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Seconde Chance mentait sur ses résultats
Résumé: Le programme "Seconde Chance" de la scientologie ne sera plus financé par le Nouveau-Mexique. Une étude de l'Université du Nouveau Mexique a relevé des résultats fortement exagérés par les programmes Seconde Chance et Narconon liés à la scientologie. Seconde Chance tentait même de cacher ses liens avec la scientologie. Scientology Base Denied By Officials
The Second Chance drug rehab program was pitched to lawmakers and the judiciary as the missing link in a broken system that recycled nonviolent drug offenders between jails, prisons and the streets. The past year, it has struggled through money problems and accusations that it is housing ineligible inmates. On Saturday, faced with a city-delivered Jan. 31 deadline to vacate, Second Chance officials moved the last of its inmates out. But throughout the program's two plus years of operation, an underlying cause of concern has been its close ties to Scientology. Since it opened in October 2006, Second Chance officials have said the program has its roots in "secular discoveries" made by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. They have insisted that the program is not based in Scientology. Some officials are Scientologists. Former and current Second Chance employees tell a different story. They say "everything that happens there is based in Scientology" and offer the following to back up their claim: - Inmates and employees are put through "courses" and "ethics training" that are straight out of the Scientology playbook. - Scientology-related entities have played a major role in operations at Second Chance. - Second Chance has received the vast majority of its money from wealthy Scientologist donors. n And the program itself, according to the employees, is virtually the same as Narconon, a drug-rehabilitation program started by Scientologists, and Criminon, a criminal justice program run by Scientologists that is used in prisons. Both of those programs are based on Hubbard's teachings and were classified by the IRS in a 1993 court case as "Scientology-related." The administrators Second Chance President Joy Westrum and her husband, Rick Pendery, who is also a Second Chance administrator, have said they are Scientologists. Pendery has served in official capacities for Criminon and as the national executive director for Narconon. The couple have declined Journal interviews, but Westrum has responded to some e-mailed questions. "While it is licensed by Criminon and combines elements of Mr. Hubbard's secular materials utilized by both Narconon and Criminon, Second Chance delivers a unique service geared toward inmates with drug and alcohol problems," Westrum wrote. Mayor Martin Chavez ordered Second Chance out of its building because it violated its lease by housing violent offenders and making unauthorized changes to the building. It was moving out Saturday. While the mayor says the program's ties to Scientology were not the reasons for his decision, he believes Second Chance officials have misled city and state officials about the extent of the program's ties to the religion. "This program has been based on misrepresentation and deceit, and, frankly, I can't see how that would be the basis for a good recovery program," Chavez said. "It was always represented to us that this program was totally secular, but that some of it was based on L. Ron Hubbard's teachings ... "If in fact what they were doing out there was teaching people directly out of L. Ron Hubbard's books, well, that just adds fuel to the fire." 'Purification rundown' According to the Church of Scientology's Web site, it is the only major religion founded during the 20th century. It is characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment. Second Chance uses manuals that bear Hubbard's name, and courses for inmates include extended periods of time in a sauna and heavy doses of vitamins, including niacin. Narconon and Second Chance use identical versions of the sauna and vitamin course known as the "Purification Rundown," one employee said. The "purification rundown" is a religious ritual in Scientology, the current employee said. Westrum wrote that: "Mr. Hubbard's discoveries are of such a fundamental nature that they also have application in secular fields. One of those fields is drug rehabilitation." Although similar to Narconon and Criminon, she wrote, Second Chance is a completely separate operation that she said is not Scientologyrelated. The current employee also pointed to manuals used at Second Chance to "train" employees and inmates. They include "The Way to Happiness" and "Communication Course," both of which bear Hubbard's name. Westrum agreed that Second Chance is based on Hubbard's teachings. "These include the life skills courses, sauna detoxification, and personal integrity components that comprise the Second Chance Program," she wrote. " 'The Way to Happiness' is a nonreligious moral code written by L. Ron Hubbard and based wholly on common sense." Some inmates have said that Second Chance turned their lives around. Inmates chosen by Westrum for interviews -- which she required always be done in her presence -- have said they are now living drugfree lives. Many have gone on to jobs with the program. Other inmates have complained about the "way the program is managed." One inmate wrote the Journal in November, saying he and others had voiced concerns to Second Chance officials about missing commissary and personal items and that those "inquiries and pleas did not seem to be given serious consideration." Several employees have said that Second Chance is merely a "front group" for Scientology and that its operators have mismanaged the center since it opened. Claims against church Critics including judges and governments have called Scientology a money-driven cult. Critics also say that, despite being organized under separate corporate umbrellas, Narconon, ABLE, Criminon, the Church of Spiritual Technology and other enterprises are, essentially, Scientology front groups. All of those groups and several others are among those the IRS labeled Scientology-related. Several high-profile celebrities, including Tom Cruise and John Travolta, are Scientologists. Cruise, in particular, has made headlines in recent years by espousing Scientology views such as the religion's distaste for psychiatry. Lawmakers from around the city and state have had reservations about the connection between Second Chances and Scientology, which they expressed with a lack of funding. And judges, particularly in Bernalillo County, have been skeptical about Second Chance's methods and where the center has gotten its funding. "If private money is coming in, who are you going to be beholden to?" state District Judge Albert S. "Pat" Murdoch asked Second Chance officials in August 2006. The judge was referring to the fact, confirmed recently by Westrum, that most of Second Chance's money has come from Scientologist donors. It is unclear how much money has come from donors because Westrum and Pendery have repeatedly refused to disclose budgets and other financial information about the program. The program has received nearly $1 million in state and county funds and about $350,000 in federal money. One private donor is Randy Suggs, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Scientologist businessman and part-owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks major league baseball team. Suggs has given millions of dollars to Westrum and Pendery, according to several sources close to the program. When reached by telephone, Suggs said he had "nothing at all to say" about Second Chance. Westrum and Pendery have poured their own money into Second Chance, too, former and current employees and former inmates have claimed. A University of New Mexico study on Second Chance questioned the program's methods. The study pointed out that Narconon and Criminon have inflated their success rates. A different study of a Second Chance pilot program in Mexico, prepared by a Dr. Alfonso Paredes, who is reported to have studied Scientology, claimed a recidivism rate for those who completed the program of less than 10 percent. Preliminary numbers in the UNM study showed recidivism rates for the Albuquerque version of Second Chance at more than 30 percent. |
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Une des plus grandes sociétés scientologues face à la justice http://www.individual.com/story.php?story=93823058 - Dec 20, 2008 Résumé: Le programme de réhabilitation "seconde chance" dépendant de l'organistion de scientologue semble êtresur le point d'être interdit d'exercice à Albuquerque. La municipalité a donné jusqu'au 24 décembre à l'association "seconde chance" pour fournir des éléments probants (d'où viennent les prisonniers, ce qu'ils font, comment on les traite etc.) Center May Be Out Of Options: Second Chance must make accounting to city or face closure By Jeff Proctor
The Second Chance Center has until Christmas Eve to satisfy the city or face eviction. If the secure rehabilitation facility for drug offenders currently leasing the old West Side jail building from the city doesn't give a detailed accounting of its inmates, what charges landed them at Second Chance, what treatment they are receiving and information about the center's insurance and property taxes, it will most likely be shut down, city officials said. Albuquerque Chief Public Safety Officer Pete Dinelli sent a letter to Second Chance President Joy Westrum on Friday "demanding ... the information be provided no later than Dec. 24." "It must be emphasized that unless we receive a complete and prompt response to this demand ... the city intends to exercise any and all legal remedies it has under the lease agreement, including but not limited to termination of the lease and eviction," Dinelli wrote. Westrum said Friday that she plans to cooperate with the city. She hung up on a Journal reporter before she could be asked whether the center is in compliance with its lease, the 2006 state law enabling the center to open, or about allegations from current and former employees of the center. Earlier this week, the Journal reported that the center was having trouble making payroll and paying bills and had laid off some employees. Some employees have alleged it hasn't paid any of its staff since Dec. 1. Sierra County Sheriff Ron Brown has said he has taken overflow inmates from his jail to Second Chance. Grant County Manager Jon Saari said that in the past year, about 25 inmates have been sent from the Grant County jail to Second Chance, but they were not overflow inmates. According to the legislation creating Second Chance, it can take only prisoners who meet certain criteria -- such as not having been convicted of a violent or sexual offense and having been sentenced to the facility by a judge. Inmates must complete a six-month program before release. Scientology and the "Second Chance Program"
"Scientology works on the assumption that one succeeds by acting like a
success. They have proved this doctrine time after time, even in this
day of the interwebs where anyone can google the truth. The fact is that state employees, state legislators, and state public
health administrators are so crippled by the legislation that defines
their authorities, that they cannot do the minimal level of research
that would reveal that Narconon/Criminon/Second Life, etc., are simply
unscientific scams to garner money for Scientology. Scientology can spread a few bucks here and there to further enhance their acting like they are successes, and very simply deter those in power from seeking the truth. It is up to the critics to inform via email and letter to legislators, to public health admins, and to local media." Quaoar Source: ARS forum - 19 November 2008
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Diskkeeper et ses méthodes scientolologues devant la justice US Résumé: Craig Jensen est le PDG de Diskkeeper, société qu'il dirige au moyen des techniques hubbardiennes depuis des années. Craig Jensen est aussi le plus haut ou le plus respecté en interne de tous les personnages de la scociété des entrepreneurs "WISE", le World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. Craig Jensen a dépensé des millions d'euros pour ses cours de scientologie et ses nombreuses donations à l'Association Internationale de Scientologie (IAS). Sa société Diskeeper a valu de gros ennuis à Microsoft en Allemagne il y a quelques années car les allemands refusaient d'avoir un programme susceptible d'espionner leur gouvernement. Le gouvernement allemand a finalement accepté la dernière mouture de windows, laquelle contenait le programme de défragmentation de Craig Jensen/Diskeeper, qu'après avoir obtenu le code source de windows. La société Diskeeper de M. Jensen est actuellement poursuivie en justice aux USA par deux employés pour licenciement abusif. En effet ces deux employés ont été renvoyés par Diskeeper au seul motif d'avoir refusé des cours de scientologie. Non aux méthodes sectaires de Diskeeper Connaissant parfaitement les méthodes des entreprises WISE je peux affirmer ici sans me tromper que cette société Diskeeper voulait imposer des cours de scientologie à ses employés dans le but caché de pouvoir les manipuler afin qu'ils acceptent l'utilisation des méthodes coercitives et illégales de scientologie (des méthodes prétendues devant la justice comme étant des pratiques 'religieuses')! Jean-Luc Barbier. 22 décembre 2008
Two ex-employees
of Diskeeper Corporation have filed a lawsuit against their
former employer after they were wrongfully dismissed for refusing
to undergo compulsory “religious” indoctrination. Alexander
Godelman, the former CIO, and Marc Le Shay allege that the owner
of Diskeeper, Craig
Jensen, forced them to “study, learn, and apply the fundamental
principles of the Scientology religion”. Their
refusal to comply with this company requirement (Godelman and
Le Shay are both Jewish) led to the termination of their employment
on October 16th, 2006. The two plaintiffs allege that the firing
was unlawful according to the California
Fair Employment and Housing Act Clearly,
this is a violation of California and even Federal law. But
the lawyers for Diskeeper argued that the lawsuit ought to be
dismissed in a “motion to strike” filed in December. The motion
alleges Godelman and Le Shay “seek
to have the Court dismantle Mr. Jensen’s and defendent’s entire
way of doing business, as these methods, the Hubbard Management
Technology and the Hubbard Study Technology, are supposedly
religious” In a word,
yes: they are definitely religious. Study Technology is supposedly
a “secular” off-shoot of the “spiritual technology” of the “Church”
of Scientology. Yet, in an executive directive issued in 1972,
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote “Study
Tech is our primary bridge to Society” For a
time, the insurance company
AllState trained it’s managment
using Hubbard
Management Technology (http://www.scientology-lies.com/allstate.html) Scientology
concepts such as the “tone
scale” We are not in the business of being good boys and girls. We’re in the business of going free and getting the org production roaring. Nothing else is of any interest then to Ethics but (a) getting tech in, getting it run and getting it run right and (b) getting production up and the org roaring along. Therefore if a staff member is getting production up by having his own statistic excellent. Ethics sure isn’t interested. But if a staff member isn’t producing, shown by his bad statistic for his post, Ethics is fascinated with his smallest misdemeanor. A “stat” in Scientology is an individual new recruit to Scientology, so if a Scientology staff member brings in a lot of new recruits, they are considered “up stat” and “[i]n short a staff member can get away with murder so long as his statistic is up and can’t sneeze without a chop if it’s down”. With enough proof, plaintiffs Godelman and Le Shay can prove that Diskeeper, which is a major supplier of software to Microsoft, improperly forced “religious” indoctrination on them, violating their First Amendment rights. But what if Diskeeper is successful in getting the lawsuit dismissed ? This could pave the way for an evangelical Christian to require all employees to attend church on Sunday. Or for a Muslim to require all female employees to wear the hijab, regardless of their faith. Scientology refuseniks sue over compulsory workplace courses Diskeeper fights religious discrimination suit By John Leyden
Two ex-employees of Diskeeper have sued the firm over allegations they were obliged to take part in Scientology training courses as a mandatory condition of employment. Alexander Godelman, former chief information officer of Diskeeper, and Marc Le Shay, former Diskeeper Automation Planning Officer, filed a joint suit of unfair dismissal at Los Angeles Superior last month alleging that the disc utilities firm made it compulsory to attend Scientology-based courses. They charge that their refusal to participate in the courses led to their dismissal. The claimants allege that Diskeeper violated Californian employment law and engaged in religious discrimination. Diskeeper founder and chief exec Craig Jensen is a committed Scientologist who allegedly told Godelman, who is Jewish, that his attendance at Scientology-based courses was non-negotiable while talking up the supposed benefits of the course. Le Shay refused to attend the course, and Godelman's support of this stance ultimately led the the dismissal of the duo, the lawsuit alleges. The suit (pdf) claims unspecified damages as well as an injunction that would prevent Disklabs from making attendance at Hubbard Study Technology courses compulsory. The utility tools firm responded by filling a legal action (pdf) that attempts to remove this sanction from consideration during a possible trial. Disklabs argues that religious instruction in the workplace is protected by the First Amendment, making the proposed sanction unconstitutional. The utilities tool firm (formerly known as Executive Software) is no stranger to controversy over its chief exec's adherence to Scientology. The inclusion of the Diskeeper utility in Windows 2000 sparked concerns, never substantiated, that the tool might harvest data from users' machines. The German government asked Microsoft for the ability to inspect source code before it was prepared to allow the use of the technology of German government systems. Microsoft declined, but resolved the resulting impasse by releasing a tool that removed the utility from systems
Company argues that
it has the right to freedom of religion Former Diskeeper employees Alex Godelman and Marc Le Shay filed suit against their ex-employer earlier this year (PDF),
accusing the company of firing them for refusing to sit through thinly-veiled
religious indoctrination and join Scientology. Earlier this month, Diskeeper
filed its response and, in a move that observers Godelman and Le Shay’s arguments accuse Diskeeper of violating the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and California Labor Law on multiple counts, as well as failing to uphold its legal obligation to maintain a discrimination-free environment. Diskeeper’s response seeks to black out Godelman and Le Shay’s request that
the company “forever refrain from … requiring any employee, as a condition of
employment, to study, adopt and/or apply the [Scientology-authored] ‘Hubbard
Management Technology’ Motions to strike are “rarely filed,” explains Scott Pilutnik Most notably, says Pilutnik, is that Diskeeper’s argument constitutes an “implicit admission” that both of the Hubbard programs are “religious in nature.” “Why would they advance the argument that Diskeeper has a protected interest in providing religious training to employees?” argues Pilutnik. “Diskeeper claims that it in no way concedes that Hubbard Management and Study Technology are religious, but to anyone familiar with both Scientology and Hubbard's supposedly secular ‘technologies,’ the two brands are basically indistinguishable, and indeed, the establishment of supposedly secular fronts was intended by Hubbard to be a recruiting tool.” The pair’s original complaint chronicles the individual, brief periods of time that both Godelman and Le Shay were employed with Diskeeper, where – despite exhibiting stellar performance at both Diskeeper and their former employers – management continuously forced them to attend Scientology-themed company training seminars and ultimately adopt the religion. Godelman, who practices Judaism, had his employment suddenly terminated after half a year with the company in October 19, 2006, while Le Shay was forced to resign less than a month after joining. The lawsuit goes on to describe a work environment saturated with Scientology influences: religious art adorns the walls, and all new employees receive a copy of L. Ron Hubbard’s The Way to Happiness – which includes advice on personal life, including sex. The company frequently mentioned or held a massive library of Scientology books offered for sale and loan, and management often used Scientology lexicon in day-to-day work. Ultimately, the lawsuit argues, Diskeeper employees were “constantly bombarded with Scientology imagery and ideology in the work environment,” whether they wanted it or not. Furthermore, attempts by the pair to seek advice from other members of upper management almost always resulted in an order to conform – for their own good. Slashdot notes A hearing for Diskeeper’s motion to strike will take place on January 27, 2009, and a tentative trial date is set for mid-June.
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Front Groups, or The Lipstick On The Pig
The video above is a Public Service Announcement from “Youth For Human Rights International”. Youth For Human Rights certainly seems like a laudable initiative at first glance, doesn’t it ? In an age where young people are more apathetic than ever, it’s encouraging to see them standing up for human rights. The PSA has a catchy beat and a positive message. Why then am I including this video as an example of the devil’s age-old trick? Because this organisation is a front group for the Church of Scientology. Its
founder, Mary Shuttleworth, is a Scientologist and the
organization is mostly staffed by Scientologists. Many young people unwittingly join YHRI, not realising it is a front group for Scientology. Their good intentions to make the world a better place are misused by people who intend to push L. Ron Hubbard’s “technology”. YHRI was been established with the sole purpose of drawing young people into Scientology. Why the furore over Will Smith’s new private school ? Many people must be wondering about the controversy surrounding the New
Village Academy, a school set up by actor Will Smith and his wife Jada. The New
Village Academy intends to employ a lot of educational approaches in this new
type of school. But one stands out the most: the employment of “Scientology
Study Technology”. Since this revelation came out in the media, Jacqueline
Olivier, the principal of New Village Academy, and Will Smith have both strongly
insisted the new school is not a
Scientology school. Study tech is founded on 3 principles: Using visual images to teach concepts,
breaking down complex concepts, and using the dictionaries to find the meanings
for unfamiliar words. Seems reasonable enough, given that’s how children are
taught in the first few grades of elementary school. But Study Tech is
unavoidably tainted with Scientology related
teachings Drug pushers of another kind: Narconon In an age of widespread drug use and abuse, there is a desperate need for
rehabilitation clinics all over the world. The “Church” of Scientology has
recognised this need, and sought to capitalise on it. The Church started
Narconon in 1966
While developing his drug “therapy”, L. Ron Hubbard observed that giving a
large dose of niacin to a person causes the skin to looked flushed: blood
vessels dilate and release histamine, which is the
same physiological reaction that occurs The tolerable upper intake level for adults is 35 mg Hubbard theorized, wrongly, that drugs, including water-soluble ones, can be stored in
fat cells CCHR: An Industry of Fear and Paranoia Another misnomer for a front group name is the Citizen’s Commission on Human
Rights. The CCHR was established in 1969 by the “Church”
of Scientology and non-Scientologist psychiatry critic Thomas Szasz
The CCHR formed a website called PsychCrime The CCHR is one of the worst Scientology front groups because it uses lies
and half-truths to instill paranoia not only into Scientologists, but also into
the general public. It is this paranoia that led to the death of Elli Perkins by her
schizophrenic son Jeremy More focus needed There are lots of other front groups not mentioned here, but a quick Google
search will bring up complete
listings of
Scientology front groups [Author's note: a version of this article originally appeared on
Glosslip
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Will Smith généreux avec la Scientologie
Will Smith: des dons à l'église de scientologie Will Smith a toujours nié tout rapport avec la scientologie. Après avoir soutenu mordicus que son amitié avec Tom Cruise ne faisait pas de lui un scientologue chevronné, ses récents dons laissent planer un doute. L'acteur le mieux payé du monde a en effet offert 122.500 dollars à la Scientologie. Le couple a ainsi versé 67.500 dollars pour le fond de désintoxication de l'Eglise, 50.000 dollars pour son groupe des personnes célèbres d'Hollywood et 5.000 dollars son association pour enfants. Will Smith et sa femme Jada sont également venus en aide à une école privée qui enseigne les préceptes de la Scientologie. Ça commence à faire un peu beaucoup pour quelqu'un qui se prétend totalement étranger à la Scientologie.
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LA SCIENTOLOGIE DANS LES MÉDIAS
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Un must: "Ron Hubbard, le gourou démasqué" Ce livre de Russell Miller révèle la face cachée de la scientologie. On y découvre un Ron Hubbard, malade, mythomane et poursuivi par la justice. Il est disponible en format pdf ou html sur notre site. Nous avons également publié une version résumée.
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