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Mar 19, 2009
Parents oppose Narconon connection — The Acorn (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephanie Bertholdo Source:
The Acorn (California) Parents oppose Narconon connection By Stephanie Bertholdo Bertholdo@theacorn.com Parents of Calabasas High School students complained to the school when they learned that the drug counselor scheduled to speak at a parent education night in midFebruary was a representative of Narconon, a drug rehabilitation program based on the teachings of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The Narconon approach to drug education purportedly is based on Church of Scientology doctrine rather than proven medical interventions. An objection from parents, as well as an ...
Feb 12, 2009
Program to discuss teen abuse of Rx drugs — The Acorn (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephanie Bertholdo Source:
The Acorn (California) Program to discuss teen abuse of Rx drugs
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
Today's teens are not as threatened by the drug dealers on every corner as they are by their parent's medicine cabinets, according to a representative of Narconon, the nonprofit drug rehabilitation and education program.
Tony Bylsma, a certified chemical dependency counselor and director of the Narconon Drug Prevention and Education Program of Southern California, will kick off a 2009 RAP (Resolve and Problem Solve) educational series on Wed., Feb. ...
Feb 8, 2009
School takes the high road in stamping out drug abuse — The Times (South Africa)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wendyl Martin Source:
The Times (South Africa) [Picture]CLEAN: Drug-free marshals from Newlands West Secondary with their principal Farouk Bayat, front left, teacher Roslyn Narain-Mohan and anti-drug co-coordinator Allan Wohrnitz. Picture: THEMBINKOSI DWAYISA
A Durban high school has taken a tough stance against drug abuse by becoming the first school in South Africa to have its pupils trained as anti-drug “marshals”.
New West Secondary School in Newlands West, which has more than 1400 pupils, started with its first batch of anti-drug campaigners this week.
Foundation for a Drug Free ...
Jan 29, 2009
I'm sure B.C. kids need Scientology's help / Victoria directs teachers to religious group's human-rights website — The Province (B.C.)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ethan Baron Source:
The Province (B.C.) Victoria directs teachers to religious group's human-rights website
Ethan Baron, The Province
Published: Thursday, January 29, 2009
Attention students: it's now OK to jump up and down on your desks and rave about your latest crush.
The Ministry of Education is referring teachers to an organization set up by the Church of Scientology, the group made infamous by Tom Cruise, the raving couch-bounder and Scientology adherent. Two ministry teacher-support documents direct teachers to the website of Los Angeles-based Youth for Human ...
Jan 23, 2009
Devoir d'enquête: "La Scientologie: La secte démasquée" [Part 1] [Unofficial English translation] — RTBF 1 (Belgium)More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
Jan 8, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 01 Marc Headley's lawsuit
Dec 31, 2008
Infinite Complacency / John Peeler's Story
Dec 12, 2008
Mayor right to end Scientology program to combat drugs — Las Cruces Sun News (New Mexico)
Type: Press
Source:
Las Cruces Sun News (New Mexico) Miyagishima said when he first initiated his "Drug-Free Marshal" program, he was unaware that it was funded by Scientology. A sticker on the back of badges given to area third-graders identifies them as being "a trademark owned by the Church of Scientology International."
The real concern was not so much the badges, but pamphlets that were to have been distributed to fifth-graders. Those pamphlets condemned not only illegal street drugs, but also legal drugs such as Ritalin that Scientologists strongly oppose. ...
Dec 8, 2008
LC mayor halts program sponsored by Scientologists — KVIA ABC-7 (New Mexico)
Type: TV
Author(s):
Ken Molestina Source:
KVIA ABC-7 (New Mexico) LAS CRUCES, N.M. – It's a program aimed at getting kids off the streets and away from drugs. But now Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima is saying "not so fast."
The program is called the Drug-Free Marshall Program, and it was quite a hit until the mayor found out it was sponsored by the Church of Scientology.
Miyagishima said he was originally approached about the program in the summer. He said he liked the purpose and tried it in five different ...
Dec 7, 2008
Mayor abandons anti-drug program affiliated with Church of Scientology — Las Cruces Sun News (New Mexico)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ashley Meeks Source:
Las Cruces Sun News (New Mexico) LAS CRUCES — The city is immediately ending an anti-drug program aimed at third-graders after it was revealed it was created and bankrolled by the Church of Scientology.
The "Drug-Free Marshal" program, started in late November, had only been presented to five schools but was intended to be promoted eventually among all third-graders in the Las Cruces Public Schools.
Mayor Ken Miyagishima apologized Saturday and said it was not his intention to promote the religion. The mayor said he was approached ...
Dec 3, 2008
Valley troupe stages a child-acted satire with Scientology at the core — East Valley Tribune (Arizona)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Outhier Source:
East Valley Tribune (Arizona) The young cast of the Valley’s newest holiday pageant is all atwitter. Opening night is only a week away, and for the first time, the pre-teen actors are getting a glimpse of their costumes. The young cast of the Valley’s newest holiday pageant is all atwitter. Opening night is only a week away, and for the first time, the pre-teen actors are getting a glimpse of their costumes. But something is profoundly askew at Tempe’s Stray Cat Theatre. Where one might ...
Sep 21, 2008
Cult fiction: Scientologist church plans blitz of Irish schools under the guise of charity group — Sunday World (Ireland)
Sep 1, 2008
Chronicles of L. Ronia — Forbes
Type: Press
Author(s):
Allison Fass Source:
Forbes Do your kids prefer adventure stories to doctrinal tomes? Skip Dianetics . Have them read Hubbard's pulp fiction. Before L. Ron Hubbard published Dianetics in 1950 and founded Scientology two years later he penned adventure, mystery and sci-fi stories for pulp magazines. Now, Galaxy Press, a for-profit publisher that is owned by the Church of Scientology International in Los Angeles, is releasing those "Stories from the Golden Age" in a series of 80 paperback books—accompanied by a $1.9 million marketing blitz aimed ...
Aug 8, 2008
Escaping Scientology: Astra Woodcraft — Parker Sunshine
Jul 16, 2008
Church of Scientology banned from shopping centre — Birmingham Mail
Type: Press
Author(s):
Edward Chadwick Source:
Birmingham Mail THE Church of Scientology has been banned from a Midland shopping centre after a string of complaints that they had been preaching to children. Church leaders understood to be from Birmingham set up a stall at Wolverhampton’s Wulfrun Centre after making a booking under the name Dianetics, the church’s main theory. Bosses ordered preachers to pack up and leave after angry parents said their children had been invited to take part in “stress tests” and then lectured about the religion. “We ...
Jul 8, 2008
Today Tonight: Jason Beghe — Channel 7 (Australia)More: youtube.com
Jul 7, 2008
Scientology child labor [Youtube Part 1] — Channel 7 (Australia)More: Youtube Part 2
Jun 11, 2008
School unaware of link to Scientologists — Vancouver Sun
Type: Press
Author(s):
Janet Steffenhagen Source:
Vancouver Sun A Vancouver principal said his school was uninformed when it invited a group affiliated with the Church of Scientology to speak to a student assembly last month about human rights. John Bevacqua, of St. Patrick regional secondary school, said he hadn't been aware that Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) is part of the Scientology movement until it was brought to his attention by a staff member shortly after the group finished its presentation. "It was very unfortunate that they were ...
May 5, 2008
Astra Woodcraft, Lawrence Woodcraft interview on Glosslip — Glosslip
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip Astra and Lawrence Woodcraft will be joining Dawn Olsen of Glosslip Radio for a special show to discuss their experiences inside the Church of Scientology, including their life inside the Sea Org, which has been exposed recently as forcing abortions on members, prison work camps and an asbestos cover-up on the CoS Freewinds cruise ship.
Apr 24, 2008
Ex-Scientology kids share their stories — ABC News
Type: TV
Author(s):
Lisa Fletcher ,
Ethan Nelson Source:
ABC News He's one of the biggest box-office draws in history, but in recent years Tom Cruise has become more than just the face of his films. He has also become the face of his religion – Scientology. A recent video of Cruise – made for a Scientology event and leaked online – showed the star's unbridled passion for his religion and piqued the public's interest in a belief system that has long been surrounded by controversy. "I think it's a privilege to ...
Apr 2, 2008
Des théories remises en question [French] — Société Radio-Canada (Canada)More: Video: Unofficial English translation , Transcript: Unofficial English translation
Type: TV
Author(s):
Émilie Dubreuil Source:
Société Radio-Canada (Canada) La scientologie est une entreprise ultramoderne qui a aussi des activités séculières. Par exemple, en 1966, Ron Hubbard fondait avec un collègue Narconon une cure de désintoxication qui compte aujourd'hui plus d'une centaine de centres dans le monde, dont un à Trois-Rivières. En plus d'être une cure de désintoxication, Narconon s'est donné pour mission d'instruire les jeunes sur les méfaits de la drogue en donnant des conférences dans de nombreuses écoles de la province. L'atelier offert dans les écoles, appelé La ...
Mar 21, 2008
Unlicensed Scientology kindergartens operating in Tel Aviv — Ynet
Type: Press
Author(s):
Merav Shlomo Source:
Ynet At least three kindergartens spread out through Israeli urban sprawl offer children educational teachings of controversial cultist movement. Only one institute received municipal approval, but failed to note its religious leanings
Merav Shlomo
Published: 03.21.08, 18:33 / Israel News
Any kindergarten in Israel with more than 10 children requires the approval of the Education Ministry, but three kindergartens offering children the education teaching of the controversial Scientology movement are operating in Tel Aviv these days without the ministry being aware of ...
Feb 26, 2008
Pattycake and L. Ron Hubbard: Munich Closes Scientologists' Day-Care Center — Spiegel
Feb 26, 2008
Scientology kindergarten shut down — Herald Sun (Australia)
Dec 14, 2007
Cult Watch — TES Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lynne Wallis Source:
TES Magazine Their targets used to be university students, but today fringe religious groups are believed to be recruiting school-aged children. Lynne Wallis reports. If one of your pupils became distant, distracted and antisocial, your first thought might be that they were experimenting with drink or drugs. But religious cults pose another danger to young people, and one from which it can be equally difficult to extricate them.
Although the notion of children being lured into fringe religious organisations might seem far-fetched, it ...
Nov 11, 2007
Some Christian pastors embrace Scientology — CNN
Type: Press
Author(s):
Diana Miller ,
Gary Tuchman Source:
CNN TAMPA, Florida (CNN) — Some Christian congregations, particularly in lower income, urban areas, are turning to an unlikely source for help — the Church of Scientology. Scientologists do not worship God, much less Jesus Christ. The church has seen plenty of controversy and critics consider it a cult. So why are observant Christians embracing some of its teachings? Two pastors who spoke recently with CNN explained that when it comes to religion, they still preach the core beliefs of Christianity. But ...
Oct 29, 2007
Parent anger at religious 'advice' — The Advertiser
Type: Press
Author(s):
Xanthe Kleinig Source:
The Advertiser UNIFORMED police distributed Church of Scientology propaganda at Whyalla High School, contrary to guidelines for religious education. A team of police officers visiting the school showed classes a DVD on living a moral life and distributed a booklet entitled "Whyalla High School presents the way to happiness, a common-sense guide for better living", written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. One outraged parent who did not wish to be named said she had explicitly told the school her children were not ...
Aug 17, 2007
Scientology-linked group infiltrates Israeli summer camps — CNSNews.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ryan Jones Source:
CNSNews.com Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) — A group teaching the core moral values as outlined by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard has been conducting workshops at Israeli summer camps this month without the knowledge of the children's parents. During the month of August, most Israeli children attend summer camps, as both parents typically work. News First Class, an online Israeli news agency, learned that at many of those camps, the children are getting morning lectures by volunteers from the Association for Prosperity ...
Aug 14, 2007
Brainwash summer camp — Ynet
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bat-Hen Epstein Elias Source:
Ynet They run summer camps for children and teach them all about love, modesty, and safe sex. They even hand out awards. Yet, it turns out that behind the volunteers of the Association for Prosperity and Security in the Middle East stands the disputed Scientology sect. Association members insist they are not missionaries. 'Our aim is to teach values,' they say. The surprised parents are not convinced. 'How come they run such activities without even asking us?' "Don’t be promiscuous. Sex is ...
Aug 8, 2007
Germany: Scientology a security threat? — UPI
Type: Press
Source:
UPI HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 8 (UPI) — The interior minister of Hamburg, Germany, sees Scientology as a threat to his state's security. Scientology is not a religious community but an "extremist grouping" that needs to be banned, said Udo Nagel, the interior minister of the northern German state of Hamburg. According to Nagel, Germany’s Interior Ministry in Berlin is currently probing whether a ban of Scientology would hold up in court. Observers and virtually all political parties in Germany see Scientology as ...
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