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L'Allemagne n'interdit pas la scientologie mais continue à la surveiller
POTSDAM, Germany (AP)
Vendredi 21 novembre 2008 les responsables de la sécurité n'ont pas interdit la scientologie parce qu'ils n'avaient pas assez de preuves de son activité illégale. Les Services de renseignements intérieur ont annoncé qu'ils continueront de surveiller la scientologie. La branche allemande de l'Église de scientologie a été placée pendant plus d'une décennie sous observation par les services de renseignements Les fonctionnaires de sécurité ont demandé aux gouvernements nationaux de commencer à recueillir des informations depuis le mois de décembre pour trouver des raisons suffisantes d'interdiction. L'Allemagne a dit qu'elle considère la scientologie comme étant en conflit avec les principes de la constitution de la nation, la nommant plus une entreprise utilisant la coercition pour profiter de personnes vulnérable qu'une église. Un récent rapport sur l'extrémisme a affirmé que la Scientologie "vise à limiter ou annuler les fondements des droits de l'homme, tels que le droit de développer sa personnalité et le droit d'être traité avec égalité." "Cet organisme poursuit des objectifs - par le biais de ses écrits, son concept et son manque de respect pour les minorités - que nous ne pouvons pas tolérer et que nous considérons être en violation de la Constitution. Mais ils ont mis très peu de ceci en pratique" a déclaré à des journalistes Erhart Koerting un agent de sécurité à Berlin. "Le gouvernement à l'heure actuelle estime que la scientologie est une organisme malsain (lousy), mais ce n'est pas un organisme contre lequel il doit se battre avec un marteau." Le ministre de l'Intérieur Wolfgang Schaeuble et ses homologues de l'Allemagne des 16 États ont convenu vendredi qu'il n'y avait pas assez de preuves pour justifier l'ouverture d'une telle procédure d' interdiction, mais les services de renseignement intérieur continueront de surveiller les activités de la Scientologie. "Avant d'ouvrir une procédure préliminaire (conduisant à une interdiction), nous avons besoin des preuves concrètes de l'activité anticonstitutionnelle," a dit August Hanning, adjoint au ministre Schaeuble. "Les agences de sécurité sont en majorité d'avis qu'il n'y a pas suffisamment de preuves." L'Eglise de scientologie a félicité la décision ministérielle de mettre fin à la recherche d'une interdiction comme étant "la seule chose possible." "Il n'y a jamais eu une base juridique pour ouvrir une telle procédure", a déclaré Sabine Weber, porte-parole de la Scientologie en Allemagne. La Scientologie a en outre demandé aux fonctionnaires de mettre fin à l'observation de ce qu'elle a appelé de "la discrimination et du harcèlement à son sujet". L'Eglise de Scientologie a longtemps lutté pour mettre fin à sa surveillance, qu'elle considérait comme une violation de la liberté de religion. Le Département d'État américain dénonce régulièrement l'Allemagne pour une telle pratique dans son rapport annuel des droits de l'homme. La scientologie a été fondée en 1954 par l'écrivain de science-fiction L. Ron Hubbard. Elle s'est installée en Allemagne en 1970 et les autorités estiment qu'elle compte quelque 5000 à 6000 membres en Allemagne. Selon le rapport annuel 2007 de l'Agence allemande d'investigation sur l'extrémisme, la Scientologie "vise à réduire ou à refuser le fondement de la constitution et les droits de l'homme, tels que le droit à la dignité humaine, le droit à l'auto-réalisation et le droit à l'égalité de traitement." Associated Press
By MICHAEL FISCHER – 22 November 2008 POTSDAM, Germany (AP) — Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade. Top security officials asked state governments in December to begin gathering information on whether they had sufficient grounds to seek a ban. Germany has said it considers Scientology to be in conflict with the principles of the nation's constitution, calling it less a church than a business that uses coercion to take advantage of vulnerable people. A report on extremism last charged that Scientology "seeks to limit or rescind basic and human rights, such as the right to develop one's personality and the right to be treated equally." "This organization pursues goals — through its writings, its concept and its disrespect for minorities — that we cannot tolerate and that we consider in violation of the constitution. But they put very little of this into practice," Erhart Koerting, Berlin's top security official, told reporters. "The appraisal of the government at the moment is that (Scientology) is a lousy organization, but it is not an organization that we have to take a hammer to." Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and his counterparts from Germany's 16 states agreed Friday that there was not enough proof to justify opening proceedings for such a ban but domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor Scientology's activities. "Before we open preliminary proceedings (leading to a ban), we need concrete evidence of unconstitutional activity," August Hanning, a Schaeuble deputy, said. "The security agencies are predominantly of the opinion that there is not sufficient evidence of this." The Church of Scientology welcomed the ministers' decision to stop seeking a ban as the "only one possible." "There never was a legal basis to open such proceedings," said Sabine Weber, a spokeswoman for Scientology in Germany. Scientology further called on officials to end the observation, and what it called "the discrimination and the harassment that go along with it." The Church of Scientology has long battled to end the surveillance, saying it is an abuse of freedom of religion, and the U.S. State Department regularly criticizes Germany for the practice in its annual Human Rights Report. Scientology was founded in 1954 by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard. It first set up in Germany in 1970 and officials estimate it counts some 5,000 to 6,000 members here. According to the 2007 annual report of the German agency that tracks extremism, Scientology "seeks to reduce or deny basic constitutional and human rights, such as the right to human dignity, the right to self-fulfillment and the right to equal treatment." Associated Press Writer Melissa Eddy contributed to this report from Berlin. |
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La ville russe de Samara ferme un centre de la secte scientologue La ville russe de Samara ferme un centre de la secte scientologue pour pratique de la psychiatrie et de l'hypnose sans licence. Hubbard Center closed up in Samara
Samara, November 20, Interfax - The Samara city court has banned work of Dianetics Center as its staff-members worked without license and practiced hypnotherapy and Ron Hubbard teaching. The Samara Region Prosecutor's Office reported that staff-members of the Dianetics Center lectured at seminars and courses on dianetics and scientology without having special licenses. "These educational courses allegedly aimed at forming world outlook and life style based on priority of human values. They tried to reach it by applying philosophy of improving people worked out by Hubbard. Besides, they practiced programs of "catharsis" and "auditing" based on hypnotherapy used in psychiatric medicine," the message says. |
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Scientology in Fürth bleibt Verein group/de.soc.weltanschauung.scientology Der Fürther Scientology-Verein darf nach dem Urteil der Ansbacher Richter den Zusatz "e.V." behalten und wird nicht aus dem Vereinsregister gestrichen. Der Verein behält somit seine Rechtsfähigkeit und die damit verbundenen steuerrechtlichen Vorteile. Stand: 14.11.2008 Die Stadt Fürth hatte den Scientology-Verein bereits 1996 aus dem Vereinsregister streichen lassen wollen. Die Gruppe habe keinen gemeinnützigen Hintergrund, sondern sei ein wirtschaftlicher Geschäftsbetrieb, so die Begründung der Stadt. Das Ansbacher Verwaltungsgericht hat den Fall aber zuletzt ruhen lassen, um eine Entscheidung des Bayerischen Verwaltungsgerichtshofes (VGH) abzuwarten. VGH: "beachtliche Summen nicht entscheidend" Die Richter des VGH hatten in einem ähnlichen Fall auch schon zugunsten eines Scientology-Vereines in München entschieden. Auch in diesem Fall war es darum gegangen, ob ein Scientology-Verein auf Profit aus ist. Nach Meinung der Richter des VGH ist es keine wirtschaftliche Orientierung wenn Leistungen angeboten werden, in denen die Vereinsmitgliedschaft verwirklicht wird. Dabei sei es auch nicht entscheidend, dass die Vereinsmitglieder beachtliche Summen für "bewusstseinsbildende Kurse" oder so genannte "Auditings" bezahlen müssen. Religiöser Hintergrund "nicht Gegenstand der Verhandlung" Und als PS:Ein wirtschaftlicher Geschäftsbetrieb ist dann vorhanden, wenn
der Verein in Konkurrenz mit Dritten tritt. Und das waren die Entscheidungsgründe des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts am 6.
November 1997, das vom Bayerischen Verwaltungsgerichtshofes übernommen wurde
und nun in Ansbach für den Fürther Scientology-Verein als präjudizierend
angewendet wurde.
> Und als PS:
> Ein wirtschaftlicher Geschäftsbetrieb ist dann vorhanden, wenn der Verein > in Konkurrenz mit Dritten tritt. > Dieser Tatbestand liegt dann vor, wenn z.B. eine Vereinsgaststätte oder > andere Einrichtungen betrieben werden, die nicht den satzungsgemäßen > Zwecken des Vereins entsprechen. > Und das waren die Entscheidungsgründe des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts am
6. Is ja auch
wurscht. Hauptsache die Scientologen sind mit dem Urteil zufrieden. Das ist wohl
der Fall. Es geht voran ! Hein. T. Schaylich, Sat, 15 Nov 2008 Nein, es bleibt ganz einfach nur alles beim Alten, hast immer noch nicht
begriffen? :-) Nahezu jeder Fussballverein ist als gemeinnützig
eingestuft und demzufolge steuerbegünstigt (Stichwort Finanzamt,
Überprüfung und Kontrolle; bei Profivereinen gerät dieser Status gerade
deshalb unter Beschuss: Und die Einleitung der Pressemitteilung "Erneut wurde bestätigt, dass die *Scientology Kirche religioes-ideele Ziele* verfolgt es ebenso irreführend. Es wurde nur bestätigt, dass beim Fürther Scientology Verein kein wirtschaftlicher Geschäftsbetrieb besteht, da er nur die eigenen Mitglieder finanziell ausnimmt. "Dabei sei es auch nicht entscheidend, dass die Vereinsmitglieder beachtliche Summen für 'bewusstseinsbildende Kurse' oder so genannte 'Auditings' bezahlen müssen.(BVG)" Ob Scientology 'religiös' ist oder ob die angebotenen Kurse überhaupt etwa taugen war "nicht Gegenstand der Verhandlung".
PS Tip an Peer Steinbrück: das deutsche Vereinsrecht ist reformbedürftig :-)
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Un livre censuré par la scientologie en UK Anti-scientologie - 18 novembre 2008 Nouveau témoignage de l'ex-scientologue irlandais John Duignan: “The Complex. Un initié expose la face cachée de l'Eglise international de scientologie», (ISBN # 1903582849) Publié récemment en Irlande ce nouveau livre sur la scientologie a recueilli beaucoup d'articles dans la presse. Par exemple au Royaume-Uni dans le Sun [1], l'Irish Mail et le Sunday [2]. Pour des raisons juridiques et selon un message envoyé par Amazon à des clients qui ont commandé ce nouveau livre critiquant l'Eglise de scientologie les librairies britanniques, et la branche britannique du site Amazon, ont été contraints de le retirer de la vente ! Duignan a rejoint la scientologie en 1985 et l'a quittée en 2006. Dans son livre il nous parle de son expérience en tant que membre de l'élite de la scientologie (la Sea Organisation). Duignan donne les détails d'un conditionnement qui l'a amené à envisager de tuer au nom de la scientologie et dont Tom Cruise est le plus célèbre membre. Au cours de ses 21 ans dans la scientologie Duignan a été soumis à un sévère endoctrinement. Son salaire était inférieur à 50 $ par semaine pour 40 heures de travail. Il a été témoin du programme «Force projet de réhabilitation» (le RPF) de la Scientologie qui puni les adeptes à des travaux forcés et à de la détention arbitraire [3]. L'organisation de Scientologie a une longue expérience des litiges et de la censure:
Duignan est "furieux et consterné" que la Scientologie tente de censurer son travail mais "pas du tout surpris étant donné son peu de respect de la liberté d'expression". Alors
que "The Complex" n'est pas diffusé au Royaume-Uni,
il peut être acheté à la librairie Eason en Irlande [7]. L'éditeur
du livre en Irlande, Merlin
Publishing, peut être contacté
par téléphone (3531-4535866) ou par le biais de son site web
Http://www.eason.ie/look/9781903582848/Complex/John-Duignan
References: 1. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/real_life/article1881317.ece 2. http://forums.whyweprotest.net/602259-post1 3. http://www.orato.com/current-events/2008/01/29/scientology-039-s-fanatical-military 4. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/business/media/28cruise.html 5. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/19/south_park_axed 6. http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/06/writer-i-was-stalked-by-scientologists.php 7. http://www.eason.ie/look/9781903582848/Complex/John-Duignan |
L'Eglise de Scientologie ne sera pas interdite en Allemagne, bien que considérée comme une secte suspecte, a déclaré le président de la commission des ministres de l'Intérieur, Jorg Schonbohm, au journal "Welt am Sonntag". Selon lui, les quelque 5000 adeptes allemands de la Scientologie ne menacent pas la démocratie allemande, dont la liberté d'opinion constitue d'ailleurs un aspect important. Alors qu'elle a le statut d'Eglise aux USA (FAUX: la scientologie n'a qu'un statut d'association caritative - note d'anti-scientologie), la Scientologie est considérée comme une secte dans plusieurs pays européens et soupçonnée de manipuler ses membres à des fins pécuniaires. (SWISS TXT) Plusieurs spécialistes de l'étude des mouvements sectaires (ou religions marginales) et psychiatres ont dans cette affaire émis le point de vue que pour contrôler ce mouvement il fallait mieux ne pas l'interdire. En effet, si les scientologues devenaient invisibles ils seraient alors bien plus difficile à surveiller. Cette décision des autorités allemandes ne fait que confirmer cette vérité. Il ne s'agit pas d'une victoire pour la scientologie, ni d'un échec pour les anti-scientologues, il s'agit simplement d'une décision qui peut évoluer car les abus et méthodes victimaires de la scientologie ne vont pas cesser de si tôt. Pour notre part nous estimons cette décision contraire au principe de précaution. Cette décision à nos yeux ne va que rendre la prévention et l'information de nos concitoyens au sujet de la manipulation mentale de plus en plus indispensable. Anti-scientologie, 16 novembre 2008 |
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Warum Scientology in Deutschland nicht verboten wird Von Thorsten Jungholt
Scientology weichen? Das kam für die Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe nicht infrage. Als die deutschen Jünger der amerikanischen Psychogruppe voriges Jahr ihre neue Hauptstadt-Dependance im Stadtteil Charlottenburg eröffneten, beschloss der zuständige Stadtrat die Verlegung einer Bushaltestelle. Denn das Wartehäuschen liegt direkt gegenüber dem Eingang der Sektenzentrale, einem Prachtbau aus Glas und Beton. Die Lokalpolitiker fürchteten, dass die Scientologen die Wartenden mit ihren pseudoreligiösen Botschaften missionieren könnten. Doch die Verkehrsbetriebe stellten sich bockig: Sie halten ihre Kunden für mündig genug, der Indoktrination zu trotzen, und weigerten sich, das Bushäuschen abzubauen. Der Stadtrat begnügte sich mit einem großen Plakat, das nun an der Haltestelle prangt und die Bürger mit Telefonnummern versorgt, an die sie sich bei Belästigungen wenden können. Nicht nur die Berliner Kommunalpolitik ringt um den richtigen Umgang mit den Anhängern des verstorbenen Science-Fiction-Autors Ron Hubbard. Auch die Innenminister der Republik tun sich schwer. Vor einem Jahr beauftragten sie den Verfassungsschutz, die Aussichten eines Verbots der Organisation zu überprüfen. "Von dieser Sekte geht ein hohes Risiko aus", begründete Bayerns Innenminister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) den Vorstoß. Der Beschluss sei ein "großer Erfolg" im Kampf gegen diese "kriminelle Vereinigung", jubelte der Kollege aus Hamburg. Wenn sich die 16 Innenminister am Mittwoch in Potsdam treffen, werden die Kommentare zurückhaltender ausfallen. Denn der 46 Seiten umfassende Geheimdienst-Bericht ist fertig - und bietet wenig Anhaltspunkte für ein erfolgreiches Verbot. Das Lagebild sei lückenhaft, das Prozessrisiko erheblich, und ein Scheitern könne zum Ansehensverlust des Staates führen, heißt es in dem vertraulichen Dossier. "Wir sind zu dem Ergebnis gekommen, dass ein Verbotsverfahren nicht zielführend ist", bestätigte Brandenburgs Innenminister Jörg Schönbohm der "Welt am Sonntag". Der derzeit amtierende Vorsitzende der Innenministerkonferenz sah ein Verbot - immerhin das schärfste Schwert des Rechtsstaates - stets skeptisch. "Ganz generell diskutieren wir in Deutschland zu schnell über diese Vereinsverbote. Wenn wir meinen, dass eine Ansicht nicht ganz korrekt ist, wollen wir sie gleich verbieten", sagte Schönbohm. "Aber wir leben in einer freiheitlich-demokratischen Grundordnung, in der die Meinungsfreiheit ein hohes Gut ist." Stattdessen wünscht er sich mehr Selbstbewusstsein und Vertrauen in die Demokratie: "Wer ernsthaft glaubt, wir würden von 5000 Scientologen gefährdet, ist in meinen Augen hasenfüßig." Den Berliner Verkehrsbetrieben kann man das jedenfalls nicht vorwerfen. Translation: Why Scientology won't be banned in Germany by Thorsten Jungholt Give way to Scientology? It was not an option for the Berlin transportation companies. When the german adherents to the american psycho-group opened their new branch in the capital in the district of Charlottenburg, the proper city council decided to move the bus stop. Because the bus stop lay directly opposite the entrance of the cult-central, a monumental building made of concrete. The local politicians were afraid that Scientologists could convert the waiting with their pseudo-religious messages. But the transportation companies were stubborn: They think their customers are mature enough to withstand the indoctrination and they refused to dismantle the bus stop. The city council contented itself with a large billboard which is now at the bus stop and supplies the citizens with phone numbers, which they may contact in case of harassment. Not only Berlin communal politics struggles with how to deal correctly with the adherents of late Science Fiction author Hubbard. The republic's interior ministers have difficult times as well. A year ago they ordered Verfassungsschutz [interior intelligence agency "Office for the Protection of the Constitution"] to examine the prospects of a bannishment for the organisation. "There's a great risk originating from this cult" stated Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) as a reason for the advance. The decision was a "great success" in the fight against this "criminal association" applauded his Hamburg colleague the decision. When the 16 interior ministers are going to meet in Potsdam this Wednesday comments will be more reserved. That's because the 46 page report of the intelligence agency has been completed - and offers few starting points for a succesful bannishment procedure. The situation assessment was sketchy, the risk for legal action great and a failure might lead to a loss of reputation for the state, the confidential dossier is stating. "We have arrived at the result that bannishment procedures are unrewarding" confirmed Brandenburg interior minister Jörg Schönbohm to "Welt am Sonntag". The current head of the interior minister's conference had always been critical of a ban - after all it's the strongest measure in a lawful state. "In general we in Germany are too quick in discussing these bannishments of associations. When we're of the opinion that a point of view isn't entirely correct, we readily want to ban it", said Schönbohm. "But we're living in a liberal-democratic basic order, in which freedom of opinion is of high value." Instead he's advocating more self-confidence and trust into democracy: "Who honestly believes that we are being threatened by 5000 Scientologists is a coward in my opinion." You at least can't say this of the Berlin transportation companies. The CULT will not be banned in Germany Quote: There will be no ban on the Scientology church in Germany. "We have reached the decision that a prohibition is not designated" , explained Jörg Schönbohm, the Secretary of Interior Affairs of state Brandenburg and also President of the Commission of Secretaries of Internal Affairs, to the Sunday newspaper "Welt am Sonntag". The commission had asked last year the so-called office for the Protection of the Constitution for a confidential research, where was examined whether the conduct of the controversial Scientology church implies a danger for German democracy. "We know that a democratic system grants freedoms in which the freedom of opinion is an important point" , the minister states. "Who seriously thinks that we are threatened by 5,000 scientology partisans is, according to me, overly scared." |
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L’Eglise de scientologie lance une offensive à Onex MALAISE | Une revue fait de la pub pour Ron Hubbard.
Ron Hubbard - Photo © Gilles Bassignac
A Onex, on se serait bien passé d’une affaire pareille. Les faits remontent à mai, lorsque l’Onésien, la revue de l’Association des intérêts d’Onex, signe un contrat publicitaire avec un annonceur. Jusque-là, rien de surprenant. Oui mais voilà, l’annonceur en question est l’Eglise de scientologie, qui s’est présentée comme l’Ecole de scientologie de Genève. Pas plus choqué que ça, le publiciste Jean-Pierre Roman. «Cela ne m’a pas posé de problème de conscience», précise-t-il. Une pub qui dérange Denis Pasche, conseiller municipal Vert et président de l’association, découvre alors le pot aux roses. Un petit encart vantant les mérites du livre phare de L. Ron Hubbard, créateur de l’Eglise de scientologie. «Evidemment, j'étais embêté, explique Denis Pasche. J’ai demandé au Conseil municipal ce qu’il convenait de faire. Mais rompre un contrat, c’est long et coûteux. On a décidé de ne pas bouger, en revanche cela ne se reproduira pas. De toute façon la dernière pub est passée.» Ne pas ébruiter l’affaire donc, et attendre que ça se tasse. «Sauf que l’Onésien est subventionné à hauteur de 30'000 francs (20'000 euros) par an par la mairie», rappelle Yvan Zweifel, de l’union libérale-radicale, qui voit d’un mauvais œil que l’on assimile la commune à la très controversée scientologie, perçue par beaucoup comme une secte. Une entreprise commerciale Dans le canton de Genève, la législation impose une «neutralité confessionnelle». Or, une décision du Tribunal fédéral a défini la scientologie comme une entreprise commerciale, «Il n’y a pas d’illégalité», assure Me François Bellanger, président du Centre intercantonal d’information sur les croyances. Reste que la commune semble être dans le collimateur de la scientologie. Stéphane Jeanrenaud, directeur de Canal Onex, la chaîne locale, a lui aussi été approché en octobre afin de diffuser une publicité. «Quand j’ai vu le contenu, j’ai tout de suite coupé court aux négociations, question d'éthique.» Coïncidence ? Sûrement pas. «Ils m’ont envoyé une invitation pour une conférence en novembre qui se déroulera … dans une salle de la mairie d’Onex», poursuit Stéphane Jeanrenaud. «Vous me l’apprenez !» réagit Anne-Carole Kast, conseillère administrative. Ce doit être une négligence, on n’a pas dû vérifier l’identité de celui qui a fait la demande de location.» S’il y a une forte communauté scientologue à Onex ? «Je ne sais pas», avoue-t-elle. Mais l’Eglise de scientologie le sait, elle: «Nous avons beaucoup de membres à Onex», aurait-elle confié à Jean-Pierre Roman. 5 commentaires parus avec l'article de la Tribune de Genève Par Café le 13.11.2008 - 09:07 Mais voyons on sait bien que la Suisse est un repère de sectes de tous genres .. étant donné que nos lois sont laxistes avec les dealers, assassins, violeurs etc ... pourquoi ne le serait-elle pas avec les laveurs de cerveaux ? Remarque d'anti-scientologie: Nos lois sont adaptées aux sectes mais l'indépendance juridique des cantons rend impossible aux citoyens non fortunés d'agir contre une secte comme la scientologie qui a des succursales dans plusieurs cantons et qui a créé des entités pour recueillir de l'argent et qui parfois envoie même des fonds directement de main à main à son siège aux USA. Par Xaparo le 13.11.2008 - 08:09 En tant qu'ancien responsable de la publicité de l'Onésien pendant plus de 15 ans et négociateur de l'accord initial avec la Mairie, j'aimerais rappeler les bases de l'accord. Il n'a jamais été question que la commune d'Onex subventionne le journal et que les politiques aient ainsi un moyen de pression sur l'édition du journal que ce soit sur sa rédaction ou sur son contenu publicitaire. L'accord initial instaurait une relation purement commerciale entre la mairie d'Onex et l'Association des Intérets d'Onex AIO. L'AIO mettait à disposition de la mairie un espace pour y publier des informations dans l'Onésien dont le contenu des pages Mairie est publié sous l'entière responsabilité de l'autorité municipale. La responsabilité de la Mairie s'arrête donc au contenu des pages publiés par elle et non pas du contenu du reste du journal. L'Association des Intérets d'Onex étant une association reconnue, il est possible d'aborder ce problème avec son comité ou lors de l'assemblée générale annuelle. En ce qui concerne la pratique de la réception des annonces, à mon époque, seule les annonces politiques contenant un message contraire à la loi ou diffamant une personne étaient interdites par l'AIO. J'ignore si les conditions de la relation avec la mairie ont changée mais je pense utile d'apporter ce petit rappel historique aux lecteurs de cet article. Avec mon bon souvenir Pierre-Alain Monnet Par Verli le 13.11.2008 - 07:45 Il est à croire et pas surprenant que certains membres de gouvernements fassent partie de cette secte, étant donné qu'elle sévi continuellement et soit toujours tolérée. La Suisse doit la déclarer persona non grata. Remarque d'anti-scientologie: Le hic c'est que si on interdit la secte unilatéralement (seulement en Suisse) elle continuera dans d'autres pays et agira de façon encore plus cachée chez nous. Par Ralfie le 13.11.2008 - 06:24 Je n'ai que peu de choses à ajouter au commentaire deAnonGenf, qui a totalement raison. Il faut éradiquer cette secte malsaine et dangereuse pour nos jeunes surtout, et n'a rien à voir avec une religion, mais seulement avec le fric qu'elle pique largements aux gogos ! Remarque d'anti-scientologie: C'est assez désolant de lire que la secte de scientologie concernerait des gogos ! Beaucoup de gens ne connaissent pas exactement les mécanismes de manipulation. (Notre site servirait-il si ce n'était pas le cas ?) ... Bref; redisons donc ici avec force ... et conviction que la scientologie s'adresse essentiellement à des personnes affaiblies ou immatures pour leur vendre une pseudo-thérapie psychiatrique à prix usuraire et que la loi puni de telles actes (abus de faiblesse - usure - captation d'héritage - etc.). le 13.11.2008 - 05:44 J'ai un
proche qui est membre de cette organisation. Il a déjà du dépenser
des milliers de francs pour des cours qui ne lui ont rien apporté.
Il ne peut plus nous parler parce que nous ne sommes pas membres
de la secte. Il va aux états-unis pour suivre un programme punitif
lorsqu'il ose mettre en doute l'histoire de Xenu. Selon la scientologie,
des extra-terrestres ont été brulés dans un volcan il y a longtemps
par l'empereur galactique XENU, et les
esprits "thetans" de ces créatures hantent les personnes,
et les scientologues doivent payer beaucoup d'argent pour s'en
débarasser, car ils sont la cause des maladies et de tous les
maux. Ne faites pas la même erreur, cette organisation est poursuivie
en France. Découvrez ce qu'il en est sur www.xenu.net Pensez aux personnes qui ont dilapidé leur fortune ... Remarque d'anti-scientologie: Ou qui ce sont suicidées. |
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The Miscavige Legal Statements – a study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection Source:
http://free-from-scientology.blogspot.com Here's a re-post of an important recent statement authored by Lawrence (Larry) Brennan, a former member and high ranking administrator of the Church of Scientology.Whenever Larry posts, I listen because he's one of the most important witnesses to the deceptive corporate shenannagans played against the IRS by the Church of Scientology, L Ron Hubbard and David Miscavige. Here's his latest: Operation Clambake Message Board [...] SME posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 “The Miscavige Legal Statements – a study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection” – Posting #10 – November 11, 2008 As covered in the first posting of this series, I am here listing a quote by David Miscavige in a legal document. I. David Miscavige’s Quote: From “DECLARATION OF DAVID MISCAVIGE” – Larry Wollersheim vs. Church of Scientology of Calfornia – 15 October 1999: link–http://www.gerryarmstrong.org “33. During the late 1970's to 1980, while producing religious training films, as well as 1980 to his passing in 1986, while in seclusion continuing his research and writing, Mr. Hubbard lived away from his wife, Mary Sue. This point is important. While Mr.Hubbard was the Founder of the religion, he did not hold any corporate position. His role was the inspiration and Source of the religion's teachings. Mrs. Hubbard was the head of the Guardian's Office. As the Founder's wife she was, of course, held in high regard in the religion. The GO was, in fact, answerable to no one except those in the GO, and Mrs. Hubbard held the highest position in the GO”. II. The truth about the subject matter quoted: In the above quote Miscavige carefully chooses his words to try not to perjure himself. For example he talks of L. Ron Hubbard (“LRH”) living away from his wife and holding no corporate position. And, he says that MarySue Hubbard held the highest position in the Guardian’s Office (“GO”). What he carefully omits is the meaninglessness of these statements. Corporate “on paper” control was never the real control used for any length of time within organized scientology. Although he did not hold corporate controls on paper then, that never stopped LRH in the slightest from ordering into and controlling all major sectors of organized scientology including the GO. Whether or not he physically lived with his wife had nothing to do with his ability to order into the GO yet Miscavige states that to mislead the reader into assuming the fact of their physical separation actually has some relevance to the issue of control of the GO. It does not. While Mary Sue Hubbard was indeed in a senior position to the Guardian World Wide while she held a position entitled “Commodore’s Staff Guardian” (later to be renamed to “Controller”) she was not in fact the senior most person to run the GO. Miscavige’s statement that she held the highest position in the GO is misleading at best. The fact is that while LRH had no title as being over the GO, he was in fact the senior most person over the GO itself. Mary Sue indeed gave many orders into the GO and oversaw many activities of the GO. But the policies that the GO was trained on and the major strategic orders to the GO were overwhelmingly by and from LRH. This includes many policies, “Guardian’s Orders” as well as many of the major GO plans, programs and orders. I was a fully trained and interned Legal Staff Member within the Guardian’s Office with over 9 years of experience of legal under Hubbard, mostly within the GO. Between July 1976 and July 1981 I worked at the headquarters of the GO in East Grinstead in the UK known as GO World Wide. I can tell you that there were so many LRH orders, programs, plans, etc (and compliances to same) in those GOWW files that it took some 100 or so GOWW staff and students weeks to vet out them or remove them from GOWW files alone after the FBI had raided GO offices in the USA. These showed years of LRH control of many GO activities. In just the GO legal “corporate” area alone, LRH himself was deeply involved in major corporate evolutions and scams from the beginning and in fact directed the GO with respect to handlings for same throughout the history of the GO. This included corporate matters where money was secretly funneled to Hubbard for years and goes right up to and through that actual corporate sortout in 1981-1983. A few examples of LRH controlling corporate/legal GO matters from personal history include: 1) LRH being the one behind the mid 70s "Greater Churches of Scientology" plan that GO US was following to set up backup corporations for each "church" corporation in the mid 70s. This was so new corporations were ready to start in the event the IRS seized all assets of church corporations in the US via jeopardy assessment. LRH wrote then that the real assets of any org were its staff and contacts and not the cash, buildings, etc. so he instructed the GO to get ready with backup corporations that could be funded from financial sources outside of the IRS's reach if needed. (Note: the wildest thing really about "all the IRS problems" through the decades is that most stem, not from GO mishandlings, but from the abusive written or other policies of LRH himself including the millions of millions of dollars he insisted constantly inure to his own private benefit). Again, LRH was causing the problems, not the GO. And, he was directing the GO to cover them up; 2) You can see documents from earlier posts on alt religion scientology by others seized in the FBI raids on "the church" showing Deputy Guardian USGO's telexes to LRH where LRH's approval was being gotten on funds to use to purchase the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater. CSC (Church of Scientology of California) funds could be used and they would secretly go though a phony front corporation called "Southern Land Development and Leasing Corporation" (SLDLC). Hubbard was not only behind this but his approval was needed on anything major that the GO did involving this. I myself was on the first "SLDLC" mission in Savannah, Georgia where I and a "Commodore Staff Aide" were checking out the Savannah Country Club as a possible location for Flag when the ship came ashore. When that was given up as not practical, Florida was chosen and LRH himself had to approve it being Clearwater; 3) After the whole SLDLC/UCF (United Churches of Florida) scam blew up in Clearwater, I wrote a corporate program to stabilize "Flag" in Florida. It was LRH himself who wrote to me with his approval of what the program covered and asking me to get "Flag" a consumer's certificate of exemption there so that it could operate and not have to be considered as a business and have to charge sales taxes. I did that and complied to LRH; 4) In GOWW, LRH constantly had to approve major corporate structures and other legal actions. He had to approve CSC being used as the main corporation in the UK for a time (when it was thought CSC would be tax exempt in the US and that would be a good positioning for the UK); 5) LRH's were the orders I had to follow to set up the first WISE corporation in Liechtenstein (which we didn't use as LRH did not like the "Limited" in the name as he said that killed the PR for WISE); 6) I had LRH's own orders on Corporate Sortout Matters from the early 80s where he pushed first one team and then my own team to come up with legal solutions to mask his control of the organizations of scientology and gave his own instructions on how to brief the attorneys; 7) LRH's own orders were used for the actual corporate sortout missions that put in such things as RTC, CSI, broke up CSC, etc.; 8 ) LRH’s orders were the ones followed to set up and get operational Scientology Missions International in a way to get great tax advantages and to try to avoid legal liabilities. A copy of one of his orders on this matter is contained in section 16 of my declaration from May 2008: http://evil.scientology.googlepages.com/crs.pdf 9) LRH continued to order us well into 1983 about all that and more. I could give many, many more examples but the above are given to point out that it was LRH who controlled the GO back then, the legal actions it took and it was that same LRH who controlled it after the GO, despite all that Miscavige says to deny this. Likewise Miscavige’s statement of LRH being in seclusion from 1980 to 1986 is equally misleading. Not only were his orders used in 1981 to help restructure organized scientology corporately but for much of the time that I was on the Watchdog Committee in 1982 and 1983 I received and complied to orders from LRH weekly covering major legal matters involving organized scientology, royalties, etc. At that same time LRH was ordering me on such matters, he was also ordering all of the other WDC members on matters involving the sectors they oversaw. Miscavige frequently uses corporate veils to hide the real controls by saying people had no corporate authority and thus could not have controlled organized scientology. However to Miscavige and LRH before him corporate was only a cover to hide the real controls. I personally educated Miscavige and got his approval on much of organized scientology’s corporate structure and have personal knowledge of hundreds of examples of his violating it while he ran organized scientology when employed in Author Service in the early 1980s despite his statements under penalty of perjury to the contrary A great deal more can be covered on what Miscavige lied about in the above quote but this information should be enough to make my point. (III). My vote: “Perjury”, “Just a Lie” or “Simply Misdirection” While Miscavige’s wordings in the above noted quote were designed to mislead the reader (“Misdirection”), together they paint a very false picture of the controls of the GO. So much so that IMHO David Miscavige committed Perjury in his above statement. Comments from anyone who wants to give them on this thread will be welcome. I welcome both agreement and disagreement and suggest that those concerned vote for “Perjury”, “Just a Lie” or “Simply Misdirection” as they see fit. Eventually I plan to post on my blog the top actual examples of David Miscavige’s greatest perjury, lies and misdirecting statements to deflect attention away from organized scientology’s misdeeds as voted on by the general public. It should be interesting. If any others reading this thread may want to add in their own examples of the truth which may be even more relevant than my own, please feel free to do so. The entire list of these postings as well as other series’ of postings I plan to make through this next year will be found on my blogspot: http://larrybren.blogspot.com/ Larry Brennan My blog:
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[..] http://ocmb.xenu.net/ocmb/viewtopic.php?p=347801#34780 Formerly Fooled and Finally Free From The Deceptive Cult Called Scientology: The Miscavige Legal Statements - a study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection. Did David Miscavige commit perjury using lies and misdirection ? From the above and from my own experience as a former longtime member of scientology, I say it's more than lies and misdirection. I say it's perjury. Mary McConnell http://free-from-scientology.blogspot.com/2008/11/miscavige-legal-statements-study-in.html
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Nicole Kidman contrôlée par Tom Cruise pendant leur mariage Etouffée par son mari
L’actrice australienne a d’abord été connue pour avoir été l’épouse de Tom Cruise. Elle revient aujourd’hui sur ces années-là. Nicole Kidman est passé aux aveux et a révélé ce que tout le monde soupçonnait depuis bien longtemps déjà. Elle n’était guère considérée pendant ses onze années de mariage avec Tom Cruise. Dans une interview à l’édition américaine du magazine Glamour, la superbe rousse avoue avoir été étouffée par son scientologue d’ex-mari. Une première pour l’actrice qui a toujours pris soin de ne pas critiquer cette période de sa vie. « Je n’étais considérée comme une star que par association. Je ne pense pas que mes premiers films aient été très bons, ce qui explique peut-être que je me suis toujours trouvée derrière. Lorsque nous nous rendions à la cérémonie des Oscars, je n’étais là que pour le soutenir. C’était mon travail de mettre une belle rode et de jouer les potiches. J’étais vue, mais pas entendue », explique Nicole Kidman. Les deux acteurs, et parents d’Isabella et Conor, ont tourné ensemble dans trois films, Jours de tonnerre, le film de leur idylle, Far and Away ainsi que le très controversé Eyes Wide Shut. La carrière de la maman de Sunday Rose, la fille qu’elle a eu avec le chanteur de country Keith Urban, a réellement pris son essor avec Moulin Rouge en 2003. Elle a par la suite remporté un Oscar pour son interprétation de Virginia Woolf dans The Hours. « En restant six années toute seule, j’ai appris peu à peu à construire ma propre identité. Et cela ne pouvait se faire avec l’assentiment de quelqu’un d’autre », conclut la belle Australienne. Voilà qui ne va pas arranger la cote de popularité de Tom Cruise. Très critiqué par ses compatriotes pour avoir embrigadé sa nouvelle épouse, Katie Holmes, dans la Scientologie, ces quelques détails de sa vie privée avec Nicole Kidman ne vont pas l’aider. M-A.K. Nicole Kidman était étouffée par Tom Cruise
Jusqu'ici, Nicole Kidman avait rarement évoqué ses onze années de mariage avec Tom Cruise. Elle passe aujourd'hui aux aveux en reconnaissant avoir été très peu considérée durant cette époque. Dans l'édition australienne du magazine Glamour, l'actrice raconte avoir été étouffée par son ex-mari. Une révélation étonnante pour la superbe rousse qui avait jusqu'alors évité de critiquer cette période. "Je n'étais considérée comme une star que par association. Je ne pense pas que mes premiers films aient été très bons, ce qui explique peut-être que je me suis toujours trouvée derrière. Lorsque nous nous rendions à la cérémonie des Oscars, je n'étais là que pour le soutenir. C'était mon travail de mettre une belle rode et de jouer les potiches. J'étais vue, mais pas entendue", explique Nicole Kidman. Les deux acteurs ont joué ensemble dans trois films: "Jours de tonnerre", "Far and Away" ainsi que le controversé "Eyes Wide Shut". Mais la carrière de Nicole Kidman a véritablement démarré avec "Moulin Rouge" en 2001, pour lequel elle est nominée aux Oscars. Elle devra cependant patienter jusqu'à l'année suivante pour remporter la précieuse statuette grâce à son interprétation de Virginia Woolf dans "The hours". "En restant six années toute seule, j'ai appris peu à peu à construire ma propre identité. Et cela ne pouvait se faire avec l'assentiment de quelqu'un d'autre", conclut la belle Australienne, aujourd'hui mariée à Keith Urban. Voilà des révélations qui ne manqueront pas de ternir un peu plus l'image de Tom Cruise, déjà vivement critiqué pour avoir embarqué sa nouvelle épouse, Katie Holmes, dans la scientologie. V.T. |
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Jury Still Out On Butcher 'Guru To The Stars' Trial
The jury is still out on the Feline Butcher -- holistic health guru to such stars as Tom Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley and Queen Latifah -- who is facing 17 counts of practicing medicine without a license and one count of grand theft. The jury's verdict could put Butcher's holistic health clinic out of business, but it could also put her behind bars. It would weigh heavily on the Church of Scientology, which is a big supporter of Butcher's anti-drug regimen for treatment. Butcher is an avowed high-ranking church member. The trial for the faux practitioner came to a close Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court with numerous Scientology disciples present in the courtroom and the jury has been deliberating ever since. Butcher, who has treated with holistic techniques other stars like Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson, was investigated specifically by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Halt Authority Task Force in the case of photographer Clive McLean, who died in 2005. Mclean's widow, Erica McLean, says that Butcher, being a Scientologist, encouraged her husband to abandon chemotherapy in favor of a regimen of "vitamins and magic drops." McLean, who was assisted by private investigator Paul Barresi, claims that the couple paid close to $120,000 on useless treatments. Barresi was a friend to Clive McLean as well, having been photographed by McLean for Hustler Magazine. Barresi turned over a cache of information about Butcher to the Halt Authority Task Force. See more of the Butcher trial story below: "I contacted Detective Kathleen Miller with the Halt Authority Task Force and gave her everything I had on Butcher and her partners in crime." Barresi said. In her first exclusive interview since the end of trial, Erica McLean told FBLA, "The facts in this case speak for themselves. There were 99 pieces of evidence presented. Feline Butcher's partner, David Chuah, being the coward that he is, fled the country. But it is now up to the jury to decide." She added: "It was a bad joke she (Feline Butcher) played on me and my husband. We played into her quackery. Her partner, David Chuah, who is still at large, invented some kind of cancer cure-all machine, right out of the 'Wizard of Oz', supposedly charged with a magic level of electrical frequency, we were told would dry up the cancer cells in Clive's body. Then he'd take a colonic to wash them away." Posted by Dan Cox |
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Epic raid by Hamburg Anons
Anonymous Protests the Cult of scientology in Hamburg Download the video (.flv - 19MB) L'Association Internationale des Scientologues (I.A.S) avait contacté la police de Hambourg disant qu'une manifestation de 300 personnes aurait lieux en face de l'organisation de scientologie, faisant du coup déplacer les anons qui avaient un permis à cet endroit. Ceci a inspiré les Anons d'Hambourg. Ils ont adopté le thème du film 300 pour leur manif :-) They announced a 300
People Protest, so we could not protest at our usual location.So anonymous
had to fight for its right to protest. Suprisingly only 7 Scientologists
turned up.
Hamburg is our Homeland I would even allow myself to say, that this city LOVES us.Yes, life here is beautiful, and nobody can tell me otherwise.It doesnt matter if you have worries, or problems. Hamburg will always give you the safety, calmness and peace that you need.Nevertheless, like in any beautiful apple, there are worms living inside our Hamburg. One of these worms is the Scientology Organisation. The parasite found its home here, nearly invisible while infiltrating our world. And as it is any worms nature, Scientology is destroying the thing in which and from which it lives. It bites itself through the living flesh of our community and lets the horrible woulnds it created to bleed, right under our eyes. After the US election everybody is talking about change and justice. Yes with all his will and power will humenity try to reach for the change it so desperately needs. But only wishing for change is not enough it is also not enough to talk about change. And it is not enough to give the resposibility of change to others. We love this city and people that fill it, with our whole heart. And because of that, we have decided to be this change. We are active. And because we are so active we call the change back to life. We commit ourselves. To free and represent the ones that are held captive, exploited or are being muzzled. We commit ourselves. To protect the weak, the desperate and the young from this cult. Yes we also commit ourselves to keep the memories alive. Memories of every family that has been disconnected byScientology. Memories of every year and every single chindlhood that has been stolen by this Cult and Memories of every single person whos life has been visciously taken by the Church of Scientology.People of Hamburg We deserve better ! Become active ! Answer the love of our city ! Don't let beautiful Hamburg to suffer through the Cult of Scientology ! Hamburg ist unsere Heimat Ich würde sogar so weit gehen, dass ich sage das diese Stadt uns Liebt. Ja das Leben hier ist schön und keiner wird mir widersprechen können Egal, ob wir Sorgen oder Probleme haben unser Hamburg gibt den Schutz, die Ruhe und den Frieden den wir brauchen. Jedoch, wie ein unglaublich schöner Apfel, verbirgt Hamburg auch leider Würmer in sich. Einer von diesen Würmern ist die Scientology Organisation. Der Parasit hat sich scheinbar unsichtbar hier niedergelassen. Und so wie die Würmer nun einmal sind, zerstört Scientology das wovon und worin sie lebt indem sie sich durch das Lebendige Fleisch durchfrisst und die aufgerissenen Wunden bluten lässt. Nach der Wahl in den USA reden alle von Veränderung und Gerechtigkeit. Ja, mit der ganzen Kraft seiner Seele wird der Mensch immer nach Veränderung und Gerechtigkeit streben, aber der Wunsch allein reicht nicht aus. Reden über den Wunsch reicht nicht aus Es reicht auch nicht aus die Verantwortung für Veränderung an andere weiterzugeben. Da wir diese Stadt und die Menschen dieser Stadt von ganzen herzen lieben und beschützen wollen haben wir uns entschieden diese Veränderung zu verkörpern. Wir sind aktiv, und gerade weil wir aktiv sind Rufen wir die Veränderung ins leben. Wir verpflichten uns die von Scientology Eingesperrten, Ausgenutzten und Mundtot gemachten zu vertreten und zu befreien. Wir verpflichten uns die schwachen, die verzweifelten und die jungen vor dieser Sekte zu beschützen. Ja, wir verpflichten uns auch die Erinnerungen als Warnung lebendig zu erhalten. Erinnerungen an jede der durch Scientology auseinander gerissenen Familien an jedes Lebensjahr und jede Kindheit die Scientology ihren Mitgliedern gestohlen hat und an jeden Toten der dem Leben durch Scientology entrissen wurde. Hamburger wir verdienen besseres. Werdet aktiv Und Erwidert die Liebe dieser Stadt Lasst das schöne Hamburg nicht durch diese Sekte leiden. Source:
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Un groupe de manifestants anonymes a exprimé sa rage aujourd’hui, non loin des portes de l’Église de scientologie de Québec. En ce qui les concerne, ils demandaient ni plus ni moins que la disparition de cette secte dans la province de Québec. Il s’agissait en fait d’une manifestation d’envergure mondiale qui se tient chaque deuxième samedi du mois depuis février dernier. En effet, il semblerait que la rue Sainte-Catherine à Montréal a aussi reçu la visite de ces individus masqués, pendant que le reste de l’Amérique du Nord, l’Europe et l’Australie connaissait leur propre version de la même histoire. Internet Cette histoire est la rencontre d’internautes qui ne se connaissent pas, mais qui ont chacun leurs raisons de craindre la scientologie. Il est à noter que la manifestation devait avoir lieu directement devant l’Église de scientologie de Québec, rue Saint-Joseph, mais La Parade des jouets battait son plein au même moment. Par respect pour les enfants, les manifestants ont plutôt pris place deux coins de rue plus loin. C’est ainsi qu’une demi-douzaine d’individus portant le masque effrayant du film V pour Vendetta ont brandi les pancartes pour la cause. V pour Vendetta étant un film qui critique sévèrement le totalitarisme. Le port du masque est une façon pour les manifestants de porter le même regard réprobateur sur la scientologie, tout en leur fournissant un anonymat essentiel à la préservation de leur santé morale ou même physique. Un premier manifestant a d’abord raconté un bon nombre d’horreurs attribuables à la scientologie et c’est afin de dénoncer l’attitude agressive des membres de la secte qu’il s’est déplacé aujourd’hui. «Nous sommes pour la liberté de religion, mais la scientologie n’est pas une religion. C’est plutôt du crime organisé», a affirmé un autre manifestant. Selon ce dernier, plusieurs personnes seraient mortes pour avoir été associées de près ou de loin à cette secte. «Nous avons découvert des choses antisociales, alors nous prêtons notre voix aux gens décédés et aux personnes membres qui gardent le silence par peur d’être harcelés», a-t-il continué, certain que la volonté politique d’effacer à jamais les traits de la scientologie se veut de plus en plus forte. La scientologie De prime abord, la scientologie cherche à construire une civilisation sans folie, sans crime, sans guerre, sans drogue, etc. Pour ce faire, les Églises de scientologie proposent des programmes et des activités qui aideraient les adhérents à améliorer leur vie. En fin de compte, la société serait débarrassée de tous les fléaux. Cependant, pendant que les adeptes cherchent des réponses à leurs questions fondamentales, ils seraient forcés de couper tout lien avec les non-membres. Certains seraient emprisonnés et privés de nourriture et d’eau pendant plusieurs jours et d’autres sont menacés ou attaqués. |
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As soon as protesters in a local anti-Scientology group, donning Guy Fawkes masks, arrived at the religious group’s temporary Portland office Nov. 1, members of the organization hurried to the windows to close the curtains and blinds. Armed with picket signs proclaiming the Church of Scientology as an evil cult, the leaderless group, known as Anonymous, spread their ideas outside and around the offices of the religious organization, marching all over the downtown area. Portland’s group, mostly made of full-time workers and students, is just one branch of the online-based protest organization, which operates and holds protests against the church in cities worldwide. Although members of Anonymous feel strongly about the practices of the church, it’s nothing personal, they said. “We have absolutely nothing against their beliefs,” said one masked protester at the rally. “[We] fully believe in the freedom of religion.” Rather than attacking the ideology of practicing Scientology, the religion that purports mankind carries the souls of alien life forms within, Anonymous members instead attack the religion’s status as a cult that is guilty of exemption from taxes, child labor practices and manipulation of its members, among other alleged crimes. Protesting regularly, Anonymous members wear masks and bandanas over their faces out of fear of being identified and subsequently intimidated, harassed and discredited as a result of their actions. Anonymous members believe photos are taken of them after protests, after which members affiliated with the Church of Scientology vigorously collect information about them, including names, phone numbers and addresses, which are posted online. One man said that someone within the organization found out who he was and left a note on his car threatening to rape him. One female protester described how her father, a free speech activist, was sued by the Church of Scientology during the 1990s after re-releasing secret “high level documents” on the Internet that the church charges a large sum of money to access. “One of the very first lessons I learned was that Scientology is bad,” she said. “It’s un-American. I don’t care what people believe in, but you should have a right to know what you are believing in.” As the protestors marched over a bridge overlooking the freeway near the church’s office, located at 812 S.W. Washington St., some held a yellow banner in front of midday traffic with the words “Scientology = cult,” where it stayed for roughly half an hour before the Oregon Department of Transportation arrived, asking them to take their signage down. Passersby honked their horns and shouted in agreement with the group’s signs. “The Portland Police is really friendly with us. They have absolutely no problem [with the protests],” said one protester, who appeared to be in his twenties. One of the biggest issues that Anonymous has with the church is their suppression of free speech of its ex-members, and the fact that they charge their members for reading materials, videos and services. Those wishing to join the church that do not have money, said one Anonymous member, join the church staff and work. “When you go to confession, you aren’t charged to talk to a priest,” the protester argued. “When you ask a Christian about Christianity, they don’t force you to buy a set of books to gain insight.” Public relations for Portland’s Church of Scientology did not respond to the Vanguard’s attempts at contact before press time. On a Web site linked from the Church of Scientology’s Web site, www.scientology-portland.org, one book costs about $15, and a basic starter collection will cost $250. Anonymous members view L. Ron Hubbard, the science-fiction novelist who started the religion in 1950, as the literary failure whose suppressed imagination resulted in Scientology. Conversely, the church’s official Web site, www.scientology.org, states that Hubbard was a philanthropist and psychiatrist that made important breakthroughs throughout his life. One protester, a woman dressed in a sailor outfit as a nod to “Sea Org,” the name of elite staff members of the church, said she believes that once you know the “truth” about Scientology, it’s hard to stand by and not protest. “I’m just a suburban mother with two kids,” she said. “I’d rather be at home with them right now. Some things are so horrible you can’t stand by and watch it happen.” |
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ARCHIVES MISES SUR ANTI-SCIENTOLOGIE EN NOVEMBRE 2008 |
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Lettres de lecteurs publiées dans le journal 24Heures DROGUE ET SCIENTOLOGIE - Des autorités trop complaisantes A propos de l'article sur le centre de désintoxication Narconon, dans 24 heures du 26 juin: Il est vraiment troublant qu'une organisation comme la Scientologie soit soutenue par nos autorités dans sa démarche systématique d'embrigadement des personnes "fragilisées". Il est inacceptable que les consommateurs de drogue, victimes depuis des décennies d'une politique d'exclusion, soient ainsi jetés en pâture à cette secte dont la dangerosité est notoire (lavage de cerveau, extorsion, intimidation, etc.). Je ne peux concevoir comment ce poulpe, délirant cocktail de New Age militariste, de scientisme psychanalytique et de mafia financière (caractérisation non exhaustive...), célèbre pour avoir su pénétrer les sphères les plus sensibles de nos démocrates (éducation, justice), puisse bénéficier de la moindre complaisance, voire de tant de largesses. Cette secte est dangereuse et doit être surveillée de près; ne faisons pas de faux procès à monsieur Cornuz ! (...) Marco Lopez, Lausanne 24Heures / 6.7.00 SCIENTOLOGIE - "Quels intérêts politiques ?" A propos de l'article sur le centre de désintoxication Narconon, dans 24 heures du 26 juin: Force est de constater que, depuis l'arrivée au pouvoir du syndic Jean-Jacques Schilt, la Ville de Lausanne s'en prend ouvertement aux scientologues. Ceci est d'autant plus choquant que le chef-lieu se veut d'une grande tolérance, à l'égard de la Gay Pride notammen... Certains municipaux lausannois font preuve d'un laxisme manifeste en matière de lutte contre la toxicomanie. Il n'est donc pas surprenant que cette gauche - à tendance finalement assez totalitaire, non? - s'acharne ainsi contre les scientologues qui, eux, affichent une position antidrogue très ferme. Quelques questions me taraudent: quels intérêts politiques Monsieur le syndic a-t-il dans cette chasse aux sorcières ? Ou subit-il lui-même des pressions qui l'incitent à se comporter ainsi? Ou encore, s'agit-il juste d'une rébellion contre une Eglise peut-être trop américaine à son goût (et si oui, à quand la fermeture de McDonald's)? Allons, Monsieur Schilt: le Mur de Berlin est tombé... L'heure n'est-elle donc pas davantage à la compréhension mutuelle qu'à la dictature? Philippe Sarda, Aigle 24Heures / 6.7.00 |
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Store selling Scientology vitamin regimen raises concerns By Geoff Dougherty http://www.sptimes.com
NEW PORT RICHEY -- Two members of the state physician's board are questioning whether a health-food store with ties to Scientology is practicing medicine illegally by offering a church-sanctioned vitamin regimen. The treatment, called "purification rundown," is one of the first steps Scientologists take upon joining the church. Church members tout the rundown as a purifying routine that enables people to kick drug abuse and "think more clearly and have more energy." Some physicians, and a former Scientologist interviewed by the Times, call it dangerous and ineffective. At a recent informational session, the owners of Pure Health on W Main Street told visitors that the rundown could avert the need for cardiac bypass surgery, treat kidney failure and alleviate eye problems. One of the owners -- who acknowledged having no traditional medical training -- said she sometimes "weaned" clients from their prescription medication in preparation for the program. To Dr. Emilio Echevarria, a member of the state Board of Medicine, those statements raise concerns about whether Pure Health broke the law. "There may be a violation," he said. "The state might say, in essence, "You're practicing medicine.' I certainly would look at that very closely." Franchise of the church The Board of Medicine regulates medical practice in the state. Echevarria was interviewed by the Times Wednesday night as the newspaper prepared to publish a report on Pure Health's vitamin program and ties to the Church of Scientology Although Pure Health does not advertise any connection with the church, the purification rundown is a trademarked service of Scientology that can only be offered with the consent of the church. Pure Health, which store owner Ron Howarth described as a franchise, pays 10 percent of its earnings from purification to an arm of the church. The purification rundown -- sometimes used as a recruiting tool by the church -- has been questioned by doctors. One of them is Ronald Gots, a Maryland toxicologist who reviewed the procedure at the request of city officials in Shreveport, La. Firefighters there underwent the treatment at city expense after they were exposed to carcinogens. "I just found that it was useless," Gots said in a telephone interview. "Useless and fraudulent, considering the claims that were made. And very expensive." The program also calls for administration of up to 5 grams a day of niacin -- a dose that Gots said is dangerous. "That is a very large dose. It is potentially a toxic dose. Two grams a day causes serious complications." Howarth and co-owner Brenda Dyer said their program has been proven safe and effective. Moreover, they said, clients are never told that purification can cure illness. "I am not practicing medicine," said Dyer. Patients at risk Echevarria is not the first person to question whether church members have overstepped their bounds in offering health care. Last year the Pasco-Pinellas State Attorney's Office charged the church with the unlicensed practice of medicine in the case of Lisa McPherson, a Clearwater woman who died after a lengthy stay at the Fort Harrison Hotel That case is awaiting trial. State Attorney Bernie McCabe declined to offer an opinion on whether Pure Health had broken the same law. He said his office would probably take guidance from the Board of Medicine. Echevarria said it's hard to tell whether Pure Health's program violates the law. But the statements made at the store's informational meeting, Echevarria said, warrant a close look. Of particular concern, he said, are promises about treatment results that are not substantiated by scientific research. Further, Echevarria said non-doctors who tinker with a patient's prescription doses can produce tragic results. "You're putting the patient at risk," Echevarria said. "What knowledge does she (Dyer) have to take someone off medications that have been prescribed by a licensed practitioner?" Jogging and saunas The purification rundown was first detailed in a book by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. In the book, Hubbard claims that ultra-high doses of niacin, coupled with a weeks-long routine of jogging and saunas, can rid the body of dangerous toxins The program is based on the idea that those toxins are stored in fat and can be sweated out of the body in a sauna. Others question the science behind the program and say it can lead to health problems. Robert E. Geary, an Ohio dentist and former Scientologist, underwent the treatment with his wife. "She was in okay shape, but she wasn't an athlete. She was losing sleep and having hallucinations, and they were saying, "Oh, that's good,' " Geary said in a telephone interview. Geary said his wife eventually suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized. When an organization linked to Scientology sought approval from Oklahoma regulators to offer a drug-treatment program that relied heavily on purification rundown, Geary wrote to state officials. "As a health care practitioner that has participated in their so-called purification rundown . . . I would say it is bunk," Geary wrote. "I consider their treatment unscientific and dangerous." In 1991, the Oklahoma Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services refused to approve the treatment program, calling it "unsafe and ineffective," according to a report in the Tulsa Tribune. Several lawsuits have been filed against Scientology by families who blame purification programs for the death of a relative. In Portland, Ore., the parents of Christopher Arbuckle, 25, filed suit after he took a purification rundown course. Arbuckle died after his liver failed. His parents settled out of court for an undisclosed amount and agreed not to discuss the case. Ronald Gots, who works for the International Center for Toxicology and Medicine in Rockville, Md., said he was contracted by the city of Shreveport, La. Firefighters there thought they had been exposed to PCBs on the job and persuaded the city to pay for the purification rundown. Gots reviewed their cases at the request of the insurer and found that PCB levels in the firefighters' bodies had actually gone up during the purification rundown. "I think it's scientifically fallacious to say that you can remove toxic substances from the body this way," Gots said. "Materials stored in fat are not going to be removed in the sweat. It makes no sense." Despite that, Dyer aggressively defends the validity of purification. She provided the Times with a sheaf of studies on the program's effectiveness. She agreed that the amount of niacin administered during purification can be dangerous. But the purification's sauna-and-jogging component allows clients to sweat out excess amounts of the vitamin, thereby preventing liver damage, Dyer said. The small group that attended the meeting at the New Port Richey store was also not told about the controversy surrounding purification rundown. One woman asked Dyer: "Have you ever had any failures?" "No," Dyer replied. 'Toxic overload' At that meeting, visitors heard testimonials about the rundown's purifying effects Howarth said he completed the program four years ago after finding that he had high concentrations of heavy metals in his hair. The rundown removed those concentrations, he said. Howarth said the program can also have value for heart patients. "If you do this, you can avoid bypass surgery," he said. Dyer said a wide variety of health problems can be attributed to the kind of impurities that the program purges. "Cancer and AIDS are the final stages of toxic overload," Dyer said. Addressing an elderly visitor who said she had recently experienced kidney failure, Dyer suggested the woman try the program. "You need to do something about your toxins," Dyer said. Dyer said she has years of experience in the alternative medicine community and has advised clients preparing for the rundown to discontinue the use of drugs prescribed by doctors. "Sometimes I wean someone off of their medication," she said. When the Times asked Echevarria and fellow Board of Medicine member Dr. John W. Glotfelty to review those statements, the physicians both suggested an investigation would be in order. "It sounds to me like they are diagnosing," said Glotfelty. "My concern is that they're practicing medicine without a license." Allen Grossman, the assistant attorney general who handles legal matters for the board, agreed. "I think the board would be very concerned with any non-physician interfering with treatment prescribed by a licensed physician," he said. Grossman added that some of Pure Health's claims about the results obtained by purification clients could merit investigation. "Those would be more of a consumer-fraud issue," he said. Spiritual benefits In an interview last week, Dyer and Howarth said only one client has completed the purification rundown at the New Port Richey store. And they strongly denied practicing medicine without a license While they reeled off a list of medical conditions that can be helped by purification rundown -- kidney disease, liver disease, obesity -- they said clients are always told the main benefits of the program are spiritual. When Dyer's clients express an interest in reducing the amount of prescription drugs they take, Dyer said she usually tells them to see a physician. But Dyer acknowledged that in at least one instance, she had "weaned" someone off medication without the help of a doctor. In that case, Dyer said, her advice came from the pages of the Physician's Desk Reference, a manual on prescription drugs. "One time I took someone off of thyroid medication. She wanted to go off it. She didn't want to go back to her doctor," Dyer said. "I pulled out the book... and I said, "This is what you would have to do.' " The patient followed that advice and later received approval from her physician, Dyer said. While acknowledging that she prefers that clients see a doctor to make medication changes, Dyer said she is willing to help patients who have decided not to return to their doctor. "If people want to come to me, and they want to do it on their own, that's up to them," Dyer said. "They have to know the seriousness of getting off something on their own, and if there's any side effects. Certain drugs, you can have problems." When it comes to recommending purification for specific health problems, Dyer and Howarth draw two distinctions between their statements and the offering of medical advice. They never promise patients that purification rundown will cure an illness. And, Howarth said, they are merely advocating the use of vitamins and foods -- not prescription drugs. While offering those cautions, Dyer defended the practice of telling clients that medical problems can improve after purification. "This is not a medical treatment..." Dyer said. "I'm not prescribing drugs. It's just common-sense thing. It's like friendly advice, because I'm so familiar with toxins." But that advice, Howarth said, can come at a price. Although he and Dyer sometimes offer the purification rundown free to cash-strapped clients, Howarth said the bill for others can reach $3,500. 'There are licenses required' The law barring non-doctors from practicing medicine is a broad one It defines the practice of medicine as "the diagnosis, treatment, operation or prescription for any human disease, pain injury, deformity or other physical or mental condition." People who engage in those activities as part of a religious activity, or those who are administering family remedies or acting in an emergency are exempted from the law. But otherwise, non-doctors who diagnose or treat disease can be charged with a felony. The state Supreme Court has ruled that even treatments that involve non-prescription drugs, vitamins or foods constitute unlicensed practice if they're offered by a person who lacks a doctor's license or state approval to work as a homeopathic physician or nutritionist. "The overarching concern is there are licenses required in this state for being involved in nutrition and dietitian practices as well as medicine," said Grossman, the assistant attorney general. "Some of what you describe may well be something that falls under those statutes." Tom Cruise and Kirstie Alley Howarth and Dyer said they came to New Port Richey from Hawaii, seeking a place where they could open a business cheaply while living close to the church's Clearwater headquarters The couple took a dilapidated home and turned it into a freshly painted store, Howarth said. The purification rundown, rather than prompting scrutiny, should be recognized as an important service that the store is offering to the public. "We are here trying to help people and do some good for the community," Howarth said. Both Howarth and Dyer lashed out against the Times, calling the newspaper's coverage of Scientology "smut." Because of that coverage, Howarth said, the public -- and the store's prospective clients -- have formed false and negative opinions of Scientology. It's for that reason, the couple said, that they didn't tell visitors at the store's recent open house about their ties to the church. "It's not a question of withholding information," Howarth said. "It just wasn't the topic of discussion." Those who attended heard a testimonial about purification from famous church member and actor Kirstie Alley. And Dyer recommended a book about nutrition that included contributions from Scientologists John Travolta and Tom Cruise. When one of the prospective clients noted that all three were church members, Howarth smiled. "Well," he said, "There must be something to it, then."
-- Staff writer Thomas Tobin and news researcher Kitty Bennett contributed to this report, which also contains information from Times files. |
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Acquittement pour un ancien scientologue
Un ancien collaborateur de la Scientologie a été définitivement acquitté de l’accusation de tentative d’extorsion envers l’Eglise de Scientologie. Selon l’acte d’accusation, l’ex-dianéticien de 40 ans se serait rendu coupable d'une tentative d’extorsion envers le président de l’Association de Scientologie de Zurich. Il aurait exigé plus de Fr. 600'000 pour renoncer à publier sur Internet des informations critiques sur la communauté religieuse. Lors du jugement de première instance en octobre passé, le Tribunal de district de Zurich avait prononcé un acquittement. Selon le juge, aucun comportement relevant du droit pénal n’avait pu être prouvé. L’Eglise de Scientologie avait fait appel contre le jugement. Demande d’appel retirée sans explication Le Tribunal supérieur de Zurich a communiqué en date du 20 mai que la Scientologie avait retiré sa demande d'appel. Le procès en appel, qui devait se dérouler le mardi 24 mai, n’aura donc pas lieu. Les raisons du retrait de la Scientologie ne sont pas connues. Anti-scientologie: la personne attaquée par la secte a décidé de radier son site internet en échange du retrait de la plainte de la scientologie.) La «tentative d’extorsion» aurait eu lieu en été 2003. La Scientologie avait déposé plainte. Le barreau de district avait requis une peine de 15 jours de prison avec sursis. L’avocat de la Scientologie avait demandé une peine de cinq mois de prison. L’ancien collaborateur de la Scientologie avait plaidé non coupable et déclaré qu’il avait seulement voulu faire enrager le président de la Scientologie. |
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"People attack Scientology, I never forget it, always even the score. People attack auditors, or staff, or organisations, or me. I never forget until the slate is clear." L. Ron Hubbard - MANUAL OF JUSTICE "So we listen. We add up associations of people with people. When a push against Scientology starts somewhere, we go over the people involved and weed them out. Push vanishes." L. Ron Hubbard - MANUAL OF JUSTICE "In any event, any person from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale should not have, in any thinking society, any civil rights of any kind, because by abusing those rights he brings into being arduous and strenuous laws which are oppressive to those who need no such restraints." L. Ron Hubbard - SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL "There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale, neither one of which has anything to do with reasoning with them or listening to their justification of their acts. The first is to raise them on the Tone Scale by un-enturbulating some of their theta by any one of the three valid processes. The other is to dispose of them quietly and without sorrow." L. Ron Hubbard - SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL "The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the Tone Scale from the social order would result in an almost instant rise in the cultural tone and would interrupt the dwindling spiral into which any society may have entered." L. Ron Hubbard - SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL "A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting and destroying all the beggars in Venezuela an end was put to leprosy in that country." L. Ron Hubbard - SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL "Unfortunately, it is all too often true that suppressors to a creative action must be removed before construction and creation takes place. Any person very high on the Tone Scale may level destruction toward a suppressor." L. Ron Hubbard - SCIENCE OF SURVIVAL If you understand what kind of relationship L. Ron Hubbard approved "When you speak of "The Creator" you are probably speaking of something entirely different than implanted religion. Religion is always different than truth. It has to be, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them. When you find an individual is lying to you, you know that the individual is trying to control you. One way or another this individual is trying to control you. That is the mechanism of control. This individual is lying to you because he is trying to control you - because if they give you enough misinfor- mation they will pull you down the tone scale so that they can control you. Conversely, if you see an impulse on the part of a human being to control you, you know very well that that human being is lying to you. Not "is going to", but "is" lying to you. Check these facts, you will find they are always true. That person who is trying to control you is lying to you. He's got to tell you lies in order to continue control, because the second you start telling anybody anything close to the truth, you start releasing him and he gets tougher and tougher to control. So, you can't control somebody without telling them a bunch of lies. You will find that very often Command has this as its greatest weakness. It will try to control instead of leading. The next thing you know, it is lying to the crew. Lie, lie, lie, and it gets worse and worse, and all of a sudden the thing blows up. Well, religion has done this. Organized religion tries to control, so therefore it must be lying" L Ron Hubbard - Journal of Scientology "That's the answer no nation or person can stand up to-if we keep saying it long and loud. SCIENTOLOGY IS THE ROAD TO TOTAL FREEDOM. Used in argument one can invent reasons to baffle the attacking agency or person-but all these reasons should add up to everyone has rights to total freedom." L. Ron Hubbard "But if Freedom has no anatomy, then please explain how one is going to attain to something which cannot be fully explained. If anyone talks about a "road to Freedom" he is talking about a linear line. This, then, must have boundaries. If there are boundaries there is no freedom." L. Ron Hubbard - Dianetics 55
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By an Anonymous (source: ex-forum enturbulation - February 2008)
I come to you in dire times. I am deeply concerned about the past, present and future actions of the Church of Scientology. If you do not know what the Church of Scientology is, I will try to explain it to you exactly how it is. Scientology is a criminal organization hiding behind the mask of religion. By no means am I attacking their religion. I, as do many of you, believe that only in the right time of a person’s life can they know the truth about their heavenly and loving Father and how he sent his one and only Son down to Earth to die for our sins and it is no ones job to force that upon them. The Church of Scientology, however, does not respect the rights of individuals. It recruits people and strips them of their individuality by forcing the poorer members to live in cramped and squalid living conditions, packed together in conditions that have not otherwise existed in this great nation for a hundred years. All members must buy their way into the church. They force poor and middle class members to work long hours for the church and force them to pay most of their money to said church for books and lessons. These books and DVDs are not cheap. Sometimes a set of said books costs over five hundred dollars! The Church of Scientology has convinced members to take out mortgages on their homes to make more money for the church. These people often lose their homes when they run out of money because they were force to give it all to the Church. In fact, the total program costs over $ 350,000 ! Imagine if your church tried to make you pay that much just to learn about God! All of this money goes directly to the heads of the Church. I will not tip toe around the subject any longer, I need to tell you outright that this church is dangerous. It abuses the inherent right to freedom of religion guaranteed to us by the Constituion in order to make money. We need to get the message out that this group seeks to destroy religions like Christianity (this is not an exaggeration). The creator of this religion, the late Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, was a popular science fiction writer. He was quoted saying, “You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.” The following quote is quite lengthy but it has a grave importance to this campaign. “For those of you whose Christian toes I may have stepped on, let me take the opportunity to disabuse you of some lovely myths. For instance, the historic Jesus was not nearly the sainted figure has been made out to be. In addition to being a lover of young boys and men, he was given to uncontrollable bursts of temper and hatred that belied the general message of love, understanding and other typical Marcab PR.” – L Ron Hubbard. Not only does Scientology steal money from their members, they have stolen countless unborne children's lives. Scientology's personal navy called Sea Org has, in the past, ordered mothers to abort their children. Monika Price is one of the many mothers forced to abort their babies while in Sea Org, here is a quote from her husband's Affidavit, "In late 1991, my wife Monika became pregnant and although we were elated, she was ordered to abort the child. The reason for the abortion order is that Sea Org members were not allowed to have children. The order devastated both my wife and me. Our dedication as Sea Org members clashed violently with our intentions as parents and we went through a personal nightmare with me opposing it, to no avail. She got the abortion and afterwards she was not the same." Scientology has killed numerous individuals. They drive members like Noah Antrim Lottick, who jumped off a NYC hotel clutching $171, the only money Scientology hadn’t stolen from him, to insanity by brainwashing and stealing all their money. Their original cult leader L Ron Hubbard was a mad man who often compared Scientology to black magic. To this day, Scientology is tax exempt in the United States allowing them to steal even more money from their followers. “Michael Sklar, a California accountant and Orthodox father of six, will appear in a United States tax court in Los Angeles in October as he pursues a long legal struggle to claim the cost of his children's religious education as a tax deduction. Sklar notes that the IRS allows followers of the Church of Scientology to write off the cost of religious instruction, which many say violates the First Amendment establishment clause banning government support of a religion.” While it is ultimately up to God to judge, it is still our job to inform people of the great injustices that Scientology has caused throughout the years. It is a den of vipers and we must make sure everyone knows the truth. In response to this threat, many people of all religious denominations and from all walks of life are uniting to protest the actions of the organization that is Scientology on February 10th. Please remember this is not an attack on the religion, but instead a way to inform the masses that the corrupt leaders of Scientology are in fact thieves and criminals. These people need help. If you
would like to learn more about this cult go to www.whyaretheydead.net Also take
the time to view http://www.theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com
July 27, 1998 6. For the past five years
since I fled Scientology, I have been silent because it was my intent to create
a new life for myself, away from their obsessive control, and it required all
the energy that I could muster to do that. About two weeks ago, I finally became
curious as to what was happening within the Scientology world and I used the
Internet to look up Scientology and was stunned to discover former friends who
had also left and the conflicts being waged in the courts. I contacted one
(Stacy Young) who had been a close friend for many years in the cult who told me
what had been happening, with former members fighting to have the abuses and the
criminality exposed. 11. In March 1983, I became
the Deputy Inspector General, External, and a member of the Board of Directors
for RTC, as Treasurer. (The only other board members were Warren McShane as
Secretary and Vicki Aznaran as President, during this time.) At the time I was
appointed a member of the Board of Directors of RTC I was forced to sign an
undated letter of resignation. This is standard practice with all Scientology
board members and is another means by which the Scientology corporations are
controlled while giving the appearance of corporate integrity. 15. In late 1991, my wife
Monika became pregnant and although we were elated, she was ordered to abort the
child. The reason for the abortion order is that Sea Org members were not
allowed to have children. The order devastated both my wife and me. Our
dedication as Sea Org members clashed violently with our intentions as parents
and we went through a personal nightmare with me opposing it, to no avail. She
got the abortion and afterwards she was not the same. She was devastated at the
impact of what she did and that was when she told me she wanted to leave. We
fled, with the organization close behind us, trying to find us. They finally did
and convinced us to return so we could "leave properly." 17. This is another coercive power that the organization wields. Like a police state, it can order and enforce family members to alter their relations, and even get them to turn against each other. Monika and I knew that if the organization said she would be kept from her father and sister (by control over them), that she would not again be able to talk to them or see them, let alone visit. This is called "disconnection" in Scientology. We agreed to sign the papers and were able to leave. 18. On July 26, 1998, one
of the cult's attorneys sent a long fax to Dan Leipold that is their first
not-so-veiled threat to me, warning me to be silent. The attorney included the
document they prepared for me and that I signed under the conditions I just
described. I am attaching his letter and the documents I was forced to sign
under duress as my first evidence of what this criminal cult does to silence
anyone speaking out. (Exhibit 1). It does not surprise me, as it is a standard
tactic, to force a person to create or sign a self-damaging document to use when
ready. 20. Present at the meeting
was David Miscavige, then the chairman of the board of ASI, Vicki Aznaran then
the Deputy Inspector General of Religious Technology Center, (RTC) and Lymon
Spurlock, who was "Director of Client Affairs" for ASI. Mr. Miscavige expressed
concern at this meeting that there might possibly be a raid on Scientology by
the IRS. At that time, none of the churches of Scientology had received tax
exempt status. 24. David Miscavige
specifically stated that ASI was "already dealing with the problem", ridding ASI
of any documents that would implicate L. Ron Hubbard as managing agent of
Scientology. He stated that under his directive the LRH orders, or "advices",
were being collected and transferred by truck to a Riverside County recycling
plant where the documents were to be "pulped". This method of destruction was
considered to be better than shredding. I was also given instructions that I was
in charge of purging the remainder of the Scientology organization of LRH
orders. This was to include Church of Scientology of California (CSC); Church of
Scientology International (CSI); and RTC. 26. A "PC " file is one of
several files kept on members. The PC file is the file that includes all written
records of all "confessionals" done by the member. This means that it includes
not only the most self-damaging material but it also reflects every problem the
person might have had with the organization, including complaints. This PC file
grows with the person's tenure in Scientology. 31. In early 1983 I
attended a meeting at Scientology's ASI office in Los Angeles. In attendance at
this meeting were David Miscavige, Lymon Spurlock, Vicki Aznaran, Patricia Brice
and Edith Buchele. The meeting concerned Scientology copyrights. In particular,
David Miscavige stated that Scientology was "in trouble" concerning the
copyright status of the many published materials of founder L Ron Hubbard.
Concern was expressed that many of Mr. Hubbard's published materials had become
'public domain"because the materials had not been registered with the United
States Copyright office for many years. David Miscavige stated that Scientology
had failed to register copyrights for thousands of pages of Scientology material
written by Mr. Hubbard. These records included the numerous policy letters and
bulletins published by Mr. Hubbard. In particular, Mr. Hubbard published "Policy
Letters" (always published in green ink on white paper and intended as
administrative directives) LRH ED's (Executive Directives) which are used for
various topics, (always issued as blue ink on white paper) and "Technical
Bulletins" published with red ink on white paper covering technical aspect of
Scientology such as Auditing techniques, Policy and Ethics. 34. I was requested by
counsel for Mr. Wollersheim to review the exhibits to BPI's renewed motion for
summary judgement. These were contained in more than 20 banker's
boxes. 1. Exhibits B-1289; 1290; 1291; 1292 and 1293 contain a 1953 copyright notice. However, the copyright registrations submitted by BPI are for a compilation published in 1955.37. Based on my knowledge gained as a staff member of Scientology, including my assignment as "Chief Cramming Officer" and based on my examination of the exhibits submitted by BPI in support of their renewed motion for summary judgment, it appears that numerous "originals" submitted by BPI are not originals at all and that copyright notices were placed on documents long after publication back-dating them to the date of publication. Further declarant sayeth naught. I declare, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America and the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 27th day of July, 1998, at Santa Ana, California. JESSE PRINCE
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