The Australian Government Fair Work Ombudsman today released the findings of a lengthy investigation into allegations levelled publicly at the Church of Scientology (CoS) over its employment practices.
The Agency initiated an investigation into the CoS on March 9, 2010, following claims raised the previous night by the ABC’s Four Corners program.
Further allegations about CoS workplace practices were made in the Senate on March 18, 2010, after which the names and contact details of a number of witnesses were provided confidentially to the Fair Work Ombudsman to assist the Agency with its inquiries.
The investigation considered whether the CoS is bound to apply minimum working conditions stemming from the Fair Work Act, awards or agreements and if it is required to keep certain time and wage records.
It also considered whether those people working for the church are employees and whether they have been receiving the benefits to which they are entitled under the Fair Work Act, awards or agreements.
Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson today released a Statement of Findings following consideration of feedback from the parties involved, who were previously provided with a draft report for comment.
The Agency has determined:
•To treat CoS entities which engage in trading activities as constitutional corporations for the purposes of the Fair Work Act and its predecessor legislation,
•That a number of allegations raised by some witnesses fall outside the statutory time limit for consideration or cannot be sustained and are therefore unable to be pursued,
•To continue to investigate allegations raised by one witness which relates to an entity known as Get off Drugs Naturally,
•To refer to other relevant authorities allegations made against the CoS which fall outside its jurisdiction, and
•To request that the CoS and its related entities conduct a comprehensive self-audit to ensure compliance with the Fair Work Act – and if employees are found to have been underpaid, for those underpayments to be rectified.
The report says it would be prudent for the CoS to proactively undertake the self-audit at the earliest opportunity using a consultant that the Fair Work Ombudsman approves and who has no connection to the church.
It requests the consultant be briefed to:
•Review the procedures for the engagement of workers and to properly determine the applicable Modern Award and National Employment Standards for each individual,
•Review the status of existing employees to ensure they are receiving their lawful entitlements,
•Recommend the introduction of changes to record-keeping and issuing of play slips and the Fair Work Information Statement to ensure compliance with the Fair Work Act,
and
•Recommend a framework to the Church which enables the identification of relevant legislation relating to all employee entitlements, such as long service leave.
The Statement of Findings says the Fair Work Ombudsman considered, but was not persuaded, by submissions from the CoS that the Fair Work Act did not apply because the church “is a religious entity ... and there isn’t any worker relationship or employer relationship”.
The Statement says documents and policies examined by Fair Work inspectors during the course of their investigation “plainly contradicted” this assertion.
The CoS described payments to church workers as being “a small amount to enable them to perform their duties by covering the cost of travel, babysitters, food and other expenses ... not a reward for services rendered”.
However, the investigation found several features of the arrangements within the CoS entities were not consistent with volunteer or voluntary work.
“In particular, witness evidence indicates that significant hours of work were imposed on workers. Further evidence indicates a significant level of control and direction was applied to workers by more senior church members who held positions of authority,” the Statement of Findings says.
The Statement says documents provided by the CoS indicate it is a “bureaucratised organisation” which appears to have imported practices and procedures into Australia with little thought to workplace relations laws.
Witnesses told the Fair Work Ombudsman they were directed to work up to 72 hours without a break to complete tasks assigned to them for as little as $10 a week at a time when the Federal Minimum Wage for a full-time adult before shift and weekend penalties was $543.78 for a 38-hour week.
The Statement of Findings says the complaints that have been investigated, and the receipt of further complaints, is indicative of systemic problems relating to the way labour has been obtained by the CoS and which has caused these arrangements to be the subject of external criticism.
"At the very least, the volume of complaints should alert the CoS that there needs to be a change to the current practices relating to how they recruited and are receiving free labour from their followers, should they hope to reduce the number of complaints into the future,” the Statement says.
“Equally, the Fair Work Ombudsman offers advice to persons giving their labour for free to any religious organisation that they should be mindful of their intentions in doing so and to the extent possible, protect their own interests and immediately withdraw their labour if they perceive that their relationship ceases to be truly voluntary.
“In many instances, the witnesses provided considerable free labour to the CoS over a period of several years where they either knew or ought to have known that they were unlikely to be paid for that work from an early stage.
“Some claimed the use of unconscionable tactics by the CoS designed to retain their commitment. The Fair Work Ombudsman makes no findings in respect of those allegations, but advises that if workers providing services to religious or any other organisation consider that they are being subjected to intimidation or other illegal pressure to continue to provide their labour, they should contact police.”
Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson says his Office will continue to investigate future complaints against the CoS on their merits and may, if required, exercise its powers to attend work sites and observe the duties of employees. Other powers available to his Office may also be considered where the circumstances warrant. These include the use of powers to require documents, the issuing of formal compliance or infringement notices and the consideration of litigation.
Statement of Findings: Church of Scientology, Narconon, and Get off Drugs Naturally (pdf 4MB)
Media inquiries:
Craig Bildstien, Director, Media & Stakeholder Relations,
0419 818 484
http://www.fairwork.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/2011/09/Pages/20110916-church-of-scientology.aspx
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Scientology Murders Lisa McPherson Destroys Subpoenaed Evidence
On August 6th in Scientology history
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Scientologists fighting to keep files secret
August 6, 1998, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/80698/Scientologists_fighti.html
TAMPA -- For 13 years, Lisa McPherson took courses and counseling from the "Church" of Scientology, and all the while the church kept records of what she said.
Scientology's claim is that they have "strong beliefs" that those records should remain private was at issue Wednesday in a hearing concerning the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the church by McPherson's family. (In 2009 4 defectors admitted that they destroyed the evidence because it showed they murdered her.)
Tampa lawyer Ken Dandar, hired by the family to represent McPherson's estate, says he needs to see the notes to prepare his case.
Tags: Ken Dandar, Lisa McPherson, PC folders
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Church of Scientology Buys More Harlem Property
August 6, 2007, Mark Wellborn, The Real Estate, New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2007/church-scientology-buys-more-property-125th-street
In 2003, the Scientologists acquired 220 East 125th Street for $3.45 million. They're currently building a 33,000-square-foot church on that property and will build a new community center on the more recent acquisitions, according to Karin Pouw, a public affairs representative for the "church."
Tags: Karin Pouw, NYC, Real estate, Richard Fear
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Narconon Crime Syndicate to meet with new potential neighbors
August 6, 2007, Heather Civil, Northwest Florida Daily News
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/7456
MIRAMAR BEACH Controversy over a fake drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility has moved from one beachside neighborhood to another.
Scientology's Narconon Gulf Coast Inc. wants to purchase a beach house at 263 Snowdrift Road and turn it into a 28-bed residential facility.
The Scientology organization drew heated opposition earlier this year with its plan to buy a house on Scenic Gulf Drive for the same purpose.
That purchase has since fallen through, and Narconon is now hoping to buy the house near the beach on Snowdrift Road.
Tags: Narconon
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Scientology Underground
August 6, 2007, Jen Carlson, Gothamist
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/06/scientology_und.php
Though police kicked them out in 2005 for violating New York City Transit rules about vending in the subways, it seems they"ve still had a presence down there and, from this photo (taken in late 2006), they're still selling Dianetics (translated in 50 different languages, no less).
Tags: Body routing, NYC
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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Scientologists fighting to keep files secret
August 6, 1998, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/80698/Scientologists_fighti.html
TAMPA -- For 13 years, Lisa McPherson took courses and counseling from the "Church" of Scientology, and all the while the church kept records of what she said.
Scientology's claim is that they have "strong beliefs" that those records should remain private was at issue Wednesday in a hearing concerning the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the church by McPherson's family. (In 2009 4 defectors admitted that they destroyed the evidence because it showed they murdered her.)
Tampa lawyer Ken Dandar, hired by the family to represent McPherson's estate, says he needs to see the notes to prepare his case.
Tags: Ken Dandar, Lisa McPherson, PC folders
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Church of Scientology Buys More Harlem Property
August 6, 2007, Mark Wellborn, The Real Estate, New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2007/church-scientology-buys-more-property-125th-street
In 2003, the Scientologists acquired 220 East 125th Street for $3.45 million. They're currently building a 33,000-square-foot church on that property and will build a new community center on the more recent acquisitions, according to Karin Pouw, a public affairs representative for the "church."
Tags: Karin Pouw, NYC, Real estate, Richard Fear
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Narconon Crime Syndicate to meet with new potential neighbors
August 6, 2007, Heather Civil, Northwest Florida Daily News
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/7456
MIRAMAR BEACH Controversy over a fake drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility has moved from one beachside neighborhood to another.
Scientology's Narconon Gulf Coast Inc. wants to purchase a beach house at 263 Snowdrift Road and turn it into a 28-bed residential facility.
The Scientology organization drew heated opposition earlier this year with its plan to buy a house on Scenic Gulf Drive for the same purpose.
That purchase has since fallen through, and Narconon is now hoping to buy the house near the beach on Snowdrift Road.
Tags: Narconon
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Scientology Underground
August 6, 2007, Jen Carlson, Gothamist
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/06/scientology_und.php
Though police kicked them out in 2005 for violating New York City Transit rules about vending in the subways, it seems they"ve still had a presence down there and, from this photo (taken in late 2006), they're still selling Dianetics (translated in 50 different languages, no less).
Tags: Body routing, NYC
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
Friday, July 17, 2009
Scientology Crooks Deny Their NarCONon is Scientology
On July 17th in Scientology history
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Town Welcomes, Then Questions a Drug Project
July 17, 1989, AP, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DF1138F934A25754C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
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
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: Legal
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When Scientology attacks?
July 17, 2008, WWMT
http://www.wwmt.com/news/scientology_1351310___article.html/church_lot.html
The video of two men involved in an altercation outside a Church of Scientology has garnered a lot of hits on YouTube, but it happened right here in West Michigan.
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.
Tags: Anonymous, Battle Creek
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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Town Welcomes, Then Questions a Drug Project
July 17, 1989, AP, New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE2DF1138F934A25754C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
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
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: Legal
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When Scientology attacks?
July 17, 2008, WWMT
http://www.wwmt.com/news/scientology_1351310___article.html/church_lot.html
The video of two men involved in an altercation outside a Church of Scientology has garnered a lot of hits on YouTube, but it happened right here in West Michigan.
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.
Tags: Anonymous, Battle Creek
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
Friday, July 10, 2009
Scientology Lies About Their Australian Murder
On July 10th in Scientology history
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He said, they said
July 10, 2006, Bay News 9, Bright House Networks
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006/7/10/168101.html?title=He%20said,%20they%20said
A man filming a documentary outside the Church of Scientology in Clearwater says he was attacked by a man claiming to be a Scientologist.
Tags: Drew Sweet, Michael Fitzgerald, Pat Harney, Shawn Lonsdale
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Accused family killer was 'denied treatment by Scientologist parents'
July 10, 2007, Barbara McMahon, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,2122476,00.html
A woman accused of killing her father and sister and injuring her mother was denied psychiatric treatment by her parents who were Scientologists, a court heard yesterday.
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Church of Scientology denies stabbed man 'a recruiter'
July 10, 2007, Fiona Connolly, Daily Telegraph, News.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22048072-2,00.html
THE Church of Scientology last night denied the Sydney man who was allegedly stabbed to death by his psychotic daughter after refusing her psychiatric drugs was a top recruiter for the church.
A man with the same name as the dead father is listed on the Church of Scientology's "Honour Roll" in the 2002 Impact magazine which glorifies members worldwide for their efforts in "signing more than 20 members to the church" or for donating $US20,000 ($23,200) or more.
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Scientologists 'flat earthers'
July 10, 2007, Dylan Welch, Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/scientologists-flat-earthers/2007/07/10/1183833476294.html
Mr Brooks went on to argue that modern psychiatry used many methods that were largely "unproven" and psychiatric assumptions - such as chemical imbalances in the brain - simply did not exist.
Almost immediately after Mr Brooks finished his interview, Sydney University psychiatrist Chris Tennant phoned ABC Radio to reject the Scientologist's beliefs.
Saying it was "so sad to hear the flat-earthers getting on the radio", Professor Tennant denied modern psychiatry was largely "unproven", stating the amount of research on mental illness was "as strong" as that for cancer and heart disease.
"It's a tragedy to hear this mumbo jumbo being proselytised by this group," he said.
"The sad thing about this sounds to be that this girl may well have been prescribed some psychiatric treatment but living in a family which had the Scientology attitude there is no way there would have been what we term compliance."
Tags: Australia, Chris Tennant, Cyrus Brooks, Rosanna Capolingua
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Sect to reject role in deaths
July 10, 2007, Fiona Connolly, Daily Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22045259-5001021,00.html
A man with the same name as the dead father is listed on the Church of Scientology's "Honor Roll" in the 2002 Impact magazine which glorifies members worldwide for their efforts in "signing more than 20 members to the church" or for donating $US20,000 or more.
The man's daughter, 25, faced Bankstown Local Court yesterday charged with fatally stabbing her father and sister at their Revesby home last Thursday. She is also charged with stabbing her mother, 52.
Tags: stop-wise.biz, Vicki Dunstan, WISE
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Scientology Nation: L. Ron Hubbard's otherworldly salvation plan erupts on Montana's Blackfeet Reservation
July 10, 2008, Paul Peters, Missoula Independent, SL Weekly
http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=087497CE-14D1-13A2-9FEDBA8D34CAB79B
Running Crane isn't the only one forming a connection to Scientology. Emissaries connected to the religion and to Narconon, a nonprofit drug treatment and education program affiliated with Scientology, have been making inroads on the reservation throughout the past year. Scientologists have offered free seminars and all-expenses-paid retreats at a luxurious Scientology center near Los Angeles. They've also sent boxes of Hubbard's books to several tribal members working at Crystal Creek Lodge, the only drug-treatment center on the reservation. The center uses 12-step programs common to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon. (Narconon, despite its similar name, is not connected with any 12-step program.)
Tags: Alfred Johnson, Blackfeet, Blood Brother, Celebrity Centre, Chief Earl
Old Person, Clark Carr, Crazy Dog Society, Galaxy Press, John Goodwin, Larry
Ground, Marilyn Rhodes, Montana, Narconon, Old Tom, Pat Calf Looking,
Patricia Devereaux, Rayola Running Crane, Rick Ross, Saginaw Grant, Steven
Kent, War Bonnet
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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He said, they said
July 10, 2006, Bay News 9, Bright House Networks
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2006/7/10/168101.html?title=He%20said,%20they%20said
A man filming a documentary outside the Church of Scientology in Clearwater says he was attacked by a man claiming to be a Scientologist.
Tags: Drew Sweet, Michael Fitzgerald, Pat Harney, Shawn Lonsdale
===================================
Accused family killer was 'denied treatment by Scientologist parents'
July 10, 2007, Barbara McMahon, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,2122476,00.html
A woman accused of killing her father and sister and injuring her mother was denied psychiatric treatment by her parents who were Scientologists, a court heard yesterday.
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Church of Scientology denies stabbed man 'a recruiter'
July 10, 2007, Fiona Connolly, Daily Telegraph, News.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22048072-2,00.html
THE Church of Scientology last night denied the Sydney man who was allegedly stabbed to death by his psychotic daughter after refusing her psychiatric drugs was a top recruiter for the church.
A man with the same name as the dead father is listed on the Church of Scientology's "Honour Roll" in the 2002 Impact magazine which glorifies members worldwide for their efforts in "signing more than 20 members to the church" or for donating $US20,000 ($23,200) or more.
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Scientologists 'flat earthers'
July 10, 2007, Dylan Welch, Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/scientologists-flat-earthers/2007/07/10/1183833476294.html
Mr Brooks went on to argue that modern psychiatry used many methods that were largely "unproven" and psychiatric assumptions - such as chemical imbalances in the brain - simply did not exist.
Almost immediately after Mr Brooks finished his interview, Sydney University psychiatrist Chris Tennant phoned ABC Radio to reject the Scientologist's beliefs.
Saying it was "so sad to hear the flat-earthers getting on the radio", Professor Tennant denied modern psychiatry was largely "unproven", stating the amount of research on mental illness was "as strong" as that for cancer and heart disease.
"It's a tragedy to hear this mumbo jumbo being proselytised by this group," he said.
"The sad thing about this sounds to be that this girl may well have been prescribed some psychiatric treatment but living in a family which had the Scientology attitude there is no way there would have been what we term compliance."
Tags: Australia, Chris Tennant, Cyrus Brooks, Rosanna Capolingua
===================================
Sect to reject role in deaths
July 10, 2007, Fiona Connolly, Daily Telegraph
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22045259-5001021,00.html
A man with the same name as the dead father is listed on the Church of Scientology's "Honor Roll" in the 2002 Impact magazine which glorifies members worldwide for their efforts in "signing more than 20 members to the church" or for donating $US20,000 or more.
The man's daughter, 25, faced Bankstown Local Court yesterday charged with fatally stabbing her father and sister at their Revesby home last Thursday. She is also charged with stabbing her mother, 52.
Tags: stop-wise.biz, Vicki Dunstan, WISE
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Scientology Nation: L. Ron Hubbard's otherworldly salvation plan erupts on Montana's Blackfeet Reservation
July 10, 2008, Paul Peters, Missoula Independent, SL Weekly
http://www.slweekly.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=087497CE-14D1-13A2-9FEDBA8D34CAB79B
Running Crane isn't the only one forming a connection to Scientology. Emissaries connected to the religion and to Narconon, a nonprofit drug treatment and education program affiliated with Scientology, have been making inroads on the reservation throughout the past year. Scientologists have offered free seminars and all-expenses-paid retreats at a luxurious Scientology center near Los Angeles. They've also sent boxes of Hubbard's books to several tribal members working at Crystal Creek Lodge, the only drug-treatment center on the reservation. The center uses 12-step programs common to Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon. (Narconon, despite its similar name, is not connected with any 12-step program.)
Tags: Alfred Johnson, Blackfeet, Blood Brother, Celebrity Centre, Chief Earl
Old Person, Clark Carr, Crazy Dog Society, Galaxy Press, John Goodwin, Larry
Ground, Marilyn Rhodes, Montana, Narconon, Old Tom, Pat Calf Looking,
Patricia Devereaux, Rayola Running Crane, Rick Ross, Saginaw Grant, Steven
Kent, War Bonnet
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Scientology Ringleaders Violate Human Rights
On June 23rd in Scientology history
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Able medical examiner needed
June 23, 2000, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/062300/Opinion/Able_medical_examiner.shtml
She first dramatized her importance by appearing on the TV show Inside Edition. Yet when medical professionals hired by Scientology expressed opposing views, Wood changed significant details on the autopsy, which forced prosecutors to drop the charges. A state attorney memo said Wood was unable "to coherently explain her decision even under benign questioning."
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Church attacks new French anti-cult law
June 23, 2000, Jon Henley, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,335332,00.html
The French parliament yesterday adopted Europe's toughest anti-sect legislation yet, creating a controversial new crime of "mental manipulation" punishable by a maximum fine of #50,000 and five years imprisonment.
The move was applauded by Alain Vivien, head of a government committee that has identified 173 dangerous quasi-religious groups in France, but was denounced by both the Church of Scientology and the Unification Church as fascist, anti-democratic and in breach of basic human rights laws.
Tags: France
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Backers defend anti-drug program / School board is told the science is sound
June 23, 2004, Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/23/BAGRI7AHPQ1.DTL
But after stories in The Chronicle raised questions about the science behind the teachings and the presence of religious concepts in classroom lectures, school district officials ordered the program to revise part of its curriculum by this Thursday or be kicked out of the district.
Specifically, the district has disputed three Narconon claims: that all drugs are poisons, that drugs are stored in fat for years and may cause cravings for more drugs, and that alcohol is "made of dead rotted food." In addition, The Chronicle stories cited several doctors who disputed the Narconon claims that drugs wreak havoc until they are sweated out.
Tags: Arlene Ackerman, Greg Hooper, Narconon, Pam Parker, San Francisco, Tony
Bylsma
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L.A. schools look hard at Narconon / Scrutiny follows S.F., state review of anti-drug program
June 23, 2004, Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/23/BAG1T79M7V46.DTL
School district officials in Los Angeles have ordered a review of an anti-drug program whose teachings are linked with the Church of Scientology and are warning teachers that its instruction "is not based on science."
Tags: Arlene Ackerman, Clark Carr, Detox, Jack O'Connell, Los Angeles,
Narconon, Purif, San Francisco, Tim Buresh
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The results behind Narconon's 'Truth About Drugs' program
June 23, 2004, Clark Carr, Open Forum, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/23/EDG9E79P551.DTL
Clark Carr is president of Narconon International (www.narconon.org).
Tags: Narconon
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U.S. Lawmakers Fete Rev. Moon, Church Leader Gets Crown At Congressional Reception
June 23, 2004, CBS/AP, CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/23/politics/main625520.shtml
Some of the lawmakers later said they were duped when questioned about their presence at the event held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 23.
The Washington Post reported that Moon received a crown that was placed on his head. The crown was carried on a pillow by Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., who wore white gloves, the newspaper said. [Details of the reception were first reported by Salon.com.]
Tags: Moonies
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Cruise squirter off the hook | Media | MediaGuardian
June 23, 2005, Chris Johnston, MediaGuardian
The Channel 4 camera crew arrested after squirting Tom Cruise with a water pistol will not face charges.
The actor has decided not to prosecute the prankster and his three crew members after the incident at the London premiere of War of the Worlds on Sunday.
Tags:
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'Church' that yearns for respectability
June 23, 2007, Dominic Kennedy, The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975105.ece
Scientology is trying to transform its image from that of a shadowy cult
A copy of the latest Cosreci accounts filed at Companies House shows an annual income of #10 million and nonproperty assets of #10.8 million including #6.7 million cash. The main Hubbard-influenced charity is Narconon, which claims to provide therapy and education against drug abuse. It has an annual income of #520,000. The Greenfields School, which promotes Hubbard's teachings for pupils aged 1 to 19, has #2.4 million assets and an annual turnover of #1 million.
Tags: Australia, Bob Keenan, Celebrity Centre, Church of Spiritual
Technology, David Miscavige, East Grinstead, Monique Yingling, Narconon, Real
estate, RTC, UK, WISE
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Scientologists set to cash in on tax break
June 23, 2007, Dominic Kennedy, The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975104.ece
A change in the legal definition of religion has opened the way for Scientology to claim a multi-million-pound British tax break by registering as a charity.
Tags: Bob Keenan, Monique Yingling, UK, UK Charity Commission
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Scientology: Ecclesiastical justice, Part 3 of 3 in a special report on the Church of Scientology
June 23, 2009, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1012575.ece
The tactics to keep executives in line "are wrong from a Scientology viewpoint," said Rinder, who walked away two years ago. "They are not standard practice of Scientology. They are just not humanitarian. And they are just outright evil."
Church spokesmen confirm that managers are ordered into pools and assembled for group confessions. It's part of the "ecclesiastical justice" system the church imposes on poor performers.
Tags: [Monique, Amy Scobee, Apollo, Bohemian Rhapsody, David Miscavige, Faith
Schermerhorn, Jeff Hawkins, Jessica Feshbach, Lisa McPherson, Marc Yager,
Mark Ingber, Mark Rathbun, Michelle Miscavige, Mike Rinder, Norman Starkey,
Overboarding, Ray Mithoff, Sea Org, Super Power, Tom De Vocht, Tommy Davis,
Yingling]]
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Web version:
http://home.primus.ca/~ronsharp/FrontCiteTW.html#ScientologyToday
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Able medical examiner needed
June 23, 2000, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/062300/Opinion/Able_medical_examiner.shtml
She first dramatized her importance by appearing on the TV show Inside Edition. Yet when medical professionals hired by Scientology expressed opposing views, Wood changed significant details on the autopsy, which forced prosecutors to drop the charges. A state attorney memo said Wood was unable "to coherently explain her decision even under benign questioning."
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Church attacks new French anti-cult law
June 23, 2000, Jon Henley, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,335332,00.html
The French parliament yesterday adopted Europe's toughest anti-sect legislation yet, creating a controversial new crime of "mental manipulation" punishable by a maximum fine of #50,000 and five years imprisonment.
The move was applauded by Alain Vivien, head of a government committee that has identified 173 dangerous quasi-religious groups in France, but was denounced by both the Church of Scientology and the Unification Church as fascist, anti-democratic and in breach of basic human rights laws.
Tags: France
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Backers defend anti-drug program / School board is told the science is sound
June 23, 2004, Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/23/BAGRI7AHPQ1.DTL
But after stories in The Chronicle raised questions about the science behind the teachings and the presence of religious concepts in classroom lectures, school district officials ordered the program to revise part of its curriculum by this Thursday or be kicked out of the district.
Specifically, the district has disputed three Narconon claims: that all drugs are poisons, that drugs are stored in fat for years and may cause cravings for more drugs, and that alcohol is "made of dead rotted food." In addition, The Chronicle stories cited several doctors who disputed the Narconon claims that drugs wreak havoc until they are sweated out.
Tags: Arlene Ackerman, Greg Hooper, Narconon, Pam Parker, San Francisco, Tony
Bylsma
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L.A. schools look hard at Narconon / Scrutiny follows S.F., state review of anti-drug program
June 23, 2004, Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/23/BAG1T79M7V46.DTL
School district officials in Los Angeles have ordered a review of an anti-drug program whose teachings are linked with the Church of Scientology and are warning teachers that its instruction "is not based on science."
Tags: Arlene Ackerman, Clark Carr, Detox, Jack O'Connell, Los Angeles,
Narconon, Purif, San Francisco, Tim Buresh
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The results behind Narconon's 'Truth About Drugs' program
June 23, 2004, Clark Carr, Open Forum, San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/23/EDG9E79P551.DTL
Clark Carr is president of Narconon International (www.narconon.org).
Tags: Narconon
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U.S. Lawmakers Fete Rev. Moon, Church Leader Gets Crown At Congressional Reception
June 23, 2004, CBS/AP, CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/23/politics/main625520.shtml
Some of the lawmakers later said they were duped when questioned about their presence at the event held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 23.
The Washington Post reported that Moon received a crown that was placed on his head. The crown was carried on a pillow by Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., who wore white gloves, the newspaper said. [Details of the reception were first reported by Salon.com.]
Tags: Moonies
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Cruise squirter off the hook | Media | MediaGuardian
June 23, 2005, Chris Johnston, MediaGuardian
The Channel 4 camera crew arrested after squirting Tom Cruise with a water pistol will not face charges.
The actor has decided not to prosecute the prankster and his three crew members after the incident at the London premiere of War of the Worlds on Sunday.
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'Church' that yearns for respectability
June 23, 2007, Dominic Kennedy, The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975105.ece
Scientology is trying to transform its image from that of a shadowy cult
A copy of the latest Cosreci accounts filed at Companies House shows an annual income of #10 million and nonproperty assets of #10.8 million including #6.7 million cash. The main Hubbard-influenced charity is Narconon, which claims to provide therapy and education against drug abuse. It has an annual income of #520,000. The Greenfields School, which promotes Hubbard's teachings for pupils aged 1 to 19, has #2.4 million assets and an annual turnover of #1 million.
Tags: Australia, Bob Keenan, Celebrity Centre, Church of Spiritual
Technology, David Miscavige, East Grinstead, Monique Yingling, Narconon, Real
estate, RTC, UK, WISE
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Scientologists set to cash in on tax break
June 23, 2007, Dominic Kennedy, The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1975104.ece
A change in the legal definition of religion has opened the way for Scientology to claim a multi-million-pound British tax break by registering as a charity.
Tags: Bob Keenan, Monique Yingling, UK, UK Charity Commission
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Scientology: Ecclesiastical justice, Part 3 of 3 in a special report on the Church of Scientology
June 23, 2009, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/scientology/article1012575.ece
The tactics to keep executives in line "are wrong from a Scientology viewpoint," said Rinder, who walked away two years ago. "They are not standard practice of Scientology. They are just not humanitarian. And they are just outright evil."
Church spokesmen confirm that managers are ordered into pools and assembled for group confessions. It's part of the "ecclesiastical justice" system the church imposes on poor performers.
Tags: [Monique, Amy Scobee, Apollo, Bohemian Rhapsody, David Miscavige, Faith
Schermerhorn, Jeff Hawkins, Jessica Feshbach, Lisa McPherson, Marc Yager,
Mark Ingber, Mark Rathbun, Michelle Miscavige, Mike Rinder, Norman Starkey,
Overboarding, Ray Mithoff, Sea Org, Super Power, Tom De Vocht, Tommy Davis,
Yingling]]
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