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Mar 6, 2011
Scientology adverts under investigation by ads watchdog — The Sunday Times (UK)
More: newswhip.ie
Type: Press
Author(s): Gabrielle Monaghan
Source: The Sunday Times (UK)
Scientology adverts under investigation by ads watchdog Row over posters that claim sessions can tackle job insecurity as former member of church describes campaign as ‘misleading and offensive’ Gabrielle Monaghan. Sunday Times Published: 6 March 2011 [In print. Online subscrption only] Complaints have been filed with the country’s advertising watchdog over a Church of Scientology campaign, which claims its courses can help with job insecurity. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) is investigating claims that the ads, appearing in Dublin’s ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Jan 29, 2010
Robert S. Minton, a former Scientology critic, dies of heart ailment — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 14, 2009
Scientology chiefs make €270,000 from Irish wing — Independent.ie
Type: Press
Author(s): Laura Noonan
Source: Independent.ie
THE Irish wing of the controversial Church of Scientology is making annual profits of over €270,000 but its director last night insisted all the money was going to pay off the company's "substantial debts". A favourite with celebrities such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, the local Scientology spin-off has been the subject of numerous protests at its Middle Abbey Street base in Dublin, with a Fine Gael TD branding the movement a "crackpot cult". New financial filings show the Irish ...
Sep 7, 2009
Scientology's drugs message after Bray murder — Herald.ie (Ireland)
Type: Press
Author(s): Claire Murphy
Source: Herald.ie (Ireland)
A Church of Scientology-backed organisation has distributed free DVDs about anti-depressant drugs in the area where killer Shane Clancy lived. The group, called the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), has given out copies of a documentary to residents in the Dalkey area, just weeks after the tragic murder-suicide in Bray. Reports have indicated that gardai are investigating whether Shane, who murdered Seb Creane (22) before killing himself, may have misused anti-depressants that had been prescribed for him a week before ...
Feb 2, 2009
The Gerry Ryan Show: John Duignan [starts at 1h 33m] — RTÉ 2fm (Ireland)
More: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, forums.whyweprotest.net
Dec 12, 2008
Feature Guest - John Anthony Duignan — Radio New Zealand National
Dec 1, 2008
'The Complex' author John Duignan cites Tom Cruise control — NY Daily News (New York)
Nov 19, 2008
Merlin denies Scientology charge — The Bookseller
Type: Press
Author(s): Victoria Gallagher
Source: The Bookseller
Merlin, the Irish-based publisher of The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology, which was pulled from Amazon.co.uk for including "defamatory" content, has "emphatically denied" the allegations. Aoife Barrett, editorial director at Merlin, said the claim was "vexatious". Amazon.co.uk removed the title from sale last week. The online retailer said: "Unfortunately, we have had to withdraw The Complex by John Duignan in the UK because we received a specific allegation that a passage in the book ...
Nov 16, 2008
Cruise church bid to gag Irish book: Amazon removes exposé after Scientologist legal threat — Sunday World (Ireland)
Nov 9, 2008
Secret army capture any vulnerable members who attempt to flee the cult — Sunday World (Ireland)
Oct 26, 2008
Scientology Church gave me weapons training as part of mission to 'clear the earth' — Irish Mail (Ireland)
Type: Press
Author(s): Luke Byrne
Source: Irish Mail (Ireland)
SCIENTOLOGISTS are furious about a new book by an Irish writer that is set to expose the controversial church's military plans - including a sinister mission to 'clear the earth'. Author John Duignan claims to be a former high-ranking member of the church's secret army, the Sea Organisation or 'Sea Org', which answers directly to leader David Miscavige. His book, The Complex: An Insider Exposes The Covert World Of Scientology, details the weapons training he received at a naval base in ...
Sep 21, 2008
Cult fiction: Scientologist church plans blitz of Irish schools under the guise of charity group — Sunday World (Ireland)
Aug 16, 2008
Scientology aims for more converts — Irish Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Cullen
Source: Irish Times
THE CHURCH of Scientology in Ireland says it hopes to expand its membership by opening new missions outside Dublin and attracting more immigrants. The church has an estimated 400 members in Ireland, but spokesman Gerard Ryan believes more people across the country could look to Scientology for their faith in the coming years. “Ireland is a much more multi-faith society these days. People are looking for something a bit more unusual. There are two trends at the moment: there is a ...
Jun 28, 2006
Troubled Scientology Church in Ireland is now €1m in red — Independent.ie
Type: Press
Author(s): Tom Lyons
Source: Independent.ie
INTEREST-FREE loans from abroad are propping up the troubled Irish branch of the controversial Church of Scientology. Financial documents seen by the Irish Independent reveal that the church is more than €1m in the red after running up huge legal bills in an epic eight-year battle brought by a disgruntled former member. As a result, members of the mega-rich Church of Scientology in the United States have had to cough up almost €400,000 just to keep the Dublin arm afloat. The ...
Mar 13, 2003
Scientology case settled out of court — RTÉ News
Type: Press
Source: RTÉ News
A High Court action for damages by a Dublin sports shop owner against the Church of Scientology has ended after out of court talks. The case taken by Mary Johnston was expected to last until May. However, Mr Justice Peart was told at lunchtime today that the case appeared to be settled. No details of the settlement were disclosed but costs in the action are estimated to be around €2 million. Mary Johnston joined the Church of Scientology in 1992. In ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 6, 2003
Church's purification course unsafe - expert — Irish Times
Aug 14, 2000
Kiwi sect woman arrested in Northern Ireland — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
Author(s): Catherine Field
Source: New Zealand Herald
PARIS - France has filed for the extradition of a New Zealand woman at the centre of a former religious sect which triggered nationwide controversy for alleged brainwashing of its members and violent abuse of their children. Delwin Johns-Schmidt, aged 34, was arrested in Belfast at the request of French prosecutors who filed an arrest warrant with Interpol, accusing her of kidnapping and illegally detaining her 10-year-old daughter, Victoria. The child, who was one of the sect's victims, was placed with ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 31, 1997
CATS out of the bag [May 31, 1997, Vol. 12, No. 9] — World Magazine
More: 64.233.169.104
Type: Press
Source: World Magazine
In the early fall of 1991 Atlanta businessman Ralph Regan participated in a local radio talk show dealing with abuses by the Internal Revenue Service and problems with the federal tax system. Shortly afterward, the 35-year old nurseryman received a call from Victor Krohn, the head of Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (CATS), who asked Mr. Regan to start up an Atlanta area CATS chapter. A few months later Mr. Regan resigned his post after discovering that CATS had been ...
Jun 29, 1994
'Evil cult stole my brother!' // Scientologists accused of wrecking family life — East Grinstead Observer
More: link
Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Observer
A GRIEF-stricken man has accused East Grinstead's sinister Scientology cult of stealing his brother from his family. Heartbroken John Phelan says his brother Tony is now a virtual prisoner of the organisation, slammed by a British judge as "corrupt immoral brainwashers." This week officials at the cult's European HQ Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, refused to discuss the case with the Observer. Now the anguished Phelan family have threatened to step up their campaign against the Church of Scientology, unless Tony ...
Jun 1, 1994
Cult stole our brother — family — Irish Independent (Ireland)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Tom Reddy
Source: Irish Independent (Ireland)
A WORRIED family has issued a strong warning to stay away from the Church of Scientology and Dianetics, claiming it had "stolen" their brother. The Phelan family from Clonmel, Co Tipperary claim their brother has been "brainwashed" and, as a result, spent his redundancy money of about £30,000 on courses run by the Church. But Tony (34), single and a former electronics engineer, says he understands his family's concern but is happy with his decision. The Phelans have delivered letters to ...
May 28, 1994
Family claim their brother is 'prisoner' of cult — Cork Examiner (Ireland)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Ailin Quinlan
Source: Cork Examiner (Ireland)
A CO TIPPERARY family claim an American cult is holding their brother 'prisoner' with the help of mind-control techniques. P. J. Phelan, an agricultural consultant who works in Nenagh, his father and three sisters have vowed to "fight to the end" to "release" their brother Tony (33), who became involved with the Church of Scientology shortly after his mother's death in 1989. "I would warn anyone thinking of becoming involved in Dianetics or Scientology not to get involved. Don't tough it ...
Apr 18, 1981
Churchmen urge an end to bans on scientology — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Louise Carbines
Source: The Age (Australia)
Officials of three churches have signed a petition calling on the State Government to lift bans on the Church of Scientology. The petition asks the Government to "review the Victorian Psychological Practices Act and remove all prohibitive sections aimed at members of the Church of Scientology purely on religious grounds. It further asks "that in future no legislation be passed which discriminates against any minority because of its beliefs". The petition concludes: "We are, we believe qualified to express opinion on ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Mar 22, 1976
Man of many parts to reside here — Cork Examiner (Ireland)
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