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Town Welcomes, Then Questions a Drug Project
July 17, 1989, AP, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/17/us/town-welcomes-then-questions-a-drug-project.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Townspeople say the California group, Narconon International, has not
been honest about its affiliation with the Church of Scientology, its
financing, its medical credentials and its plans for the project, which
is to attract mostly out-of-state clients.
Narconon officials denied that the project had anything to do with
Scientology, the townspeople say, until Newkirk officials produced a
Scientology magazine with a article titled, "Trained Scientologists to
Staff Huge Oklahoma Facility."
Tags: Gary Smith, Heber Jentzsch, Narconon, Oklahoma, Simon Hogarth, Spain
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Judge rules Time can't be sued for calling Scientology 'cult of greed'
July 17, 1996, CNN
https://web.archive.org/web/20000520085644/http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/17/scientology/index.html
A federal judge has thrown out the remaining part of a $415 million
lawsuit brought by the Church of Scientology against Time Warner Inc.
The suit charged that Time magazine maliciously libeled the church in a
1992 article that called it a "cult of greed."
Tags: Floyd Abrams, Heber Jentzsch, Legal, Time Warner
======================================
When Scientology attacks?
July 17, 2008, Ranji Sinha, WWMT
http://www.wwmt.com/news/scientology-1351310-church-lot.html
Two men protesting the Church of Scientology got more than they
bargained for when a man and a woman from the church came out and
confronted them last week. Even though they had the right to stand on
the sidewalk in front of the Church of Scientology, the two protesters
set up across the street for safety and visability, but Scientology
members came across the street to engage them in a physical
confrontation.
Tags: Anonymous, Battle Creek
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Scientology Blowout: Commenters of the Week!
July 17, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/07/scientology_blo.php
A few more L-Rundowns, and this planet could be yours! Yet another week
has gone by, and this one did not disappoint. Just a few hours after we
posted last week's best comments, we were caught up in the exciting
story of Placido Domingo Jr., who talked to us Saturday night about
Scientology's "scary and pathetic" retaliation against him.
On Monday, we unleashed a movie that immortalizes "Captain Bill"
Robertson singing his ode to the "Galactic Patrol." That night, Janet
Reitman read from her book Inside Scientology at Half King in Chelsea,
and we had a report the next day. On Wednesday, we updated our story
about the spying operation that targeted Marc Headley with additional
Scientology intelligence documents from former OSA operative Frank
Oliver.
On Thursday, we had a double treat: first, an interview with former
Scientology spy Nancy Many (who had some intriguing tidbits about Jerry
Seinfeld's stint in the church), and then we posted an inspiring
fundraising video from Scientology's Phoenix "org." (Unfortunately, it
looks like the church decided to take down the video rather than share
its awesome money-making secrets.) On Friday, we brought an interesting
update to the Squirrel Busters' "I'm on a boat" video -- a response
from the Squirrel Busters themselves! And finally, earlier today we
posted another intimidation video from South Texas and also helped
Scientology get the word out that it doesn't appreciate Reitman's book.
Tags: Bill Robertson, Corpus Christi, E-meter, Frank Oliver, Janet Reitman,
Jerry Seinfeld, Marc Headley, Mark Miglio, Marty Rathbun, Nancy Many, Office
of Special Affairs, Phoenix, Placido Domingo, Quicky, Rundowns, Squirrel
Busters, Texas, Xenu
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City gives green light to Church of Scientology
July 17, 2012, Renee Starzyk, CBS Atlanta
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19045059/vote-expected-on-church-of-sciento
The Sandy Springs City Council voted Tuesday night to allow the Church
of Scientology's request to expand its building near Roswell Road and
Glenridge Drive.
It's a battle that has dragged on since 2009.
Tags: Sandy Springs, Woody Galloway
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Former Scientologist accuses the church of 'forcing her to have an abortion,
false imprisonment, sleep deprivation, brainwashing
July 17, 2012, Rachel Quigley, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174904/Former-Scientologist-accuses-church-forcing-abortion-false-imprisonment-sleep-deprivation-brainwashing-harsh-punishments-explosive-lawsuit.html
The document, obtained by RadarOnline, says that during the time Ms
DeCrescenzo lived and worked at the church's facilities in Los Angeles,
she was forced to work seven days a week, at a total of 100 hours for
less than minimum wage.
She was forced to marry at 16 and when she was 17, the documents claim,
she fell pregnant and was told to have an abortion. If she did not, the
church threatened she would lose her job, her house and her husband.
If she did lose her job, the church were then going to charge Ms
DeCrescenzo a 'Freeloader Debt' to the tune of $120,000, according to
the documents.
A 'Freeloader Debt' is money owed for on-the-job training and services
which members are said to owe the church if they leave before their
'billion-year contract' expires.
Ms DeCrescenzo signed hers when she was just 12 years old.
Tags: Abortion, Freeloader Debt, Laura DeCrescenzo, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org, Suicide attempt
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Former Scientologist Suing The Church For Allegedly Forcing Her To Have An
Abortion
July 17, 2012, Jen Heger, Radar Online
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/07/former-scientologist-suing-allegedly-forcing-abortion-false-imprisonment
According to the court documents, Laura Ann claims that she was
recruited by the church "at the tender age of nine while living in New
Mexcio and moved away from her family to live and work in Defendants'
facilities in California when she was a mere twelve years old."
However, when she began working for the church several years later, the
documents allege, "once Plaintiff began living at Defendants'
facilities, Defendants severely restricted Plaintiff's access to the
outside world. Plaintiff had limited and restricted access to email,
telephone, the internet, or uncensored television. Defendants also
opened, read, and censored all mail."
Tags: Abortion, Freeloader Debt, Laura DeCrescenzo, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Religious Technology Center, Suicide attempt
======================================
Landmark: Journey to the Land of the New Gurus ~ France 3 documentary:
July 17, 2012, dialogueireland, Dialogue Ireland
http://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/landmark-journey-to-the-land-of-the-new-gurus-france-3-documentary/
Journey to the Land of the New Gurus ~ France 3 documentary: "Voyage Au
Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous".
This is a French documentary with English sub-titles.
This French documentary goes inside the Landmark Education Forum in
Paris to film it first hand with hidden cameras. After this documentary
was broadcast nationally in France Landmark left the country.
Tags: CAIC, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EST, France, Landmark, Landmark
Education, Rick Ross, The Forum, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous, Voyage
to the Land of the New Gurus, Werner Hans Erhard
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Should Scientology Entities Be Recognized As Exempt Organizations? - Part 1
July 17, 2012, Peter J Reilly, Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/07/17/should-scientology-entities-be-recognized-as-exempt-oranizations-part-1/
What is most intriguing is how the war ended. There were two major
issues. One was whether Scientology organizations qualified for exempt
status. The other was whether the "donations" that members made for
"auditing" sessions, where they were attached to "E-meters" could be
deducted. Circuit courts split on the donation issue and it was
ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court in favor of the IRS.
Tags: David Miscavige, Inurement, IRS, Scott Pilutik, Sklar, Taxes, US
Supreme Court
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The truth about Scientology
July 17, 2012, Yvette Shank, Comment, National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/07/17/countpoint-the-truth-about-scientology/
In studying Scientology, I have never been required to believe
anything, and I appreciate that. Mr. Hubbard states this in his
writings on personal integrity: "What is true for you is what you have
observed yourself and when you lose that you have lost everything .
Nothing in Dianetics and Scientology is true for you unless you have
observed it and it is true according to your observation. That is all."
Tags: Toronto
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How Scientology changed the internet
July 17, 2013, Dave Lee, BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-23273109
What do Wikipedia, Wikileaks, Anonymous and copyright law have in
common? The answer is they have all been influenced by the Church of
Scientology International (CSI), as it took on ex-members and critics
who took their protests on to the internet. As the Church successfully
removes another website, just how big an influence has Scientology had
on the internet we all use?
Last month digital rights activists at the influential Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF) placed the Church of Scientology into their
hall of shame over what it says were repeated acts against internet
freedoms.
Tags: 4chan, Andreas Heldal-Lund, Anonymous, Chilling Effects, DMCA, Elaine
Siegel, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Geir Isene, Google, Karin Pouw,
Martin Poulter, Netcom, Operation Clambake, Project Chanology, Sergey Brin,
Tom Cruise, University of Bristol, Wikileaks, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, YouTube
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Scientology Claims No Forced "Disconnection" - So Tell Us About Yours
July 17, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/17/scientology-claims-no-forced-disconnection-so-tell-us-about-yours/
The last time Scientology denied forced disconnection - with Tommy
Davis on CNN in 2008 - it backfired badly Scientology is spinning as
madly as it can.
Today, in order to deal with an avalanche of bad news about Leah
Remini's defection, the Church of Scientology put out a statement
denying that it forces members to disconnect from each other when it
excommunicates someone - or, in church parlance, declares them a
suppressive person.
Here's the church's statement: "Contrary to myths spouted by...
anti-Scientologists, the Church cannot and does not 'order' any
parishioner to disconnect. Such a decision always has been and remains
a deeply personal choice made entirely by the individual. This has been
spelled out clearly on our website for years."
Tags: 1965, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Anonymous, Apple,
California, Canada, CCHR, Celebrity Centre, Cindy Plahuta, Claire Headley,
CNN, DEA, Delphi Academy, Derek Bloch, Disconnection, Ethics Officer,
Facebook, Geir Isene, Hollywood, Int Base, International Justice Chief,
Jefferson Hawkins, Kara Landry, Leah Remini, Lori Hodgson, Marc Headley,
Marty Rathbun, Michigan, Mission, Nashville, Office of Special Affairs, Ohio,
Orange County, OSA Int, OT, Paris, Paul Haggis, Potential Trouble Source,
Quicky, Sea Org, St. Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, Tampa Bay Times,
The Truth Rundown, Tommy Davis, Village Voice
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Shelly Miscavige Why She Stays
July 17, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/shelly-miscavige-why-she-stays/
Tony Ortega continues on a roll of excellent reporting on the Leah
Remini story, and again this morning has another very worthwhile piece.
Whatever you may think of his personal views of Scientology (which
after all, he IS entitled to), you have to admire his courage, his
persistence and the network of sources he has built up over many years
who feel he is a safe and reliable outlet for their information. He
also writes clearly and well and takes the time to explain and include
information to make understandable what can often be an impossibly
arcane and confusing subject to the uninitiated.
His reporting this morning on Shelly Miscavige should be read by anyone
interested in Scientology.
It is most fortunate that Tony has been providing such good reading as
I have been otherwise occupied over the past couple of days, but should
be back to normal tomorrow.
Tags: 2012, Leah Remini, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Sea Org, Sec Check, Shelly
Miscavige, Tony Ortega
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SHELLY SPEAKS: Scientology Leader's Banished Wife Says She'll Get Out "Only
One Way"
July 17, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/17/shelly-speaks-scientology-leaders-banished-wife-says-shell-get-out-only-one-way/
[Never before published photo of Shelly Miscavige courtesy of Claudio
and Renata Lugli.]
One of the most intriguing mysteries of the Church of Scientology is
the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, wife of the church's leader,
David Miscavige. A frequent refrain heard from critics of the church is
"Where's Shelly?" - and that question is also central to the recent
defection of Leah Remini, who began to break away from the church when
she didn't get a satisfactory answer.
We can now say that we have received new confirmation that Shelly
Miscavige is living and working at Scientology's super-secret CST
headquarters near Lake Arrowhead in the mountains above Los Angeles,
where she has been the entire time since she was sent there in late
2005 or early 2006.
Tags: 1980, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011,
Angry Gay Pope, Anne Archer, Business Insider, California, Celebrity, Church
of Spiritual Technology, Clearwater, Creston, Creston Ranch, Cult, David
Miscavige, Dylan Gill, FBI, Florida, Golden Era Productions, Hemet, Int Base,
Italy, J. Swift, Jessica Feshbach, Jim Edwards, John Brousseau, Karen de la
Carriere, Katie Holmes, Knowledge Report, Lake Arrowhead, Leah Remini, Lisa
McPherson, Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Mike Rinder, Minneapolis, New Mexico,
Petrolia, Private investigator, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Renata
Lugli, Rimforest, Sea Org, Shelly Miscavige, Texas, The Hole, The Truth
Rundown, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis, Trementina, Twin Peaks, Wyoming
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A Scientology death will be examined Wednesday night on the ID network
July 17, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/07/17/a-scientology-death-will-be-examined-wednesday-night-on-the-id-network/
Several months ago, your proprietor was asked to take part in a
television program about the 2003 death of Elli Perkins which will be
airing for the first time next week.
Perkins was a Scientologist in the Buffalo area who was killed by her
son, Jeremy, in a vicious knife attack. Jeremy was subsequently judged
seriously mentally ill and was institutionalized. From the beginning,
there were questions about Elli's involvement in Scientology playing a
part in her decision not to seek psychiatric care for her son, a
decision that proved fatal for her.
An excellent 2005 series by Buffalo News reporter Mark Sommer is
essential reading for anyone who wants to learn about Elli's life and
death.
Tags: 2003, 2005, 2006, BBC, Buffalo, Buffalo News, Dan Harris, Elli Perkins,
LA Weekly, Mark Sommer, Nancy Many, Panorama, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Sea Org
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Texas appeals court gets Scientology leader David Miscavige out of testifying
in harassment lawsuit
July 17, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/07/17/texas-appeals-court-gets-scientology-leader-david-miscavige-out-of-testifying-in-harassment-lawsuit/
The Texas Third Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's order
for Scientology leader David Miscavige to be deposed in one phase of
Monique Rathbun's harassment lawsuit against the church.
The appeals panel decided that Comal County Judge Dib Waldrip had
abused his discretion when he agreed with Monique's legal team that in
order to prove that the Texas county court had jurisdiction over
Miscavige, who is in California, he could be questioned to determine
his connection to what she alleges were years of harassment by
Scientology operatives. (Miscavige has never accepted service in the
lawsuit, filing what's called a "special appearance" to try and get him
removed from it on jurisdiction grounds.)
The appeals court held that as Scientology's leader, Miscavige enjoyed
some protection from what is known in Texas law as an "apex deposition.
" The rule protects CEOs, for example, from being dragged into lawsuits
that don't really have anything to do with them.
Tags: Appeal, California, Comal County, David Miscavige, Judge Dib Waldrip,
Monique Rathbun, Quicky, Rathbun v. Scientology, Ray Jeffrey, San Antonio,
SLAPP, Texas, Texas Third Court of Appeals
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They're Blowing Smoke Up Valley
July 17, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/theyre-blowing-smoke-up-valley/
This is like witnessing a massive, LA wide circle jerk. Not only are
the Valleygirls and boys engaging in their usual self-pleasuring, they
are getting it from all sides.
Jon Lundeen stroked them with this: "Valley is the most important Org
in all of Scientology. It is the solution for the youth in Los Angeles.
As an Ideal Org, it will deliver GAT2."
And he called them "Magical Beings" ? (I guess one's magical ability as
a being is in direct proportion to the size of the check you write to
the church).
Tags: 2015, Alicia Kreisberg, AOLA, ASHO, Austin, Ben Ghiora, Bob Brooks, Bob
Welch, Carol Loweree, Charlene Thorburn, Chuck Jacobs, Colleen Bigler, David
Nunez, David Wilson, Dean Glosup, Diane Temps, Donna Greisen, Hagit Ron,
Humanitarian, Ideal Org, Irad Ron, Jill Halverson, Jill Kirsch, John Massey,
Jon Lundeen, Karen Brown, Kathie Heard, Kathy Welch, Keep Scientology
Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Marshall, Lauren Perreau, Linda Massey, Los
Angeles, Mark Anderson, Marty Kassowitz, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth
Glosup, Mary Lee Krackow, Nancy Parodi, OT, OT Committee, Quicky, Quinn
Taufer, Ralph Temps, Rochelle Goodrich, Scott Kreisberg, Sue Kattoo, Tamara
Dahill, Vered Ziv
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How the Church of Scientology tried to bring down Miss Lovely
July 17, 2015, Steve Cannane, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-17/how-scientology-tried-to-bring-down-miss-lovely/6627782
Eventually the trial against her was postponed as more evidence came to
light.
When the FBI raided the Church of Scientology in 1977 for stealing
swathes of documents from the Department of Justice and the Internal
Revenue Service, the conspiracy to frame Cooper was uncovered.
"In the raid they found something that said along the line of, conspire
to frame Miss Lovely, which was the code name that Hubbard gave to me,"
Cooper said.
In 1985, the Church of Scientology reached an out of court settlement
with Cooper - the details of which are confidential.
After that, the whole saga lay dormant for nearly 30 years, until
journalist Tony Ortega, who writes daily about Scientology for his blog
the Underground Bunker, uncovered new information.
Tags: Bomb threat, Canada, Fair Game, FBI, IRS, L. Ron Hubbard, Len Zinberg,
Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, New York City, Paulette Cooper, The Unbreakable
Miss Lovely, Tony Ortega, Toronto, Underground Bunker
======================================
The Surviving Scientology podcast: Growing up in the Age of Miscavige
July 17, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/07/17/the-surviving-scientology-podcast-growing-up-in-the-age-of-miscavige/
Jeffrey Augustine is back with another podcast. We asked him to provide
a synopsis...
Aaron Smith-Levin is a second-generation Scientologist who grew up in
the David Miscavige era. Aaron spent virtually all his time after
school in the Philadelphia Org where his mother worked. By age 12,
Aaron was an outer org trainee at Flag training for the original Golden
Age of Tech. By age 15, Aaron returned to the Philadelphia Org to work
as supervisor.
Aaron was an extremely dedicated Scientologist who signed a Sea Org
contract with the CMO. However, he could not find anyone to replace
himself at the Philadelphia Org. Eventually, the Church replaced him
with someone from the Czech Republic. Aaron joined the Sea Org and was
then sent to ASHO Day Los Angeles as the Tech Sec, Division 4. It was
here that Aaron discovered just how brutally the six orgs in Los
Angeles area competed with each other for preclears (customers). Flag
and the IAS regges also compete for the preclear dollars. Aaron
describes just exactly how the IAS regges create certain problems for
Scientologists that essentially force them to donate to the IAS.
Tags: 2008, Aaron Smith-Levin, Alex Gibney, ASHO, Australia, California,
Chris Shelton, Claire Headley, Commodore's Messenger Organization, Czech
Republic, David Miscavige, Denver, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Going Clear:
Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Golden Age of Tech,
International Association of Scientologists, Jason Beghe, Jeffrey Augustine,
Len Zinberg, Lori Hodgson, Los Angeles, Mark Bunker, Paulette Cooper,
Philadelphia, Quicky, Sara Goldberg, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times, Toronto, Truth
Rundown, YouTube
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Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
July 17 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/07-17.html
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Town Welcomes, Then Questions a Drug Project
July 17, 1989, AP, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/17/us/town-welcomes-then-questions-a-drug-project.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Townspeople say the California group, Narconon International, has not
been honest about its affiliation with the Church of Scientology, its
financing, its medical credentials and its plans for the project, which
is to attract mostly out-of-state clients.
Narconon officials denied that the project had anything to do with
Scientology, the townspeople say, until Newkirk officials produced a
Scientology magazine with a article titled, "Trained Scientologists to
Staff Huge Oklahoma Facility."
Tags: Gary Smith, Heber Jentzsch, Narconon, Oklahoma, Simon Hogarth, Spain
======================================
Judge rules Time can't be sued for calling Scientology 'cult of greed'
July 17, 1996, CNN
https://web.archive.org/web/20000520085644/http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/17/scientology/index.html
A federal judge has thrown out the remaining part of a $415 million
lawsuit brought by the Church of Scientology against Time Warner Inc.
The suit charged that Time magazine maliciously libeled the church in a
1992 article that called it a "cult of greed."
Tags: Floyd Abrams, Heber Jentzsch, Legal, Time Warner
======================================
When Scientology attacks?
July 17, 2008, Ranji Sinha, WWMT
http://www.wwmt.com/news/scientology-1351310-church-lot.html
Two men protesting the Church of Scientology got more than they
bargained for when a man and a woman from the church came out and
confronted them last week. Even though they had the right to stand on
the sidewalk in front of the Church of Scientology, the two protesters
set up across the street for safety and visability, but Scientology
members came across the street to engage them in a physical
confrontation.
Tags: Anonymous, Battle Creek
======================================
Scientology Blowout: Commenters of the Week!
July 17, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/07/scientology_blo.php
A few more L-Rundowns, and this planet could be yours! Yet another week
has gone by, and this one did not disappoint. Just a few hours after we
posted last week's best comments, we were caught up in the exciting
story of Placido Domingo Jr., who talked to us Saturday night about
Scientology's "scary and pathetic" retaliation against him.
On Monday, we unleashed a movie that immortalizes "Captain Bill"
Robertson singing his ode to the "Galactic Patrol." That night, Janet
Reitman read from her book Inside Scientology at Half King in Chelsea,
and we had a report the next day. On Wednesday, we updated our story
about the spying operation that targeted Marc Headley with additional
Scientology intelligence documents from former OSA operative Frank
Oliver.
On Thursday, we had a double treat: first, an interview with former
Scientology spy Nancy Many (who had some intriguing tidbits about Jerry
Seinfeld's stint in the church), and then we posted an inspiring
fundraising video from Scientology's Phoenix "org." (Unfortunately, it
looks like the church decided to take down the video rather than share
its awesome money-making secrets.) On Friday, we brought an interesting
update to the Squirrel Busters' "I'm on a boat" video -- a response
from the Squirrel Busters themselves! And finally, earlier today we
posted another intimidation video from South Texas and also helped
Scientology get the word out that it doesn't appreciate Reitman's book.
Tags: Bill Robertson, Corpus Christi, E-meter, Frank Oliver, Janet Reitman,
Jerry Seinfeld, Marc Headley, Mark Miglio, Marty Rathbun, Nancy Many, Office
of Special Affairs, Phoenix, Placido Domingo, Quicky, Rundowns, Squirrel
Busters, Texas, Xenu
======================================
City gives green light to Church of Scientology
July 17, 2012, Renee Starzyk, CBS Atlanta
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19045059/vote-expected-on-church-of-sciento
The Sandy Springs City Council voted Tuesday night to allow the Church
of Scientology's request to expand its building near Roswell Road and
Glenridge Drive.
It's a battle that has dragged on since 2009.
Tags: Sandy Springs, Woody Galloway
======================================
Former Scientologist accuses the church of 'forcing her to have an abortion,
false imprisonment, sleep deprivation, brainwashing
July 17, 2012, Rachel Quigley, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174904/Former-Scientologist-accuses-church-forcing-abortion-false-imprisonment-sleep-deprivation-brainwashing-harsh-punishments-explosive-lawsuit.html
The document, obtained by RadarOnline, says that during the time Ms
DeCrescenzo lived and worked at the church's facilities in Los Angeles,
she was forced to work seven days a week, at a total of 100 hours for
less than minimum wage.
She was forced to marry at 16 and when she was 17, the documents claim,
she fell pregnant and was told to have an abortion. If she did not, the
church threatened she would lose her job, her house and her husband.
If she did lose her job, the church were then going to charge Ms
DeCrescenzo a 'Freeloader Debt' to the tune of $120,000, according to
the documents.
A 'Freeloader Debt' is money owed for on-the-job training and services
which members are said to owe the church if they leave before their
'billion-year contract' expires.
Ms DeCrescenzo signed hers when she was just 12 years old.
Tags: Abortion, Freeloader Debt, Laura DeCrescenzo, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Sea Org, Suicide attempt
======================================
Former Scientologist Suing The Church For Allegedly Forcing Her To Have An
Abortion
July 17, 2012, Jen Heger, Radar Online
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/07/former-scientologist-suing-allegedly-forcing-abortion-false-imprisonment
According to the court documents, Laura Ann claims that she was
recruited by the church "at the tender age of nine while living in New
Mexcio and moved away from her family to live and work in Defendants'
facilities in California when she was a mere twelve years old."
However, when she began working for the church several years later, the
documents allege, "once Plaintiff began living at Defendants'
facilities, Defendants severely restricted Plaintiff's access to the
outside world. Plaintiff had limited and restricted access to email,
telephone, the internet, or uncensored television. Defendants also
opened, read, and censored all mail."
Tags: Abortion, Freeloader Debt, Laura DeCrescenzo, Rehabilitation Project
Force, Religious Technology Center, Suicide attempt
======================================
Landmark: Journey to the Land of the New Gurus ~ France 3 documentary:
July 17, 2012, dialogueireland, Dialogue Ireland
http://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/landmark-journey-to-the-land-of-the-new-gurus-france-3-documentary/
Journey to the Land of the New Gurus ~ France 3 documentary: "Voyage Au
Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous".
This is a French documentary with English sub-titles.
This French documentary goes inside the Landmark Education Forum in
Paris to film it first hand with hidden cameras. After this documentary
was broadcast nationally in France Landmark left the country.
Tags: CAIC, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EST, France, Landmark, Landmark
Education, Rick Ross, The Forum, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous, Voyage
to the Land of the New Gurus, Werner Hans Erhard
======================================
Should Scientology Entities Be Recognized As Exempt Organizations? - Part 1
July 17, 2012, Peter J Reilly, Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2012/07/17/should-scientology-entities-be-recognized-as-exempt-oranizations-part-1/
What is most intriguing is how the war ended. There were two major
issues. One was whether Scientology organizations qualified for exempt
status. The other was whether the "donations" that members made for
"auditing" sessions, where they were attached to "E-meters" could be
deducted. Circuit courts split on the donation issue and it was
ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court in favor of the IRS.
Tags: David Miscavige, Inurement, IRS, Scott Pilutik, Sklar, Taxes, US
Supreme Court
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The truth about Scientology
July 17, 2012, Yvette Shank, Comment, National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/07/17/countpoint-the-truth-about-scientology/
In studying Scientology, I have never been required to believe
anything, and I appreciate that. Mr. Hubbard states this in his
writings on personal integrity: "What is true for you is what you have
observed yourself and when you lose that you have lost everything .
Nothing in Dianetics and Scientology is true for you unless you have
observed it and it is true according to your observation. That is all."
Tags: Toronto
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How Scientology changed the internet
July 17, 2013, Dave Lee, BBC News
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-23273109
What do Wikipedia, Wikileaks, Anonymous and copyright law have in
common? The answer is they have all been influenced by the Church of
Scientology International (CSI), as it took on ex-members and critics
who took their protests on to the internet. As the Church successfully
removes another website, just how big an influence has Scientology had
on the internet we all use?
Last month digital rights activists at the influential Electronic
Frontier Foundation (EFF) placed the Church of Scientology into their
hall of shame over what it says were repeated acts against internet
freedoms.
Tags: 4chan, Andreas Heldal-Lund, Anonymous, Chilling Effects, DMCA, Elaine
Siegel, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Geir Isene, Google, Karin Pouw,
Martin Poulter, Netcom, Operation Clambake, Project Chanology, Sergey Brin,
Tom Cruise, University of Bristol, Wikileaks, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, YouTube
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Scientology Claims No Forced "Disconnection" - So Tell Us About Yours
July 17, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/17/scientology-claims-no-forced-disconnection-so-tell-us-about-yours/
The last time Scientology denied forced disconnection - with Tommy
Davis on CNN in 2008 - it backfired badly Scientology is spinning as
madly as it can.
Today, in order to deal with an avalanche of bad news about Leah
Remini's defection, the Church of Scientology put out a statement
denying that it forces members to disconnect from each other when it
excommunicates someone - or, in church parlance, declares them a
suppressive person.
Here's the church's statement: "Contrary to myths spouted by...
anti-Scientologists, the Church cannot and does not 'order' any
parishioner to disconnect. Such a decision always has been and remains
a deeply personal choice made entirely by the individual. This has been
spelled out clearly on our website for years."
Tags: 1965, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Anonymous, Apple,
California, Canada, CCHR, Celebrity Centre, Cindy Plahuta, Claire Headley,
CNN, DEA, Delphi Academy, Derek Bloch, Disconnection, Ethics Officer,
Facebook, Geir Isene, Hollywood, Int Base, International Justice Chief,
Jefferson Hawkins, Kara Landry, Leah Remini, Lori Hodgson, Marc Headley,
Marty Rathbun, Michigan, Mission, Nashville, Office of Special Affairs, Ohio,
Orange County, OSA Int, OT, Paris, Paul Haggis, Potential Trouble Source,
Quicky, Sea Org, St. Petersburg Times, Suppressive Person, Tampa Bay Times,
The Truth Rundown, Tommy Davis, Village Voice
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Shelly Miscavige Why She Stays
July 17, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/shelly-miscavige-why-she-stays/
Tony Ortega continues on a roll of excellent reporting on the Leah
Remini story, and again this morning has another very worthwhile piece.
Whatever you may think of his personal views of Scientology (which
after all, he IS entitled to), you have to admire his courage, his
persistence and the network of sources he has built up over many years
who feel he is a safe and reliable outlet for their information. He
also writes clearly and well and takes the time to explain and include
information to make understandable what can often be an impossibly
arcane and confusing subject to the uninitiated.
His reporting this morning on Shelly Miscavige should be read by anyone
interested in Scientology.
It is most fortunate that Tony has been providing such good reading as
I have been otherwise occupied over the past couple of days, but should
be back to normal tomorrow.
Tags: 2012, Leah Remini, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Sea Org, Sec Check, Shelly
Miscavige, Tony Ortega
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SHELLY SPEAKS: Scientology Leader's Banished Wife Says She'll Get Out "Only
One Way"
July 17, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/07/17/shelly-speaks-scientology-leaders-banished-wife-says-shell-get-out-only-one-way/
[Never before published photo of Shelly Miscavige courtesy of Claudio
and Renata Lugli.]
One of the most intriguing mysteries of the Church of Scientology is
the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, wife of the church's leader,
David Miscavige. A frequent refrain heard from critics of the church is
"Where's Shelly?" - and that question is also central to the recent
defection of Leah Remini, who began to break away from the church when
she didn't get a satisfactory answer.
We can now say that we have received new confirmation that Shelly
Miscavige is living and working at Scientology's super-secret CST
headquarters near Lake Arrowhead in the mountains above Los Angeles,
where she has been the entire time since she was sent there in late
2005 or early 2006.
Tags: 1980, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011,
Angry Gay Pope, Anne Archer, Business Insider, California, Celebrity, Church
of Spiritual Technology, Clearwater, Creston, Creston Ranch, Cult, David
Miscavige, Dylan Gill, FBI, Florida, Golden Era Productions, Hemet, Int Base,
Italy, J. Swift, Jessica Feshbach, Jim Edwards, John Brousseau, Karen de la
Carriere, Katie Holmes, Knowledge Report, Lake Arrowhead, Leah Remini, Lisa
McPherson, Los Angeles, Los Feliz, Mike Rinder, Minneapolis, New Mexico,
Petrolia, Private investigator, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Renata
Lugli, Rimforest, Sea Org, Shelly Miscavige, Texas, The Hole, The Truth
Rundown, Tom Cruise, Tommy Davis, Trementina, Twin Peaks, Wyoming
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A Scientology death will be examined Wednesday night on the ID network
July 17, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/07/17/a-scientology-death-will-be-examined-wednesday-night-on-the-id-network/
Several months ago, your proprietor was asked to take part in a
television program about the 2003 death of Elli Perkins which will be
airing for the first time next week.
Perkins was a Scientologist in the Buffalo area who was killed by her
son, Jeremy, in a vicious knife attack. Jeremy was subsequently judged
seriously mentally ill and was institutionalized. From the beginning,
there were questions about Elli's involvement in Scientology playing a
part in her decision not to seek psychiatric care for her son, a
decision that proved fatal for her.
An excellent 2005 series by Buffalo News reporter Mark Sommer is
essential reading for anyone who wants to learn about Elli's life and
death.
Tags: 2003, 2005, 2006, BBC, Buffalo, Buffalo News, Dan Harris, Elli Perkins,
LA Weekly, Mark Sommer, Nancy Many, Panorama, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Sea Org
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Texas appeals court gets Scientology leader David Miscavige out of testifying
in harassment lawsuit
July 17, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/07/17/texas-appeals-court-gets-scientology-leader-david-miscavige-out-of-testifying-in-harassment-lawsuit/
The Texas Third Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court's order
for Scientology leader David Miscavige to be deposed in one phase of
Monique Rathbun's harassment lawsuit against the church.
The appeals panel decided that Comal County Judge Dib Waldrip had
abused his discretion when he agreed with Monique's legal team that in
order to prove that the Texas county court had jurisdiction over
Miscavige, who is in California, he could be questioned to determine
his connection to what she alleges were years of harassment by
Scientology operatives. (Miscavige has never accepted service in the
lawsuit, filing what's called a "special appearance" to try and get him
removed from it on jurisdiction grounds.)
The appeals court held that as Scientology's leader, Miscavige enjoyed
some protection from what is known in Texas law as an "apex deposition.
" The rule protects CEOs, for example, from being dragged into lawsuits
that don't really have anything to do with them.
Tags: Appeal, California, Comal County, David Miscavige, Judge Dib Waldrip,
Monique Rathbun, Quicky, Rathbun v. Scientology, Ray Jeffrey, San Antonio,
SLAPP, Texas, Texas Third Court of Appeals
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They're Blowing Smoke Up Valley
July 17, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/theyre-blowing-smoke-up-valley/
This is like witnessing a massive, LA wide circle jerk. Not only are
the Valleygirls and boys engaging in their usual self-pleasuring, they
are getting it from all sides.
Jon Lundeen stroked them with this: "Valley is the most important Org
in all of Scientology. It is the solution for the youth in Los Angeles.
As an Ideal Org, it will deliver GAT2."
And he called them "Magical Beings" ? (I guess one's magical ability as
a being is in direct proportion to the size of the check you write to
the church).
Tags: 2015, Alicia Kreisberg, AOLA, ASHO, Austin, Ben Ghiora, Bob Brooks, Bob
Welch, Carol Loweree, Charlene Thorburn, Chuck Jacobs, Colleen Bigler, David
Nunez, David Wilson, Dean Glosup, Diane Temps, Donna Greisen, Hagit Ron,
Humanitarian, Ideal Org, Irad Ron, Jill Halverson, Jill Kirsch, John Massey,
Jon Lundeen, Karen Brown, Kathie Heard, Kathy Welch, Keep Scientology
Working, L. Ron Hubbard, Larry Marshall, Lauren Perreau, Linda Massey, Los
Angeles, Mark Anderson, Marty Kassowitz, Mary Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth
Glosup, Mary Lee Krackow, Nancy Parodi, OT, OT Committee, Quicky, Quinn
Taufer, Ralph Temps, Rochelle Goodrich, Scott Kreisberg, Sue Kattoo, Tamara
Dahill, Vered Ziv
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How the Church of Scientology tried to bring down Miss Lovely
July 17, 2015, Steve Cannane, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-17/how-scientology-tried-to-bring-down-miss-lovely/6627782
Eventually the trial against her was postponed as more evidence came to
light.
When the FBI raided the Church of Scientology in 1977 for stealing
swathes of documents from the Department of Justice and the Internal
Revenue Service, the conspiracy to frame Cooper was uncovered.
"In the raid they found something that said along the line of, conspire
to frame Miss Lovely, which was the code name that Hubbard gave to me,"
Cooper said.
In 1985, the Church of Scientology reached an out of court settlement
with Cooper - the details of which are confidential.
After that, the whole saga lay dormant for nearly 30 years, until
journalist Tony Ortega, who writes daily about Scientology for his blog
the Underground Bunker, uncovered new information.
Tags: Bomb threat, Canada, Fair Game, FBI, IRS, L. Ron Hubbard, Len Zinberg,
Marty Rathbun, Mike Rinder, New York City, Paulette Cooper, The Unbreakable
Miss Lovely, Tony Ortega, Toronto, Underground Bunker
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The Surviving Scientology podcast: Growing up in the Age of Miscavige
July 17, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/07/17/the-surviving-scientology-podcast-growing-up-in-the-age-of-miscavige/
Jeffrey Augustine is back with another podcast. We asked him to provide
a synopsis...
Aaron Smith-Levin is a second-generation Scientologist who grew up in
the David Miscavige era. Aaron spent virtually all his time after
school in the Philadelphia Org where his mother worked. By age 12,
Aaron was an outer org trainee at Flag training for the original Golden
Age of Tech. By age 15, Aaron returned to the Philadelphia Org to work
as supervisor.
Aaron was an extremely dedicated Scientologist who signed a Sea Org
contract with the CMO. However, he could not find anyone to replace
himself at the Philadelphia Org. Eventually, the Church replaced him
with someone from the Czech Republic. Aaron joined the Sea Org and was
then sent to ASHO Day Los Angeles as the Tech Sec, Division 4. It was
here that Aaron discovered just how brutally the six orgs in Los
Angeles area competed with each other for preclears (customers). Flag
and the IAS regges also compete for the preclear dollars. Aaron
describes just exactly how the IAS regges create certain problems for
Scientologists that essentially force them to donate to the IAS.
Tags: 2008, Aaron Smith-Levin, Alex Gibney, ASHO, Australia, California,
Chris Shelton, Claire Headley, Commodore's Messenger Organization, Czech
Republic, David Miscavige, Denver, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Going Clear:
Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Golden Age of Tech,
International Association of Scientologists, Jason Beghe, Jeffrey Augustine,
Len Zinberg, Lori Hodgson, Los Angeles, Mark Bunker, Paulette Cooper,
Philadelphia, Quicky, Sara Goldberg, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times, Toronto, Truth
Rundown, YouTube
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