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Xenophon hits out at Scientology

Title: Xenophon hits out at Scientology
Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Publisher: Australian Associated Press (AAP)
Author: Bonny Symons-Brown
Main source: news.theage.com.au

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INDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon has accused the Church of Scientology of being a criminal organisation. The South Australian parliamentarian said he had been contacted by a number of former Scientologists, after he questioned the organisation's tax exempt status in a recent television interview. "They have provided long and detailed letters to me about the workings of this organisation," he told the Senate. "These people rightly see themselves as victims of Scientology." Senator Xenophon said their correspondence implicated the organisation in a ... [Read the rest at news.theage.com.au]