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2018-05-20, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
The weekly show where I answer viewer questions left in the comments sections of my weekly Q&A shows or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:
(1) I have read some Scientology stories where the members claim they are both Class XII auditors and OT 7 or OT 8. It seems with the time required for OT 7 and the study requirements on the auditing side, that there are not enough hours in a day to complete this dual 'certifications' in less than 50 years, especially redoing the Bridge at some time. Are there 'shortcuts' or 'special deals' for certain people due to their status?
(2) About two years ago I was looking for a new private school for my 9-year-old. I found one in Orange County, California. I found it on line and it said it had small classes and it looked good to me so I went for a visit to check it out. I toured the school with the administrator, saw the classrooms, met some of the kids. The school was actually housed in a church that was either Catholic or Christian.
Tags: California, Catholic, Christian, Class XII, Critic, Denver, L. Ron Hubbard, Orange County, Oregon, OT 7, OT 8, Portland, Quicky, The Way to Happiness, Tom Cruise
2018-05-20, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
(Andrej Kiska with Barack and Michelle Obama in 2016)
Rod Keller cuts through some of the propaganda coming out of Russia to get a little closer to what's actually happening there.
Slovakian President Andrej Kiska announced this week that he would not run for re-election. The office is mostly ceremonial, but Kiska has been perhaps the government official most trusted by the public since he took office in 2014. He stands as an opponent of Russian attempts to expand its influence over former Soviet states and Warsaw Pact nations, including its 2014 invasion of eastern Ukraine.
Tags: 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, Andrej Kiska, Arseni Yatsenyuk, California, Clear, David Miscavige, Dianetics Day, Ekaterina Elkabian, Europe, Hubbard College, Ideal Org, L. Ron Hubbard, Latvia, Moscow, Narconon, Narconon Standard, OT, Quicky, Robert Fico, Rod Keller, Russia, Sea Org, Slovakia, St. Petersburg (Russia), Ukraine, Victor Kagan, Volunteer Ministers, Yekaterinburg, YouTube
2018-05-20, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
The tenth installment of the first draft of a novel written by our old friend Terra Cognita. Our Sunday Serial.
Terra welcomes all suggestions and feedback — this is draft — you can note them in the comments.
Chapter 55
Tags: Advanced Org, California, Canada, Clear, Communication Course, Dianetics, Hemet, Hollywood, Int Base, Jesus, L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard Way, Los Angeles, Master at Arms, OCA, OT, Oxford Capacity Analysis, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Santa Barbara, Saskatchewan, Scientology staff, Sea Org, Sec Check, Starbucks, Sunset Boulevard, Terra Cognita, Visa, Wogs
2017
1 year ago2017-05-20, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
Most all Scientologists have a longstanding love/hate relationship with studying Scientology. In the beginning, members are excited to learn all about L. Ron Hubbard's revolutionary mind/spirit technology. All too soon, they hate having to "put in the time." Which in the world of Scientology is no small commitment.
LRH famously wrote, "A cleared cannibal is a cleared cannibal." Which means you can "clear" a man of all those past traumas adversely affecting him, but unless you train him properly in Scientology technology, he won't operate well in life. He won't "flourish and prosper." Clearing the cannibal doesn't guarantee he'll secure a good-paying job and make hefty donations to his favorite church. He'll need training for that. Per LRH, training is over half the gains in Scientology.
Education is valuable. Education is important. Knowing the rules of the game is essential. Everyone needs to know how to get down the field and get the ball in the net.
2017-05-20, Chris Shelton, YouTube
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2017-05-20, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
On May 1, Tampa federal Judge James Whittemore gave the Church of Scientology just ten days to turn over the phone numbers and occupations of 500 Los Angeles-area Scientologists whose names the church had previously turned in to the court under seal. It's been more than a week since that deadline passed, and now we have evidence that the church did comply.
We learned that the church met the deadline from a footnote in a new order that Judge Whittemore issued Thursday, in which he reinforced just how much he's taken control of a case that has fascinated us since it was first filed as a federal fraud lawsuit by a California couple, Luis and Rocio Garcia, back in January 2013.
The Garcias say they were lied to and defrauded by the church in order to convince them to turn over hundreds of thousands of dollars for a building project. But in 2015 Judge Whittemore ruled that membership contracts signed by the Garcias required them to submit their grievances to an internal Scientology arbitration process, and he stayed the lawsuit. Since then the Garcias and the church have been unable to agree on a set of three arbitrators to hear the matter, who according to Scientology must be church members in good standing. Whittemore became fed up with the two sides fighting over the process and decided to step in. He asked Scientology to submit an application that would give him the power to choose the arbitrators, and ordered the church to turn over the list of 500 Scientologists.
Tags: 2013, 2015, Amazon, Australia, Billboard, California, CIA, Garcia v. Scientology, Independent, Joy Villa, Judge James Whittemore, Los Angeles, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Melbourne, Narconon, Nick Xenophon, Office of Special Affairs, Quicky, Suppressive Person, Tampa, The Way to Happiness, Truth About Drugs, Victoria, Wally Pope
2016
2 years ago
2016-05-20, Nelson Groom, Daily Mail
Elizabeth, who chose not to give her full name for fear of reprisals, was a member of Providence's Canberra fraction for 18 months.
'I was shopping inside the Canberra Centre in April 2011. A Korean woman came over and said she was holding a Christian art show. It looked good so I thought I would check it out.'
After meeting the group's local leader she moved in with them later that year and was subjected to the indoctrination process, which includes sleep deprivation and a restricted diet.
Tags: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, Andrew Choi, Australia, Canberra, Christian, Christian Gospel Mission, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Morning Star, Jewish, Jung Myung Seok, Melbourne, Mission, Peter Daley, Purification, Quicky, Rape, Seoul, Sleep deprivation, South Korea, Sydney, Sydney University, University of Melbourne, Western Australia
2016-05-20, Nelson Groom, Daily Mail
Elizabeth, who chose not to give her full name for fear of reprisal, was a member of the JMS's Canberra fraction for 18 months.
'I was shopping inside the Canberra Centre in April 2011. A Korean woman came over and said she was holding a Christian art show. It looked good so I thought I would check it out.'
After meeting the group's local leader she moved in with them later that year and was subjected to the indoctrination process, which includes sleep deprivation and a restricted diet.
2016-05-20, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
2016-05-20, Shane Croucher, International Business Times
For years, the Church of Scientology has owned several grand and historic properties across England, purchased as part of a global expansion plan to build "Ideal Organisations" — religious centres — in new communities across the world. Critics of the church accuse it of being a "cult", which it strenuously denies, saying it is a legitimate religion.
In 2006, Scientologists purchased the vast Duckworth's Essence Distillery in Trafford, a Grade II listed Victorian works of an old flavourings and colourings manufacturer, and a row of attached buildings for a reported £3.6m (£5.2m, $4.7m). It was intended to be Manchester's Ideal Org.
The following year, a planning application was submitted to Trafford council to convert the building into "a place of worship and religious instruction". It would include a chapel, public information space and an office for the church's late founder L. Ron Hubbard to "stand in his honour", according to a promotional video, which describes the property as a "former cotton mill".
Tags: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, Australia, Birmingham, Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc, David Jarman, Duckworth's Essence Distillery, East Grinstead, England, English, Gateshead, Graeme Wilson, Ideal Org, Manchester, Piers Springthorpe, Pitmaston House, Plymouth, Rebecca Coley, Rotting building, Royal Fleet Club, Saint Hill, Stephen Perry, Trafford, UK, Whit Stennett, Windmill Hills Nursing Home
2016-05-20, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
On Tuesday, we told you that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge John P. Doyle had submitted a surprising disclosure in Laura DeCrescenzo's forced-abortion lawsuit against the Church of Scientology. Judge Doyle revealed that he had a first cousin, Greg Smith, who was a Scientologist. In fact, Doyle's cousins are a longtime, hard core Scientology family, including Sea Org officials at Int Base in California and Saint Hill Manor in England, two of the most important Scientology compounds on the planet.
Judge Doyle described his interactions with the Smith family as minimal, but he acknowledged that if Scientology called any of his relatives as witnesses, his position as judge on the case would be "untenable."
Now we have a copy of Scientology's response, which reveals that the church does, indeed, plan to call one of the Smith family to testify in the lawsuit, and is therefore asking that Judge Doyle be disqualified from handling the lawsuit any further. And more importantly, Scientology is asking that Judge Doyle's only action on the seven-year lawsuit, his April 27 denial of a Scientology motion for summary judgment, be voided so the motion can be heard again by a new judge.
2015
3 years ago
2015-05-20, Andrew Siddons, New York Times
Soon, the local council will vote on whether Trout Run should be on the register of historic places of Frederick County, Md., a seemingly simple decision about preservation that has turned into a strange fight about what the property might become.
Since 2013, Trout Run has been owned by the real estate arm of the Church of Scientology. Now Narconon, a drug-treatment program with ties to the church, wants to turn the property into a group home for recovering addicts. Zoning laws would normally prohibit that use in this location, but Narconon found a loophole in a local ordinance intended to encourage the reuse of historic properties.
Tags: Billy Shreve, California, Canada, Carl Sullivan, David Love, Florida, Frederick County, Georgia, Kai Hagen, Mark Long, Maryland, Michigan, Montreal, Narconon, Narconon Eastern US, Oklahoma, Ryan Hamilton, Social Betterment Properties International, Sylvia Stanard, Trout Run, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Yvonne Rodgers
2015-05-20, News-Sentinel
A Michigan firm wants to operate a 24-hour drug rehabilitation residential facility in a vacant former nursing home at 2440 Bowser Ave. Behavioral Rehabilitation Services of Harrison, Mich., has asked the city's Board of Zoning Appeals for permission to convert the 36,000-square-foot building into an operation that would create 30 full- and two part-time jobs. The local Faith-Based Mentoring Ministries last year proposed using the building as a long-term facility for people dealing with drugs and alcohol, but later withdrew the plan.
2015-05-20, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
Some more drivel from the OT Committee Chairman Flag. But it gives some interesting insight into what it means when Miscavige or Freedom mag claims there are "2000 people on lines at Flag at any given time."
You can see what the Flag OT Committee counts as "starts" — anyone, anywhere OR AN EXTENSION COURSE!
This is desperation.
2015-05-20, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
Bunkerites, your proprietor on Tuesday had another full day in California on the book tour, and we took care of some private meetings. Tonight, we'll be in San Diego and hoping for a fun event.
In the meantime, one of our great tipsters put together some images from an International Association of Scientologists special meeting in Florence, Italy that involved some of Scientology's biggest "whales." These are the wealthy folks who are keeping Scientology alive with their donations, and you can see that they have some great perspective on what their money gets them. Yes, that's Grant Cardone above, hanging out with Michelangelo's David at a special dinner.
Here's his caption: "Yes that is Michael Angelo's David and I'm having a private dinner at his feet on the 500th anniversary of his unveiling."
The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper (w/ Q&A)2015-05-20, Carl Wong, YouTube
Tags: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1995, 2007, 2012, Alex Gibney, California, Center for Inquiry, FBI, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, HBO, Holocaust, Jim Underdown, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miss Lovely, New York, Paulette Cooper, Phoenix New Times, Quicky, Raw Story, The Scandal of Scientology, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker, Village Voice
2014
4 years ago2014-05-20, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
The brown-nosing has reached all new, extra nauseating heights.
Here is what the Flag OTC put together and presented to Dear Leader in time for his birthday this year.
They commissioned Nina Winters (a well known artist) to produce a bronze sculpture. (She is on the right — Kaye Champagne is on the left).
2014-05-20, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
We can't believe it's been nearly five years since we first talked to Marc Headley about his book, Blown for Good. A gripping read, the book describes Headley's experience growing up in Scientology and becoming a worker at the church's secretive International Base east of Los Angeles, where he became a guinea pig for Tom Cruise to learn how to 'audit.'
While workers in Scientology's 'Sea Organization,' Marc and his wife Claire were prohibited from having children. In a lawsuit they later filed against the church after their 2005 escape, the Headleys said that Claire was forced twice to have abortions to comply with the no-children rule. Despite losing in court, the Headleys have thrived after leaving Scientology, and now have three young boys.
This weekend, the Colorado family made an excursion to Denver to see a Rockies baseball game. Marc sent us this report, which we knew our readers would want to see...
Tags: 2005, Abortion, Blown for Good, Charlie Frago, Colorado, Denver, Doctor, Ideal Org, Int Base, Joe Childs, Ken Dandar, Los Angeles, Marc Headley, OT, OT VIII, Quicky, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times, Tom Cruise, Virginia
2013
5 years ago2013-05-20, Mark Bunker, YouTube
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVjEFF...
I appeared on Allan Chaykin's podcast (www.badsloth.com) to talk about Scientology along with stand up comic Jake Weisman. The show was split into two episodes.
www.xenutv.com
Tags: Quicky
2013-05-20, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
Last week we showed you the "test center" for Mountain View Org with a "For Lease" sign on it and reported about the two vacant building in an industrial park that have sat idle for 5 years now.
A few miles up the 101 is another "Ideal Org", San Francisco. It is one of the original 5 orgs that launched Miscavige's program a DECADE AGO (Tampa, Buffalo, Joburg, NY and SFO).
But even before the Ideal Org hype came the Ideal Mission hype for the "celebrity" Mission of SOMA ("South of Market") — more on the other "celebrity" missions in Wichita, Memphis and Santa Monica in another post. Izhar Perlman reported on SOMA at his excellent blog a year ago.
Tags: Belleair, Buffalo, Catherine Bell, Celebrity magazine, Christopher Masterson, Clearwater, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Denice Duff, Dianetics, Europe, Google, Ideal Org, Izhar Perlman, Jenna Elfman, Johannesburg, John Travolta, Juliette Lewis, Kelly Preston, Kirstie Alley, Los Gatos, Lynsey Bartilson, Memphis, Michelle Stafford, Mission, Mountain View, Ocala, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Rochester, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica, Tampa, Tom Cruise, Wichita
2013-05-20, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
We have several really big stories brewing here in the Underground Bunker, but they require a lot of reporting and aren't ready to pop yet.
In the meantime, we wanted to give our wonderful commenting community something to chew on, and we realized there's a great little event happening tonight in Los Angeles!
If you can attend, we'd love a report.
2012
6 years ago2012-05-20, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
Declaration of Independence
Max Bleiweiss (aka VBMax) Indie 500 #331 19 May 2012
The time has come to announce publically that I am no longer a member of the Church of Scientology and am joining the group of Independent Scientologists that follow the applied religious philosophy of L. Ron Hubbard. This was not a difficult decision to make; the only difficulties encountered were in communicating with "friends" and relatives. This, mostly, did not go well but I was prepared for any eventuality.
2012-05-20, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
Titled "Office of Special Affairs: Der Scientology-Geheimdienst" (Scientology's Secret Service), it included interviews with several people very familiar to readers of this blog: Marc Headley, Mike Rinder, Gerry Armstrong, and Tiziano Lugli. It also featured Ursula Caberta, the Hamburg politician who for years led a state-sponsored attempt to curb Scientology. We spoke to her on the telephone yesterday about the documentary. After the jump, her thoughts, as well as the documentary itself, with English subtitles.
"I think it's a good thing to do 90 minutes only on OSA," Caberta said to me from her home in Hamburg. The documentary focuses on the spy wing of the church, which also handles PR and legal affairs. The filmmakers are especially eager to talk to Rinder, who ran OSA for many years.
Tags: 1978, 1993, 2007, 2010, Abortion, Belgium, Bill Clinton, Birthday Event, Bruce Hines, Cause Resurgence Rundown, CCHR, Chuck Beatty, Church of Scientology Religious Trust, Clear, Clearwater, Copenhagen, Dan Garvin, David Miscavige, DC, Denmark, Derek Bloch, Dianetics, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Europe, Facebook, Fair Game, Flag Land Base, France, Germany, Gerry Armstrong, Grant Cardone, Hamburg, Ideal Org, Ingo Heinemann, Kate Bornstein, L. Ron Hubbard, Lauri Webster, Lisa Marie Presley, Madeleine Albright, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, New World Corps, New Zealand, Norman Suchanek, Office of Special Affairs, Orange County, Orientation, OT, Passport, Patty Moher, Perception Rundown, Placido Domingo, Private investigator, Richard Leiby, Rocket ride, Ron's Journal, Rundowns, Saint Hill Manor, Samantha Domingo, Sea Org, Secret Service, Serge Faubert, Sunday Funnies, Super Power, Suppressive Person, Texas, Tiziano Lugli, Tommy Davis, UK, Ursula Caberta, US State Department, Washington, Washington Post
2011
7 years ago2011-05-20, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
The following article is the welcome page to Steve Hall's new interactive webpage, http://www.freeandable.com/ . Steve's timing for release could not be more appropriate given the nature our discussions this past week.
Free and Able is a solution to the campaign of economic warfare waged by David Miscavige against ex members of the Church of Scientology. In flagrant violation of labor laws against discrimination, Miscavige has worked strenuously to silence dissent and stifle free speech by ordering current members to "disconnect" any employee in disfavor with the Church. Not just Church staff, but anyone who works for or with any Scientologist anywhere — perhaps for a dentist or in a bookstore. If that person criticizes Church leadership, the Church moves swiftly, contacting the person's employer and ordering him or her to fire the dissenter, effectively immediately. Any "friends" or "family" are ordered to "disconnect" immediately. But hang on, because that also includes customers, clients, business partners, colleagues, and employees. All ties to any Scientologist and all communication is severed, without so much as a "Gosh Bill, it's been nice working together for the last 25 years. Too bad now you can't support your family or pay for your home, health care or your car."
Most Scientologists of 5, 10 or 20 years have social and business networks infused with fellow Scientologists. So you can imagine how devastating it is to suddenly be alone... with no social or professional network to fall back on.
2010
8 years ago
2010-05-20, Timothy McDonald, ABC News (Australia)
TIMOTHY MCDONALD: Carmen Rainer says she was sexually abused by her stepfather Robert Kerr over several years when she was a child.
Her mother Phoebe didn't want to seek outside help, and instead took Carmen to see their chaplain within the church.
CARMEN RAINER: They told me that it was my fault because I'd been bad in a past life. I'd probably done something bad in a past life so I pulled it in.
TIMOTHY MCDONALD: Carmen Rainer says she was told to hide her story by a senior church member.
2010-05-20, UPI
Italian police who raided a Scientology chapter said they found what appeared to be extensive files on law-enforcement officials and former members.
The documents were in a locked room of the Scientology chapter in Turin and were said to contain information on the subjects' health, politics and sexual habits, the ANSA news agency said Thursday.
2010-05-20, Nick Squires, The Telegraph
During a nine-hour search of the offices, Carabinieri officers are said to have discovered a cache of files hidden in a basement behind a locked door.
The files allegedly contained personal information relating to judges, magistrates, journalists and police who had reportedly been deemed hostile to the US-based Church of Scientology, Italian media reported.
2010-05-20, AAP, The Australian
A SENIOR Scientologist has been accused of covering up a case of sexual abuse by telling the young victim to lie to the police.
Carmen Rainer says she was coached by Jan Eastgate after revealing she'd been abused by her stepfather when aged between seven and 11-years-old.
At the time, Ms Eastgate was head of the Australian wing of a Scientology commission which campaigns against psychiatry.
2010-05-20, News.com.au
Carmen Rainer says she was coached by Jan Eastgate after revealing she'd been abused by her stepfather when aged between seven and 11-years-old.
At the time, Ms Eastgate was head of the Australian wing of a Scientology commission which campaigns against psychiatry.
2010-05-20, Steve Cannane, ABC News (Australia)
Carmen Rainer's mother Phoebe was a member of the Church of Scientology and went to the organisation for advice when she learnt her daughter was being sexually abused.
Police are now investigating claims Jan Eastgate, who was in charge of a church-founded organisation at the time, told both mother and daughter to lie to police and community services about the abuse.
2010-05-20, ANSA.IT
Police were acting on a warrant issued by magistrates who have opened a probe into the religion which is suspected of violating laws governing the handling of personal information.
According to La Stampa, police searched the chapter on Via Bersezio for some nine hours and in the basement, behind a locked door, found the sect's secret archive which had files on magistrates, policemen, journalists and relatives of former members. La Stampa said magistrates were now examining these documents which were "chock full" of sensitive information dealing with sexual habits, health and political inclinations.
2008
10 years ago
2008-05-20, Chris Williams, The Register
Anti-Scientology campaigners are up in arms after it emerged that City of London police issued a court summons to a teenager for displaying a sign that branded the Hollywood-bothering, UFO-fancying sect a "cult".
The incident occurred on 10 May outside Scientology's controversial Square Mile headquarters, at a rally spearheaded by the online activist movement Anonymous. The unnamed GCSE student involved posted a request for advice the next day to the anti-Scientology messages boards at Enturbulation.org.
His sign read: "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult."
2008-05-20, The Guardian
A policewoman later read him section five of the Public Order Act and "strongly advised" him to remove the sign. The section prohibits signs which have representations or words which are threatening, abusive or insulting.
The teenager refused to back down, quoting a 1984 high court ruling from Mr Justice Latey, in which he described the Church of Scientology as a "cult" which was "corrupt, sinister and dangerous".
2007
11 years ago
2007-05-20, Robert Farley, St. Petersburg Times
An East Tampa pastor stands united with Hubbard's study technology program.
2007-05-20, Holly Marney, Opinion, Scotsman
Labelled a cult by its critics, defended as a bona fide religion by devotees, it is never far from the headlines, though it is generally viewed from these shores as another American oddity.
But Scientology does have a foothold in Britain, claiming up to 7,000 members in Scotland alone. And the strange world of Scientology, which believes aliens visited Earth millions of years ago, was exposed last week by a Panorama documentary.
2007-05-20, Kristina Peterson, Palo Alto Daily News
Around 1998, he began to frequently picket outside the Palo Alto Church of Scientology. In turn, church members occasionally went to his home over the next two years to stage their own pickets in front, Amber Henson said. "When I had parties, my friends would have to walk past the picket lines to get to our house," said Henson, now 24 and a pre-school teacher in Los Angeles.
Lucas remembers those days, and how church members also picketed the Purple Yogi software company in Sunnyvale where she worked, and followed her and her daughter around. "They carried signs saying my husband was a bigot," she said.
2007-05-20, DroopyDDawg2007, YouTube
Fair Use quotes by L. Ron Hubbard, sourced from the net. Music by Queen - I'm Going Slightly Mad
2007-05-20, James Murray, Daily Express
THE INLAND Revenue is being asked to investigate why British Scientologists are refusing to pay a tax on the grounds they do charitable work - even though the controversial religion has been refused charitable status.
Scientology, which came under fierce attack on the BBC last week, was denied the special status by the Charity Commission eight years ago.
2007-05-20, Robert Farley, St. Petersburg Times
BATON ROUGE, La. - Inside the industrial looking brick walls of one of Louisiana's poorest performing middle schools, Scientologists finally have achieved a longtime goal.
Tags: 1950, 1964, 1972, 2001, 2005, 2006, Applied Scholastics, Baton Rouge, Bennetta Slaughter, Carnegie Mellon, Carol Woodruff, Celebrity, Clearwater, David Touretzky, Diola Bagayoko, Elida Bera, Florida, Hurricane Katrina, Isaac Hayes, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Louisiana, Miami, Michele Gill, Missouri, Nevada, Nigeria, Oregon, Prescott, San Antonio, South Africa, St. Louis, Texas, Tom Cruise, Venetta Whitaker
2005
13 years ago2005-05-20, Jeremy McBain, Petoskey News-Review
The company wanted to house a 63-bed residential Narconon alcohol and drug rehabilitation center in the former Rues Residential nursing center along Arlington Avenue, just east of MacDonald Drive. However, the request met great opposition from area residents who feared it would be too intensive a use for the site and would create health and safety issues.
1999
19 years ago
1999-05-20, Polly Sprenger, Wired
Amazon.com has removed a controversial book from its listings, a book well known for angering the Church of Scientology.
A Piece of Blue Sky, by UK writer Jon Atack, is an exposé of the Scientology movement from its creation in 1959 until the death of founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986. The book disappeared from Amazon's site only recently.
1999-05-20, Troy Wolverton, CNET
Gray said that defamation issues, like those with A Piece of Blue Sky, happen infrequently.
"Are there going to be issues? Yes," Gray said. "Are they more difficult that issues faced by computer sellers or encryption providers? I think they're far more modest."
Curry said he didn't know who advised Amazon that it was violating the court order by offering A Piece of Blue Sky.
Representatives of the Church of Scientology were unavailable for comment.
1999-05-20, Jonathan Shikes, Denver Westword
Maloney doesn't say which religion (perhaps his?) he would like to bring back into the schools, but it likely would not be the Church of Scientology, which boasts among its ranks several well-known purveyors of Maloney's "violence, hatred and sadism" and has used the shootings to promote its own agenda.
Tags: CCHR
1998
20 years ago1998-05-20, Vicky Anning, Palo Alto Weekly
Court rules that Internet posting violated Scientologists' copyright
Palo Alto engineer Keith Henson was ordered to pay $75,000 to the Church of Scientology last week after he posted some of the church's unpublished teachings on the Internet.
1985
33 years ago
1985-05-20, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The Church of Scientology has battled with the Internal Revenue Service and fought lawsuits filed by former members in the two decades since it was founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
The wealthy church has claimed up to 6 million members worldwide since the height of the movement in the early to mid-1970s. Defectors put the number at closer to 2 million.
At its peak, the church reportedly earned $100 million annually.
1985-05-20, AP, New York Times
Hundreds of members of the Church of Scientology converged in Portland on Sunday to protest a $39 million fraud judgment against the church..
Tags: Julie Titchbourne, Trial
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UmbraXenu - The Home Game
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Scientology in the UK Media
See also:
FrontCite Mediawiki
UmbraXenu - The Home Game
xenu-directory.net: Scientology in the news
Scientology in the UK Media