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Mar 6, 2011
Protest Planned at Scientology Headquarters — KPSP Local 2 News
Type: Press
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KPSP Local 2 News Protest Planned at Scientology Headquarters
Reported by: KPSP Local 2 News
Email: news@kpsplocal2.com
Created: 3/06 3:10 pm
Last Update: 3/06 8:00 pm
The "hacktivist" collective known as Anonymous is planning to picket at the Scientology compound in Hemet Saturday, March 12. A group of human rights activists will also join the protest at Golden Era Productions on Gillman Springs Road.
Protestors say they want the center to address claims of human trafficking, physical abuse and forced abortions. The group will also ...
Mar 5, 2011
Lawsuit claims Church of Scientology violated child labor and wage laws — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: "Montalvo vs. CSI, Bridge Publications" PDFs available at Marty Rathbun's blog
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Tobin ,
Joe Childs Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) A runaway from the Church of Scientology's restrictive religious order, the Sea Org, alleges in two lawsuits filed Friday that the church violated California laws regulating child labor, wages and school attendance. Daniel Montalvo, who turns 20 today, also contends his parents, who remain in the Sea Org, neglected him and breached their duty to protect him from harm by ceding his care to the church. Church spokesman Tommy Davis said Friday night the church had not been served with the ...
Feb 25, 2011
Enquête JE // Clearwater, la "Mecque" de la scientologie — TVAMore: Unofficial English translation
Type: TV
Author(s):
Dominique Trottier Source:
TVA L'église de Scientologie n'aime guère les journalistes, pas plus que la critique, et donne rarement des entrevues. Les responsables ont d'ailleurs refusé les deux demandes que nous avons faites, aux États-Unis et au Québec. Le pouvoir absolu du grand leader David Miscavidge, (qui a succédé à Ron Hubbard après son décès) suscite de la grogne. De nombreux hauts dirigeants ont quitté le mouvement. Ils dénoncent le climat de violence qui y règne depuis l'arrivée de Miscavidge. Une équipe de JE s'est ...
Feb 24, 2011
Is Tom Cruise using slave labor? Doc Thompson gets behind the walls of the Church of Scientology. — Radio 700WLW CincinnatiMore: youtube.com
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Doc Thompson Show Source:
Radio 700WLW Cincinnati Doc Thompson 2/24/11 Hour 3
Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:27:13 -0500
Is Tom Cruise using slave labor? Doc gets behind the walls of the Church of Scientology.
[Features a Telephone Interview with webmaster and founder of Operation Clambake at www.xenu.net , Andreas Heldal-Lund]
Contributor Notes:
Podcast link mp3 audio 15Mb, running time 31m55ss. Scientology segment in first part.
Youtube link is an commercial-free edited version of just the scientology related segment. Running time 19mins.
Feb 23, 2011
Senator Xenophon Questions Fair Work Ombudsman — Hansard (Australian Senate)
Type: Hearings
Source:
Hansard (Australian Senate) Proof Committee Hansard
SENATE
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
ESTIMATES
Extract from transcript of 23 February 2011
Senator XENOPHON—Whilst I know you cannot discuss specific cases, there are some general principles I wanted to canvass with you. I think it was about a year ago that out of a very helpful suggestion of Senator Abetz, a number of complaints from former members of the Church of Scientology were sent through to your office. I am grateful for a very ...
Feb 14, 2011
The Apostate // Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology — New YorkerMore: Primary Sources: L. Ron Hubbard Leaves the Navy , guardian.co.uk
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lawrence Wright Source:
New Yorker On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that ...
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Feb 8, 2011
FBI investigating Scientology, defectors say — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) FBI agents investigating human trafficking have interviewed several high-ranking defectors from the Church of Scientology who spoke out to the St. Petersburg Times over the past two years about abusive and coercive practices within the church. Five former church staffers confirmed Monday that the FBI interviewed them individually over the past 15 months about their experiences in the church's religious order, the Sea Org. They said agents asked detailed questions primarily about working and living conditions at Scientology's remote international management ...
Sep 27, 2010
Scientology: The Ex Files — CBC News
Type: TV
Source:
CBC News [This is actually a re-airing of the Australia Broadcasting Corporation's
Four Corners "Scientology: The Ex-Files" .]
Monday September 27 at 10 pm ET/PT & Sunday October 3 at 8 pm ET on CBC News Network Behind Scientology's high celebrity profile lies an organization on its knees. In this powerful documentary and jaw-dropping investigation, a band of former elite members emerge from the secretive religion to allege extreme cruelty, slave labour and financial greed. "It may have a philosophy that's religious, but ...
Aug 6, 2010
Judge dismisses two lawsuits aimed at Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: Court ruling , Church of Scientology's response
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Tobin ,
Joe Childs Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology won an important victory in federal court Thursday when a judge dismissed two lawsuits that accused the church of labor law violations, human trafficking and forced abortions. Claire and Marc Headley, who left Scientology in 2005, said the church controlled them with threats of harsh punishment and other tactics that prevented them from leaving the Sea Organization, Scientology's religious order. But U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer ruled that the Sea Org is protected by the First ...
Jun 12, 2010
Church of Scientology: The Headley lawsuits — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Former Scientologists Claire and Marc Headley are suing the Church of Scientology in separate actions in federal court in Los Angeles. Marc Headley, 37, alleges he was the victim of unfair business practices, labor law violations and forced labor, or human trafficking, during his 15 years in the church's Sea Organization. Claire Headley, 35, alleges the church forced her to have two abortions during her 13 years in the Sea Org. She also claims working conditions at the church's international management ...
May 27, 2010
The Last Crusade — Inland Empire Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nate Jackson Source:
Inland Empire Weekly Scientology’s hardcore critics say getting the church investigated is an uphill battle—and wonder if the religion has friends in high places The rush of cars zooming down Gilman Springs Road reminds Francois Choquette to watch his step on the dirt shoulder of the busy, two-lane highway to his right. A tuft of his brown hair flaps in the wind as he looks back to check traffic. He’s dressed modestly today, no costumes, no masks. Instead, he wears dress pants and a ...
Apr 6, 2010
Scientologie. «J’ai vécu 9 ans dans l’enfer de Sea Org» [Unofficial English translation: "Nine years of Hell in Scientology's Sea Org"] — Paris Match
Type: Press
Author(s):
Irène Frain Source:
Paris Match Au sommet de l’organisation de l’Eglise de scientologie, Sea Org est censée former les cadres de la secte. Aline*, inféodée et ruinée, a vécu une méthodique entreprise de déstructuration de la personnalité. Elle raconte. Dans l’Eglise de scientologie, le fond du gouffre, c’est à Copenhague qu’Aline* l’a connu. Cadre brillante d’une société financière, généreuse, idéaliste, élevée dans une ambiance religieuse, solitaire mais ouverte aux autres, elle est entrée dans la secte en juillet 1990. Neuf ans plus tard, toutes ses économies ...
Mar 27, 2010
Ex-Scientology lawsuits reveal elite Sea Org group — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gillian Flaccus Source:
Associated Press SAN JACINTO, Calif. – At the edge of arid foothills far outside Los Angeles, hundreds of Scientology followers live on a gated, 500-acre campus and work long hours for almost no pay reproducing the works of founder L. Ron Hubbard and creating the church's teaching and promotional materials. The church says its 5,000 so-called Sea Organization members are religious devotees akin to monks who are exempt from wage requirements and overtime. But two lawsuits filed by two former Sea Org members, ...
Mar 26, 2010
Scientology Workgroup of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg: Educational Symposium [Bruce Hines] [Part 1] More: Part 2 , Transcript by Anonymous
Type: Account
[Transcript by Anonymous @
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/42-english/hamburg-symposium-2010-videos-transcripts-64577/#post1207504 ] Good evening. My name's Bruce Hines and first I'll start by telling you a little bit about myself. Ursula asked that I speak about life in the Sea Org. And all of us here, at least five of us, were in the Sea Org for many years and we all have our own horror stories because there are horrible things that happen. So, I'll tell you a few of the things I personally experienced. They ...
Mar 26, 2010
Scientology Workgroup of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg: Educational Symposium [Marc Headley] [Part 1] More: Part 2 , Transcript by Anonymous
Type: Account
[Transcript by Anonymous @
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/1207770-post6/ ] Thank you for allowing me to speak to you guys today. My name is Marc Headley and I'm here to tell you about a business enterprise. I'm not gonna be talking about any religious matters whatsoever; I'm going to be talking to you about an organization that I worked for. I worked there for fifteen years, and even after working there for fifteen years, not once was I told of the core religious or philosophy ...
Mar 17, 2010
Ex-Scientologist coerced abortion claims — Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gabrielle Dunlevy Source:
Daily Telegraph (Australia) A CANBERRA woman has given a tearful account of how the Church of Scientology coerced her to have two abortions, as a fresh attempt was being made for a Senate inquiry into the organisation. Senator Nick Xenophon's effort to get an upper house inquiry into the tax-free status of religious groups, including Scientology, failed last week, when both Labor and the Coalition voted against it. The Senate on Thursday will vote on an inquiry with revised terms - looking at alleged ...
Feb 15, 2010
Ex-Scientologists speak out at LA press conference — Catholic Online
Feb 12, 2010
Church of Scientology accused of abuse — FOX News (Los Angeles)More: myfoxla.com
Type: TV
Author(s):
Susan Hirasuna Source:
FOX News (Los Angeles) Hollywood - The Church of Scientology is coming under fire from six former members. They claim they were mentally and physically abused and forced to work around the clock. Susan Hirasuna was live at the Scientology headquarters in Hollywood and has the latest in this video report.
Feb 12, 2010
Human trafficking charges levied against Church of Scientology — KTLA (Los Angeles)More: Youtube
Feb 12, 2010
Los Angeles Press Conference: Ex-Scientologists speak out More: ustream.tv
Type: Account
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Castile Canyon School (Happy Valley ranch) @ 45750 Castile Canyon Road Hemet CA United States •
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David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
Disconnection •
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Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Freeloader's debt •
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Golden Era Productions •
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Jeff Hawkins •
Laura Ann Dieckman (formerly, DeCrescenzo) •
Marc Headley •
Mark Bunker •
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Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Nancy Many •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
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Suicide •
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Jan 23, 2010
Trouble in the house of Hubbard — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)More: Partial scan of article
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