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LC mayor halts program sponsored by Scientologists — KVIA ABC-7 (New Mexico)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Ken Molestina Source:
KVIA ABC-7 (New Mexico) LAS CRUCES, N.M. – It's a program aimed at getting kids off the streets and away from drugs. But now Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima is saying "not so fast."
The program is called the Drug-Free Marshall Program, and it was quite a hit until the mayor found out it was sponsored by the Church of Scientology.
Miyagishima said he was originally approached about the program in the summer. He said he liked the purpose and tried it in five different ...
Dec 7, 2008
Mayor abandons anti-drug program affiliated with Church of Scientology — Las Cruces Sun News (New Mexico)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ashley Meeks Source:
Las Cruces Sun News (New Mexico) LAS CRUCES — The city is immediately ending an anti-drug program aimed at third-graders after it was revealed it was created and bankrolled by the Church of Scientology.
The "Drug-Free Marshal" program, started in late November, had only been presented to five schools but was intended to be promoted eventually among all third-graders in the Las Cruces Public Schools.
Mayor Ken Miyagishima apologized Saturday and said it was not his intention to promote the religion. The mayor said he was approached ...
Dec 6, 2008
Anons mark anniversary of a Scientology victim's awful death — Village Voice
Dec 4, 2008
Guard who killed sword-wielder at Scientology center won't face charges — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Harriet Ryan Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A security guard who shot and killed a man wielding samurai swords on the grounds of a Scientology facility in Hollywood will not face criminal charges, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Wednesday.
The decision by prosecutors was in line with the conclusion of Los Angeles police detectives, who determined that the guard, a 64-year-old retired Seal Beach police officer, acted in defense of himself and other guards at the church's Celebrity Centre.
A former Scientologist, Mario Majorski, 48, ...
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 ...
Dec 1, 2008
'The Complex' author John Duignan cites Tom Cruise control — NY Daily News (New York)
Dec 1, 2008
Scientology's money trail — Condé Nast Portfolio
Nov 30, 2008
Church of Scientology cancels auction — RealEstate Source
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marc Pallisco Source:
RealEstate Source PROSPECTIVE purchasers and commercial real estate agents were left standing at the altar again this week, after the Church of Scientology abandoned the sale of its city headquarters, just hours before a scheduled auction.
The Church blamed planning delays, and other issues concerning the development of its new headquarters, as the reason it cannot vacate its 4-level Melbourne home of almost 30 years.
This excuse was cold comfort for the dozens of investors who had shown an interest in the 42 ...
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 25, 2008
A Scientology center's guard kills an Oregon man // The ex-Florence resident's record includes probation, jail time — The Oregonian (Portland)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lori Tobias Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A man shot and killed Sunday in front of a Scientology building in Los Angeles was a Florence resident who was on probation for stalking a Lane County judge. Also, he recently had served time in a Florence jail for threatening a tow truck driver. A security guard shot Mario Majorski, 48, after Majorski threatened guests and another security guard with samurai swords at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood, Los Angeles police said. Majorski, who had numerous addresses in Los ...
Nov 25, 2008
Man killed at Hollywood Scientology center had made prior threats, police say — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Harriet Ryan ,
James Wagner Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) When he was a UCLA student 15 years ago, Mario Majorski was a committed enough Scientologist that he helped file a federal lawsuit against a professor who called the church a cult. On Sunday, Majorski stormed the church's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood with a sword in each hand. He was shot dead by a security guard who police say had every reason to fear for his life and the lives of hundreds of others gathered on the property. The reasons for ...
Nov 25, 2008
Scientology intruder had been in Lane jail — Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)More: groups.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Winston Ross Source:
Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) The representative, Doug Bushwar, told police he arrived with a can of gas and found [Mario Jay Majorski] standing on the passenger side of his Toyota pickup, which had its flashers on. Behind the truck, there were "small kids' toys lined up in a row on the street," Bushwar told the officer. "He thought this looked very strange," the report said. When Bushwar approached, Majorski became upset and agitated, according to the report, yelling at Bushwar to stay where he was, ...
Nov 24, 2008
Guard fatally shoots man armed with swords at Scientology building — Los Angeles Times (California)
Nov 24, 2008
Swordsman slain at Scientology center was from out of state, L.A. investigators say — Los Angeles Times (California)
Nov 23, 2008
Man With Sword Fatally Shot At Scientology Center — KCAL 9 (California)More: cbs2.com , youtube.com
Type: TV
Source:
KCAL 9 (California) HOLLYWOOD (AP) ? Los Angeles police said a security guard at a Scientology building shot and killed a sword-wielding man Sunday. Detective Wendi Berndt said Monday that 48-year-old Mario Majorski of Oregon was shot once as he tried to attack guests with a pair of samurai swords. A Scientology spokesman said Majorski had been a Scientologist in the early 1990s but appeared to have left the church about 15 years ago. Berndt said Majorski was known to the security guards and ...
Nov 23, 2008
Man with sword killed by Scientology guard — ABC 7 (California)More: youtube.com
Nov 21, 2008
Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Fischer Source:
Associated Press Potsdam — Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade. Top security officials asked state governments in December to begin gathering information on whether they had sufficient grounds to seek a ban. The Church ...
Nov 19, 2008
Le pouvoir caché — Canal D (Quebec)More: youtube.com
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 18, 2008
From Our Lips To Your Ears: John Duignan [Interview starts after the 44m 25s mark] — Glosslip
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip Author and former Scientologist John Duignan will be joining us to discuss his new book, The Complex: An Insider Exposes The Covert World Of The Church Of Scientology . John, a 20+ year veteran of the Church's super-secret sect, the Sea Organization, will discuss his life inside, how he got out and how the Church uses its power to oppress members and destroy its critics.
Nov 16, 2008
Cruise church bid to gag Irish book: Amazon removes exposé after Scientologist legal threat — Sunday World (Ireland)
Nov 15, 2008
Scientology protesters gain fans, give tours in Times Square — Village Voice
Nov 15, 2008
Scientology's "Stress Test" Scam — San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center
Nov 11, 2008
Amazon UK pulls Scientology exposé for 'legal reasons' — The Register (UK)
Nov 9, 2008
Secret army capture any vulnerable members who attempt to flee the cult — Sunday World (Ireland)
Nov 8, 2008
Church of Scientology waiting to pounce in Mumbai, India — Counterknowledge.com
Nov 6, 2008
Finger pointing begins in California’s Proposition 8 Ban, Scientology gets thrown in the mix — Glosslip
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip [Embedded video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJucvqh0Q8 .] For all that we achieved on the road to equality with Tuesday's election results, some bigotry remains unaddressed. There were several anti-gay marriage measures on ballots across the country for Americans to decide on, but none as polarizing as that of California's Proposition 8, which sought to reverse a previous ruling allowing gay marriage in that state. While state officials are still counting the votes, it would seem that the ban on gay marriage has passed, and also ...
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 ...
Nov 2, 2008
Anonymous v. Scientology Protest Turns Ugly — Gawker
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