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Oct 31, 2009
Chased by their church: When you try to leave Scientology, they try to bring you back — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) For years, the Church of Scientology chased down and brought back staff members who tried to leave. Ex-staffers describe being pursued by their church and detained, cut off from family and friends and subjected to months of interrogation, humiliation and manual labor. One said he was locked in a room and guarded around the clock. Some who did leave said the church spied on them for years. Others said that, as a condition for leaving, the church cowed them into signing ...
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 11 Celebrity Centre International — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 12 Rehabilitation revisited — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 14 Espionage, once again — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 20 The Internet — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 21 The handling of Nancy — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 4 New England Espionage — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 5 International Management — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 8 Rehabilitation — CNM Publishing
Oct 22, 2009
Nighline: Former Scientologists level accusations — ABC News
Type: TV
Author(s):
Martin Bashir ,
Ethan Nelson Source:
ABC News Ex-members say leader David Miscavige hit subordinates; church denies accusations. Some call it a manipulative cult. Others say it's a well-established religion that helps people reach their potential. Since its inception in the 1950s, the Church of Scientology has rarely been far from controversy. And now the Church is under attack again. Former senior insiders claim the Church's current leader, David Miscavige, has created and encouraged a climate of violence within senior staff and was frequently violent himself. Marty Rathbun was ...
Sep 24, 2009
Testimony by John Travolta that son was autistic raises Scientology questions — Wikinews
Sep 24, 2009
Travolta admits late son had autism — CBS News
Type: Press
Source:
CBS News (CBS/ AP) John Travolta has admitted for the first time his son Jett had autism. Travolta made the admission about his son in the Bahamas as he testified against two men accused of trying to blackmail him with private information about his son's rescue effort.
Jett died in January from a seizure.
CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella said Travolta testified in a Nassau courtroom that Jett suffered a seizure every five to ten days – each lasting from 45 seconds to ...
Sep 3, 2009
Scientology and Human Trafficking [collection of accounts]
Type: Account
Does the Church of Scientology engage in Human Trafficking? Thanks to all for the usage of footage in this video.
Aug 1, 2009
The Truth Rundown: Jeff Hawkins — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jul 13, 2009
Un jour un destin: Tom Cruise [Unofficial English translation by Anonymous] — France 2More: Original French version
Jun 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency: The Paris Trial // Rosenberg's testimony I
Type: Book
Author(s):
Jonny Jacobsen Day 4 (June 2): Alain Rosenberg, "managing director" of Scientology’s Paris Celebrity Centre, presented a vigorous defence — to the point where he had to be called to order by his own lawyer. [...]
Jun 23, 2009
Scientology (Part 3 of 3): Ecclesiastical justice — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: Leaving the Church of Scientology: a huge step
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Tobin ,
Joe Childs Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The four high-ranking executives who left Scientology say that church leader David Miscavige not only physically attacked members of his executive staff, he messed with their minds. He frequently had groups of managers jump into a pool or a lake. He mustered them into group confessions that sometimes spun into free-for-alls, with people hitting one another. Mike Rinder, who defended the church to the media for two decades, couldn't stomach what was happening on the inside. The tactics to keep executives ...
Jun 21, 2009
Scientology (Chapter 1 of 3): The Truth Rundown — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: A letter from David Miscavige , David Miscavige bio, and bios of Scientology officials who defected
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Part ONE of THREE The leader of the Church of Scientology strode into the room with a boom box and an announcement: Time for a game of musical chairs. David Miscavige had kept more than 30 members of his church's executive staff cooped up for weeks in a small office building outside Los Angeles, not letting them leave except to grab a shower. They slept on the floor, their food carted in. Their assignment was to develop strategic plans for the ...
Jun 21, 2009
The Truth Rundown: Amy Scobee — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Amy Scobee Born: Washington state Age: 45 Joined Scientology: at age 14, 1978 Left Scientology: 2005 Family status: Married to former Sea Org member Matt Pesch. They left the church together in 2005. They have no children. Career highlights: Oversaw several operations sectors during 20 years as manager at the church's international base in California. Built the network of Scientology Celebrity Centres, assembling and training staff to match four-star service levels. Oversaw church's film and taping facilities. As teenager, managed kitchen, ...
Jun 2, 2009
Infinite Complacency - The Paris Trial III
May 5, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 19 Maureen Bolstad's Story V: A tougher regime
Apr 16, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 16 Maureen Bolstad's Story II: Life at Flag
Apr 10, 2009
Infinite Complacency -- Maureen Bolstad's story I: Early years
Apr 2, 2009
Laura Ann DeCrescenzo v. Church of Scientology International, and Does 1-20
Apr 1, 2009
Special investigation: Former Scientologists claim coerced abortions, child labor inside church [Part 10] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)More: Transcript
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nathan Baca Source:
KESQ Channel 3 (CA) PART TEN Former Scientologist Maureen Bolstad continues her account of her years at the church headquarters near Hemet. "I was actually one of the older ones at 17. There were 13-year-olds, 12-year-olds," Bolstad recollects. "There was just one kid, 12-years-old that was given an executive responsibility doing something. He had a complete nervous breakdown." This is how Maureen spent her teenage years: making videos for the church. Looking at her social security tax forms, she says nobody ever told her about ...
Mar 31, 2009
Special investigation: Former Scientologist recounts 'torturous' past inside the church [Part 9] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)More: Transcript
Type: TV
Author(s):
Nathan Baca Source:
KESQ Channel 3 (CA) PART NINE The Church of Scientology believes one woman, Maureen Bolstad, is one of the worst people in the world. She is one of a few to be declared a "suppressive person." Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard declared so-called "suppressive" people "cannot be granted the rights ordinarily accorded rational beings." Her crime? Talking to the media about the church. Bolstad was recruited into the Church of Scientology at age 16. She was told she'd get an education, and the chance to ...
Mar 29, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 13 The Story So Far...
Mar 24, 2009
In The Zone: Graham Berry interview [Part 1] — Radio94x.comMore: 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 7, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 05 Marc Headley's story
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