org, which has been exposed recently as forcing abortions on members, prison work camps and an asbestos cover-up on the CoS Freewinds cruise ship.
May 1, 2008
Cancer on the Lido Deck? Scientology Responds — Radar Online
Type: Commentary
Author(s):
Tyler Gray Source:
Radar Online Scientology officials insist its S.S. Asbestos will sail again. Reports of cancer-causing particles aboard the 40-year-old Scientology cruise ship and floating fortress for the church's secret OT VIII training floated around yesterday after a report by a St. Martins newspaper that the ship was sealed by authorities on the island of Curacao. Perhaps most interesting was the old interview with the ship's architect Lawrence Woodcraft, originally aired by Xenu TV and reposted by the anti-Scientology Lisa McPherson Trust and others. Woodcraft ...
Apr 29, 2008
Cancer on the Lido Deck: Scientology Cruise Ship Rife with Asbestos? — Radar OnlineMore: radaronline.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tyler Gray Source:
Radar Online Better cancel that thetan-eradicating vacation on the S.S. Scientology. Message boards are abuzz with the news that the Freewinds, the church's massive cruise ship and floating top secret training compound, has been sealed by Caribbean authorities. Its captain allegedly hid the presence of cancer-causing blue asbestos in the ventilation system, even as workers at a dry dock company refurbished the 40-year-old vessel. The St. Martin newspaper the Daily Herald has allegedly printed the story, and a photo of the article, showing ...
Apr 29, 2008
Glosslip Exclusive: Scientology Cruise Ship Freewinds Hides Asbestos Danger — Glosslip
Type: Commentary
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip The Scientology cruise ship, the Freewinds is at the center of a scandal in the Caribbean today because of dangerous levels of blue asbestos being found on the luxury liner.
Apr 28, 2008
Freewinds hides information about presence of asbestos — The Daily Herald (St. Maarten, N.A.)More: i29.tinypic.com
Type: Press
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The Daily Herald (St. Maarten, N.A.) WILLEMSTAD—During refurbishing and reparatory work, which involved removing the ceiling and panelling on cruise ship Freewinds, blue asbestos was released and ended up in the ventilation system. Freewinds captain did not report this when it's own personnel were working on the ship on the Mathey warf in Otrobanda. The Curaçao Drydock Company (CDM), where the ship was taken for reparatory work on the hull, heard from the surveyor that there may be asbestos on the ship. The captain acknowledged the incident ...
Apr 14, 2008
Local Sailors Receive Safety Training Certificates — SKNVibes
Type: Press
Source:
SKNVibes BASSETERRE, St. Kitts- Twenty-one local seafarers recently received international certification in basic safety training in fire fighting and fire prevention, survival at sea, elementary first aid and personal safety and social responsibility. The local Department of Maritime Affairs collaborated with the MV Freewinds late last year to deliver the necessary training and all 21 of the sailors from the Federation passed the course. The local sailors completed their training in December but did not receive the actual certificates until last week. ...
Dec 12, 2007
Seminars increase awareness of need to protect sea from pollution — Sun St. Kitts
Type: Press
Source:
Sun St. Kitts Caribbean countries may be one step closer to having stricter pollution prevention measures in place to protect the Caribbean Sea from pollution by garbage from ships. This was the feeling following the successful completion of five seminars aimed at the ratification and implementation of Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78). MARPOL Annex V provides guidelines and regulations for the discharge of garbage for ships at sea and in national ports. The five-pollution ...
Oct 6, 2007
Bonaire waste water
Jun 20, 2007
Stars in their eyes — Spectator
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tessa Mayes Source:
Spectator Tessa Mayes is the first reporter to have gone undercover in the London Celebrity Centre of the Church of Scientology. It is, she finds, like a pious version of Pop Idol. The adherents want to be celebrities at least as much as Scientologists ‘A culture is only as great as its dreams and its dreams are dreamed by artists,’ wrote L. Ron Hubbard, who founded the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in 1969, 15 years after he formed the church itself. ...
May 10, 2007
Bonaire waste water
Dec 18, 2005
Tom Cruise and Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Claire Hoffman Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Tom Cruise studied intensively at the remote compound near Hemet while becoming a passionate messenger for the church.
GILMAN HOT SPRINGS, Calif. — Nearly 30 years ago, the Church of Scientology bought a dilapidated and bankrupt resort here and turned the erstwhile haven for Hollywood moguls and starlets into a retreat for L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction writer who founded the religion.
Today, the out-of-the-way 500-acre compound near Hemet has quietly grown into one of Scientology's major bases of operation, ...
Aug 1, 2005
The A-listers' belief system — New Statesman
Type: Press
Author(s):
Boyd Farrow Source:
New Statesman Why was there a Scientology tent on the set of War of the Worlds? Boyd Farrow explains how this cult religion, whose followers believe that people are immortal spiritual beings, is gaining ground thanks to support from Hollywood's biggest stars The summer blockbuster season has been dominated by an evil galactic ruler who, 75 million years ago, blew up 178 billion abducted alien souls with hydrogen bombs planted in earth's volcanoes and bundled them into clusters that now cling to every ...
Jun 30, 2005
Scientology Timeline // Important dates for Scientology — ABC News
Type: Press
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ABC News May 9, 1950: "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" by L. Ron Hubbard is published. June 7, 1951: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation established in Elizabeth, N.J. May 1952: The Wichita, Kan., Dianetics training center is moved to Phoenix. Hubbard publicly announces the formal establishment of the philosophy of Scientology and the formation of the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. July 1952: "Scientology: A History of Man" published. February 1954: Church of Scientology founded in Los Angeles. 1956: The church is ...
Jun 28, 2005
Missionary Man: Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology — Spiegel Online
Type: Press
Author(s):
James Verini Source:
Spiegel Online Tom Cruise has become a top proselytizer for Scientology. Is it because of a new private conviction, or a new public role for the church itself? In the course of just a few months, Tom Cruise has made an astounding public leap: He has transformed himself from one of the world's biggest movie stars into one of the oddest. It's not just his sudden romance with and engagement to actress Katie Holmes, which has not yet managed to shake the air ...
Jul 8, 2003
Tom Cruise in Curaçao — The Daily Herald (St. Maarten, N.A.)More: thedailyherald.com
Type: Press
Source:
The Daily Herald (St. Maarten, N.A.) WILLEMSTAD–Movie star Tom Cruise visited Curaçao. He rented the Dolphin Academy at the Curaçao Seaquarium and swam around with the dolphins for an hour. He also visited Baya Beach Club and the Freewinds cruise ship. The ship belongs to the Scientology Church, of which Cruise is a member. He came to the island on his own yacht, which he moored at Caracasbaai and Spanish Water. No one was allowed to take photos at the sites visited by the celebrity and his ...
Jan 24, 2001
Declaration of Lawrence Woodcraft (24 January 2001), Part2
Jan 23, 2001
Lawrence Woodcraft Interview "The Freewinds" — XenuTV
Aug 25, 1998
Jesse Prince interviews – Tape 4 — FACTnet
Type: Interview
Source:
FACTnet Tag(s):
Advanced Ability Center •
Andre Tabayoyon •
Assets •
Auditing •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Chick Corea •
Chris Silcock •
Church of Scientology of California (CSC) •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Cost •
David Mayo •
David Miscavige •
Death •
Dennis Erlich •
Diane Morrison •
Ed Brewer •
Eugene M. Ingram •
FACTNet •
Fair game •
False imprisonment •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Hard sell •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
International Association of Scientologists (IAS) •
Jeff Shriver •
Jesse Prince •
John Travolta •
Kevin True •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawrence E. "Larry" Heller •
Lichtenstein •
Lyman D. Spurlock •
Marc Yager •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Morag Bellmaine •
MV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème) •
Norman F. Starkey •
Potential Trouble Source (PTS) •
Private investigator(s) •
Registrar (also, to "reg") •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Richard N. Aznaran •
Robert "Bob" Mithoff •
Robin Scott •
Ron Miscavige •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Sherman D. Lenske •
Stephanie Silcock •
Stephen A. Lenske •
Suicide •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Weapons •
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) Dec 30, 1997
Scientologists and IRS settled for $12.5 million — Wall Street JournalMore: link
Dec 1, 1997
Distrust in Clearwater -- A special report.; Death of a Scientologist Heightens Suspicions in a Florida Town — New York TimesMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Douglas Frantz Source:
New York Times CLEARWATER, Fla. — Late on a November afternoon two years ago, a 36-year-old Scientologist named Lisa McPherson was involved in a minor traffic accident. She was not injured, but she inexplicably stripped off her clothes and began to walk naked down the street. A paramedic rushed her into an ambulance and asked why she had taken off her clothes. Ms. McPherson replied: "I wanted help. I wanted help." She was taken to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric examination, but several ...
Nov 28, 1996
The Big Story: The S-Files — ITVMore: transcript , partial transcript
Type: TV
Author(s):
Dermot Murnaghan Source:
ITV Title "The S Files" [S as in Scientology Logo] [Presenter Dermot Murnaghan (DM henceforth) no relation to any other DM] Tonight we're going to expose serious financial crime in one of the Scientology cult's most successful operations in Britain. We show how they cooked the books, made false statements to obtain bank loans, and changed invoices to fiddle their VAT. [Extract from "Trust" ad] This advert for the Church of Scientology was recently shown on cable TV. It was a major ...
Dec 22, 1993
Church assets are set at $400 million — Glendale News-Press (California)
Oct 22, 1993
Scientologists report assets of $400 million — New York TimesMore: cs.cmu.edu , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert D. Hershey Jr. Source:
New York Times WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 — The Church of Scientology, the secretive and combative international organization that recently won a decades-long drive for Federal tax exemption, counts assets of about $400 million and appears to take in nearly $300 million a year from counseling fees, book sales, investments and other sources, according to documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service. The financial disclosures are in documents the church was required to file with the I.R.S. in applying for tax-exempt status, conferred on 30 ...
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