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Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: gossip.virgilio.it (Google News Italia)
Tom Cruise a 50 anni festeggia nudo su Playboy e racconta la sua Katie Holmes Virgilio A proposito di Scientology, la religione a cui Tom Cruise ha aderito da oltre 10 anni, spiega: ?Rispetto quello in cui credono gli altri. Quello in cui credo nella mia vita è una costante ricerca su come posso fare le cose nel modo migliore, ...
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: The Guardian (blog) (Google News)
Haggis, as might be recalled, has taken on Scientology in a big way, so it's good to see him back in the game. Full story here. ? Devil's Knot, a feature-film treatment of the West Memphis Three satanic-killing case, has announced it is about to go ... and more »
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: leggilo.net (Google News Italia)
Leggilo.net Tom Cruise nudo su Playboy Leggilo.net Chirurgia estetica, amore, carriera, Scientology e soprattutto la moglie Katie Holmes. Tutta la sua vita raccontata in una lunga intervista. A luglio il divo compirà cinquant' anni e proprio in occasione di questo importante traguardo, Cruise ha deciso ... altro »
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: strill.it (Google News Italia)
Cosenza: continua la periodica bonifica dalle siringhe Strill.it I volontari Cosentini della campagna ?La verità sulla droga?, patrocinata dalla Chiesa di Scientology, hanno programmato la periodica bonifica dalle siringhe usate dai tossicodipendenti e abbandonate incautamente in aree cittadine, per sabato 19 maggio ...
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: celinarecord.com (Yahoo! News)
Prosper resident William Ledbetter is well on his way to becoming a well-known science fiction writer. On April 15, he was one of the winners in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future contests held in Las Angeles.
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: tuttonews.net (Google News Italia)
Tutto News Tom Cruise compie 50 anni e si racconta su Playboy Tutto News Nella lunga intervista l'attore parla della sua storia con la moglie, Katie Holmes, di Scientology, e del gossip. Raccontando che si sente privilegiato a fare il lavoro che fa, perché lo ama. La ricerca nella mia vita è alla base di essa, ... altro »
Date: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Source: Belfast Telegraph (Google News)
In 2008, a London teenager was charged for waving a placard which claimed Scientology was a cult. In another case, a 16-year-old was arrested and taken to court for saying 'woof' to a labrador dog in front of police. ?This is an absurd waste of police ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Times of India (Google News)
The section has led to many people being arrested and penalized, including Christian street preachers, critics of Scientology , gay rights campaigners and students making jokes. Conservative leader, David Davis, says the section was having a "terrible, ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: latimes.com (Yahoo! News)
With a little help from T Bone Burnett, Lisa Marie Presley gets back to bluesy-country basics in 'Storm & Grace' and breaks free from outside expectations. With a little help from T Bone Burnett, Lisa Marie Presley gets back to bluesy-country basics in 'Storm & Grace' and breaks free from outside expectations.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Arizona Republic (Google News)
Cruise, who will turn 50 in July, talks about wife Katie Holmes, Scientology and a lot about singing and filmmaking. On whether he's had cosmetic surgery: "I haven't, and I never would." On how he feels about Holmes: "She is an extraordinary person, ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: in.news.yahoo.com (Yahoo! News)
More: Calcutta Telegraph (Google News), telegraphindia.com (Yahoo! News)
Indian politicians may not agree.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Los Angeles Times (Google News)
Ask Presley, who once spoke openly and favorably of the Church of Scientology, for more details on her lyrics, and she'll keep things vague. The songs, and particularly the first single, she says, are ?about finding out what your mother or your parents ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: dailymail.co.uk (Yahoo! News)
Senior Tory MP Edward Leigh (pictured) warned that Section 5 of the 1986 act was having a 'chilling effect' on religious groups.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Daily Mail (Google News)
Campaigners say the law is being abused by over-zealous police and prosecutors to arrest Christian street preachers, critics of Scientology, gay rights advocates and even students making jokes. Human rights campaigners, MPs, faith groups and secular ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: pride source.com (Google News)
by Richard Labonte "A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Lovely Lady She Is Today," by Kate Bornstein. Beacon Press, 258 pages, $24.95 hardcover ...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: The Courier-Journal (Google News)
He also says it's a no-win situation when it comes to Scientology. ?If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Daily Mail (Google News)
As the Mail noted yesterday, City of London police swooped on a teenager who was protesting outside the HQ of the Church of Scientology, holding a banner that said 'cult'. And yes, he really did spell it that way. A street preacher was fined £700 after ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: KSBW The Central Coast (Google News)
"In Scientology, we have what's called 'auditing,' and that helps you to address things in your life and to strip them away and work through them," she explained on the show. "It's a path of spiritual enlightenment. Also, it helps rid the mind of ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: wcvb.com (Yahoo! News)
It's been three years since the death of Kelly Preston and John Travolta's son Jett, and the actress reveals in a new interview what's helped her heal.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: fox8.com (Yahoo! News)
By Tomika Anderson, Special to CNN (CNN) ? It?s been three years since the death of Kelly Preston and John...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: OnTheRedCarpet.com (Google News)
Kelly Preston has opened up about how she learned to "live again" following the death of her and husband John Travolta's son Jett and the subsequent support she received from family, friends and the members of the Church of Scientology. and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Evening Transcript (satire) (Google News)
Travolta's lawyers initially argued that although their client may have seemingly groped the alleged victim's penis and attempted to touch his anus, those actions were undertaken according to well-intentioned rituals of Scientology, Travolta's religion ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: CBS News (Google News)
He also addressed his faith in Scientology, explaining, "What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Video (Yahoo! News)
More: ontheredcarpet.com (Yahoo! News)
Kelly Preston opens up about her healing process after losing son Jett, says she would like to have another baby.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: clutch.mtv.com (Yahoo! News)
Girl Scouts. Next to Scientology, they are America's greatest cult. I'm on to you, Girl Scouts. You skip around town with those green dresses planting flowers or whatever. As soon as I start figuring you out, you brainwash me with delicious cookies. Very clever. Very clever, indeed. And yes, I am a sucker for those [...]
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: blogs.ocweekly.com (Yahoo! News)
It appears that drug-prevention literature connected with the Church of Scientology will no longer be distributed by the Santa Ana Police Department. Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, the department
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Canoë (Google Actualités)
En vertu de ce texte ont été arrêtés un adolescent qui brandissait une pancarte «La scientologie est un culte dangereux», et un étudiant qui avait affirmé, sur le ton de la boutade, que le cheval d'un policier était «homosexuel», affirme l'alliance. et plus encore »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: YourTango (blog) (Google News)
But, Cruise knows he can't win when it comes to certain topics ... like religion and his belief in Scientology. He explains he's merely thankful and stands behind the choices he's made. He tells Playboy, "What I believe in my own life is that it's a ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: allvoices (Google News)
By wendyzachary Kelly Preston has said she will forever be grateful for the help the Church of Scientology extended towards her in finding new hope after the death of her beloved son, Jett. In January 2009, Jett passed away in the Bahamas after ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: go.theregister.com (Yahoo! News)
Anonymous says 'not us, dude' The Pirate Bay claimed to be ?getting back up! Stronger than ever!? this evening after crumpling under a DDoS attack for most of today.?
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: radaronline.com (Yahoo! News)
By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor A new man has come forward accusing John Travolta of sexual misconduct , RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. The new accuser, making a total of four to date, is a gym employee who accuses the Grease star of groping and fondling him against his will. PHOTOS: Top Celebrity Sex Scandals The previous three men comprise of John Doe #1, a masseur ...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: musicrooms.net (Yahoo! News)
More: Musicrooms.net (Google News)
The 49-year-old, who turns 50 in October, said expanding her family would help her expand her heart. She said: "I always wanted to have more kids. I feel like I would even have another child, but it might be pushing it. I'm not afraid to love and to love deeply. My kids help me with that.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Metro (Google News)
Unrelenting in his work ethic and his scientology beliefs, he said his search to improve himself would never stop. 'What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: uk.news.yahoo.com (Yahoo! News)
From the National Secular Society to the Christian Institute, encompassing Big Brother Watch, gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and senior Tory MP David Davis, the message is one and the same ? Section 5 of the 1986 Public Order Act needs to change
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Hollywood.com (Google News)
However, his commitment to Scientology, sparked an onslaught of criticism. "What's interesting is, if I don't talk about my religion ... they're like, 'He's avoiding it,'" he says in the magazine. "If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Gather Celebs News Channel (Google News)
That may have something to do with his Scientology roots. The religion has specific views about medicine, drugs and surgery. While Tom didn't get into those in-depth, he did defend his right to religion. "What I believe in my own life is that it's a ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Christian Post (Google News)
By Emma Koonse , Christian Post Reporter Kelly Preston has opened up about the tragedy that changed her family's life forever in a recent interview, citing her faith in Scientology as a source of strength. The 49-year-old actress and her husband John ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: mynewsdesk.com (Google Nyheter)
Svenska Dagbladet försökte att undvika fakta MyNewsdesk (pressmeddelande) Mira Hjort skriver i lördagens 12 maj 2012 upplaga av SvD att "scientologer har varit hård ifrågasatt i många europeiska länder." Genom att göra denna ospecificerad generell kommentar försökte Hjort för att undvika fakta. Här är fakta i ärendet. mer »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: mynewsdesk.com (Google Nyheter)
Fakta angående Scientologi-kyrkan och Sydsvenskan MyNewsdesk (pressmeddelande) Det är som om ordet "Scientologi" sätter dem i skräck, ett faktum som är helt obefogad med tanke på de miljontals scientologer och den ökande efterfrågan på det humanitära arbetet av enskilda individer, grupper och regeringar världen över. mer »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Uinterview.com (Google News)
In the wake of controversy surrounding fellow Scientologist A-lister John Travolta, Cruise said that he pays no mind to rumors that have dogged him throughout his career. "Does refuting things help? Not really," he said. "There comes a point when you ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: The Daily Telegraph (Google News)
More: NEWS.com.au (Google News)
They said it has been used to arrest a teenage boy who held a placard reading "Scientology is a dangerous cult" and a student who joked that a police officer's horse was "gay", though both were eventually released without charge. and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Pure People (Google Actualités)
Vient le sujet tant redouté : la scientologie, secte à laquelle il appartient. "Ce qui est intéressant, c'est que, si je ne parle pas de ma religion, si je dis que je ne veux pas parler des actions humanitaires sur lesquelles je travaille, ... et plus encore »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: abcnews.go.com (Yahoo! News)
The actor, 49, opens up in a long interview with Playboy magazine.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Daily Local News (Google News)
Both albums eventually sold 1 million copies each worldwide and earned Presley notice for something beyond her early-'90s tabloid marriage to Michael Jackson and her long relationship with the Church of Scientology. But, behind the scenes, ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: meltyBuzz (Google Actualités)
En vertu de ce texte ont été arrêtés un adolescent qui brandissait une pancarte "La scientologie est un culte dangereux", et un étudiant qui avait rigolait sur l'homosexualité du cheval d'un policier. Le texte interdisant les insultes en public est ... et plus encore »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Direct Star (Google Actualités)
More: directstar.fr (Bing Actualités)
L'entretien aborde certaines controverses autour de Tom Cruise, comme son appartenance à l'Eglise de Scientologie et sa relation avec Katie Holmes, que des rumeurs persistantes disent montée de toutes pièces. A propos de cette dernière, ... et plus encore »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Celebrity Baby Scoop (Google News)
And he stands strong behing his controversial believe system, Scientology. "I have respect for what other people believe," he says. "What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: prealpina.it (Google News Italia)
Cinema/ Cruise per i 50 su Playboy: chirurgia estetica? No grazie La Prealpina Il divo ha affrontato anche l'argomento fede e Scientology: "Rispetto le altre religioni. Ciò in cui credo è una ricerca per migliorarmi, sia come uomo che come padre. Ognuno deve decidere ciò che è vero e reale per sé. Io sono fortunato a avere la ...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: MSN Movies UK (blog) (Google News)
The youthful-looking Scientologist is set to celebrate his 50th birthday in July, nearly 30 years after starring in American teen comedy-drama Risky Business. At a time in life when the middle-age spread creeps up on the unsuspecting and receding ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: gossip.lospettacolo.it (Google News Italia)
Tom Cruise: 50 anni e la copertina di Playboy Lo Spettacolo Tom Cruise, che comparirà sulla copertina nel numero di giugno, in edicola negli States dal 18 maggio, nell'intervista al mensile parla della storia con la moglie Katie Holmes, della sua voglia di migliorarsi, di Scientology ma anche del suo rapporto ... altro »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: fr.news.yahoo.com (Yahoo! Actualités)
Comme il semble loin, le temps où elle frappait la balle d'un geste adroit, l'envoyant s'écraser
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Le Figaro (Blog) (Google Actualités)
Et le journaliste de narrer les conflits familiaux, la liaison avec un coach proche de la Scientologie, le détective privé engagé par ses parents pour la surveiller, puis finalement le mariage avec ce détective, dont le casier n'est pas si vierge que ... et plus encore »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: WebProNews (Google News)
During an interview on the Lifetime program ?The Conversation With Amanda de Cadenet?, the ?Sky High? actress also revealed how Scientology helped her cope with losing her 16 year-old Jett in 2009. ?In Scientology, we have what's called 'auditing,' and ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: CNN (blog) (Google News)
"In Scientology, we have what's called 'auditing,' and that helps you to address things in your life and to strip them away and work through them,? she explained on the show. ?It's a path of spiritual enlightenment. Also, it helps rid the mind of ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Celebuzz (Google News)
Tom has been all over the news this week, thanks to his new interview with PLAYBOY, in which he opened up about his connections with Scientology, and the infamous comments he made about Brooke Shields, in 2005. ?If I don't talk about my religion, ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: ca.news.yahoo.com (Yahoo! News)
An unlikely coalition of MPs and activists came together in Britain on Wednesday to urge people to "feel free to insult me" in a campaign for the repeal of a law banning public insults.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: The Republic (Google News)
By Karen Zarker PopMatters.com ?I was a Scientologist for 12 years, which is a lot more embarrassing than saying Hi, I'ma transsexual SM dyke living with borderline personality disorder,? Kate Bornstein tells PopMatters on the release of her memoir, ...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Evening Standard (Google News)
One teenage boy was arrested for holding a "Scientology is a dangerous cult" placard and a student was held for telling a police officer his horse was "gay", they said. While it was right to protect people against unjust discrimination and the ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: 20 minutes.ch (Google Actualités)
En vertu de ce texte ont été arrêtés un adolescent qui brandissait une pancarte «La scientologie est un culte dangereux» et un étudiant qui avait affirmé, sur le ton de la boutade, que le cheval d'un policier était «homosexuel», affirme l'alliance. et plus encore »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: oregonlive.com (Yahoo! News)
The actor, who not coincidentally has a new movie coming out, says he'd never, ever have cosmetic surgery.
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: straitstimes.com.feedsportal.com (Yahoo! News)
LONDON (AFP) - An unlikely coalition of lawmakers and activists came together in Britain on Wednesday to urge people to 'feel free to insult me' in a campaign for the repeal of a law banning public insults. Related Stories S. Africa seizes 10 rhino horns in arrest of Vietnamese man Number of pregnancy, childbirth deaths fall by half: UN Jean-Marc Ayrault becomes new French prime minister Greek ...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Village Voice (blog) (Google News)
By Tony Ortega Wed., May 16 2012 at 8:00 AM He wanted to tell other people what he'd been through, growing up in Scientology, getting kicked out of its hardcore "Sea Org" when it turned out that he was gay, and then increasingly becoming disaffected ...
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Law on the Web (blog) (Google News)
Another teenager was arrested after wielding a sign which read ?Scientology is a dangerous cult?. According to Davis, a change in the law was ?vital to protecting freedom of expression in Britain?. The campaign has found wide support, with both the ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: The Guardian (blog) (Google News)
More: The Guardian (blog) (Google News)
Campaigners have been arrested for waving placards calling the Church of Scientology a "dangerous cult" ? that's putting it mildly ? outside the organisation's (whoops, I mean cult's) London HQ. An Oxford student who asked a mounted officer: "Excuse me ... and more »
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Source: Ciné télé Revue (Google Actualités)
La scientologie lui permet de "faire les choses de son mieux, être un meilleur homme, un meilleur père ou trouver un moyen de toujours s'améliorer." Les rumeurs et les procès font partie du quotidien de la star, qui explique : "Si je le dois, ... et plus encore »
Type: Book
Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Source: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author: Janet Reitman
Product Description Scientology, created in 1954 by a prolific sci-fi writer named L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world’s fastest growing religion, with millions of members around the world and huge financial holdings. Its celebrity believers keep its profile high, and its teams of “volunteer ministers” offer aid at disaster sites such as Haiti and the World Trade Center. But Scientology is also a notably closed faith, harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating the highest levels ...
Tags: Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion (book) • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • Janet Reitman • [needtoread] • [needtotag]
Type: Press
Date: Friday, June 17, 2011
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Author: Paul Bibby Courts
IT was a rare and at times dramatic public appearance by one of the most senior members of a global religious organisation that shrouds itself in secrecy. Surrounded by supporters, senior Scientologist Janice Meyer arrived at the Downing Centre Local Court yesterday, accused of pressuring an 11-year-old girl to lie about sex abuse within the church. Ms Meyer, who also goes by the name Jan Eastgate, left with relaxed bail restrictions that will allow her to travel to and from her ...
Tags: Australia • Children, youth • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer • Legal • Paul Bibby Courts • Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011
Source: The Age (Australia)
Author: Margaret Scheikowski
A senior member of the Church of Scientology accused of coaching a child to lie about sex abuse has had her bail relaxed so she can travel to California. Janice Meyer, 57, was surrounded by supporters on Thursday as she made her first court appearance in Sydney's Downing Centre Local court. She is charged with doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice in 1985 in Sydney. Advertisement: Story continues below The allegation involves threatening and intimidating an 11-year-old ...
Tags: Australia • Children, youth • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer • Legal • Margaret Scheikowski • The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Source: The Guardian (UK)
Author: Alison Rourke
A senior member of the Church of Scientology is due to appear in court in Australia on Thursday charged with perverting the course of justice. It is alleged that Jan Eastgate, 57, threatened and intimidated an 11-year-old girl into providing false statements to police. The case relates to an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of the girl in 1985 by her stepfather, a church member. The girl – who cannot be named for legal reasons – said on Australian television ...
Tags: Alison Rourke • Australia • Children, youth • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer • Legal • Nick Xenophon • The Guardian (UK)
Type: Blog
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011
Source: Village Voice
Author: Tony Ortega
Next month, Janet Reitman's book Inside Scientology will hit bookshelves, and the world of Scientology-watching, and for Scientology itself, will never be the same. Subtitled The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, Reitman's book delivers all it promises, and it promises a lot. "It has been my goal to write the first objective modern history of the Church of Scientology," Reitman proclaims in her introduction. "It is the goal of Inside Scientology to translate [L. Ron Hubbard's arcane] language and separate ...
Tags: Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion (book) • Claire Headley • David Miscavige • Janet Reitman • Jason Beghe • Jeff Hawkins • Lisa McPherson • Marc Headley • Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) • Natalie Walet • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Stefan Castle • Tanja Castle • Tom Cruise • Tony Ortega • Village Voice
Type: Press
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Author: Nate Carlisle
A Las Vegas fundraiser earned $500,000 for soldiers and emergency responders who say chemicals sickened them and earned Utah’s attorney general coveted photographs posing with celebrities. Sandra Lucas, a Salt Lake City resident who recently became president of the nationwide Heroes Health Fund, said she and a board must decide how to split the proceeds, but Utah residents will see a share. Actor John Travolta was the headline speaker at the fundraiser Saturday at the Wynn Las Vegas. Utah Attorney General ...
Tags: Heroes Health Fund - Ocala Detoxification Project • John Travolta • Mark Shurtleff • Nate Carlisle • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Salt Lake Tribune • Sandra Lucas • Utah Meth Cops Project
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, June 11, 2011
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Author: Nate Carlisle
Utah’s attorney general and a federal agent who busted drug labs in Utah County will be among the guests Saturday at a Las Vegas fundraiser with actor John Travolta. Travolta is helping generate money for what’s called the Heroes Health Fund, a nationwide program which provides treatment to soldiers and emergency responders who believe they were sickened by exposure to chemicals. The treatment — consisting largely of exercise, time in a sauna and a diet of antioxidants — has its roots ...
Tags: Heroes Health Fund - Ocala Detoxification Project • John Travolta • Mark Shurtleff • Nate Carlisle • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Salt Lake Tribune • Tim Chard • Utah Meth Cops Project
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011
Source: Pasadena Weekly
Author: André Coleman
Hours after an article appeared about a claim for damages filed against the city by the Church of Scientology over a sewage spill in the church’s building in Old Pasadena, a church official acknowledged that mistakes were made in the filing of the document. The church is listed as the claimant, not subrogate Lexington Insurance Co. Further, the name of the lawyer who filed the claim on behalf of the insurance company is not listed on the document. Making matters even ...
Tags: André Coleman • Braley Building @ 35 South Raymond Avenue Pasadena CA United States • California • Lexington Insurance Co. • Pasadena Weekly • Real estate • Robert B. "Bob" Adams
Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Source: Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Author: Steve Cannane
One of the Church of Scientology's most senior figures, Jan Eastgate, has been arrested and charged in Sydney. She has been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to allegations she coached an 11-year-old girl to lie to police and community services about the sexual abuse she suffered from her stepfather who was a member of the Church of Scientology. Eastgate is the international president of the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights, an organisation founded by the Church of ...
Tags: Australia • Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News • Carmen Rainer • Children, youth • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer • Legal • Phoebe Rainer • Steve Cannane
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Source: Pasadena Weekly
Author: André Coleman
Two days before the Church of Scientology was presented with an award for preserving the 115-year-old Braley Building on South Raymond Avenue, church officials filed a claim against the city for damages incurred after the historic structure was flooded with raw sewage in November. “In the early morning of Nov. 23, water backed up through the toilets and sinks [in] the basement,” the claim states. “When personnel came in, they found four inches of raw sewage covering the entire basement area.” ...
Tags: André Coleman • Braley Building @ 35 South Raymond Avenue Pasadena CA United States • California • Pasadena Weekly • Real estate
Type: Press
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Source: Courier Mail (Australia)
Author: Anna Chisholm
A FIRE broke out at The Church of Scientology of Brisbane at Annerley overnight. Emergency services said material in a courtyard caught fire and affected a couple of air-conditioning units. The flames started just before 2am on the corner of Dudley and Hastings streets. QFRS Brisbane Duty Manager of Operations Phil Klemm said the fire was not suspicious. "From our perspective there was nothing suspicious - the courtyard was open to the street," Mr Klemm said. "We're unsure of the cause ...
Tags: Anna Chisholm • Australia • Courier Mail (Australia)
Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Source: Haaretz
Author: Yaniv Kubovich
Attorney Gur Finkelstein, who represents the Scientology Center in Israel, was detained several weeks for allegedly hiring this gang to help him with his own criminal endeavors. Israel Police forces have uncovered a Jaffa-based gang allegedly behind a series of attacks and attempted assassinations in the Tel Aviv area, including a plot to kill a senior sheikh of a local mosque, it was revealed after a gag order was lifted on Tuesday. Those mobsters are suspected of plotting to plant an ...
Tags: Gur Finkelstein • Haaretz • Israel • Weapons • Yaniv Kubovich
Type: Press
Date: Monday, May 16, 2011
Source: Brisbane Times
AAP – The mysterious death of a young soldier was likely to remain a mystery until the Church of Scientology chooses to release its file on its extended dealings with him, a defence commission of inquiry has found. There's no dispute that Private Edward McBride, 30, took his own life in Brisbane on February 7, 2007. A trained electrical fitter before joining the army, he climbed into an electrical sub-station and deliberately contacted a 110,000 volt power line. Just why he ...
Tags: Australia • Brisbane Times • Death • Edward Alexander McBride • Suicide
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Source: Clearwater Patch
Author: Aiyana Baida
Clearwater Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire at 531 Franklin Street, owned by the Church of Scientology, at 3:28 a.m. Saturday. An electrical fire caused $700,000 in damages to a building owned by the Church of Scientology, city officials said. Clearwater Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire at 531 Franklin Street at 3:28 a.m. Saturday. To put out the blaze the department needed 35 personnel, five engines, two trucks and two rescues. It took firefighters about an ...
Tags: 531 Franklin Street Clearwater FL United States • Aiyana Baida • Clearwater Patch • Real estate
Type: Press
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Source: Village Voice
Author: Tony Ortega
After the jump, Leiby's ex-wife, Theresa Defino, responds to Marty Rathbun's allegation that she 'caved' to Scientology in its anti-Leiby efforts. Marty Rathbun has done it again. The top former Scientology figure who left the "church" in 2004 has been gradually releasing damaging information about the organization at his blog, "Moving On Up a Little Higher." Rathbun is working with several other defectors who left in recent years, some of them with ties to Scientology's covert operations wing, the Office ...
Tags: Arnaldo P. "Arnie" Lerma • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Richard Leiby • Tony Ortega • Vault • Village Voice
Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Source: Haaretz
Author: Yaniv Kubovich
Attorney Gur Finkelstein, who represents the Scientology Center in Israel, was detained several weeks for allegedly hiring this gang to help him with his own criminal endeavors. Israel Police forces have uncovered a Jaffa-based gang allegedly behind a series of attacks and attempted assassinations in the Tel Aviv area, including a plot to kill a senior sheikh of a local mosque, it was revealed after a gag order was lifted on Tuesday. Those mobsters are suspected of plotting to plant an ...
Tags: Gur Finkelstein • Haaretz • Israel • Weapons • Yaniv Kubovich
Type: TV
Date: Monday, May 17, 2010
Source: WTSP-TV (Florida)
Author: Mike Deeson
Tampa, Florida — It is one of Tampa's most famous building complexes, dating back to 1886. Ybor Square, which houses the Spaghetti Warehouse and Creative Loafing newspaper, is owned by the Church of Scientology. As a religious building, the church will be exempt from paying almost $75,000 in property taxes. Vince Pardo, the head of the Ybor Community Development District, says that is a big concern, because the taxes generated are the budget for Ybor City. Pardo says he is also ...
Tags: 1911 North 13th Street Tampa FL United States • Catherine Coyle • Mike Deeson • Real estate • WTSP-TV (Florida)
Type: Book
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Author: Jeff Hawkins
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Tags: Athena (formerly, Avonriver) • Counterfeit Dreams (blog-book) • Denmark • Jeff Hawkins • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Statistics (Stats) • William "Bill" Robertson
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Source: Ottawa Citizen
Author: Leonard Stern
A group that many consider a religious cult infiltrates a community event. Event organizers figure out what's going on and tell the group to beat it. What most irked the organizers was that the alleged cult misrepresented itself in order to gain access to an unsuspecting audience. No, this is not about the dispute between the Falun Gong and the Canadian Tulip Festival. It's about an incident at Seattle's Fremont Market. As the U.S. journalist Dan Savage tells it, shoppers at ...
Tags: Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Leonard Stern • Ottawa Citizen • Seattle
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Author: Jose Arballo Jr.
OREM, UTAH - Officer Terry Sparks says he feels like he was beaten with a sledgehammer. The pounding headache was bad enough, but the surging nausea made it almost unbearable. He gathered his energy and once again entered the nondescript clinic in this rural community south of Salt Lake City. The side effects of his treatment there are a price he is willing to pay to purge his body of toxins he believes have built up in his system after years ...
Tags: American Detoxification Foundation • Detox • Gerald "Jerry" Ross • Jose Arballo Jr. • Kelly Call • Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) • Public funding • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Ryan Porter • Sandra Lucas • Terry Sparks • Utah • Utah Meth Cops Project
Type: Press
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
Source: The West Australian
DEREK PEDLEY was right to point out that the makers of the SBS program on Scientology last week were not followers of the religion (Today, 9/5), but what was not pointed out was that they did not ask any Scientologist about any of the wild allegations they made against the church and individual Scientologists, nor did they back up any of their allegations with any proof. This disgusting program aired by SBS (which violated its own charter to be "sensitive and ...
Tags: Australia • Carmen Sferco • France • Germany • Is Scientology Above The Law? (French Documentary) • Letter • The West Australian
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Type: Press
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
[...] If you run into a Scientologist today, don't do the usual thing of crossing the road/city/country to avoid them. Instead, look sympathetically on them, maybe even give them a hug of consolation, for we think there may be some mourning happening among the followers of L. Ron Hubbard. The first reviews are in for the multi-multi-million-dollar film based on one of L. Ron's off-the-planet science-fiction yarns (and no, we don't mean Dianetics), Battlefield Earth, and they don't make for pretty ...
Tags: Battlefield Earth • John Travolta • Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 1994
Source: Big Issue (UK)
Author: Anthony Middleton
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NARCONON, THE drug rehabilitation group which has close links with the controversial Church of Scientology, allegedly "duped" Tower Hamlets Council into referring an alcoholic to them. Both the Council and the drug agency which placed the addict on Tower Hamlet's behalf said that they would not be referring anyone else to the group. The Church of Scientology has been consistently criticised by cult watchdogs for its recruitment techniques and financial dealings. Narconon's rehabilitation method is based on the teachings of L. ...
Tags: Anthony Middleton • Cost • Cult Information Service • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Ian Haworth • John Alex Wood • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Public funding • Recruitment • United Kingdom (UK)
Type: Press
Date: Monday, May 17, 1993
Source: Daily Bruin (University of California)
Author: Nancy Hsu
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Two UCLA extension students in the Church of Scientology have filed suit against UCLA professor Louis Jolyon West, the Board of Regents and Chancellor Charles Young for allegedly using taxpayer money to fund anti-religious activities. The university has yet to respond to the suit filed last month with the Santa Monica Superior Court. John Van Dyke and Mario Majorski charge that, while on the University of California payroll, West used his position to organize anti-religious seminars and two groups that target ...
Tags: American Family Foundation (AFF) • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Daily Bruin (University of California) • John Van Dyke • Lawsuit • Linda Simmons Hight • Louis Jolyon West • Mario Jay Majorski • Nancy Hsu • Purification Rundown ("Purif")
Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 1988
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (California)
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The Supreme Court refused yesterday to review the federal government's decision to strip the controversial Church of Scientology of California of its tax-exempt status from 1970 through 1972. The justices, without comment, rejected the church's appeal of a ruling by a federal appeals court. The court, however, will consider a similar issue next term in connection with another case it has agreed to hear, involving whether Scientologists may deduct from their taxable income money spent on spiritual awareness courses. A spokesman ...
Tags: Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Heber C. Jentzsch • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Inurement • Lawsuit • Membership • Royalties, license, trademark, management fees • San Francisco Chronicle (California) • Tax matter
Type: Promotion
Date: Friday, May 17, 1985
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
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These Americans are finding the answers using Scientology(R) in their daily lives, at work and with family and friends... [Picture Caption: Fred King – internationally known martial artist and business consultant, Lake Oswego] "I've always demanded that any philosophy I use be effective. In business or in the oriental fighting arts, you can't avoid reality. You need to deal with it aggressively. "Scientology has worked for me, helping me with my business ventures, my relations with others, even my performance in ...
Tags: Church of Scientology Mission of Portland • Church of Scientology of Portland • Diana Venegas • Fred King • Geri Bossen • Kenneth Gerbino • Lee Hall • The Oregonian (Portland) • Timothy Bowles
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, May 17, 1984
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Author: Sanford Block
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Editor: On May 15, 1984, in the Armstrong trial, we heard more testimony concerning Gerald Armstrong's "state of mind." This is, of course, his defense to justify his taking another's property. It is similar to what we see in a criminal case—the "insanity defense"—that one is justified or not responsible for his acts because of his state of mind. This insanity defense brings to mind the attempted assassination by John Hinckley, a loner, a failure and one trying to make a ...
Tags: Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Lawsuit • Michael J. Flynn • Sanford "Sandy" Block
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, May 17, 1984
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Author: Sanford Block
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Editor: This is the first of what I hope will be a series of "equal space" reports covering the Scientology vs. Armstrong trial taking place in Los Angeles. I appreciate your paper providing our church this opportunity. In this case, the Church of Scientology of California and Mrs. Mary Sue Hubbard have filed suit against Gerald Armstrong to retrieve valuable materials that he took from the church. Per earlier admissions by Mr. Armstrong, he gave these materials to Michael Flynn for ...
Tags: Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Excalibur (book) • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Lawsuit • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Michael J. Flynn • Sanford "Sandy" Block
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, May 17, 1984
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Author: George-Wayne Shelor
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LOS ANGELES—Church of Scientology lawyers began their cross-examination of Gerald Armstrong in Superior Court here Wednesday, trying to prove he continued collecting sect-related documents after a temporary restraining order prevented him from doing so. Sect lawyers also began eliciting testimony from Armstrong, a former Scientology archivist, that he joined the Clearwater-based church not because of his belief in founder L. Ron Hubbard, as Armstrong testified, but because he believed in the organization and its technology. It was Armstrong's fifth day of ...
Tags: Barrett S. "Barry" Litt • California • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • George-Wayne Shelor • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Lawsuit • Michael J. Flynn
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, May 17, 1980
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
More: news.google.com
CLEARWATER — The American Softball Association may be asked to strip the Church of Scientology of eligibility to play in the city of Clearwater-sponsored church softball league. Jim Altaffer, the association's Metro Commissioner, said the group of Clearwater-area church representatives wants the association to declassify the Scientology team as a church team and place it in the city's regular non-religious city league. The churches believe that Scientology is not a bona fide religion. The Scientologists say they are and add that ...
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, May 17, 1980
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
More: news.google.com
CLEARWATER — Donald Haigler, a 23-year old Scientologist torn between love for his parent, and his religious sect, has reaffirmed his belief in Scientology. In a telephone interview Friday afternoon, the young Haigler said he loves his parents and is willing to see them frequently but he will not forsake Scientology, and he will not get involved with alleged "deprogramers," such as Nan McLean. Leon and Kathleen Haigler, who came to Clearwater with Mrs. McLean in hopes of convincing their son ...
Tags: Deprogramming • Disconnection • Donald Haigler • Kathleen Haigler • Leon Haigler • Nancy McLean • St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Date: Saturday, May 17, 1980
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
More: news.google.com
For the second time, Circuit Judge John S. Andrews has ordered Church of Scientology guardian Douglas Sadwick to appear in court to face possible contempt charges. Friday's order stemmed from Sadwick's continued refusal to cooperate in a criminal investigation of members of the Church of Scientology. On Monday, Andrews sentenced Sadwick to 90 days an jail for contempt of court. Sadwick is appealing the decision. Now Sadwick faces another possible jail sentence for his refusal to answer a series of questions ...
Tags: Douglas Sadwick • Judge John S. Andrew • Legal • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Prison • St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Date: Wednesday, May 17, 1978
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Author: John Picton
Washington DC — Secret documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency were discovered when offices of the Church of Scientology in the United States were raided by federal agents last year, according to reports published here yesterday. The reports said that apparently original Internal Revenue Service documents were found during the raids, as well as confidential letters between members of the U.S. Cabinet. Also, it was discovered the church kept an enemies list, which included files on Senator Edward Kennedy, ...
Tags: American Medical Association (AMA) • Better Business Bureau (BBB) • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • Edward M. Kennedy • Forgery • Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares • Globe and Mail (Canada) • Jacqueline Onassis • John Picton • Judge John J. Sirica • Michael James Meisner • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Paulette Cooper • Silencing criticism, censorship • Weapons
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Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 1977
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Author: Robert Rawitch
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'I just don't believe' federal claims on files sought by church, jurist says Declaring "there is something fishy going on" and he can no longer believe the government, a Los Angeles federal judge Monday ordered three federal agencies to give him documents being withheld from the Church of Scientology. "I'm not going to accept anything the government tells me in this case, said U.S. Dist. Judge Warren J. Ferguson, "because it has gotten to the point I just don't believe them." ...
Tags: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) • Immigration • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Jeff Friedman • Judge Warren J. Ferguson • Lawsuit • Los Angeles Times (California) • LSD • Operation Cat • Robert Rawitch
Type: Press
Date: Thursday, May 17, 1973
Source: The West Australian
The ban on Scientology has been lifted in Western Australia. A Bill to repeal the ban on scientology imposed by the previous Government in 1968 passed rapidly through all stages in the Legislative Council last night. The Bill had already been approved by the Legislative Assembly. There were only three speakers in the Council's second reading debate - the former Minister for Health, Mr MacKinnon (Lib.-Lower West), Mr Withers (Lib.-North) and the Minister for Police, Mr Dolan, who introduced the Bill. ...
Tags: Australia • Church of the New Faith • Health Minister MacKinnon • Scientology Repeal Act (Australia) • The West Australian
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Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 1955
Source: Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
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A $9,000 DAMAGE suit was brought yesterday in superior court here against L. Ron Hubbard, the Church of Scientology, and others. Mrs. Estrid Anderson Humphrey, formerly of Paradise Valley and now in Abilene, Tex., brought the suit through her attorney, George Botsford of Scottsdale. THE SUIT contends that Mrs. Humphrey's Paradise Valley house was extensively damaged by "persons" the suit charged "with seriously" deranged minds" who were placed there for care and treatment. It charges these deranged persons broke windows, tore ...
Tags: Arizona • Johnny Franklin • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Lawsuit • Leigh Tucker • Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 1955
Source: Gazette (Phoenix, AZ)
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The Church of Scientology and others are named defendants in a $9,000 suit filed in superior court over asserted damage to a Paradise Valley home. George Botsford, Scottsdale attorney, brought the action for Mrs. Estrid Anderson Humphrey, formerly of Paradise Valley and now of Abilene, Tex. Other defendants include the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Hubbard Association of Scientologists International, and L. Ron Hubbard Sr. BOTSFORD CLAIMS Mrs. Humphrey's Paradise ValIey house and property were extensively damaged by one or more persons ...
Tags: Arizona • Gazette (Phoenix, AZ) • Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation (HDRF) • Johnny Franklin • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Lawsuit • Leigh Tucker