Type: Blog
Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012
Source: Village Voice
Author: Tony Ortega

A week ago, we reported that a former "employee" at Scientology's flagship drug treatment center in Oklahoma – Narconon Arrowhead – told us that the controversial center was delivering Scientology training rather than drug education, and that its officials have been concerned for years that its state certification was "extremely vulnerable." (The center is currently under investigation by local and state agencies for four deaths that have occurred there, three since last October.) We didn't name that source, but now, he's ...

Tags: Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) • Death • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Lucas A. Catton • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Narconon of Oklahoma, Inc. (Arrowhead) • Rena Weinberg • Tony Ortega • Village Voice

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: TV
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010
Source: CBC News

[This is actually a re-airing of the Australia Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners "Scientology: The Ex-Files".] Monday September 27 at 10 pm ET/PT & Sunday October 3 at 8 pm ET on CBC News Network Behind Scientology's high celebrity profile lies an organization on its knees. In this powerful documentary and jaw-dropping investigation, a band of former elite members emerge from the secretive religion to allege extreme cruelty, slave labour and financial greed. "It may have a philosophy that's religious, but ...

Tags: Abortion • CBC News • Claire Headley • Disconnection • Hana Eltringham Whitfield • Joe Reaiche • Marc Headley • Private investigator(s) • Salary • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Slave labor • Tommy Davis • [needtotag]

Type: Press
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Source: The Independent (UK)
Author: Michael Gillard

London socialite alleges a secret royal marriage, hush money and dodgy defence contracts A Saudi prince is being sued in London for allegedly breaching a contract to pay £12m to the "secret wife" of his father for retracting damaging allegations about the late King Fahd. Lawyers acting for British creditors of Janan Harb are bringing the High Court action after the socialite went bankrupt last year owing £3m. Allegations about King Fahd in Mrs Harb's sworn witness statement, written to support ...

Tags: Bankruptcy • Janan Harb • King Fahd • Lawsuit • Michael Gillard • The Independent (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)

Type: Press
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Source: The Daily Beast
Author: Kim Masters

The actor’s public acknowledgement that his son, who died in January, was autistic has former Scientologists convinced that he will leave the church—which they say has little tolerance for chronic conditions. When John Travolta took the witness stand last week and testified that his late son, Jett, was autistic, it came as a grim relief to some former Scientologists. “Wasn’t that amazing?” said a fallen-away church member after Travolta appeared in an extortion case that followed the death of his 16-year-old ...

Tags: Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Claire Headley • CNN • Extortion • Jett Travolta • Joey Travolta • John Travolta • Kelly Preston • Kim Masters • Mental illness • Nerve, touch assist • Psychiatry: An Industry of Death • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Salary • The Daily Beast • TMZ • Tommy Davis • Tory "Magoo" Christman

Type: Blog
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Source: XenuTV
Author: Mark Bunker

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Tags: Church of Scientology of San Diego • David A. Meyer • Lori Saldana • Mark Bunker • United for a Hate Free San Diego • XenuTV • Youth for Human Rights International

Type: Blog
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008
Source: XenuTV

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Tags: Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) • David Miscavige • Germany • Lawrence H. "Larry" Brennan • Mission Corporate Category Sort out (MCCS) • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Religious cloaking • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Scientology Missions International (SMI) • Tax matter • Watchdog Committee (WDC) • XenuTV

Type: Press
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Source: Jaunted

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Tags: Clearwater • Jaunted • Super Power/Flag building (formerly, Gray Moss Inn) @ 215 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States

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Type: Press
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2001
Source: New Times Los Angeles
Author: Tony Ortega

Tory Bezazian was a veteran Scientologist who loved going after church critics. Until she met the darkest detractor of all. Last year, Church of Scientology operatives received an alarming tip: During the upcoming 2000 MTV Movie Awards scheduled for June 8, a short South Park film parodying Battlefield Earth would feature the character Cartman wiping his ass with a copy of L. Ron Hubbard's sacred text, Dianetics. The tip was erroneous. Cartman would actually be wiping his ass with a Scientology ...

Tags: alt.religion.scientology • Andreas Heldal-Lund • Auditing • Battlefield Earth • Body thetans (BTs) • Cancer • Cost • David Miscavige • Disconnection • E-Meter • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Heber C. Jentzsch • Janet Weiland • Jeff Jacobsen • John Travolta • Judge Thomas E. Penick • Lisa McPherson Trust • Mark Bunker • Medical claims • New Times Los Angeles • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Operating Thetan (OT) • Operation Snow White • Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") • Protest, picket • Robert S. "Bob" Minton • Scieno Sitter • Scientology Parishioners League • South Park • Stacy Brooks Young • Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) • Tony Ortega • Tory "Magoo" Christman • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) • xenu.net (aka Operation Clambake)

Type: Press
Date: Thursday, September 27, 1984
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Author: Bob Mallett

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Tags: Bob Mallett • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares • Infiltration • Richard A. Haworth

Type: Press
Date: Thursday, September 27, 1984
Source: Wall Street Journal
Author: James B. Stewart

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Tags: Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Heber C. Jentzsch • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • James B. Stewart • Legal • Moonies • Tax matter • Wall Street Journal

Type: Press
Date: Thursday, September 27, 1984
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Author: Howard French

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Tags: Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO) • Clearwater Sun (Florida) • Howard French • Real estate • Richard A. Haworth

Type: Press
Date: Thursday, September 27, 1984
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Author: Russell Chandler

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Tags: Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Heber C. Jentzsch • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Inurement • Lawsuit • Legal • Los Angeles Times (California) • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Russell Chandler • Tax matter

Type: Press
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 1983
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Author: Tim Johnson

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Tags: Clyde Klingman • David C. Jordan • Donna Day • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Hard sell • Hugh Wilhere • Inurement • Lawsuit • Paul B. Johnson • Refunds • Religious Research Foundation (RRF) • Rita Naman • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Tim Johnson

Type: Document
Date: Monday, September 27, 1976
More: link (134 KiB)

27 Sept 76 INFO RE: [MISS X] 1. [MISS X]s auditing folders start in July, 1963 at St. Hill UK where she was on the SHSBC. She was being run on Gr. 6 processing et that time. During this auditing she R/Sed on Jane Kember, LRH, Herbie Parkshouse, and Fred Hare. 2. [MISS X] has been in Scientology since at least 1952. She attended the Doctorate Course in Philadelphia at that time. While at the PDC she was promiscuous: She slept ...

Tags: Confidential preclear (PC) folder • Fred Hare • Herbert George Parkhouse • Jane Kember • Potential Trouble Source (PTS) Type III • Rock Slam (R/S) • William J. Fisk • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)