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Jun 21, 2009
The Truth Rundown: Amy Scobee — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Amy Scobee Born: Washington state Age: 45 Joined Scientology: at age 14, 1978 Left Scientology: 2005 Family status: Married to former Sea Org member Matt Pesch. They left the church together in 2005. They have no children. Career highlights: Oversaw several operations sectors during 20 years as manager at the church's international base in California. Built the network of Scientology Celebrity Centres, assembling and training staff to match four-star service levels. Oversaw church's film and taping facilities. As teenager, managed kitchen, ...
May 31, 2009
Scientology's $12m renovation rescue — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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Sharon Labi Source:
Daily Telegraph (Australia) THE Church of Scientology plans to spend $12 million upgrading its Sydney headquarters, but faces a ban on trawling the street outside the building for new recruits. The group's controversial plans include building an extra level on its Castlereagh St premises, and renovating the facade of the heritage building. Neighbours and businesses have objected to the proposed upgrade at Scientology House, citing aggressive recruitment tactics, nuisance, loss of view, extra pollution and heritage concerns. City of Sydney councillors will vote on ...
Apr 7, 2009
Nashville Building make-over invites onlookers — NewsChannel 5 (Nashville, Tennessee)
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NewsChannel 5 (Nashville, Tennessee) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Nashville building on the National Registry of Historical places is getting a multi-million dollar makeover.
Construction crews are working everyday bringing new life to the old Fall School building.
"People are excited to see it returning to its former glory," says business neighbor William Walter.
Walter admits the group moving in has raised curiosity.
"They're just redoing the whole thing - doors, walls, windows. They took down the fixtures, so that should be a pretty impressive building ...
Apr 1, 2009
Special investigation: Former Scientologists claim coerced abortions, child labor inside church [Part 10] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)More: Transcript
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Nathan Baca Source:
KESQ Channel 3 (CA) PART TEN Former Scientologist Maureen Bolstad continues her account of her years at the church headquarters near Hemet. "I was actually one of the older ones at 17. There were 13-year-olds, 12-year-olds," Bolstad recollects. "There was just one kid, 12-years-old that was given an executive responsibility doing something. He had a complete nervous breakdown." This is how Maureen spent her teenage years: making videos for the church. Looking at her social security tax forms, she says nobody ever told her about ...
Mar 21, 2009
Richmond Scientology mission holder discusses beliefs — Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Robin Farmer Source:
Richmond Times-Dispatch Published: March 21, 2009
Scientologist offers insight into beliefs Celebration to mark founder's birthday is today in Washington Last Friday marked the birthday of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who lived from 1911 to 1986. Today, in Washington and worldwide, a birthday celebration takes place. Dr. Mat Pastore, the mission holder for the Church of Scientology Mission of Richmond, which opened in Carytown in 2008, shared insight into a religion sometimes marked by controversy.
Can anyone participate in the D.C. gathering? ...
Mar 19, 2009
Letters / Who knew? — Pasadena Weekly
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Pasadena Weekly Who knew?
I find these Anonymous letters brutal, unthinking, indecent and disrespectful to the religious beliefs of others.
It is easy to say whatever you want to say, even if it’s untrue, if you don’t sign your name to it. Is it really possible to hold on to so much hatred and evil?
Doesn’t Anonymous know that Scientology is expanding at a much faster rate than ever before? Yes, it’s true. In the last 20 years, churches, missions and groups in ...
Mar 7, 2009
More Americans say they have no religion — Associated Press
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Rachel Zoll Source:
Associated Press A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all. Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the American Religious Identification Survey. Northern New England surpassed the Pacific Northwest as the least religious ...
Feb 26, 2009
Scientology stalled / Credit crunch and other spending put the brakes on the church’s downtown project — Montreal Mirror
Feb 4, 2009
Scientologie: «Ce n'est pas une Église» - Mgr Ouellet — Le Soleil (Québec, Canada)
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Ian Bussières Source:
Le Soleil (Québec, Canada) (Thetford Mines) Le cardinal Marc Ouellet s'est interrogé mercredi sur les critères du gouvernement du Québec pour reconnaître les corporations religieuses au lendemain de l'annonce de la construction par l'Église de scientologie d'un lieu de culte au coût de 4 millions $ dans le quartier Saint-Roch.
«Je sais qu'en Europe, notamment en Allemagne, en Belgique et en France, il y a des endroits où on refuse d'accorder à l'Église de scientologie le statut de religion», fait remarquer d'entrée de jeu Mgr ...
Feb 3, 2009
Les scientologues investissent 4 millions $ à Saint-Roch — Le Soleil (Québec, Canada)
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Pierre-André Normandin Source:
Le Soleil (Québec, Canada) (Québec) Les scientologues investiront 4 millions $ pour la construction d'une église en plein coeur du quartier Saint-Roch, a appris Le Soleil. Québec deviendra ainsi d'ici la fin 2009 la première ville au Canada - et la 11e au monde - à héberger l'un des lieux de culte que le mouvement dit de nouvelle génération.
La Ville de Québec vient tout juste de donner le feu vert aux importants travaux de rénovation du bâtiment de la rue Saint-Joseph que les scientologues ...
Feb 3, 2009
Will the L. Ron Hubbard house turn a Camelback neighborhood into a Scientology recruitment Mecca? — Phoenix New Times
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Robrt L. Pela Source:
Phoenix New Times On a recent December Sunday, on a still street nestled against Camelback Mountain, a party is in full swing at the L. Ron Hubbard House. It's meant to be a holiday open house, to show off the stunning renovation of the simple brick dwelling where Hubbard founded Scientology a half-century ago, and to smooth relations with neighbors, some of whom have lately been up in arms about plans to turn the house into a Scientology museum. These concerned neighbors, none of ...
Jan 21, 2009
Hirnwäscher - Wie gefährlich ist Scientology? ["The Brainwashers - How Dangerous Is Scientology?" Unofficial translation] — ARD (Germany)
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