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Let it rain: Scientology glitterati join followers to launch £24m centre in heart of the City

Title: Let it rain: Scientology glitterati join followers to launch £24m centre in heart of the City
Date: Monday, 23 October 2006
Publisher: The Guardian (UK)
Author: Sandra Laville
Main source: guardian.co.uk

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The rain bounced off a podium fit for an Oscar ceremony, soaking the lavish red carpet, and pouring down the collars of celebrants sporting incongruous California tans and sunglasses. And still they smiled. Each wore a lapel badge marking them out as followers of one of the most controversial and fastest growing "religious" movements in the world, the Church of Scientology. For two hours yesterday Hollywood glitz supplanted British mundanity on the streets of London as the most senior figures within ... [Read the rest at guardian.co.uk]