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Jun 15, 2010
Editorial: Scientology's family-friendly image contrasts with pressure for abortions — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Among the beliefs listed in the "Creed of the Church of Scientology": "All men have inalienable rights … to the creation of their own kind" and "no agency less than God has the power to suspend or set aside these rights, overtly or covertly." Yet a very different picture emerges from women who became pregnant while working for the church. They relate painful stories of intimidation, shaming, shunning or outright coercion by the church until women agreed to abortions or were ...
Jun 14, 2010
She fought Scientology for the child they wanted to abort — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: Church of Scientology's response
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Twenty years ago, when Natalie Hagemo was 19, pregnant and working for the Church of Scientology, she couldn't wait to be a mother. She was near the end of her first trimester, she says, when colleagues in Scientology's military-style religious order, the Sea Organization, began pressuring her to get an abortion. Two high-ranking officers said terminating the pregnancy would allow her to keep working. They berated her when she said no. Supervisors told her to hide her expanding belly lest co-workers ...
Jun 13, 2010
Inside Scientology: No kids allowed — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: Church of Scientology response , Church spokesman Tommy Davis' letter to the Times , Declarations from Scientology members
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Laura Dieckman was just 12 when her parents let her leave home to work full time for Scientology's religious order, the Sea Organization. At 16, she married a co-worker. At 17, she was pregnant. She was excited to start a family, but she said Sea Org supervisors pressured her to have an abortion. She was back at work the following day. Claire Headley joined at 16, married at 17 and was pregnant at 19. She said Sea Org supervisors threatened strenuous ...
Jun 12, 2010
Scientology and abortion — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology does not take a position on abortion. However, the subject comes up in the writings of church founder L. Ron Hubbard, which the church regards as sacred scripture. Scientology counseling seeks to rid the mind of "mental image pictures" or "engrams" created during painful moments in one's past — including previous lifetimes and time spent in the womb. Hubbard expressed concern about the "prenatal child" and how the emotional traumas of "attempted abortion" can cause problems after ...
May 22, 2010
Does John Travolta believe his baby is the reincarnation of his dead son? — Daily Mail (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Price Source:
Daily Mail (UK) Sunrise in the humidity of deepest Florida, a hazy mist cloaking the ground as the coolness of the night turns to cloying heat, and a lone individual trudges along an airport runway in a pristine tracksuit. He won't be breaking any land speed records - in fact this version of running barely qualifies as a brisk trot - but at 56 John Travolta is no spring chicken. Consider, however, that his only exercise until recently was lifting double cheeseburgers to his ...
Mar 9, 2010
Today Show: Scientology defector breaks her silence — MSNBC
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 12, 2010
Los Angeles Press Conference: Ex-Scientologists speak out More: ustream.tv
Type: Account
Tag(s):
Anonymous (group) •
Castile Canyon School (Happy Valley ranch) @ 45750 Castile Canyon Road Hemet CA United States •
Child labor •
Children, youth •
Chris Guider •
Commissions •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
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Freeloader's debt •
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 •
Nancy Many •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Operation Snow White •
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Slave labor •
Suicide •
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Will Fry •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Jan 3, 2010
Infinite Complacency: Carmel Underwood's Letter II
Dec 3, 2009
[Interview with Nancy Many] — KNOP (Washington)
Type: Radio
Source:
KNOP (Washington) Nancy Many appeared on a KNOP radio show today from Washington state to promote her new book, My Billion Year Contract. She talks about her experiences in Scientology as an aide to L. Ron Hubbard, being sent to the RPF by Hubbard where she was locked in the garage of the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater when she was five months pregnant, escaping from Scientology with her husband, disconnection and much more.
Nov 20, 2009
Infinite Complacency: Aaron Saxton's letter I: Australia
Nov 20, 2009
Science or fiction? — The Australian
Type: Press
Author(s):
Natasha Bita Source:
The Australian EVEN for a religion started by a science fiction writer, the allegations levelled against the Church of Scientology in federal parliament this week sound stranger than fiction. Blackmail, cover-ups of child abuse, labour camps, embezzlement and coerced abortions are spelled out among the 53 pages of allegations by seven former Scientologists - some of whom had climbed high in the church hierarchy - tabled in the Senate. In what the church has decried as "an outrageous abuse of parliamentary privilege", independent ...
Nov 19, 2009
Aaron Saxton Interview — XenuTVMore: Transcripts
Nov 19, 2009
Police take up Scientology complaints — The Australian
Type: Press
Author(s):
Natasha Bita Source:
The Australian KEVIN Rudd raised concerns about the Church of Scientology yesterday, as NSW police began investigating complaints from seven former Scientologists. The Prime Minister said he intended to examine allegations against the church before deciding whether to back independent senator Nick Xenophon's demand for a Senate inquiry. Senator Xenophon told parliament on Tuesday that Scientology was a "criminal organisation" hiding behind religion. In response to that statement, Mr Rudd said the senator was making "grave allegations". "Many people in Australia have real ...
Nov 18, 2009
Australian News Coverage [A useful collection of TV media items re. Australian Senator Nick Xenophon] — XenuTV
Nov 17, 2009
Australian Senator Nick Xenophon calls for senate inquiry into Scientology More: Youtube 1 , Youtube 2 , PDF transcript (1.13MB) , Church of Scientology's official response
Type: TV
This is a speech Senator Nick Xenophon gave in the Senate on November 17, 2009 I rise to speak tonight on an issue of utmost seriousness that I believe deserves a great deal of scrutiny by law enforcement agencies and by this parliament. In the past few weeks, I have been contacted by former members of the Church of Scientology after I questioned the tax exemption status the organisation has under our tax laws during an interview on the Seven Network’s ...
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 7 Dating and marriage in the Sea Organization — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 8 Rehabilitation — CNM Publishing
Oct 26, 2009
My Billion Year Contract / Memoir of a former Scientologist (book) - Chapter 9 My Parents’ Visit — CNM Publishing
Oct 12, 2009
Nancy Many's My Billion Year Contract: behind Scientology's veil — Examiner
Type: Press
Author(s):
Zack Kopp Source:
Examiner Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction writer and fleeting Aleister Crowley subordinate L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) founded in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics. Hubbard characterized Scientology as a religion, and in 1953 incorporated the Church of Scientology in New Jersey. Scientologists believe that anyone who disagrees with their teachings is infected, whether knowingly or not, by evil aliens known as Marcabians. This belief system or “tech” inspires a high ...
Jan 25, 2009
Claire Headley v. CSI, RTC — realitybasedcommunity.net
Dec 18, 2008
Scientology - former NZ scientologists speaks out — Radio New Zealand National
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Kathryn Ryan Source:
Radio New Zealand National Lance Hoskins joined the church in the 1970's, and then worked for the Sea Org - the church's management body in the US. (duration: 44?58?)
Oct 9, 2008
Death of a nethead — Gawker
Oct 8, 2008
Lopez Denies Nervous Breakdown — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Apr 25, 2008
Marc Headley interview on Glosslip — Glosslip
Apr 13, 2006
Tom & Katie's Planned 'Silent Birth' — CBS News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Vanessa Mizell Source:
CBS News (AP) Tom Cruise has been practically shouting from the rooftops about his love for his pregnant fiancée, Katie Holmes. But when their much-anticipated baby is born, the superstar dad probably won't say a word. Cruise, a longtime Scientologist who introduced Holmes to the faith, is likely to follow Scientology's practice of quiet birth. Followers believe the absence of talk and other noise in the delivery room is more healthful for mother and baby. No one's saying publicly where baby Cruise will ...
Oct 14, 2005
Getting behind the ruckus over 'silent births' — Chicago Tribune
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nara Schoenberg Source:
Chicago Tribune Just when Tom Cruise was starting to look good again, we hear from the New York Daily News that Cruise's pregnant fiance, Katie Holmes, is supposed to sign on for a "silent birth," without screams or painkillers. Ouch. But is "Quit yellin', it's only childbirth," as the News headline so succinctly put it, the true position of the Church of Scientology, of which Cruise is a member? Not according to Greg LaClaire, vice president of the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre ...
Apr 12, 2001
Declaration of Tera Hattaway More: groups.google.com
Type: Declaration
Author(s):
Tera Hattaway DECLARATION OF
TERA HATTAWAY I, Tera Hattaway, declare as follows: 1. I am over 18 years of age. —– 2. The statements herein are of my own personal knowledge and if called upon as a witness, I can testify competently thereto. —– 3. When I was involved with the Church of Scientology in Dallas Texas, I had a boyfriend of many months prior to joining staff. This was in 1978. Within several weeks of being on staff I was pressured ...
Feb 12, 2001
Leaving the fold // Third-generation Scientologist grows disillusioned with faith — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Don Lattin Source:
San Francisco Chronicle (California) Astra Woodcraft, apostate and defector, is the latest enemy of the Church of Scientology. Woodcraft, 22, never really joined this controversial psycho-spiritual movement, at least not as a free-thinking adult. Astra was born into it. Founded in the 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard, a prolific science fiction writer and freelance philosopher, Scientology describes itself as "the only major new religion established in the 20th century," as a bridge to increased awareness and spiritual freedom. Woodcraft, a third-generation Scientologist, paints a different ...
Jan 31, 1999
Scientology: A church and its foes / Ex-church member fight for right to speak out — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Susan Thurston Source:
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) Tag(s):
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Aron Mason •
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Bankruptcy •
Blackmail •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Copyright, trademark, patent •
Daniel A. Leipold •
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Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
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Jesse Prince •
Ken Hoden •
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Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
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Susan Thurston
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