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Feb 14, 2011
The Apostate // Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology — New YorkerMore: Primary Sources: L. Ron Hubbard Leaves the Navy , guardian.co.uk
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lawrence Wright Source:
New Yorker On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that ...
Tag(s):
"Blow Drill" •
A Piece of Blue Sky (book) •
Abortion •
Affinity, Reality, Communication (ARC) •
Alissa Haggis •
Amy Scobee •
An Introduction to Scientology Ethics (book) •
Anne Archer •
Anonymous (group) •
Anti-psychiatry •
Auditing •
Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard (book) •
Beverly Hills Playhouse •
Body thetans (BTs) •
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) •
Bruce Hines •
Bryan R. Wilson •
Castile Canyon School (Happy Valley ranch) @ 45750 Castile Canyon Road Hemet CA United States •
Chick Corea •
Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International @ 5930 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles CA United States •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Claire Headley •
Commissions •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Dan Sherman •
Daniel Montalvo •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
David S. Touretzky •
Deborah Rennard •
Delphi Schools, Inc. •
Diane Gettas •
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (book) •
Disconnection •
Donna Shannon •
E-Meter •
Ethics (Scientology) •
Exscientologykids.com •
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Freeloader's debt •
Gary Morehead (aka "Jackson") •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Haiti •
Homosexuality •
Human trafficking •
Inside Scientology (book) •
Inurement •
James A. "Jim" Logan •
Janela Webster •
Janet Reitman •
Janis (Gillham) Grady •
Jason Beghe •
Jeff Hawkins •
Jenna Miscavige-Hill •
Jessica Feshbach Rodriguez •
Jim Gordon •
Joan Wood •
John Brousseau •
John Peeler •
John Sweeney •
John Travolta •
John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
Karen Hollander •
Kathy Haggis •
Kirstie Alley •
L Fletcher Prouty •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? (book) •
Lauren Haggis •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawrence Wright •
Lawsuit •
Life Repairs (Scientology course) •
Lisa McPherson •
Lucy James •
Marc Headley •
Margaret Louise Grubb •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Mark Isham •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) •
Milton Katselas •
Mimi Rogers •
Mission Earth (decalogy) •
MV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème) •
Nerve, touch assist •
New Yorker •
Occult •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Paul Haggis •
Potential Trouble Source (PTS) •
Protest, picket •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Recruitment •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Salary •
Saturday Evening Post •
Science of Survival (book) •
Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought (book) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Settlement •
Skip Press •
Sky Dayton •
Slave labor •
Squirrels •
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) •
Study technology (Study tech) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Terry Jastrow •
The Truth Rundown (St. Petersburg Times' special report) •
The Way to Happiness (TWTH) •
Tom Cruise •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Tom De Vocht •
Tommy Davis •
Tone scale •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) •
Yael Lustgarten
Feb 9, 2011
Riverside County: Supervisors ease protest restrictions — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Duane W. Gang Source:
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) People protesting at residential properties in unincorporated Riverside County soon will be able to get closer to their targets. The Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to revise a measure that prohibits picketing within 30 feet of the property line of the targeted residence. Under the new proposal, protesters can get as close as three feet from the property. "I think it is a worthwhile compromise," Supervisor Jeff Stone said. Supervisors adopted the measure, known as Ordinance 884, in March 2009. Stone ...
Sep 28, 2010
Secrets of Scientology: A Panorama Special — BBC NewsMore: youtube.com
Type: TV
Source:
BBC News Tag(s):
Abortion •
Amy Scobee •
Anne Archer •
Anti-psychiatry •
Auditing •
BBC News •
BBC Panorama •
Benjamin Rinder •
Blackmail •
Body thetans (BTs) •
Charles Hendry •
Children, youth •
Christine King "Christie" Collbran •
Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International @ 5930 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles CA United States •
Claire Headley •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
David Miscavige •
Dead agenting (Black PR, smear campaign) •
Disconnection •
E-Meter •
Freedom (Scientology magazine) •
Freeloader's debt •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Hidden camera •
Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer •
Jason Beghe •
John Sweeney •
Juliette Lewis •
Kirstie Alley •
Larry Anderson •
Marc Headley •
Mareka James •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Private investigator(s) •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Release contract, form, waiver •
Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Silencing criticism, censorship •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Tom Cruise •
Tommy Davis •
Tone scale •
United Kingdom (UK) •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Mar 8, 2010
Four Corners: Scientology: The Ex-Files [main broadcast] — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) NewsMore: transcript
Type: TV
Author(s):
Quentin McDermott Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News Read the full program transcript from Quentin McDermott's report, Scientology - The Ex-Files, first broadcast 8th March 2010. Reporter: Quentin McDermott Date: 08/03/2010 (On screen: Cars passing big blue building with 'Scientology sign') QUENTIN MCDERMOTT, REPORTER: Many religions claim to hold the key to man’s salvation. Scientology is no exception. TOMMY DAVIS: The most fundamental explanation as regards Scientology’s basic beliefs is that man is basically good, and that the individual’s a spiritual being; that you’ve lived before and you’ll live ...
Feb 22, 2010
Scientology / Today Tonight goes behind the closely guarded walls of Scientology's celebrity headquarters — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube part 1 , Youtube part 2
Nov 9, 2009
The John and Ken Show / Marc Headley: Former Scientology staffer speaks out — KFI-AM (Los Angeles)
Oct 30, 2009
Scientology faces multiple setbacks within one week // The past few days have not gone well for the secretive religion known for its celebrity followers — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Andrew Gumbel Source:
The Guardian (UK) Most religious organisations can weather a high-profile defection or two. Many might successfully explain away a fraud conviction in a foreign criminal court, or deal with the spectacular suicide of a member, or muddle through a less than stellar public performance by a prominent spokesman. Rarely, though, does a religion have to face up to all these challenges in the same week. The past few days have been little short of a nightmare for Scientology, the strange, secretive religion that thrives ...
Oct 29, 2009
Scientology surviving on borrowed minutes? // The Church of Scientology faces more bad PR — NOW Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Enzo Di Matteo Source:
NOW Magazine Scientology’s recent travails, splattered like so much bad scrambled eggs in the mainstream press, has me thinking about that day way back when the Reverend Al Buttnor, the Church’s high priest of PR, took me on a personal tour of Scientology’s Yonge Street headquarters. Freaky, mostly. And surprisingly empty. A few curiosity seekers on one floor hooked up to Scientology’s famous E-meter, getting stress tested, presumably. But clearly searching for something else. Themselves? Salvation? On another floor, a shrine to late ...
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 27, 2009
Tommy Davis: Scientology's new angry, unstable pitchman — Gawker
Oct 23, 2009
Nighline: How Scientology attracts celebrities — ABC News
Sep 21, 2009
Scientology: The web's first copyright-wielding nemesis — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s):
Julian Dibbell Source:
Wired The Church of Scientology was founded in the early 1950s by pulp science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, and it's been run by his successor, David Miscavige, since 1987. But for the past year or so the public face of Scientology has been a man named Tommy Davis. Son of Hollywood actress (and longtime Scientologist) Anne Archer, Davis has a stylish mop coif and boyish (not to say Tom Cruise-ish) good looks that have been put before the media's cameras every time ...
Sep 2, 2009
Le mystère des dossiers disparus ["The lost files mystery"] [English subtitles by Anonymous] — France W9More: original French version
Aug 17, 2009
Scientology escapee tells Skeptics' group how it's done — Village Voice
Jul 25, 2009
Is John Travolta cracking up? It's not just grief - and guilt - over his dead son that are tearing the actor apart — Daily Mail (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Scott Source:
Daily Mail (UK) Dead of night, and on a deserted Florida landing strip, the silence of the oppressively hot early hours is broken by the low whirring of an electric golf cart, driving lazy circuits.
At the wheel is a bulky, lone figure, hunched forward over the controls as he tries to kill time during another long, sleepless night.
It is a sight that has become something of a regular occurrence in recent weeks, as Hollywood star John Travolta acts out his bizarre nocturnal ...
Mar 16, 2009
Scientology spokesman confirms Xenu story / It's all true after all — The Register (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Leyden Source:
The Register (UK) A Scientology spokesman has confirmed that Scientologists believe that mankind's problems stem from brainwashed alien soul remnants created millions of years ago by genocidal alien overlord Xenu. The admission follows years of attempts to dismiss the story, first leaked by defectors, as anti-church propaganda. In an interview with KESQ News Channel 3, Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis was quizzed over the Xenu story, which leaked papers show is revealed to senior Scientologists as part of their induction to "Operating Thetan Level III". ...
Jan 23, 2009
Devoir d'enquête: "La Scientologie: La secte démasquée" [Part 1] [Unofficial English translation] — RTBF 1 (Belgium)More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
Jan 13, 2009
Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting (Audio) — Riverside County (California)More: Video
Dec 4, 2008
How Scientologists pressurise publishers // Over and over again, critical publications have been blocked — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
David V. Barrett Source:
The Guardian (UK) Last week we learned that Amazon.co.uk has bowed to pressure to stop selling a book by a former senior Irish Scientologist. The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology (Merlin Publishing, Dublin) describes John Duignan's 21 years in the religion, not all of it a happy tale. According to Amazon, "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 ...
Dec 3, 2008
Valley troupe stages a child-acted satire with Scientology at the core — East Valley Tribune (Arizona)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Outhier Source:
East Valley Tribune (Arizona) The young cast of the Valley’s newest holiday pageant is all atwitter. Opening night is only a week away, and for the first time, the pre-teen actors are getting a glimpse of their costumes. The young cast of the Valley’s newest holiday pageant is all atwitter. Opening night is only a week away, and for the first time, the pre-teen actors are getting a glimpse of their costumes. But something is profoundly askew at Tempe’s Stray Cat Theatre. Where one might ...
Aug 7, 2008
Selling Scientology — Portland Mercury (Oregon)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Matt Davis Source:
Portland Mercury (Oregon) In the mid-1980s, more than ever before, television advertising was about big budgets and excess. Bucking that trend was Scientologist and marketing whiz Jeff Hawkins, whose understated, minimalist TV ads for L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics helped launch the book onto the best-seller list—and arguably sparked a worldwide interest in the religion. Hawkins' ads featured simple questions like, "Why are you unhappy?" in white print against a black background, backed by edgy music supplied by Hawkins' friends, and finally, a shot of ...
Jun 1, 2008
Scientology Scandals — The Skeptic (Australia)
May 8, 2008
Scientology and the Blackfeet — Missoula Independent
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Peters Source:
Missoula Independent Tribal members are getting advice, free trips—and perhaps a new rehab program—from their connection with L. Ron Hubbard's church. Is this the help they need? In 1964, when Rayola Running Crane was just 13, her parents sent her away from her home in Browning on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. She and her friends were drinking alcohol on a regular basis, and she had already been in an alcohol-related car accident that caused her permanent back injuries. She says her parents gave ...
May 6, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 3: Thistle Street Lane
Sep 11, 2007
I Escaped Scientology — OratoMore: orato.com
Type: Account
Author(s):
John Duignan Source:
Orato There are moments in life, coincidences, which have the potential to utterly change the direction and meaning of your existence. Of these I have had several; they have all marked me in various ways, but none more so than that fateful late afternoon in Stuttgart, Germany, when an attractive and rather aggressive young woman blocked my path and accosted me with the interrogative; "Do you have a good memory"? This story aims to serve a dual function: Enlighten those who may ...
Sep 11, 2007
Xenu Goes Uptown // Scientology Makes a Major Move into Harlem. But why? — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s):
Chloe Hilliard Source:
Village Voice Recently, the Church of Scientology announced that it was purchasing three buildings on East 125th Street for an estimated $10 million. Since 2003, the controversial religion had been running a mostly overlooked storefront on Third Avenue between 122nd and 123rd streets, but the new expansion marks a major move into Harlem. The buildings will be fully renovated and turned into not only a church, but a community center with the usual Scientology programs: job training, literacy and drug rehab. Media reports ...
Sep 9, 2007
Friends, thetans, countrymen — Daily Telegraph (UK)
May 31, 2007
Vallone's Letter To Scientology — New York Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
John DeSio Source:
New York Press Here's a little source material for you all regarding my piece on the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project. In it, I mention a particularly strongly worded letter sent by Queens City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. to Rev. John Carmichael, president of the New York branch of the Church of Scientology. The letter was sent to Carmichael in response to Vallone's strong words about Scientology, which can be found here and here. Carmichael requested a meeting with Vallone, but that ain't ...
May 18, 2007
Sorry for shouting you weirdos — The Sun (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Sweeney Source:
The Sun (UK) RESPECTED Panorama journalist John Sweeney was this week seen on TV exploding in a fury during an interview with a leader of the Church of Scientology. Here he apologises but also reveals the other side of the movement ? what one one judge called “corrupt, sinister and dangerous” ? not to mention the stranger hiding in the bushes outside his recent wedding. THE Archbishop of Canterbury, MPs, Lords, top coppers and, for all I know, Wayne Rooney and the Beckhams: Anyone ...
May 18, 2007
When Scientologists attack — Washington BladeMore: washblade.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kevin Naff Source:
Washington Blade Gays should be wary of ‘church’ that has helped advance the reckless idea that homosexuality can be cured. THE CULT OF Scientology is back in the news this week, after a video of a BBC reporter shouting down a church spokesperson hit YouTube. The BBC’s John Sweeney claims he was followed and harassed while working on a documentary about Scientology. The spokesperson in question is the son of actress Anne Archer. “I have been shouted at, spied on, had my hotel ...
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