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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 ...
May 24, 2010
Nebraska man sentenced in Scientology cyber attack — Associated Press
Type: Press
Source:
Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A Nebraska man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for his role in a cyber attack on the Church of Scientology's websites two years ago. Brian Thomas Mettenbrink, of Grand Island, Neb., was also ordered Monday to pay $20,000 in restitution and serve a year on supervised release after he gets out of prison. The cyber attack was orchestrated by an underground group that calls itself "Anonymous" and protests the Church of Scientology, accusing it ...
May 6, 2010
Woman guilty of assault // Victim, a Church of Scientology protester, relieved — Halifax Herald (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Clare Mellor Source:
Halifax Herald (Canada) An assault against a masked demonstrator protesting against the Church of Scientology has landed a Halifax woman in legal trouble. Nicole Cassandra Andersen, a 40-year-old personal-care worker, pleaded guilty in Halifax on Tuesday to assault for punching the protester in the face near the Scientology Life Improvement Center on Dutch Village Road on Sept. 19.
Click here to watch the protest and the assault She will return to court July 20 for sentencing. Andersen has told police that she has ...
Apr 1, 2010
Members of Scientology ‘persecuted’ — City News (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nicole Carrington Source:
City News (Australia) BRISBANE Scientologists claim they’re being vilified following recent TV reports calling their religion a dangerous cult. In March, ABC’s Four Corners program aired claims of forced abortions, imprisonment in boot camps and separation of families, and Channel 7’s Sunday Night program explored Scientology’s controversial beliefs. The allegations preceded independent senator Nick Xenophon’s failed bid to get the Senate to launch a Parliamentary inquiry into the church, which he labelled a cult. The Church of Scientology of Brisbane, at Annerley, has about ...
Apr 1, 2010
Scientology: A History of Violence / The ramifications of leaving Scientology — CNN
Mar 31, 2010
Scientology suing Maria Pia Gardini for 2 million euros [Unofficial English translation of an Italian article] — MondoRaro Magazine (UK)More: Original article
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gianni Leone Source:
MondoRaro Magazine (UK) Scientology is suing Maria Pia Gardini for 2 million euros and has cowardly decided not to face off against the publisher, Edizioni Paoline, or to sue the journalist co-author of her books, Albert Laggia. The persecutory intentions of the well-known psycho-sect, which is at the center of controversy and trials around the world, are clear. In the citation [dated March 30, 2010 and available in Italian in a PDF file], Maria Pia Gardini is accused of having "behaved and spoken on ...
Mar 31, 2010
Scientology: A History of Violence / Church of Scientology says abuse claims handled internally — CNN
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anderson Cooper ,
Ismael Estrada Source:
CNN If you believe Marty Rathbun, people in the top ranks of the Church of Scientology have used physical intimidation and outright beatings as a means of discipline. Scientology's current leaders, including Rathbun's ex-wife, call him a liar and an "apostate." They say the only beatings were those inflicted by Rathbun and a small number of others, all of whom have left Scientology. But both sides appear to agree that periodic beatings occurred among the highest echelons of the church for some ...
Mar 31, 2010
Scientology: A History of Violence / Scientology: How was abuse addressed? — CNN
Mar 30, 2010
Scientology: A History of Violence / Ex-members spar with Scientology over beating allegations — CNN
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anderson Cooper ,
Ismael Estrada Source:
CNN Los Angeles, California (CNN) – Marty Rathbun used to beat people. He admits it. But he says he was pressured to do it by his boss. Rathbun was once a senior official of the Church of Scientology, reporting directly to church leader David Miscavige. He says that Scientology's leadership fostered a culture of violence among its top ranks and that Miscavige "constantly pushed me to get physical with people" during his time among its top ranks. "And I've got to tell ...
Mar 30, 2010
Scientology: A History of Violence / Scientology: Allegations of violence — CNN
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 27, 2010
Scientology Workgroup of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg: Educational Symposium [Amy Scobee] [Part 1] More: Part 2 , Part 3
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 [Jesse Prince] [Part 1] More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Transcript by Anonymous
Type: Account
[Transcript by Anonymous @
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/1207504-post1/ ] Hello, everyone. I guess I'll start off with borrowing a lyric from The Grateful Dead: "What a long, strange trip it's been." My journey into Scientology started in 1976. I was in San Francisco and I was a young guy; I was twenty-one years old and full of piss and vinegar, trying to figure out what to do with my life. And I was walking down the street and this very attractive woman came up ...
Mar 22, 2010
Narconon de nouveau dans la controverse — Le Nouvelliste (Mauricie, Quebec)More: Unofficial English translation
Type: Press
Source:
Le Nouvelliste (Mauricie, Quebec) (Trois-Rivières) Le centre de désintoxication Narconon de Trois-Rivières, dont on soupçonne les liens avec l'Église de scientologie, se retrouve de nouveau plongé au centre de la controverse. Cette fois, c'est la sortie publique survenue cette fin de semaine d'un ancien patient devenu intervenant au sein de l'organisation qui a fait rebondir le sujet dans l'actualité. David Edgar Love, un individu de 57 ans de la région de Montréal, vient tout juste de déposer une plainte à la Commission des droits de ...
Mar 6, 2010
Defectors say Church of Scientology hides abuse — New York TimesMore: New York Times' Youtube channel: Christie Collbran interview
Type: Press
Author(s):
Laurie Goodstein Source:
New York Times CLEARWATER, Fla. — Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org. They signed a contract for a billion years — in keeping with the church’s belief that Scientologists are immortal. They worked seven days a week, often on little sleep, for sporadic paychecks of $50 a week, at most. But after ...
Feb 18, 2010
Scientology-Aussteiger Lino Bombonato / Wenn Freunde zu Feinden werden [Unofficial English translation: "Ex-Scientologist Lino Bombonato / When friends turn enemies"] — Stern TV (Germany)More: Original
Feb 17, 2010
Scientology responds to Catholic online's coverage of press conference — Catholic Online
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
Ex-Scientologists to expose alleged abuse — KABC-TV (Los Angeles)More: Youtube
Type: TV
Author(s):
Miriam Hernandez Source:
KABC-TV (Los Angeles) HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) – Former Scientologists are suing the Church of Scientology for abuse they allegedly suffered while working for them. They spoke about the abuse publically for the first time Friday. "I was personally beat up on five separate occasions by the head of Scientology, David Miscavige," said former Scientology director Jeffrey Hawkins, a member of the church for 35 years. Hawkins is a former official of the Church of Scientology who was their marketing whiz then promoted to the ...
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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Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
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Jeff Hawkins •
Laura Ann Dieckman (formerly, DeCrescenzo) •
Marc Headley •
Mark Bunker •
Maureen Smith Bolstad •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
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Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Feb 6, 2010
Church challenged to inquiry — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Feb 1, 2010
Whistleblower: working for Scientology — New Humanist (UK)
Jan 31, 2010
Les scientologues convergent à Québec — Le Soleil (Québec, Canada)More: Unofficial English translation
Jan 26, 2010
Man pleads guilty in L.A. to cyber attack on Church of Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)
Jan 23, 2010
Trouble in the house of Hubbard — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)More: Partial scan of article
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