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INVESTING IT; If the Hair Is Gray, Con Artists See Green
May 21, 1995, Constance L. Hays, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DB1F39F932A15756C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
From groups run by Lyndon LaRouche to Elizabeth Clare Prophet, cults
have shifted their focus to the elderly.
"Cults recruit the elderly on the basis of their loneliness," says
Margaret Singer, Berkeley, Calif., psychologist and a leading authority
on cults whose book, "Cults in Our Midst" (Jossey-Bass, 1995),
discusses the increasing number of elderly people joining up. "But
they're going for their assets. Cults on the whole are out to get more
money and more power, not to benefit the lives of the members."
Tags: Cult Awareness Network, Cynthia Kisser, Margaret Singer
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Amazon reverses decision on book ban
May 21, 1999, Charles Cooper, ZDNet
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-514702.html
After absorbing withering criticism for its decision to stop selling a
book critical of Scientology, Amazon.com has reversed itself.
The move to withdraw the book, "A Piece of Blue Sky," comes a day after
a report published in Wired News triggered a rash of postings on
Internet newsgroups.
Tags: A Piece of Blue Sky, Free Speech, Jon Atack, Linda Peters
=====================================
Plaintiff Savors Scientology Victory
May 21, 2002, Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/21/local/me-woller21
Lawrence Wollersheim was awarded millions of dollars, but he plans to
keep living as a nomad in a solar-powered RV, connected to the world by
a cellular phone with a secret number.
The ex-Scientologist came by his money in a unique fashion too: He won
a grueling 22-year court battle against the Church of Scientology of
California that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tags: Craig Stein, FACTNet, Kurt Weiland, Lawrence Wollersheim
=====================================
Anonymous: Minor arrested for calling scientology a "cult"
May 21, 2008, Welt Online
http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2018184/Minor_arrested_for_calling_scientology_a_cult.html
A 15 year old boy has been issued a summons for carrying an anti
scientology placard. The boy was taking part in a peaceful May 10
demonstration in London organised by the Anonymous group. Anonymous is
responsible for a number of demonstrations and an active internet
campaign against the church during recent months.
Tags: Anonymous, Epic Nose Guy, Justice Latey, London, Shami Chakrabarti, UK
=====================================
Drug treatment group warning
May 21, 2008, Edinburgh Evening News
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Drug-treatment-group-warning.2772712.jp
Narconon Scotland has leafleted homes in the city, but the leaflets do
not mention the quasi-religious group, despite using the principles of
Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard to treat addicts.
Tom Wood, chairman of the Edinburgh Drug and Alcohol Action Team, said:
"We know of this group, but we would only ever encourage people to
attend credible counselling groups."
Tags: Narconon, Scotland, UK
=====================================
Police To Prosecute Teenager Who Called Scientology A "Cult"
May 21, 2008, Londonist
http://londonist.com/2008/05/police_to_prose.php
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck,
chances are it's a ... This was our thought upon reading the news that
a teenage member of Scientology-protesting group Anonymous, who goes by
the name EpicNoseGuy on the Enturbulation forums, had his sign
confiscated at the May 10th anti-"Church" of Scientology protest in
Queen Victoria Street by the City of London police, and has been issued
with a court summons - all for using the word "cult" to describe the
controversial "religion".
Tags: Anonymous, Cult, Epic Nose Guy, Free Speech, London, UK
=====================================
Protest teenager may face charges
May 21, 2008, BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7412002.stm
A 15-year-old is facing possible prosecution for holding up a placard
which branded Scientology a "cult".
The teenager held up a sign which read, "Scientology is not a religion,
it is a dangerous cult" in May, outside its headquarters in the City of
London.
Tags: Cult Information Centre, Ian Haworth, UK
=====================================
Scientology arrest makes a mockery of the law
May 21, 2008, George Pitcher, The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/21/do2110.xml
The teenage boy facing prosecution for holding a placard saying that
scientology is a "cult" serves to demonstrate the ridiculous mess that
the Government has made of its attempts to protect religious observance
in law.
This nameless boy has been served with a summons under section five of
the Public Order Act, which seeks to restrict signs that might be
considered "threatening, abusive or insulting." Meanwhile, we have a
Racial and Religious Hatred Act, which passed into law in 2006 with the
express purpose of making it an offence to incite hatred on religious
grounds.
Tags: ENG, UK
=====================================
Teenager to face prosecution for calling Scientology a cult
May 21, 2008, The Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/21/teenager-to-face-prosecution-for-calling-scientology-a-cult-89520-20424458/
A teenager faces prosecution for using the word "cult" to describe the
Church of Scientology during a demonstration.
Police confiscated his placard during a demo opposite the London HQ of
the religion made famous by actor Tom Cruise.
Protesters were banned by police from calling it a cult because the
term was "abusive and insulting".
The 15-year-old has received a summons for a public order offence but
human rights group Liberty said it was "barmy".
Tags: Epic Nose Guy, London, UK
=====================================
Church faces new claims of child sex abuse and neglect
May 21, 2010, Greg Ansley, New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10646411&pnum=0
Further allegations against the Church of Scientology, including claims
of child sex abuse and neglect, have renewed calls for an inquiry into
the organisation and its operations in Australia.
The allegations, accusing the church of cover-ups and the mistreatment
of children in a toxic environment, follow earlier, alarming
investigations and a failed bid for a Senate probe.
Among those making the new allegations is the daughter of the president
of the church in Australia, and police are investigating a claim a
senior official interfered with an investigation into the reported
sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl.
Tags: Australia, Bindy Bennett, Cadet Org, Carmen Rainer, CCHR, Jan Eastgate,
Mark Hanna, Nick Xenophon, Scarlett Hanna, Sea Org, Sexual abuse, Sheila
Huber, Vicki Dunstan
=====================================
Church of Scientology denies abuse cover-up
May 21, 2010, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/21/2906243.htm
Police are investigating claims Jan Eastgate told both mother and
daughter to lie to police and community services about the abuse.
The Church of Scientology is vigorously denying accusations a senior
figure in the organisation tried to cover up the sexual assault of an
11-year-old girl in Sydney.
Tags: Australia, Carmen Rainer, CCHR, Jan Eastgate, Phoebe Rainer, Robert
Kerr, Sexual abuse, Sydney
=====================================
'Dossiers on enemies' found in Italian Scientology raid
May 21, 2010, John Leyden, The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/21/scientology_italy_raid/
Italian police reportedly unearthed hidden dossiers on 'enemies' during
a raid on Church of Scientology offices in Turin.
The files, apparently discovered behind locked doors in a basement
office, allegedly contained personal information on judges, police
officers and journalists identified as hostile to the Church.
Details on former Church members who have turned against Scientology
were also reportedly recovered from handwritten files and computer
records seized following a nine-hour search of the premises. No arrests
took place, UPI adds.
Tags: Australia, Carmen Rainer, Enemies list, Italy, Raid, Robert Kerr
=====================================
Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
=====================================
INVESTING IT; If the Hair Is Gray, Con Artists See Green
May 21, 1995, Constance L. Hays, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DB1F39F932A15756C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
From groups run by Lyndon LaRouche to Elizabeth Clare Prophet, cults
have shifted their focus to the elderly.
"Cults recruit the elderly on the basis of their loneliness," says
Margaret Singer, Berkeley, Calif., psychologist and a leading authority
on cults whose book, "Cults in Our Midst" (Jossey-Bass, 1995),
discusses the increasing number of elderly people joining up. "But
they're going for their assets. Cults on the whole are out to get more
money and more power, not to benefit the lives of the members."
Tags: Cult Awareness Network, Cynthia Kisser, Margaret Singer
=====================================
Amazon reverses decision on book ban
May 21, 1999, Charles Cooper, ZDNet
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-514702.html
After absorbing withering criticism for its decision to stop selling a
book critical of Scientology, Amazon.com has reversed itself.
The move to withdraw the book, "A Piece of Blue Sky," comes a day after
a report published in Wired News triggered a rash of postings on
Internet newsgroups.
Tags: A Piece of Blue Sky, Free Speech, Jon Atack, Linda Peters
=====================================
Plaintiff Savors Scientology Victory
May 21, 2002, Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/21/local/me-woller21
Lawrence Wollersheim was awarded millions of dollars, but he plans to
keep living as a nomad in a solar-powered RV, connected to the world by
a cellular phone with a secret number.
The ex-Scientologist came by his money in a unique fashion too: He won
a grueling 22-year court battle against the Church of Scientology of
California that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Tags: Craig Stein, FACTNet, Kurt Weiland, Lawrence Wollersheim
=====================================
Anonymous: Minor arrested for calling scientology a "cult"
May 21, 2008, Welt Online
http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2018184/Minor_arrested_for_calling_scientology_a_cult.html
A 15 year old boy has been issued a summons for carrying an anti
scientology placard. The boy was taking part in a peaceful May 10
demonstration in London organised by the Anonymous group. Anonymous is
responsible for a number of demonstrations and an active internet
campaign against the church during recent months.
Tags: Anonymous, Epic Nose Guy, Justice Latey, London, Shami Chakrabarti, UK
=====================================
Drug treatment group warning
May 21, 2008, Edinburgh Evening News
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Drug-treatment-group-warning.2772712.jp
Narconon Scotland has leafleted homes in the city, but the leaflets do
not mention the quasi-religious group, despite using the principles of
Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard to treat addicts.
Tom Wood, chairman of the Edinburgh Drug and Alcohol Action Team, said:
"We know of this group, but we would only ever encourage people to
attend credible counselling groups."
Tags: Narconon, Scotland, UK
=====================================
Police To Prosecute Teenager Who Called Scientology A "Cult"
May 21, 2008, Londonist
http://londonist.com/2008/05/police_to_prose.php
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck,
chances are it's a ... This was our thought upon reading the news that
a teenage member of Scientology-protesting group Anonymous, who goes by
the name EpicNoseGuy on the Enturbulation forums, had his sign
confiscated at the May 10th anti-"Church" of Scientology protest in
Queen Victoria Street by the City of London police, and has been issued
with a court summons - all for using the word "cult" to describe the
controversial "religion".
Tags: Anonymous, Cult, Epic Nose Guy, Free Speech, London, UK
=====================================
Protest teenager may face charges
May 21, 2008, BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7412002.stm
A 15-year-old is facing possible prosecution for holding up a placard
which branded Scientology a "cult".
The teenager held up a sign which read, "Scientology is not a religion,
it is a dangerous cult" in May, outside its headquarters in the City of
London.
Tags: Cult Information Centre, Ian Haworth, UK
=====================================
Scientology arrest makes a mockery of the law
May 21, 2008, George Pitcher, The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/21/do2110.xml
The teenage boy facing prosecution for holding a placard saying that
scientology is a "cult" serves to demonstrate the ridiculous mess that
the Government has made of its attempts to protect religious observance
in law.
This nameless boy has been served with a summons under section five of
the Public Order Act, which seeks to restrict signs that might be
considered "threatening, abusive or insulting." Meanwhile, we have a
Racial and Religious Hatred Act, which passed into law in 2006 with the
express purpose of making it an offence to incite hatred on religious
grounds.
Tags: ENG, UK
=====================================
Teenager to face prosecution for calling Scientology a cult
May 21, 2008, The Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/05/21/teenager-to-face-prosecution-for-calling-scientology-a-cult-89520-20424458/
A teenager faces prosecution for using the word "cult" to describe the
Church of Scientology during a demonstration.
Police confiscated his placard during a demo opposite the London HQ of
the religion made famous by actor Tom Cruise.
Protesters were banned by police from calling it a cult because the
term was "abusive and insulting".
The 15-year-old has received a summons for a public order offence but
human rights group Liberty said it was "barmy".
Tags: Epic Nose Guy, London, UK
=====================================
Church faces new claims of child sex abuse and neglect
May 21, 2010, Greg Ansley, New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10646411&pnum=0
Further allegations against the Church of Scientology, including claims
of child sex abuse and neglect, have renewed calls for an inquiry into
the organisation and its operations in Australia.
The allegations, accusing the church of cover-ups and the mistreatment
of children in a toxic environment, follow earlier, alarming
investigations and a failed bid for a Senate probe.
Among those making the new allegations is the daughter of the president
of the church in Australia, and police are investigating a claim a
senior official interfered with an investigation into the reported
sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl.
Tags: Australia, Bindy Bennett, Cadet Org, Carmen Rainer, CCHR, Jan Eastgate,
Mark Hanna, Nick Xenophon, Scarlett Hanna, Sea Org, Sexual abuse, Sheila
Huber, Vicki Dunstan
=====================================
Church of Scientology denies abuse cover-up
May 21, 2010, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/21/2906243.htm
Police are investigating claims Jan Eastgate told both mother and
daughter to lie to police and community services about the abuse.
The Church of Scientology is vigorously denying accusations a senior
figure in the organisation tried to cover up the sexual assault of an
11-year-old girl in Sydney.
Tags: Australia, Carmen Rainer, CCHR, Jan Eastgate, Phoebe Rainer, Robert
Kerr, Sexual abuse, Sydney
=====================================
'Dossiers on enemies' found in Italian Scientology raid
May 21, 2010, John Leyden, The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/21/scientology_italy_raid/
Italian police reportedly unearthed hidden dossiers on 'enemies' during
a raid on Church of Scientology offices in Turin.
The files, apparently discovered behind locked doors in a basement
office, allegedly contained personal information on judges, police
officers and journalists identified as hostile to the Church.
Details on former Church members who have turned against Scientology
were also reportedly recovered from handwritten files and computer
records seized following a nine-hour search of the premises. No arrests
took place, UPI adds.
Tags: Australia, Carmen Rainer, Enemies list, Italy, Raid, Robert Kerr
=====================================
Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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