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What makes the Church of Scientology
in St. Petersburg and Buffalo ?
The property of the scientologists’ office in St. Petersburg has been arrested (interfax-religion.com - 25 July 06)

Church of Scientology shouldn't target minors (buffalonews.com - 29 July 2006)
 
Court marshals arrest scientologists’ property paralyzing work
of this organization in St. Petersburg (Russia)

interfax-religion.com, 25 July 2006

"Scientologists have collected files on every person involved in the sect who have been as credulous as to share with them their innermost secrets"

The property of the scientologists’ office in St. Petersburg has been arrested by a decision of the arbitration court for failure to pay the rent in good time.

St. Petersburg’s Smena daily has reported on Tuesday that the scientologists’ activity in the city ‘has long roused public bodies’ censure’, but they had to arrest their property for refusal to pay to the owner of a facility they rent in Ligovsky Prospect.

As a result, court marshals arrested the entire property of the scientologists in St. Petersburg on Monday. Scientologists are reported to express hope for a speedy help from their ‘colleges from abroad’ with paying the debt.

‘It is no secret for anybody that under the pretext of spiritual development this sect fleeces credulous people, getting enormous amounts of money from them for teaching them dianetics said to help them grasp all the mysteries of existence. Besides, scientologists have collected files on every person involved in the sect who have been as credulous as to share with them their innermost secrets’, the newspapers notes.

Church of Scientology shouldn't target minors

buffalonews.com,7/29/2006

I have grave concerns regarding the behavior of the Church of Scientology. This organization occupied a kiosk at Walden Galleria last year, handing out literature describing its "religious philosophy." My 14-year-old daughter, who was in the mall with friends, visited the kiosk with the coaxing of the individuals stationed there. They discussed with her "answers to stress" in life and gave her some "test" to demonstrate how "stressed" she was. My daughter described the couple as "nice elderly people, like grandparents."

Although I think these individuals are part of a crazed cult, they certainly have every right to peddle their literature. What concerns me is that they asked my daughter if she would like more information and then asked for her home address. My daughter, who has been taught not to give out personal information to strangers, felt sanctioned to do so. I feel strongly that obtaining a home address from a minor is crossing the line.

When my child started receiving their propaganda in the mail, I called the Galleria. The mall management was receptive to my concerns and contacted the group twice requesting that my child's name be removed from the mailing list. Although the Scientologists complied initially, my child has again started to receive their propaganda in the mail. I believe soliciting personal information from a minor is fraught with dangerous implications. Beware the organization that stoops to this level.

Judith A. Feld

East Amherst