Celebrities lead charge against Scientology
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Celebrities lead charge against Scientology
Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church as Australian prime minister
threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities
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Just some excepts below, full article at link above. No new
celebs...but a ripping article.
And the Cruiser led the charge, LOL:
"More ridicule was invited, unwittingly, by Cruise, the church's most
high-profile member, in a leaked video produced for the organisation
last year that went viral on the internet. It showed a rambling Cruise
laughing inexplicably while saying that Scientologists were uniquely
equipped with the knowledge necessary to cure most of the world's
ills, including crime, drugs, mental health problems and violence."
If the allegations Xenophon detailed – including the claims by former
high-ranking members that David Miscavige physically assaulted senior
Scientologists – were familiar ones to critics of the movement,
Xenophon's speech brought to the widest audience possible a synthesis
of the recent and not so recent claims against the leadership of
Scientology, allegations picked up worldwide within minutes of him
speaking.
He described claims of "false imprisonment, coerced abortions,
embezzlement of church funds, physical violence, blackmail and the
widespread deliberate abuse of information obtained by the
organisation". At the centre of Xenophon's long, impassioned speech
were the allegations of Aaron Saxton, who was "born" into Scientology
and "rose to a position of influence in Sydney and the United States".
According to Xenophon, Saxton's abuse started as a child when his
mother was coerced into signing over guardianship of him to the
organisation and he was made a security guard at the age of 16. "In
1991 Aaron says he was sent to Scientology headquarters in Florida
where he was involved in… putting five individuals under house arrest"
and "ordered by superiors to remove documents that would link a
Scientology staff member to murder".
"Aaron says women who fell pregnant were taken to offices and bullied
to have an abortion. If they refused, they faced demotion and hard
labour… Aaron says one staff member used a coat-hanger and self-
aborted her child for fear of punishment. He says she was released
from the organisation and the files were destroyed."
Saxton also "ordered more than 30 people to be sent to Scientology's
work camps, where they were forced to undertake hard labour", Xenophon
said.
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/22/scientology-cruise-haggis...
You can't buy this kind of publicity, lol!
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