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French Urge Nations to Stop Sects' Growth
February 12, 2000, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/12/local/me-63582
In a report issued Monday, the French government called on nations
worldwide to stop the growth of religious sects, and criticized the
United States for offering too much religious freedom to cults.
Tags: France, Solar Temple
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Leaving the Fold / Third-generation Scientologist grows disillusioned with
faith
February 12, 2001, Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/02/12/MN171898.DTL&ao=all
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 picture.
Recruited at age 14 into the movement's elite "Sea Organization,"
Woodcraft describes a brave new world of authoritarianism, greed and
spiritual manipulation.
Tags: Abortion, Aron Mason, Astra Woodcraft, Bridge Publications,
Disconnection, Fair Game, Gordon Melton, Jeff Quiros, Kenny Davies, Lisa
McPherson Trust, Sea Org
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Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached
February 12, 2001, Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/02/12/MN115109.DTL
In divorce papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in 1951, Sara
Hubbard said the founder of Scientology did not mention that he was
already married - and had two children - when they exchanged their vows
on Aug. 10, 1946.
Hubbard did not secure a divorce from his first wife until Dec. 24, 1947.
In her divorce papers, Sara Hubbard accused the self-help guru of
"systematic torture, beatings, strangulations and scientific torture
experiments." She also accused Hubbard of kidnapping Alexis, a story
that made headlines in Los Angeles in 1951.
Tags: Aron Mason, David Miscavige, Margaret Grubb, Mary Sue Hubbard, Quentin
Hubbard, Ron DeWolf, Russell Miller, Sara Northrup
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Court Rules Surveillance of Scientology Legal
February 12, 2008, Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.com/dw/article/0,2144,3123791,00.html
A German court has deemed that the country's government is within its
rights to watch over the Church of Scientology. But the debate over
whether Scientology is a sect or a genuine religion is sure to continue.
Tags: Germany
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Passing of Hubbard has mellowed Scientology
February 12, 2008, Mark Bonokoski, Toronto Sun
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Features/2008/02/12/4841885-sun.html
The passive response by the Church of Scientology to the so-called
global protest launched against it over the weekend -- with 200
(mostly) masked pickets gathering Sunday outside the religious
movement's Toronto headquarters on Yonge St. -- suggests one of two
possibilities.
Either the church has become tame with its celebrity-drenched fame, or
it is gone into strategic withdrawal in hopes that its latest critics,
the Internet collective called Anonymous, will soon enough fade away.
For it is not the game it used to play when L. Ron Hubbard called the
shots, and figuratively sent out the attack dogs on anyone with a
disparaging word.
Tags: Canada, Clearwater, Clearwater Sun, FBI, Fort Harrison, Gabe Cazares,
Infiltration, L. Ron Hubbard, Toronto, Yvette Shank
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Was That a Hate Crime?
February 12, 2008, Robin Rix, Torontoist
http://torontoist.com/2008/02/was_that_a_hate.php
A spokesperson for the Church of Scientology labelled Sunday's protest
outside its office at Yonge & St Mary part of a worldwide series of
protests a "religious hate crime" and said that the "hate crimes of
Anonymous should be condemned," as reported in Torontoist, CTV and the
Toronto Sun, among others.
That got us thinking. Accusing someone of a "hate crime" is pretty
damning. Are the protestors guilty of it? Our preliminary answer, based
on the facts known to us: probably and almost certainly not.
Tags: Anonymous, Canada, Toronto
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Church of Scientology Accused of Abuse
February 12, 2010, Susan Hirasuna, KTTV FOX
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/church-of-scientology-accused-of-abuse-20100212
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.
Tags: Abortions, Anonymous, Marc Headley, Physical abuse, Sea Org, Tommy Davis
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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French Urge Nations to Stop Sects' Growth
February 12, 2000, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/12/local/me-63582
In a report issued Monday, the French government called on nations
worldwide to stop the growth of religious sects, and criticized the
United States for offering too much religious freedom to cults.
Tags: France, Solar Temple
==========================================
Leaving the Fold / Third-generation Scientologist grows disillusioned with
faith
February 12, 2001, Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/02/12/MN171898.DTL&ao=all
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 picture.
Recruited at age 14 into the movement's elite "Sea Organization,"
Woodcraft describes a brave new world of authoritarianism, greed and
spiritual manipulation.
Tags: Abortion, Aron Mason, Astra Woodcraft, Bridge Publications,
Disconnection, Fair Game, Gordon Melton, Jeff Quiros, Kenny Davies, Lisa
McPherson Trust, Sea Org
==========================================
Scientology Founder's Family Life Far From What He Preached
February 12, 2001, Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/02/12/MN115109.DTL
In divorce papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in 1951, Sara
Hubbard said the founder of Scientology did not mention that he was
already married - and had two children - when they exchanged their vows
on Aug. 10, 1946.
Hubbard did not secure a divorce from his first wife until Dec. 24, 1947.
In her divorce papers, Sara Hubbard accused the self-help guru of
"systematic torture, beatings, strangulations and scientific torture
experiments." She also accused Hubbard of kidnapping Alexis, a story
that made headlines in Los Angeles in 1951.
Tags: Aron Mason, David Miscavige, Margaret Grubb, Mary Sue Hubbard, Quentin
Hubbard, Ron DeWolf, Russell Miller, Sara Northrup
==========================================
Court Rules Surveillance of Scientology Legal
February 12, 2008, Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.com/dw/article/0,2144,3123791,00.html
A German court has deemed that the country's government is within its
rights to watch over the Church of Scientology. But the debate over
whether Scientology is a sect or a genuine religion is sure to continue.
Tags: Germany
==========================================
Passing of Hubbard has mellowed Scientology
February 12, 2008, Mark Bonokoski, Toronto Sun
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Features/2008/02/12/4841885-sun.html
The passive response by the Church of Scientology to the so-called
global protest launched against it over the weekend -- with 200
(mostly) masked pickets gathering Sunday outside the religious
movement's Toronto headquarters on Yonge St. -- suggests one of two
possibilities.
Either the church has become tame with its celebrity-drenched fame, or
it is gone into strategic withdrawal in hopes that its latest critics,
the Internet collective called Anonymous, will soon enough fade away.
For it is not the game it used to play when L. Ron Hubbard called the
shots, and figuratively sent out the attack dogs on anyone with a
disparaging word.
Tags: Canada, Clearwater, Clearwater Sun, FBI, Fort Harrison, Gabe Cazares,
Infiltration, L. Ron Hubbard, Toronto, Yvette Shank
==========================================
Was That a Hate Crime?
February 12, 2008, Robin Rix, Torontoist
http://torontoist.com/2008/02/was_that_a_hate.php
A spokesperson for the Church of Scientology labelled Sunday's protest
outside its office at Yonge & St Mary part of a worldwide series of
protests a "religious hate crime" and said that the "hate crimes of
Anonymous should be condemned," as reported in Torontoist, CTV and the
Toronto Sun, among others.
That got us thinking. Accusing someone of a "hate crime" is pretty
damning. Are the protestors guilty of it? Our preliminary answer, based
on the facts known to us: probably and almost certainly not.
Tags: Anonymous, Canada, Toronto
==========================================
Church of Scientology Accused of Abuse
February 12, 2010, Susan Hirasuna, KTTV FOX
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/church-of-scientology-accused-of-abuse-20100212
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.
Tags: Abortions, Anonymous, Marc Headley, Physical abuse, Sea Org, Tommy Davis
==========================================
Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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