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Scientology's $12m renovation rescue — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sharon Labi Source:
Daily Telegraph (Australia) THE Church of Scientology plans to spend $12 million upgrading its Sydney headquarters, but faces a ban on trawling the street outside the building for new recruits. The group's controversial plans include building an extra level on its Castlereagh St premises, and renovating the facade of the heritage building. Neighbours and businesses have objected to the proposed upgrade at Scientology House, citing aggressive recruitment tactics, nuisance, loss of view, extra pollution and heritage concerns. City of Sydney councillors will vote on ...
May 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency - The Paris Trial I
May 26, 2009
Scientology on trial in Paris for 'ruin' of disciples — Daily Telegraph (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Henry Samuel Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) The Church of Scientology has been accused of manipulating followers into handing over their savings, in a trial that could see the church banned from France. The church's main centre in France, the ASES-Celebrity Centre, its bookshop and six of its leaders were charged on Monday with organised fraud and illegally prescribing drugs. One former church member claimed she had been psychologically pressured into paying thousands of pounds for lessons, books, drugs and a device called an "electrometre", which the church ...
May 26, 2009
Tom Cruise and a trial that could drive Scientology out of France — The Independent (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Lichfield Source:
The Independent (UK) Movement accused of 'organised fraud' against two female members persuaded to part with €20,000 The Scientology movement went on trial in Paris yesterday for "organised fraud" in a case which could lead to the cult's organising bodies being outlawed in France. The French state prosecution service has failed to back the trial but denies that its decision was influenced by the lobbying of French politicians, including Nicolas Sarkozy before he became President, by leading Scientologists, including the actor Tom Cruise. After ...
May 25, 2009
Church of Scientology goes on trial in Paris for fraud — Radio France International (RFI)
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Radio France International (RFI) Members of the Church of Scientology go on trial in Paris Monday on charges of fraud, along with the Church of Scientology itself, which means its operations in France are at risk. The trial is the culmination of two complaints lodged by people who said they were manipulated into spending thousands of euros by the Church. France considers Scientology a cult. Until now, prosecutors have only gone after individual Scientologists in court. But Monday, along with seven Scientologists, the Church itself ...
May 25, 2009
Scientology on trial in France — BBC News
Type: TV
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BBC News The Church of Scientology has gone on trial in the French capital, Paris, accused of organised fraud. The case centres on a complaint by a woman who says she was pressured into paying large sums of money after being offered a free personality test. The church, which is fighting the charges, denies that any mental manipulation took place. France regards Scientology as a sect, not a religion, and the organisation could be banned if it loses the case. It is the ...
May 22, 2009
Scientology trial set to begin — Channel 4 (UK)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Emily Reuben Source:
Channel 4 (UK) Are the secrets of Scientology about to be exposed in a French court? More4 News goes to Paris to find out. It sounds like a science, but calls itself a church, while opponents have other names for it. Despite celebrity followers such as John Travolta, the Church of Scientology is viewed with suspicion in some countries. Now the organisation faces a legal battle in France, with a trial starting next week threatening its operations there.
Apr 27, 2009
Departementet om Scientologikirken: - Kan være på kant med loven [Norwegian] — VG Nett (Norway)More: Google translation
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VG Nett (Norway) (VG Nett) Helsedepartementet mener det er på tide at Scientologikirkens aktiviteter blir kontrollert opp mot norsk lov.
Etter å ha besvart 200 spørsmål i Scientologikirkens personlighetstest på internett, gikk tre av VG Netts medarbeidere hver for seg til kirkens lokaler i Karl Johans gate i Oslo.
Journalistene Stian Eisenträger og Marianne Vikås svarte ærlig på spørsmålene ut fra eget ståsted. Begge opplever seg selv som stabile, og fornøyd med livet.
For å finne ut hvilke tilbakemeldinger depressive personer kan få, påtok ...
Apr 23, 2009
Dødsfallet [Norwegian] [Translation: "Death"] — Dagbladet (Norway)
Apr 22, 2009
VG Netts journalister tok scientologi-test [Norwegian] — VG Nett (Norway)More: Google translation , summary in English , discussion in English
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VG Nett (Norway) VG Netts journalister tok scientologi-test
* - Deprimert, tilbaketrukket, uansvarlig
* - På nivå med en gjenstand som ikke lever
* - Undertrykkes av en eller flere personer
* - Må velge mellom kurs eller kjemikalier
* - Kan forbedre livet med 1000 prosent
(VG Nett) Dette var blant tilbakemeldingene VG Netts tre journalister fikk da de tok den omstridte personlighetstesten til Scientologikirken.
Det er denne testen Olav Gunnar Ballo (SV) mener var en utløsende årsak til at datteren Kaja tok ...
Apr 10, 2009
Infinite Complacency -- Maureen Bolstad's story I: Early years
Jan 29, 2009
I'm sure B.C. kids need Scientology's help / Victoria directs teachers to religious group's human-rights website — The Province (B.C.)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ethan Baron Source:
The Province (B.C.) Victoria directs teachers to religious group's human-rights website
Ethan Baron, The Province
Published: Thursday, January 29, 2009
Attention students: it's now OK to jump up and down on your desks and rave about your latest crush.
The Ministry of Education is referring teachers to an organization set up by the Church of Scientology, the group made infamous by Tom Cruise, the raving couch-bounder and Scientology adherent. Two ministry teacher-support documents direct teachers to the website of Los Angeles-based Youth for Human ...
Jan 28, 2009
L'Eglise de scientologie jugée pour escroquerie du 25 mai au 10 juin — Agence France Presse (AFP)
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 21, 2009
Hirnwäscher - Wie gefährlich ist Scientology? ["The Brainwashers - How Dangerous Is Scientology?" Unofficial translation] — ARD (Germany)
Jan 21, 2009
Scientologists hit out at criticism — Canberra Times (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jano Gibson Source:
Canberra Times (Australia) THE Church of Scientology has appealed for religious tolerance after its $12 million bid to redevelop its Sydney headquarters sparked fears from neighbours of an increase in "menacing" and "aggressive" recruitment tactics.
The church has sought approval from the City of Sydney to add two floors to its five-storey building, Scientology House, on Castlereagh Street. The increased floor space would help turn the building into an "Ideal Org", the name Scientologists give to their most significant churches.
But almost 150 people ...
Nov 30, 2008
Inside Scientology: a review of John Duignan's The Complex — Counterknowledge.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Damian Thompson Source:
Counterknowledge.com The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of The Church of Scientology by John Duignan with Nicola Tallant, Merlin Publishing, Dublin. The Scientologists have been doing their damnedest to stop the international publication of John Duignan’s memoir The Complex. Following legal representations, it is no longer possible to buy the book, published in Ireland by Merlin, from Amazon.co.uk. That made me curious, so I had a copy sent direct from Dublin. Here’s my review. In places, Duignan – a former ...
Nov 9, 2008
Secret army capture any vulnerable members who attempt to flee the cult — Sunday World (Ireland)
Nov 3, 2008
I'd have killed for Cruise cult — The Sun (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Lowe Source:
The Sun (UK) A TOP Scientologist who escaped the cult has given the most explosive insight yet into the shady "celebrity religion". A-list followers including Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley and John Travolta believe their faith is the secret of their success. But for John Duignan it cost him everything and everyone he held dear after he become a leading figure in the church's British branch. John says he was so brainwashed that he would have killed for Scientology. And he claims another member was ...
Oct 1, 2008
Mission: Investigate! — Sveriges Television (Sweden)More: Youtube
Type: TV
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Sveriges Television (Sweden) Tag(s):
Anonymous (group) •
Anti-psychiatry •
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) •
Bo Persson •
Brainwashing •
Cecilia Lind •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Clark Carr •
Communications Course •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
E-Meter •
Fair game •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Front groups •
Harassment •
Human Rights Committee (Sweden) •
Håkan Järvå •
Income •
Infiltration •
Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer •
Medical claims •
Membership •
Michael Pattinson •
Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) •
Narconon International •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operation Snow White •
Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Public funding •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Recruitment •
Rickard Sulek •
Robert B. "Bob" Adams •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Schools •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Sveriges Television (Sweden) •
Sweden •
Tarja Vulto •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Ulf Brettstam •
Vanna Beckman •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) •
Åsa Graaf Sep 18, 2008
Scientology Facing Murky Future in France — ABC NewsMore: rickross.com
Sep 9, 2008
Church of Scientology faces fraud trial in France — The Guardian (UK)
Jun 30, 2008
Scientology's crushing defeat [What Scientology paid $8 Million to hide] — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tony Ortega Source:
Village Voice Six years ago, when I was a reporter at New Times LA, ''I’d written several stories about Scientology (Los Angeles is one of its headquarters), and I was about to uncork the longest one yet—a 7,000 word piece about an embarrassing, $8 million defeat Scientology had just suffered, when the weekly paper suddenly folded. That unpublished story has been sitting in storage ever since. Fast forward to 2008, and the world of reporting on Scientology has changed radically, thanks in part ...
May 6, 2008
Faut-il réhabiliter la Scientologie ? (with unofficial English subtitles) — Canal M6
Apr 19, 2008
From the marketing geniuses at the Church of Scientology — Glosslip
Apr 16, 2008
Police probe suicide linked to Scientologists — Aftenpolten
Type: Press
Source:
Aftenpolten The daughter of a member of Norway's parliament committed suicide hours after she received what her family claims were "devastating" results from a personality test administered by the Church of Scientology. Police in France, where the young woman was studying, are investigating. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported Tuesday evening that French police are checking alleged links between the suicide of Kaja Bordevich Ballo, age 20, and the Scientologists. Ballo's father, Olav Gunnar Ballo, is a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the ...
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 - ...
Sep 23, 2007
Madman or messiah? — Independent.ie
Type: Press
Author(s):
Carol Tobin Source:
Independent.ie She was open-minded enough about Scientology, if a bit dubious about some aspects of the life of its founder L. Ron Hubbard. Imagine Carol Tobin's surprise, then, when her hopes of a private jet and a Hollywood career with Tom Cruise were dashed as its adherents appeared to reject her
Is it just cynical old me or is Scientology a load of old cobblers or, as we would say here in Ringsend, a load of bullshit?
Oh, I can hear the ...
Sep 4, 2007
Scientology faces criminal charges — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
Constant Brand Source:
Associated Press A Belgian prosecutor on Tuesday recommended that the U.S.-based Church of Scientology stand trial for fraud and extortion, following a 10-year investigation that concluded the group should be labeled a criminal organization. Scientology said it would fight the criminal charges recommended by investigating prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen, who said that up to 12 unidentified people should face charges. Van Espen's probe also concluded that Scientology's Brussels-based Europe office and its Belgian missions conducted unlawful practices in medicine, violated privacy laws and ...
Aug 29, 2007
The Invasion Begins: Scientology's Plan To Conquer Cleveland — Cleveland Free Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
James Renner Source:
Cleveland Free Times The optometrist wants to hear about my most painful memories.
This is an auditing session, an important component of a religion called Scientology. The optometrist is the auditor. His name is Steve Sasala. He is skinny. And tall. His face is long and narrow. I can make out the shape of his skull. We sit across from each other, on opposite sides of a tiny desk inside a claustrophobic room at the back of some historic building in Parma Heights. The ...
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