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Apr 21, 2007
Local pols cruised in free to Tom gala — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): David Seifman
Source: New York Post
Two City Council members who attended Tom Cruise's fund-raiser for a controversial 9/11 "detoxification project" didn't pay the $6,250-a-ticket entry fee, but officials said they acted within the ethics rules. City Council members Joe Addabbo (D-Queens) and Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) both turned up at the glitzy Manhattan affair Thursday night for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, co-founded by Cruise and linked to Scientology. Addabbo is chairman of the council's Civil Service and Labor Committee. Emergency responders who underwent the ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
Crui$e is 'detox' of de town — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): David Seifman
Source: New York Post
Tom Cruise rolled into Manhattan under extraordinary security last night for a Hollywood-style fund-raiser to benefit his controversial project to help 9/11 responders. The diminutive Scientologist, accompanied by his wife, Katie Holmes, pressed the flesh with supporters inside a $6,250-a-ticket benefit in Chelsea. Reporters were barred from the West 18th Street fund-raiser, which resembled a Hollywood premiere, with scores of security men and paparazzi. "He said how grateful he was to everyone for supporting the project," said Pat Bahnken, a party ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
Cruise thinks Scientology can save 9/11 responders — CBS News
Type: Press
Author(s): Hazel Sanchez
Source: CBS News
NEW YORK (CBS) — Some call it a cult concoction while silver screen celebrity Tom Cruise swears by it – a Scientology program called the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project. City Councilman Hiram Monserrate said the program worked for him. "The fact is that this is a program that has helped over 700 rescue workers," Monserrate said. "A program that I have personally visited, participated in and spoken to dozens of rescue workers that today feel better. "Shame on anyone ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
Cruise Wins Support of NY Emergency Workers With Fundraiser — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Type: Press
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Movie star Tom Cruise has won the support of hundreds of emergency workers in New York, after he hosted a $6,250-a-ticket benefit in the city Thursday night to raise funds for his controversial Sept. 11 detoxification program. The New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, which was co-founded by Cruise, is based on principals developed by Scientology leader L. Ron Hubbard. The free treatment involves large doses of vitamins, dietary adjustments and stints in a sauna. Among attendees at the high-profile event ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
Don't be tricked by $ci-Fi Tom-Foolery — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Kyle Smith
Source: New York Post
LAST night another religious wack job came to attack Ground Zero: Tom bin Cruise. The warden of the Katie Holmes Correctional Facility zoomed in to do a "benefit" for his Scientology group, the "New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project." Only Cruise would hold a benefit for himself. Ground Zero crews are in for the Brooke Shields treatment: Cruise believes all ills are curable via the same Cartoon Network regimen of feeding people cooking oil and making them sweat. Cruise thinks he's ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
It's Hollywood in Chelsea at WTC 'detox' bash — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
[Picture]Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes arrive at the Altman Building for his Detox Center Benefit. [Picture]Michael Pena and his girlfriend, Breen Schaefer, were among the attendees at the Detox Center Benefit. Superstar actor and Scientology pusher Tom Cruise headlined a Chelsea soiree with all the excitement of a movie premiere last night to raise money for his controversial effort to "detox" Ground Zero workers. "It is an injustice that after six years people who were down there are still ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
Monserrate Defends Detox Program — New York Observer
Type: Press
Source: New York Observer
Yesterday, I caught up with Councilman Hiram Monserrate, who has come under fire for supporting a Sept. 11 first-responder detoxification program associated with the Church of Scientology. Scientology's most famous booster, Tom Cruise, held a fund-raiser last night for the program. Monserrate, a former cop, told me he spoke with Sept. 11 rescue workers who have benefited from the program, and said that critics are motivated by their own agendas. "The bottom line is the program provided a better quality of ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
The Angry Scientologist Retort — New York Press
Type: Press
Author(s): John DeSio
Source: New York Press
As could be expected, Scientologists are none too happy with Mayor Mike Bloomberg and City Councilman Peter Vallone for questioning the scientific validity of their "sweat and vitamins" detox project for 9/11 rescue workers. And at least one California-based follower of the ways of L. Ron hubbard is speaking out, sending an open letter to a variety of elected officials, newspapers and others praising the scientific validity of the New York Rescue Workers Detox Project. The full letter is after the ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 20, 2007
Tom Cruise holds fundraiser for Scientology 9/11 detox project — ABC News
Type: Press
Source: ABC News
(New York - WABC, April 20, 2007) (WABC) – Tom Cruise appeared at a private dinner fundraiser on Thursday night for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, a program he co-founded in 2002. The Scientology-based program offers free treatment to emergency workers who suffer breathing difficulties and other health problems stemming from exposure to toxins at ground zero after 9/11 terror attacks. "Nearly six years later, many are still paying a price for their heroic service at the World Trade ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 19, 2007
Crui$ing for cash — New York Post
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Type: Press
Source: New York Post
April 19, 2007 — Scientology nut Tom Cruise is in New York to solicit more cash for his controversial venture to 'detox' the heroes of September 11. As reported by the Post on April 6, Cruise, 44, will appear at a private gala on Manhattan's West 18th Street tonight to raise funds for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, a program he co-founded in 2002. His wife, Katie Holmes, is also expected to be at the dinner, starting at 6 ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 19, 2007
Cruise to detox NY — PerthNow
Type: Press
Source: PerthNow
SCIENTOLOGY fanatic Tom Cruise is in New York to solicit more cash for his controversial venture to 'detox' the heroes of September 11. Cruise, 44, will appear at a private gala on Manhattan's West 18th Street tonight to raise funds for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, a program he co-founded in 2002. His wife, Katie Holmes, is also expected to be at the dinner. Guests are paying as much as US$100,000 for a table for eight. "Nearly six years ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 19, 2007
Mike thumps Tom // Blasts city honor for Scientology's Sept. 11 'detox' — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): David Seifman
Source: New York Post
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted official proclamations drafted by a city councilman honoring Tom Cruise and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard for their roles in promoting a detoxification program for 9/11 rescue workers. "I don't think it's appropriate to do that," said the mayor, reacting to a report in yesterday's Post. "I think that reputable scientists do not think Scientology has any basis in science. It may be a cult, it may be a religion, it may be beliefs. It's other things, ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 18, 2007
City proclamation sparks L. Ron Hubbub — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): David Seifman
Source: New York Post
In a move that has outraged some officials, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard has been honored by the City Council ahead of tomorrow night's Manhattan fund-raiser for a controversial 9/11 detox program, The Post has learned. Host Tom Cruise, the Scientology follower who co-founded the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, also will be honored with a proclamation at the fund-raiser. The project runs a downtown Manhattan clinic that has served more than 780 rescue workers since 2002. Cruise is headlining ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 18, 2007
Critics: Scientologists' Va. trip a time to prey — NY Daily News (New York)
Type: Press
Author(s): George Rush, Joanna Molloy
Source: NY Daily News (New York)
The Church of Scientology has dispatched "ministers" to provide "grief counseling" for shell-shocked youth at Virginia Tech - but critics suspect the sect hopes to convert the vulnerable students. "It's shameless, how they milk human tragedy to promote their organization," charges Rick Ross, whose CultNews.net has long tracked the group, which counts Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley among its members. "These young people [at VT] are experiencing trauma. What they need are qualified mental health professionals." HollywoodInterrupted.com's Mark Ebner ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 10, 2007
9/11 detox program finds home in Orem — Daily Herald
More: web.archive.org
Type: Press
Author(s): Brooke Barker
Source: Daily Herald
Help is on the way for Utah police officers exposed to methamphetamine labs. "When Mark Shurtleff announced he was going to test out the New York 9/11 Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, to help the meth cops, Dr. (Jerry) Ross and I met with him," said Mike Phillips, a founder of Biocleansing Centers of America in Orem. "He looked at our program and said he wanted us to stay in business long enough to help those cops." The center, at 555 S. ...
Apr 7, 2007
'Cruise control' Pol: It helped me // Hails weird detox — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): David Seifman
Source: New York Post
A legislator hosting a gala fund-raising dinner for a controversial detoxification program for 9/11 rescue workers co-founded by Tom Cruise revealed yesterday he's undergone the procedure himself. "I will tell you I felt 100 times better after the program than I've felt in the last 15 years," said City Councilman Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens). The Post reported yesterday that Monserrate is one of the hosts of an April 19 fund-raiser for the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, where Cruise is appearing, ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 7, 2007
Help on way to Utah // Meth-exposure 'cure' works, says Pleasant View's police chief — Ogden Examiner Standard (Utah)
More: anti-scientologie.ch
Type: Press
Author(s): Tim Gurrister
Source: Ogden Examiner Standard (Utah)
Relief may be on the way for police officers ailing because of exposure to methamphetamine labs. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's initiative on behalf of scores of sick former narcotics officers will soon open an in-state treatment center offering the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Program. "Within 30 days, we hope to start sending cops through," Shurtleff said. A closed drug-detox facility in Orem will house the program, and a nonprofit corporation is being formed to run the center, he said. ...
Apr 6, 2007
Tom Cruise And His 9/11 Health Fundraiser — Gothamist
Type: Press
Author(s): Jen Chung
Source: Gothamist
Have you ever wanted to rub shoulders with Tom Cruise and learn about Scientology's detox treatment for 9/11 workers? Then you'll be excited to learn that the superstar will be in town for an April 19 fund-raiser. The Post reports that while the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project hasn't been approved by the NYPD or FDNY, some swear by it. However, even those involved with the fund-raiser are conflicted. The Post spoke to Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins, who ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 6, 2007
TOM'S QUACKPOT FE$T TO HIT CITY — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): David Seifman
Source: New York Post
Scientology superstar Tom Cruise is coming here to promote his controversial "detox" project to 9/11 workers, and will host a mega-fund-raising gala for it. Tickets for the April 19 fund-raiser, which will star Cruise and benefit the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, run as high as $100,000 for a table for eight. The downtown Manhattan clinic offers free Scientology-inspired treatments to firefighters, cops and other rescue workers exposed to high levels of toxins at Ground Zero. The program - which ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 22, 2007
Scientology's Hard Sell — New York Inquirer
Type: Press
Author(s): Cat Spencer
Source: New York Inquirer
If you've ever been to any large retail store, you know what it's like to be greeted at the door by a salesperson with a warm smile. They are eager to help meet your needs, and they are grateful you chose their establishment. You may even feel guilty for not purchasing anything, if only because of one employee’s cheerful disposition—after all, they were helpful, weren't they? And they might be upset to lose the commission gained from your purchases. Nevertheless, in ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 20, 2007
No Money, No Xenu — New York Inquirer
Type: Press
Author(s): Elizabeth Keenan
Source: New York Inquirer
For an organization as elusive as the Church of Scientology, walking to the main headquarters in Manhattan is as easy as walking to McDonalds. With an appetite for “Living a Better and Happier Life” and the financial means, you will be welcomed with open arms. Leaving with the knowledge of how you actually achieve promised happiness, and with your wallet (and sense of reality) in tact, is another thing entirely. Inquirer editor Cat Spencer and I embarked on our undercover pilgrimage ...
Jan 24, 2007
Texas: Penalty in case of false gas-mileage booster — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Staci Semrad
Source: New York Times
Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an agreed judgment against a Dallas company that was marketing a mothball-like product as a gas-mileage booster. The company, BioPerformance, sold its product with a claim that putting a couple of the pills into an automobile fuel tank could increase gas mileage 30 percent. The state’s investigation revealed that the product had no such power and that its main ingredient was naphthalene, used in making mothballs. The state also found that the company developed a pyramid ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Oct 27, 2006
Scientology schizo // His mom's religion said, no meds. That edict may have cost her life. — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Linda Stasi
Source: New York Post
Perhaps it's less of a stretch for Scientologists to believe that aliens arrived here in a spaceship, exploded, and stuck bits of their souls on us, than it is for other religions to believe there was a talking, burning bush or a savior who walked on water. All religions believe they are the, er, gospel truth. Most religions, however, have withstood the test of some time and were not created by a science fiction writer. Scientology, which now claims to have ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 24, 2006
Tom Cruise's behavior and Scientology: A link? // The debate continues as the controversial religion thrives — ABC News
Type: Press
Author(s): Bill Blakemore
Source: ABC News
"In my opinion," says Rick Ross, who has spent years studying cults and religious groups, "(Tom Cruise's) meltdown is likely attributable to Scientology. He's made some bad career choices lately. He's damaged goods. How do you go from the world's biggest movie star to someone Viacom dumps?" The New York Times this morning said simply that Cruise has gone "into full Scientology mode." Indeed, his recent responses to Matt Lauer, inveighing against modern psychiatric care, reflect Scientology's claim that its own ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jul 24, 2006
Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg Spat Explained — Newsmax.com
Type: Press
Source: Newsmax.com
A new report finally reveals the real reason why director Steven Spielberg was angry with Tom Cruise during the promotional tour for their movie "War of the Worlds” – and not surprisingly, it has much to do with Scientology. At the time, the New York Post reported that Spielberg was furious with Cruise because he had been "ranting” against "the widespread use of Ritalin to treat unruly children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder.” Spielberg was upset because he knew children who ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 2, 2006
Garofalo gushes over Scientology-linked project — MSNBC
Type: Press
Author(s): Jeannette Walls
Source: MSNBC
Why is Janeane Garofalo touting a Scientology-linked project? The actress and talk-show host has done two segments on her Air America radio show “Majority Report,” heaping praise on the controversial New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, a program based on the teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. On one show, her guests included Leah Remini, star of “King of Queens” and a devout Scientologist, who sang the praises of the detox project. Although the Detoxification Project has been heralded by ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Dec 14, 2005
Tom Cruise Blasted by 9/11 Firefighters — Hollywood.com
Type: Press
Source: Hollywood.com
HOLLYWOOD - Outspoken actor Tom Cruise has been criticized by firefighters suffering the effects of smoke inhalation from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks for his controversial views on their treatment. The Scientology devotee has urged emergency services victims to give up their medication and inhalers as part of a 'purification rundown,’ which favors sauna sessions, ingestion of cooking oil and large doses of niacin as cures instead. As co-founder of the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project, Cruise has also ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Oct 14, 2005
Getting behind the ruckus over 'silent births' — Chicago Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s): Nara Schoenberg
Source: Chicago Tribune
Just when Tom Cruise was starting to look good again, we hear from the New York Daily News that Cruise's pregnant fiance, Katie Holmes, is supposed to sign on for a "silent birth," without screams or painkillers. Ouch. But is "Quit yellin', it's only childbirth," as the News headline so succinctly put it, the true position of the Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is a member? Not according to Greg LaClaire, vice president of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre ...
Oct 2, 2005
Scientology Sex Assault Nightmare — New York Post
More: web.archive.org
Type: Press
Author(s): Phillip Recchia
Source: New York Post
A FORMER Scientology staffer is breaking her silence about being sexually assaulted 100 times at ages 16 and 17 by the church supervisor she was "ordered" to live with, and then receiving threats and intimidating phone calls when she reported the abuse. Five years ago, Gabriel Williams, then a 27-year-old chief supervisor at the Church of Scientology in Mountain View, Calif., forced then-16-year-old Jennifer Stewart to have intercourse with him on the first evening she moved in, according to her statements ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 9, 2005
Church of Scientology opening more visible facilities, including one in New Haven — Hartford Courant (Connecticut)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Frances Grandy Taylor
Source: Hartford Courant (Connecticut)
A HIGHER PROFILE ; CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OPENING MORE VISIBLE FACILITIES, INCLUDING ONE IN NEW HAVEN FRANCES GRANDY TAYLOR; Courant Staff Writer Hartford Courant 09-09-2005 A HIGHER PROFILE ; CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OPENING MORE VISIBLE FACILITIES, INCLUDING ONE IN NEW HAVEN Byline: FRANCES GRANDY TAYLOR; Courant Staff Writer Edition: STATEWIDE Section: LIFE Despite such high-profile adherents as Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Chick Corea and Kirstie Alley, the Church of Scientology can seem as mysterious to outsiders as its reclusive founder, science-fiction ...
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