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Tribes Want Treatment Center on Right Side of Law
June 30, 1990, Patti Weaver, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tribes-want-treatment-center-on-right-side-of-law/article_76225480-6084-5b76-80c1-a82f1c991c3a.html
Leaders of five Indian tribes - who own landhere on which Narconon is
operating an unlicensed drug andalcohol treatment center - passed a
resolution Friday callingon Narconon to comply with state and federal
law.
Narconon officials said they will do so, said Robert Chapman, who
chaired Friday's meeting of the Chilocco Development Authority at which
the resolution was approved unanimously.
Tags: Chilocco Development Authority, Delbert Cole, Joe Wideman, John Duff,
Kaw, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Narconon International, Otoe-Missouria,
Pawnee, Ponca, Robert Chapman, Robert Henry, Tonkawa
======================================
Shadow Boxing
June 30, 1996, Robert Wright, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2015/
With EarthLink preparing for its first public stock offering, this is
not good publicity. On the Net, the Church of Scientology is the
antichrist. It slaps lawsuits on church critics who post quotes from
copyrighted church documents, sometimes getting federal marshals to
search homes and seize computer disks. There's no evidence that the
church currently uses extralegal weapons against online critics --
pries into their e-mail, say. Still, among the desirable qualities of
an Internet access provider -- the company whose computers all your
e-mail and cyberwanderings pass through -- "Church of Scientology
affiliated" does not rank high.
Tags: Earthlink, Sky Dayton
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Scientology Loses Swiss Appeal
June 30, 1999, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/Scientology-Loses-Swiss-Appeal/id-0093fe6d31b14df0ab63b053b08f4d68
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) _ Switzerland's supreme court threw out an
appeal by the Church of Scientology on Wednesday, upholding a law aimed
at keeping people from being "dishonestly" accosted on the street.
The Federal Tribunal ruled that the law, introduced last November in
Switzerland's second-largest city, Basel, involved an intervention in
religious freedom but did not infringe it.
But the judges questioned whether the law, which was prompted by
efforts to curb Scientology, could be enforced and said a blanket ban
on recruitment in public places would be inadmissible.
Tags: 1997, Appeal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Basel, Germany, Quicky, Switzerland,
USA
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Baring his soul a risky business for Cruise
June 30, 2005, Reuters, New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10333389
In a testy exchange on the Today show, Cruise called psychiatry a
"pseudo-science" and told co-host Matt Lauer: "You don't know the
history of psychiatry. I do."
Cruise's behaviour has ignited speculation he might damage his image
and undermine the success of his movies.
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Scientology Timeline - Important dates for Scientology
June 30, 2005, ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=896842
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The press vs. Scientology
June 30, 2005, Joe Strupp, Salon
http://www.salon.com/2005/06/30/scientology_5/
For anyone interested in the Church of Scientology, the May 6, 1991,
issue of Time magazine remains a milestone in news coverage. For those
who back the church, it ran an outrageously biased account that
eventually led to a libel suit by the church -- later dismissed -- and
prompted Scientology leaders to launch a counterspin that continues
today.
But for many who have long questioned the church, founded by the late L.
Ron Hubbard and embraced by a string of Hollywood stars, that article
represents one of the genuinely aggressive reports on the organization.
And their concern is that what subsequently happened to Time -- and to
other publications that tried to peek behind the church's cheerful
exterior -- explains why few investigative reports on the church have
followed.
Tags: Cult Awareness Network, Ed Parkin, Elli Perkins, Fair Game, Gordon
Melton, IRS, Lawrence Wollersheim, Richard Behar, Stephen Kent
======================================
War of words ignites over anti-depressant use
June 30, 2005,
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/230665_hcenter30.html
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Alexander Headquarters To Move After Building Sold
June 30, 2008, AP, NewsChannel5
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=8581206
The Scientologists have bought the building, so Sen. Lamar Alexander's
re-election headquarters will have to move out.
The Church of Scientology paid about $6 million for the Fall School
Business Center, a former elementary school in Nashville that has been
home to several Republican campaigns.
Tags: Nashville, Real estate
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Anons Flash Scientology
June 30, 2008, Todd Aalgaard, Torontoist
http://torontoist.com/2008/06/anons_flash_scientology.php
That's not to say they're taking it in stride. In response to
Anonymous' constellation of indictments-ranging from an alleged history
of tax fraud to more than a few disturbing human rights
violations-operatives within the church, and definitely the local
organization, have taken to the streets themselves, although without
the en-masse presence that Project Chanology has maintained. While
Anonymous' unnervingly exhaustive manifesto stops short of dropping the
t-bomb, Scientology's response has been peppered with truncated,
unofficial quotes lifted from YouTube and 4chan, essentially profiling
the web-based movement as a band of hate-motivated terrorists.
Tags: Anonymous, Project Chanology, Toronto
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Church of Scientology buys a bigger home in Nashville on Nashville City Paper
June 30, 2008, Richard Lawson, Nashville City Paper
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=61143
Late last Thursday, the church purchased the Fall School Business
Center along Eighth Avenue South for $6 million.
The property reportedly will become the new home of the church's
Celebrity Centre Nashville, which currently sits in a small house along
Music Row.
The Fall School site has roughly 36,000-square-feet of space.
Tags: Celebrity Centre, Nashville, Real estate
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Historic nature of Fall School justifies $6 million price tag, Scientologists
say
June 30, 2008, Nashville Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/06/30/daily2.html
The Church of Scientology Religious Trust purchased the executive suit
building at 1130 Eighth Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112
and 1114 Eighth Ave. S. for $6 million from Fall School Associates June
26, according to records and the Davidson County Register of Deeds.
Tags: Celebrity Centre, Church of Scientology Religious Trust, Nashville,
Real estate
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L. Ron Hubbard Middle School Not An Indoctrination Center, Says Scientologist
Founder Will Smith
June 30, 2008, Seth Abramovitch, Gawker
http://gawker.com/397516/l-ron-hubbard-middle-school-not-an-indoctrination-center-says-scientologist-founder-will-smith
As we noted last month, the New Village Academy is a private school in
Calabasas set to open its doors Sept. 3, founded by Will Smith and
wife/appearances-upholder Jada Pinkett Smith. It has become a source of
much controversy for having several Scientologists on its staff, who
espouse a number of L. Ron Hubbard-advanced learning concepts in the
curriculum: among them, the meaninglessly designated "study technology"
programme for effective and complete child mind-absorption.
Tags: David Touretzky, Jada Pinkett Smith, New Village Leadership Academy,
Study Tech, Will Smith
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People in the News: Will Smith's school isn't for Scientology
June 30, 2008, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/people/368875_people30.html
Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have founded the New Village
Academy in Los Angeles, scheduled to open in September. It will use
instructional methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
called study technology.
But the couple say they are not Scientologists, and the academy's
director insists the facility has no religious affiliation.
"We are a secular school, and just like all nonreligious, independent
schools, faculty and staff do not promote their own religions at school
or pass on the beliefs of their particular faith to children," New
Village Academy director Jacqueline Olivier told the Los Angeles Times.
Tags: Jacqueline Olivier, New Village Leadership Academy, Study Tech, Will
Smith
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Will Smith's Calabasas Scientology private school
June 30, 2008, Stone Martindale, Monsters and Critics
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1414171.php/Will_Smiths_Calabasas_Scientology_private_school
At the old Indian Hills Continuing Education High School on Las
Virgenes Road in Calabasas, actor Will Smith has poured over $1 million
into the leased property transforming it into a toney private school
that bases some of its curriculum on Scientology teachings.
California's New Village Academy of Calabasas curriculum uses different
educational theories including 'Study Technology' a method of teaching
created by cult founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Numerous media sources claim at least six members of the academic staff
employed are confirmed Scientologists.
Tags: Jacqueline Olivier, Jada Pinkett Smith, New Village Leadership Academy,
Study Tech, Will Smith
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Scientology Goon Squads Face Fines After Texas Town Rallies To Marty
Rathbun's Cause
June 30, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/scientology_goo_1.php
Last week we reported that Marty Rathbun, former high official in
Scientology, had written an open letter to his neighbors in little
Ingleside on the Bay, Texas, explaining that he's under constant
surveillance by Scientology goon squads. That was punctuated by a sad
and hilarious video Rathbun took of Scientology's klutzy crew filming
his house from a listing paddle boat in the canal behind his backyard.
Yesterday, the Ingleside Index reported that Ingleside's mayor proposed
a ban on film crews filming in the city without the city's permission,
and the rest of the council passed it unanimously. Talk about quick
government action!
Now, whether it's enforceable or not, we'll have to see. Scientology
historically loves nothing more than a legal fight...
Tags: Fines, Ingleside, Ingleside Index, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Texas
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What Katie Holmes is Saving Suri From: Scientology's Interrogation of Children
June 30, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/katie_holmes_scientology_sec_checking_suri_tom_cruise.php
We talked with them about the oddities of Scientology schooling, and
about the religion's form of counseling -- called auditing -- which can
begin as young as Suri's age. But what may have convinced Katie to run
was the frightening prospect that faces all Scientology kids beginning
at 6 years old: a form of interrogation known as "sec checking."
[See also: there was more blockbuster Scientology news yesterday,
involving the defections of L. Ron Hubbard's granddaughter, Roanne
Horwich, and the father of church leader David Miscavige, Ron Sr., who
each have escaped from Scientology's secretive international
headquarters -- "Int Base" -- east of Los Angeles. And: Our open letter
to Tom Cruise.]
Tags: 1950, 1960, 1961, 1986, 1991, 2005, Bridge Publications, California,
Claire Headley, David Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, Facebook, Int Base,
Jenna Miscavige Hill, Katie Holmes, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marc
Headley, New York, Roanne Horwich, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org, Sec Check, Sunday
Funnies, Tom Cruise
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Scientology leader David Miscavige's twin sister faces marijuana charges
June 30, 2013, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/twin-sister-of-scientology-leader-miscavige-arrested-for-marijuana/2129224
It probably seemed a routine arrest. But the woman was Denise Gentile,
and in her world, this was anything but routine.
Gentile, of Clearwater, is a well-known Scientologist and the twin
sister of the church's worldwide leader, David Miscavige.
Her marijuana arrest is messy for the church because Scientologists
have zero tolerance for mind-altering substances. They believe street
drugs and psychiatric medicines make spiritual growth impossible.
Tags: Belleair, Brian Zwan, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Denise Miscavige
Gentile, Digital Lightwave, DUI, Ethics Officer, Flag Land Base, Foundation
for a Drug-Free World, Gerald Gentile, Jo Ann Palchak, Karin Pouw, Ken
Dandar, Kyle Brennan, Marijuana, Narconon, Ronald Miscavige, Roreco Currie,
Sam Licciardi, Thomas Brennan, Tom Cruise, Truth About Drugs, Zuckerman
Spaeder
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Tampa Bay Times Portrays Twin Sister of Scientology Leader as Dope-Smoking
Slumlord
June 30, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/06/30/sunday-funnies-8/
Joe Childs at the Tampa Bay Times sent reverberations across the world
of Scientology-watching last night with his stunning investigative
story about the arrest of Denise Gentile, twin sister to Scientology
leader David Miscavige.
Gentile, 53, was arrested in January for DUI, possession of nine
marijuana "blunts," and failure to yield. Childs painstakingly pieced
together the background of the arrest, which is sordid and fascinating.
According to Childs' reporting, Denise Gentile and her husband Gerald
owned and rented numerous run-down rental properties in Pinellas
County, Florida that became havens for drug dealing. Denise, the
article says, even took rent from one tenant in the form of marijuana
cigarettes.
A dope-smoking slumlord is certainly not the preferred image for
Scientology's ruling family. As Childs points out, Scientology not only
eschews drug use, but touts its various anti-drug campaigns. In recent
months, however, David Miscavige has had to contend with numerous image
problems involving his own family, which only exacerbate the numerous
crises currently gripping Scientology itself.
Tags: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2001, Amy Scobee, Auditing, Bruce Hines,
California, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Miscavige, Digital Lightwave, DUI, Facebook, Florida,
Freewinds, Gilman Hot Springs, Int Base, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Jesse Prince,
Joe Childs, Judge Ronald Sohigian, Karen de la Carriere, Kyle Brennan, L. Ron
Hubbard, Laura DeCrescenzo, Law enforcement, Lawrence Wright, Lawsuit, Lisa
McPherson, London, Los Angeles Superior Court, Marc Headley, Martin Padfield,
Office of Special Affairs, OT V, Pete Griffiths, Pinellas County, Quicky,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Ronald Miscavige, Sam Licciardi, Samantha
Domingo, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times, US Supreme Court, Victoria
Britton, Virginia
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The Sad Story of David Miscavige's Twin Sister
June 30, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-sad-story-of-david-miscaviges-twin-sister/
Joe Childs of the Tampa Bay Times filed a story about Denise Miscavige
this evening. You can read it here.
Perhaps more than anything, it exposes the hypocrisy of "true
believers" who have absolute certainty that they KNOW the answers to
all problems in society. The quotes from sworn testimony cited in the
article highlight just how unreal this mentality is.
I hope this is enough to wake Denise up. And I hope she comes through
this OK - she was the first auditor I ever had in the Sea Org at St
Hill in 1973.
Tags: 1973, David Miscavige, Joe Childs, Quicky, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times
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Voldemort Friday Update
June 30, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/voldemort-friday-update/
I am catching up. Just a couple of days behind now.
This is the report from last Friday's graduation.
Good news everyone - HE is still here and still doing graduation, much
to the excitement of the locals. Wonder if he will stay in town now
that his twin has shamed him so?
Tags: 2000, Basics, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater, Cornerstone, Field
Staff Member, Flag Service Organization, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, L.
Ron Hubbard, OT VIII, Purif, Quicky, Razzline, Student Hat, Super Power, TIME
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Advertising Failure
June 30, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/advertising-failure/
Why do they keep advertising their failures?
Seriously, this guy didnt handle the restim from a general anaesthetic
on Dianetics or NOTs or two previous Purifs?
For sure they didn't give his money back for those failures - or even
credit.
Tags: Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, Purif, Quicky
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Pam Bondi's Clearwater fundraiser organized by Scientologists
June 30, 2014, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/pam-bondis-clearwater-fundraiser-organized-by-scientologists/2186599
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who already has raised millions for her
re-election campaign, can expect to pull in more dollars tonight at a
Clearwater fundraiser where all six organizers are prominent members of
the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Brett Miller, Christina Johnson, Clearwater, David Jolly, Florida, Jill
Hagan, Joanie Sigal, Liz Baybak, Michael Baybak, Pam Bondi, Steve Sigal
======================================
That time L. Ron Hubbard was hit by lightning while wearing full armor: It's
science!
June 30, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/06/30/that-time-l-ron-hubbard-was-hit-by-lightning-while-wearing-full-armor-its-science/
Yesterday, in our Sunday Funnies, we showed you a flier (pictured,
right) announcing a set of L. Ron Hubbard lectures that the folks at
Scientology's London Ideal Org claim were never previously released,
and that would be on sale for ?200.
"Ron talks about the anatomy of the body and gives a glimpse at one of
his past lives in the nineteenth century when he wrote a textbook on
the subject," the flier said, and we thought that sounded great. But
never before released? The flier itself said the lectures of the
Special Hubbard Professional Auditor Course were recorded in 1959. Have
they really been under wraps all this time?
Well, of course not. And it didn't take us long to find an excerpt from
one of the lectures referenced in the flier. We think you'll find it
fascinating as L. Ron Hubbard describes what it's like to be an
immortal spirit that gets into the most embarrassing hijinks when the
body dies and he has to go find a new one.
Tags: 1959, Bavaria, Ideal Org, Janet Reitman, Jon Atack, Lawrence Wright,
London, Quicky, Sunday Funnies
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Paulette Cooper back in Clearwater for the first time since the 1982
Scientology hearings
June 30, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/06/30/paulette-cooper-back-in-clearwater-for-the-first-time-since-the-1982-scientology-hearings/
Mark Bunker got very good video of Sunday's event in Clearwater. But
about ten minutes into it your proprietor knocked his lapel microphone
off, and in general the setup wasn't ideal for sound. But blame us, not
Bunker.
This was our largest room so far, with 240 people, and they were really
intensely watching us. Paulette is mesmerizing, and the crowd was
really with us, even if you can't see it in this video.
If a certain Mr. Miscavige was watching, we can't help wondering what
went through his mind when we arrived to the facility riding in a white
Rolls Royce. (With the Nobles, we were taken to brunch by their old
friends, publishers in the area, a fascinating couple.)
Tags: 1982, Clearwater, Costa Rica, David Miscavige, Freedom magazine,
Freewinds, Ideal Org, Mark Bunker, Mexico, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Russia,
Tampa
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The Sad State Of Scientology
June 30, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-sad-state-of-scientology/
You can glean a lot from a single promotional item as the bubble world
of scientology continues to shrink and they increasingly lose track of
what they are actually saying.
Let's take a look at the latest Moneywinds seminar promotion piece and
the blurb they sent out with it:
First, isn't it just a little odd that the two "other" speakers apart
from the International KeyNote Speaker and Officer from the Freewinds
have their case level listed? It's never been an outpoint to anyone
that the majority of people who are "running the church" at "top
levels" are not even clear, let alone OT. I would bet that after 25
years in the Sea Org (or however long it is) this international speaker
and D/COB for Poster Images is NOT OT.... This would be like the
cardinals in the Vatican not having ever participated in Holy Communion.
It is such a huge, crashing "departure from the ideal scene" that
nobody can confront it. It's relegated to "we don't think about that."
Tags: Andrea D'Agostini, Chairman of the Board, Freewinds, Gavin Potter,
Google, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Quicky, Rafferty Pendery,
Running Program, Sea Org, Truth Revealed
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Today in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/today.html
June 30 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/06-30.html
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Tribes Want Treatment Center on Right Side of Law
June 30, 1990, Patti Weaver, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tribes-want-treatment-center-on-right-side-of-law/article_76225480-6084-5b76-80c1-a82f1c991c3a.html
Leaders of five Indian tribes - who own landhere on which Narconon is
operating an unlicensed drug andalcohol treatment center - passed a
resolution Friday callingon Narconon to comply with state and federal
law.
Narconon officials said they will do so, said Robert Chapman, who
chaired Friday's meeting of the Chilocco Development Authority at which
the resolution was approved unanimously.
Tags: Chilocco Development Authority, Delbert Cole, Joe Wideman, John Duff,
Kaw, Narconon, Narconon Chilocco, Narconon International, Otoe-Missouria,
Pawnee, Ponca, Robert Chapman, Robert Henry, Tonkawa
======================================
Shadow Boxing
June 30, 1996, Robert Wright, Slate Magazine
http://www.slate.com/id/2015/
With EarthLink preparing for its first public stock offering, this is
not good publicity. On the Net, the Church of Scientology is the
antichrist. It slaps lawsuits on church critics who post quotes from
copyrighted church documents, sometimes getting federal marshals to
search homes and seize computer disks. There's no evidence that the
church currently uses extralegal weapons against online critics --
pries into their e-mail, say. Still, among the desirable qualities of
an Internet access provider -- the company whose computers all your
e-mail and cyberwanderings pass through -- "Church of Scientology
affiliated" does not rank high.
Tags: Earthlink, Sky Dayton
======================================
Scientology Loses Swiss Appeal
June 30, 1999, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/Scientology-Loses-Swiss-Appeal/id-0093fe6d31b14df0ab63b053b08f4d68
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) _ Switzerland's supreme court threw out an
appeal by the Church of Scientology on Wednesday, upholding a law aimed
at keeping people from being "dishonestly" accosted on the street.
The Federal Tribunal ruled that the law, introduced last November in
Switzerland's second-largest city, Basel, involved an intervention in
religious freedom but did not infringe it.
But the judges questioned whether the law, which was prompted by
efforts to curb Scientology, could be enforced and said a blanket ban
on recruitment in public places would be inadmissible.
Tags: 1997, Appeal, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Basel, Germany, Quicky, Switzerland,
USA
======================================
Baring his soul a risky business for Cruise
June 30, 2005, Reuters, New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10333389
In a testy exchange on the Today show, Cruise called psychiatry a
"pseudo-science" and told co-host Matt Lauer: "You don't know the
history of psychiatry. I do."
Cruise's behaviour has ignited speculation he might damage his image
and undermine the success of his movies.
======================================
Scientology Timeline - Important dates for Scientology
June 30, 2005, ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=896842
======================================
The press vs. Scientology
June 30, 2005, Joe Strupp, Salon
http://www.salon.com/2005/06/30/scientology_5/
For anyone interested in the Church of Scientology, the May 6, 1991,
issue of Time magazine remains a milestone in news coverage. For those
who back the church, it ran an outrageously biased account that
eventually led to a libel suit by the church -- later dismissed -- and
prompted Scientology leaders to launch a counterspin that continues
today.
But for many who have long questioned the church, founded by the late L.
Ron Hubbard and embraced by a string of Hollywood stars, that article
represents one of the genuinely aggressive reports on the organization.
And their concern is that what subsequently happened to Time -- and to
other publications that tried to peek behind the church's cheerful
exterior -- explains why few investigative reports on the church have
followed.
Tags: Cult Awareness Network, Ed Parkin, Elli Perkins, Fair Game, Gordon
Melton, IRS, Lawrence Wollersheim, Richard Behar, Stephen Kent
======================================
War of words ignites over anti-depressant use
June 30, 2005,
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/230665_hcenter30.html
======================================
Alexander Headquarters To Move After Building Sold
June 30, 2008, AP, NewsChannel5
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=8581206
The Scientologists have bought the building, so Sen. Lamar Alexander's
re-election headquarters will have to move out.
The Church of Scientology paid about $6 million for the Fall School
Business Center, a former elementary school in Nashville that has been
home to several Republican campaigns.
Tags: Nashville, Real estate
======================================
Anons Flash Scientology
June 30, 2008, Todd Aalgaard, Torontoist
http://torontoist.com/2008/06/anons_flash_scientology.php
That's not to say they're taking it in stride. In response to
Anonymous' constellation of indictments-ranging from an alleged history
of tax fraud to more than a few disturbing human rights
violations-operatives within the church, and definitely the local
organization, have taken to the streets themselves, although without
the en-masse presence that Project Chanology has maintained. While
Anonymous' unnervingly exhaustive manifesto stops short of dropping the
t-bomb, Scientology's response has been peppered with truncated,
unofficial quotes lifted from YouTube and 4chan, essentially profiling
the web-based movement as a band of hate-motivated terrorists.
Tags: Anonymous, Project Chanology, Toronto
======================================
Church of Scientology buys a bigger home in Nashville on Nashville City Paper
June 30, 2008, Richard Lawson, Nashville City Paper
http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=61143
Late last Thursday, the church purchased the Fall School Business
Center along Eighth Avenue South for $6 million.
The property reportedly will become the new home of the church's
Celebrity Centre Nashville, which currently sits in a small house along
Music Row.
The Fall School site has roughly 36,000-square-feet of space.
Tags: Celebrity Centre, Nashville, Real estate
======================================
Historic nature of Fall School justifies $6 million price tag, Scientologists
say
June 30, 2008, Nashville Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/06/30/daily2.html
The Church of Scientology Religious Trust purchased the executive suit
building at 1130 Eighth Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112
and 1114 Eighth Ave. S. for $6 million from Fall School Associates June
26, according to records and the Davidson County Register of Deeds.
Tags: Celebrity Centre, Church of Scientology Religious Trust, Nashville,
Real estate
======================================
L. Ron Hubbard Middle School Not An Indoctrination Center, Says Scientologist
Founder Will Smith
June 30, 2008, Seth Abramovitch, Gawker
http://gawker.com/397516/l-ron-hubbard-middle-school-not-an-indoctrination-center-says-scientologist-founder-will-smith
As we noted last month, the New Village Academy is a private school in
Calabasas set to open its doors Sept. 3, founded by Will Smith and
wife/appearances-upholder Jada Pinkett Smith. It has become a source of
much controversy for having several Scientologists on its staff, who
espouse a number of L. Ron Hubbard-advanced learning concepts in the
curriculum: among them, the meaninglessly designated "study technology"
programme for effective and complete child mind-absorption.
Tags: David Touretzky, Jada Pinkett Smith, New Village Leadership Academy,
Study Tech, Will Smith
======================================
People in the News: Will Smith's school isn't for Scientology
June 30, 2008, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/people/368875_people30.html
Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, have founded the New Village
Academy in Los Angeles, scheduled to open in September. It will use
instructional methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
called study technology.
But the couple say they are not Scientologists, and the academy's
director insists the facility has no religious affiliation.
"We are a secular school, and just like all nonreligious, independent
schools, faculty and staff do not promote their own religions at school
or pass on the beliefs of their particular faith to children," New
Village Academy director Jacqueline Olivier told the Los Angeles Times.
Tags: Jacqueline Olivier, New Village Leadership Academy, Study Tech, Will
Smith
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Will Smith's Calabasas Scientology private school
June 30, 2008, Stone Martindale, Monsters and Critics
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1414171.php/Will_Smiths_Calabasas_Scientology_private_school
At the old Indian Hills Continuing Education High School on Las
Virgenes Road in Calabasas, actor Will Smith has poured over $1 million
into the leased property transforming it into a toney private school
that bases some of its curriculum on Scientology teachings.
California's New Village Academy of Calabasas curriculum uses different
educational theories including 'Study Technology' a method of teaching
created by cult founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Numerous media sources claim at least six members of the academic staff
employed are confirmed Scientologists.
Tags: Jacqueline Olivier, Jada Pinkett Smith, New Village Leadership Academy,
Study Tech, Will Smith
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Scientology Goon Squads Face Fines After Texas Town Rallies To Marty
Rathbun's Cause
June 30, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/scientology_goo_1.php
Last week we reported that Marty Rathbun, former high official in
Scientology, had written an open letter to his neighbors in little
Ingleside on the Bay, Texas, explaining that he's under constant
surveillance by Scientology goon squads. That was punctuated by a sad
and hilarious video Rathbun took of Scientology's klutzy crew filming
his house from a listing paddle boat in the canal behind his backyard.
Yesterday, the Ingleside Index reported that Ingleside's mayor proposed
a ban on film crews filming in the city without the city's permission,
and the rest of the council passed it unanimously. Talk about quick
government action!
Now, whether it's enforceable or not, we'll have to see. Scientology
historically loves nothing more than a legal fight...
Tags: Fines, Ingleside, Ingleside Index, Marty Rathbun, Quicky, Texas
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What Katie Holmes is Saving Suri From: Scientology's Interrogation of Children
June 30, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/katie_holmes_scientology_sec_checking_suri_tom_cruise.php
We talked with them about the oddities of Scientology schooling, and
about the religion's form of counseling -- called auditing -- which can
begin as young as Suri's age. But what may have convinced Katie to run
was the frightening prospect that faces all Scientology kids beginning
at 6 years old: a form of interrogation known as "sec checking."
[See also: there was more blockbuster Scientology news yesterday,
involving the defections of L. Ron Hubbard's granddaughter, Roanne
Horwich, and the father of church leader David Miscavige, Ron Sr., who
each have escaped from Scientology's secretive international
headquarters -- "Int Base" -- east of Los Angeles. And: Our open letter
to Tom Cruise.]
Tags: 1950, 1960, 1961, 1986, 1991, 2005, Bridge Publications, California,
Claire Headley, David Miscavige, Dianetics, E-meter, Facebook, Int Base,
Jenna Miscavige Hill, Katie Holmes, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marc
Headley, New York, Roanne Horwich, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org, Sec Check, Sunday
Funnies, Tom Cruise
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Scientology leader David Miscavige's twin sister faces marijuana charges
June 30, 2013, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/twin-sister-of-scientology-leader-miscavige-arrested-for-marijuana/2129224
It probably seemed a routine arrest. But the woman was Denise Gentile,
and in her world, this was anything but routine.
Gentile, of Clearwater, is a well-known Scientologist and the twin
sister of the church's worldwide leader, David Miscavige.
Her marijuana arrest is messy for the church because Scientologists
have zero tolerance for mind-altering substances. They believe street
drugs and psychiatric medicines make spiritual growth impossible.
Tags: Belleair, Brian Zwan, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Denise Miscavige
Gentile, Digital Lightwave, DUI, Ethics Officer, Flag Land Base, Foundation
for a Drug-Free World, Gerald Gentile, Jo Ann Palchak, Karin Pouw, Ken
Dandar, Kyle Brennan, Marijuana, Narconon, Ronald Miscavige, Roreco Currie,
Sam Licciardi, Thomas Brennan, Tom Cruise, Truth About Drugs, Zuckerman
Spaeder
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Tampa Bay Times Portrays Twin Sister of Scientology Leader as Dope-Smoking
Slumlord
June 30, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/06/30/sunday-funnies-8/
Joe Childs at the Tampa Bay Times sent reverberations across the world
of Scientology-watching last night with his stunning investigative
story about the arrest of Denise Gentile, twin sister to Scientology
leader David Miscavige.
Gentile, 53, was arrested in January for DUI, possession of nine
marijuana "blunts," and failure to yield. Childs painstakingly pieced
together the background of the arrest, which is sordid and fascinating.
According to Childs' reporting, Denise Gentile and her husband Gerald
owned and rented numerous run-down rental properties in Pinellas
County, Florida that became havens for drug dealing. Denise, the
article says, even took rent from one tenant in the form of marijuana
cigarettes.
A dope-smoking slumlord is certainly not the preferred image for
Scientology's ruling family. As Childs points out, Scientology not only
eschews drug use, but touts its various anti-drug campaigns. In recent
months, however, David Miscavige has had to contend with numerous image
problems involving his own family, which only exacerbate the numerous
crises currently gripping Scientology itself.
Tags: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2001, Amy Scobee, Auditing, Bruce Hines,
California, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Miscavige, Digital Lightwave, DUI, Facebook, Florida,
Freewinds, Gilman Hot Springs, Int Base, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Jesse Prince,
Joe Childs, Judge Ronald Sohigian, Karen de la Carriere, Kyle Brennan, L. Ron
Hubbard, Laura DeCrescenzo, Law enforcement, Lawrence Wright, Lawsuit, Lisa
McPherson, London, Los Angeles Superior Court, Marc Headley, Martin Padfield,
Office of Special Affairs, OT V, Pete Griffiths, Pinellas County, Quicky,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Ronald Miscavige, Sam Licciardi, Samantha
Domingo, Scott Pilutik, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times, US Supreme Court, Victoria
Britton, Virginia
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The Sad Story of David Miscavige's Twin Sister
June 30, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-sad-story-of-david-miscaviges-twin-sister/
Joe Childs of the Tampa Bay Times filed a story about Denise Miscavige
this evening. You can read it here.
Perhaps more than anything, it exposes the hypocrisy of "true
believers" who have absolute certainty that they KNOW the answers to
all problems in society. The quotes from sworn testimony cited in the
article highlight just how unreal this mentality is.
I hope this is enough to wake Denise up. And I hope she comes through
this OK - she was the first auditor I ever had in the Sea Org at St
Hill in 1973.
Tags: 1973, David Miscavige, Joe Childs, Quicky, Sea Org, Tampa Bay Times
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Voldemort Friday Update
June 30, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/voldemort-friday-update/
I am catching up. Just a couple of days behind now.
This is the report from last Friday's graduation.
Good news everyone - HE is still here and still doing graduation, much
to the excitement of the locals. Wonder if he will stay in town now
that his twin has shamed him so?
Tags: 2000, Basics, Chairman of the Board, Clearwater, Cornerstone, Field
Staff Member, Flag Service Organization, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, L.
Ron Hubbard, OT VIII, Purif, Quicky, Razzline, Student Hat, Super Power, TIME
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Advertising Failure
June 30, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/advertising-failure/
Why do they keep advertising their failures?
Seriously, this guy didnt handle the restim from a general anaesthetic
on Dianetics or NOTs or two previous Purifs?
For sure they didn't give his money back for those failures - or even
credit.
Tags: Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, Purif, Quicky
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Pam Bondi's Clearwater fundraiser organized by Scientologists
June 30, 2014, Joe Childs, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/pam-bondis-clearwater-fundraiser-organized-by-scientologists/2186599
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who already has raised millions for her
re-election campaign, can expect to pull in more dollars tonight at a
Clearwater fundraiser where all six organizers are prominent members of
the Church of Scientology.
Tags: Brett Miller, Christina Johnson, Clearwater, David Jolly, Florida, Jill
Hagan, Joanie Sigal, Liz Baybak, Michael Baybak, Pam Bondi, Steve Sigal
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That time L. Ron Hubbard was hit by lightning while wearing full armor: It's
science!
June 30, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/06/30/that-time-l-ron-hubbard-was-hit-by-lightning-while-wearing-full-armor-its-science/
Yesterday, in our Sunday Funnies, we showed you a flier (pictured,
right) announcing a set of L. Ron Hubbard lectures that the folks at
Scientology's London Ideal Org claim were never previously released,
and that would be on sale for ?200.
"Ron talks about the anatomy of the body and gives a glimpse at one of
his past lives in the nineteenth century when he wrote a textbook on
the subject," the flier said, and we thought that sounded great. But
never before released? The flier itself said the lectures of the
Special Hubbard Professional Auditor Course were recorded in 1959. Have
they really been under wraps all this time?
Well, of course not. And it didn't take us long to find an excerpt from
one of the lectures referenced in the flier. We think you'll find it
fascinating as L. Ron Hubbard describes what it's like to be an
immortal spirit that gets into the most embarrassing hijinks when the
body dies and he has to go find a new one.
Tags: 1959, Bavaria, Ideal Org, Janet Reitman, Jon Atack, Lawrence Wright,
London, Quicky, Sunday Funnies
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Paulette Cooper back in Clearwater for the first time since the 1982
Scientology hearings
June 30, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/06/30/paulette-cooper-back-in-clearwater-for-the-first-time-since-the-1982-scientology-hearings/
Mark Bunker got very good video of Sunday's event in Clearwater. But
about ten minutes into it your proprietor knocked his lapel microphone
off, and in general the setup wasn't ideal for sound. But blame us, not
Bunker.
This was our largest room so far, with 240 people, and they were really
intensely watching us. Paulette is mesmerizing, and the crowd was
really with us, even if you can't see it in this video.
If a certain Mr. Miscavige was watching, we can't help wondering what
went through his mind when we arrived to the facility riding in a white
Rolls Royce. (With the Nobles, we were taken to brunch by their old
friends, publishers in the area, a fascinating couple.)
Tags: 1982, Clearwater, Costa Rica, David Miscavige, Freedom magazine,
Freewinds, Ideal Org, Mark Bunker, Mexico, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Russia,
Tampa
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The Sad State Of Scientology
June 30, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-sad-state-of-scientology/
You can glean a lot from a single promotional item as the bubble world
of scientology continues to shrink and they increasingly lose track of
what they are actually saying.
Let's take a look at the latest Moneywinds seminar promotion piece and
the blurb they sent out with it:
First, isn't it just a little odd that the two "other" speakers apart
from the International KeyNote Speaker and Officer from the Freewinds
have their case level listed? It's never been an outpoint to anyone
that the majority of people who are "running the church" at "top
levels" are not even clear, let alone OT. I would bet that after 25
years in the Sea Org (or however long it is) this international speaker
and D/COB for Poster Images is NOT OT.... This would be like the
cardinals in the Vatican not having ever participated in Holy Communion.
It is such a huge, crashing "departure from the ideal scene" that
nobody can confront it. It's relegated to "we don't think about that."
Tags: Andrea D'Agostini, Chairman of the Board, Freewinds, Gavin Potter,
Google, L. Ron Hubbard, OT, OT VII, OT VIII, Quicky, Rafferty Pendery,
Running Program, Sea Org, Truth Revealed
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