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Apr 12, 2011
Scientology protest causes city to stop enforcing ordinance — Chicago Sun Times
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Mitch Dudek Source:
Chicago Sun Times A protest last year outside the Church of Scientology of Illinois headquarters in Lake View has prompted the city to stop enforcing an ordinance that banned protests while religious services are being conducted. The issue arose late last year, when eight or nine protesters gathered outside the Church of Scientology location at 3011 N. Lincoln. In response, church members taped a sign to the front window that announced services there are held virtually all day — from 9:30 a.m. to 10 ...
Apr 2, 2010
Scientologists launch building boom to help grow the faith — The Oklahoman
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Megan Mollman Source:
The Oklahoman CHICAGO (RNS) The windows are boarded-up and there's a "Keep Out" sign in the windowsill. Many in the Printer's Row neighborhood are unaware that the vacant brick building is slated to become Illinois' new welcome center for the Church of Scientology at the end of the year. The $4-million purchase of the seven-story structure is part of a nationwide push by Scientologists to open a host of new church buildings and draw new members into the faith. In all, more than ...
Nov 29, 2009
Church of Scientology plans Illinois headquarters on Printer's Row — Chicago Tribune
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Manya A. Brachear Source:
Chicago Tribune Convicted of fraud in France, impugned by former celebrity members and accused of coercing estranged practitioners to stay against their will, the Church of Scientology has encountered a fair share of bad publicity in recent months. But in Chicago, the religious movement founded by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard appears to be flourishing. Signaling that success are plans for a new seven-story Illinois church headquarters slated to open next year in Chicago's historic Printer's Row. The restoration of ...
Nov 13, 2009
Local insurer to pay fine for allegedly revealing personal info — Pentagraph (Illinois)
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Pentagraph (Illinois) BLOOMINGTON — A local insurance firm has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine for allegedly sending a consumer information about the Church of Scientology that contained other consumers' personal information, the Illinois Department of Insurance said. Horizon Insurance & Associates, 1114 E. Oakland Ave., Bloomington, and licensed employee Stephen L. Blust also agreed to better protect consumer personal information in the future. The state was told about the alleged violation of the Illinois Insurance Code in January. As a condition of ...
May 23, 2009
Teaching to learn // Local pastor wants to introduce tutoring program — WEEK (Peoria-Bloomington, Illinois)
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WEEK (Peoria-Bloomington, Illinois) A Peoria pastor wants to see District 150 schools adopt a program that tutors young people on how to better motivate themselves. Reverend Ernest Rodgers held a meeting Saturday at the Greater Apostolic Bibleway Church to introduce parents, students and District 150 assistant superintendent Herschel Hannah to the Applied Scholastics Achievement program. Rodgers was sold on the program during a recent trip to a school in St. Louis. "I was so impressed," said Rodgers. "Kids were testifying how the program worked. ...
Feb 25, 2009
Church of Scientology zoning moves forward // Influential Printers Row resident raises concerns at zoning committee hearing — Chicago Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ian Fullerton Source:
Chicago Journal The Church of Scientology cleared a hurdle in their effort to develop a religious center in Printers Row when the Committee on Zoning approved a new zoning designation for a church-owned building in the neighborhood on Tuesday. Second Ward Alderman Robert Fioretti voiced his support for the decision at the committee meeting in city council chambers. "There are First Amendment and freedom of religion issues that have been raised," he said, "but I don't think the propriety of those issues should ...
Feb 23, 2009
Controversial zoning change could be considered tomorrow // Zoning Committee to hear Church of Scientology application — Chicago Journal
Type: Press
Author(s):
Micah Maidenberg Source:
Chicago Journal A zoning change that would allow the Church of Scientology to build a new church inside the vacant 650 S. Clark St. building in Printers Row is expected to be considered at tomorrow's Zoning Committee hearing. Nicole Wellhausen, a staff member for 36th Ward Ald. William Banks, who chairs the Zoning Committee, said attorneys for the Church of Scientology asked that the proposed change be placed on tomorrow's agenda. A call to Donna Pugh, the church's attorney, was not returned. Andy ...
Sep 12, 2007
Greatest place on earth // Church of Scientology expands into South Loop — Chicago Journal
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Author(s):
Hunter Clauss Source:
Chicago Journal South Loop residents will soon have a new neighbor-the Church of Scientology. The church's new flagship center of Chicago will move next summer into the former Artcraft Building, 650 S. Clark, and become the hub of Scientology-related activities and social services. "It's going to be a beacon of life," said Allyne Rosenthal, president of the Church of Scientology of Illinois. The new center, which was bought by the church in February 2007 for an undisclosed amount, will include office space for ...
Mar 22, 2006
Guest Column: Exploring the relationship of Narconon and Scientology — Rock River Times (Rockford, Illinois)More: rockrivertimes.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Barbara Graham Source:
Rock River Times (Rockford, Illinois) In searching your online edition for drug-related articles, I noticed that a number of them are press releases from the Scientology organization. These articles are a good example of how Narconon combines scientific, medical fact, blended with founder L. Ron Hubbard's fanciful theories on drug abuse. The press releases" you're picking up are released on several newswires by Scientology's Public Relations office. Of course, they hope that mainstream publications will print them. The main use of these pieces is within Scientology's ...
Jul 31, 2002
Letters // Church of Scientology a front-runner in fight on drugs — The Times (Gary, Indiana)More: groups.google.com
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The Times (Gary, Indiana) The July 28 letter from Jim Beebe is the trademark of someone who lives his life filled with hatred. He is an authority in hatred. This same man worked for the now-defunct, anti-religious group called the Cult Awareness Network until its bankruptcy filing in 1996. A Seattle Christian was awarded a large sum of money as punitive damages from CAN for the organization's participation in his kidnapping and holding him against his will. Beebe has now made a career of denigrating ...
Jul 10, 1986
Hubbard, Cazares in the news — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Cult Awareness Network, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to "alerting the world to the danger of destructive cults," has an interesting item in its latest newsletter about a Montessori school in Illinois using books by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The item, based on an
article in the Chicago Sun-Times , said the school's founder, a Scientologist, fired six of her teachers because they refused to use the books. "I'm the leader, and I call the shots," Janet Bowes is quoted ...
May 18, 1973
Church committee issues report denouncing the AMA — Labor Tribune (Illinois)More: link
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Labor Tribune (Illinois) The Church of Scientology Committee on Public Health and Safety recently issued a report denouncing the American Medical Association. The report exposes the AMA as a money motivated, monopoly seeking group representing the interests of physicians, with little or no concern for the welfare of the American People. The report holds the AMA responsible for a number of faults which have led to the "Health Crisis" in America as has been reported by President Richard Nixon and Senator Edward Kennedy. The ...
Apr 23, 1970
Drugs conference open to everyone — Westlake PostMore: link
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Westlake Post The "Clergymen and Educators Drug Abuse Conference," sponsored by the Church of Scientology of California, will feature drug abuse information on programs which are producing results in the alleviation of drug problems, officials announced. The conference will be held at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel Sierra Room Wednesday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Church of Scientology announced that programs which condone the use of drug therapy, electric shock and other crude, psuedo-scientific techniques will not be included in ...
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