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Scientology in Australia Scientology: cult of abuses University Prof Patrick McGorry is targeted by Scientology church (Sunday Herald Sun - August 22, 2001) 'Ruthless' Scientology condemned in tax debate (smh.com.au - June 29, 2010) Inquiry into the Tax Laws Amendment (Canberra, ACT - June 28 & 29, 2010) La Scientologie évite de payer l'impôt au Royaume-Uni en prétendant qu'elle est une succursale d'Australie du Sud (Today Tonight - June 22 - 2010) Video: Scientologists hide their money in Australia (Today Tonight - June 22 - 2010) Scientology 'offended' by tax evasion accusation (adelaidenow.com.au - June 22, 2010) The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating the Church of Scientology over allegations it has grossly underpaid staff members (abc.net.au - June 2, 2010) Video: Testimony of Scarlett Hanna (abc.net.au - May 18, 2010) Scientology chief's daughter attacks church (abc.net.au - May 18, 2010) Video: Scientology Covers Up Child Abuse (abc.net.au - May 19, 2010) |
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University Prof Patrick McGorry is targeted by Scientology church
AUSTRALIAN
of the Year Prof Patrick McGorry is among a number of top psychiatrists
who have been targeted by the Church of Scientology after they
spoke out against the religion.
The University of Melbourne professor, with Monash University's Prof Louise Newman and Prof Ian Hickie, director of the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney, publicly backed calls by South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon in March for a senate inquiry into Scientology. They have since received requests under Freedom of Information seeking the release of emails discussing the church, funding and research programs. The church says it is concerned about the pharmaceutical links between medical researchers and psychiatrists and denies the request is harassment. The University of Sydney has refused to release the requested documents and Monash is still processing the request. Church of Scientology Australia president Vicki Dunstan said the documents were requested so the church could correct information being disseminated about itself. Shelly Wilkins, executive director of the Scientology-funded Citizens Committee on Human Rights, said the FOI requests into mental health experts including Prof McGorry sought to expose links between psychiatrists and the pharmaceutical industry. "The fact that during an election year there has been more concerted efforts by certain Australian psychiatrists to demand taxpayer dollars for questionable youth mental health programs has prompted a closer look," Ms Wilkins said. Prof McGorry said he was not surprised to be targeted after speaking out against the church's teachings on psychiatric care. "This is their standard practice - to pursue someone in this way when they speak out against them," he said. "We already have enough trouble destigma-tising mental illness and ensuring people who are distressed have access to help without them actively dissuading people to seek help." Senator Xenophon said he supported the three experts highlighting the dangers involved in Scientology's teachings on mental health. |
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'Ruthless' Scientology condemned in tax debate By Kirsty NEEDHAM
Former members of the Church of Scientology have told a Senate committee of the ''ruthlessness'' of the church and its judicial system, and argued it should not be eligible for tax-free status. ''Australian taxpayers should not be funding systematic, organised abuse,'' said Janette Vonthehoff, who said her passport was taken from her and she was forcibly prevented from returning to Australia from the US when eight weeks' pregnant because the organisation ordered she must finish ''training''. Ms Vonthehoff said she resigned from the organisation in 2007 because of bullying, two coerced abortions and Scientology justice proceedings which included its own court hearings. A Sydney tax lawyer and social identity, Louise McBride, defended the group and clashed with the independent senator Nick Xenophon during the hearing. Senator Xenophon accused Ms McBride of being ''unprofessional'' for suggesting the committee was ''making a mockery of the law'' by considering his private member's bill. The bill seeks a tax-law amendment that would require religious and charitable organisations to meet a public benefit test. Ms McBride said she was not a Scientologist and had never been to a Scientology church. She said, ''You are singling out a group in a government bill as the purpose of the bill. [It] is discrimination; but for parliamentary privilege, it would amount to libel.'' Another former member, James Anderson, said he and his wife had paid up to $1.2 million in Scientology training fees. Senator Xenophon said Scientology ''auditing'' sessions were regarded by some as a cross between personal counselling and Maoist self-criticism, and had been a factor in the British Charity Commission deciding against granting it tax-free status there. The Church of Scientology social reform director, Virginia Stewart, said the sessions made members ''a better person'', and the fee charged formed the basis of donations to the organisation. When asked about members paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for training, Ms Stewart replied: ''I don't think courses within the Church of Scientology come to those sums.'' Australia had a proud tradition of religious tolerance and the bill would ''[put] at risk the financial future of charities and religions in Australia'', Ms Stewart said. However, Senator Doug Cameron said there was nothing in the bill about religious freedom, and it was ''a nonsense'' to say it would be the death of Scientology. The Scientology New Zealand representative, Mike Feriss, said a charities commission in New Zealand - with a similar public benefit test - had not impacted on Scientology's operation. But Mr Feriss could not explain why the organisation's income fell from $2.6 million to $374,000 the year after the commission required it to publish financial statements. His first reply, that it was due to the currency exchange rate, was laughed at by the committee. When Senator Xenophon asked the organisation if it would be concerned if organisations involved in systematic harm were given tax-free status, Ms McBride said ''Yes'', but said the same scrutiny should apply to the Catholic Church. A lawyer for other charities, Andrew Lind, said he supported a charities commission, but warned against creating a law that applied to all charities in order to deal with one organisation. |
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Scientology 'offended' by tax evasion accusation By Sam Rodrigues
Pour éviter de payer les impôt au Royaume-Uni l'Eglise de Scientologie de Grande-Bretagne se dit membre d'une association minuscule en Australie du Sud ! En Grande-Bretagne , l'Eglise de Scientologie est censée payer la taxe sur les millions de livres qu'elle apporte chaque année mais l'organisation est accusée d'indiquer faussement que son organisation fait partie de l'église de scientologie d'Australie ! L'organisation de Scientologie en Australie est reconnue comme une religion et ne paie pas d'impôt. D'autre part la scientologie grâce à certaines lois laxistes concernant les associations évite de payer ses cotisations dans les anciennes régions (old Dart). Les autorités australiennes du sud ont confirmé de leur côté que l'organisation de scientologie n'est pas un organisme de bienfaisance enregistré en Australie. Depuis ses bureaux inexistante à Adelaïde cette association minuscule revendique des membres qui ne sont pas des adeptes mais les églises de Scientologie du Royaume-Uni , Danemark, Belgique , France, Hollande , Allemagne et Suède. Ils ont comme membre également une église d'Afrique du Sud ! Il vient également d'être découvert une société mondiale multinationale comptant plus de membres et cette fois cela concerne le Canada , dont Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto et la Colombie -Britannique. Cette société scientologue se nomme l'Eglise de Scientologie éducation religieuse Incorporated collège, ou COSRECI. La branche britannique, comme toutes les branches de la scientologie, vend des livres, cassettes, DVD ainsi que des cours et emploie une petite armée de bénévoles qui travaillent jusqu'à 80, voire 100 heures chaque semaine . Ian Howarth, le fondateur du Service de Grande-Bretagne Cult Information, a aidé de nombreuses personnes happées par la Scientologie de s'échapper. Elles ont été recrutées suite à un test de personnalité et une proposition de résoudre leur problème a déclaré Howarth. "It's the one group in Britain that's been denied full charitable status so it doesn't have the recognition that the average religious group has, and yet it still allegedly isn't paying taxes... this is outrageous," Howarth added. "The British citizen should not be paying Scientology's bills, if you will, Scientology should be paying taxes." (...) Le sénateur indépendant Nick Xenophon est l'un des fils préférés du Sud de l'Australie. Il défend les anciens membres de la Scientologie qui ont témoigné des l'abus qu'ils ont subi. Cette dernière intrigue l'a surpris . "Compte tenu de ce qui vient d'être découvert, vous devez vous poser quelques sérieuses questions sur la façon dont ce groupe opère à l'international en termes de flux d'argent. Où va l'argent et quel est son statut concernant la franchise d'impôt" Senator Xenophon said. "It's a case of follow the money and also show me the money." "I'd like to think the corporate regulators in the UK will be scratching their heads over this one." "Dire que l'Église de Scientologie dans le Royaume-Uni est un organisme de bienfaisance d'Australie du Sud semble assez bizarre quand vous regardez la preuve." Mais c'est précisément ce que la scientologie ne dit pas. Le groupe n'a pas déposé de dossiers financiers en Australie du Sud, mais a fourni des comptes non vérifiés de la Companies House en Grande-Bretagne et dit: «L'Église est un organisme de bienfaisance d'Australie du Sud, et est établie en Angleterre à des fins charitables seulement. Les administrateurs considèrent que l'impôt des sociétés ne devraient donc pas être applicable.» «Nous savons que la Scientologie en Grande-Bretagne prend ses ordres de son directeur David Miscavige aux USA. Si les scientologues prennent leurs ordres des Etats-Unis, comment la Scientologie en Grande-Bretagne peut-elle être gérée par un organisme de bienfaisance d'Australie du Sud ? Je ne peux m'imaginer que l'Église de scientologie du Royaume-Uni ainsi que les opérations de la scientologie en Europe sont fondées sur une maison de banlieue d'Adélaïde.» a dit Xénophon Les autorités australienne du sud ont confirmé que le groupe n'est pas un organisme de bienfaisance enregistré en Australie. Aujourd'hui les propriétaires de la maison figurant sur l'article des statuts COSRECI ont été contacté: Le propriétaire est une famille qui dirige une entreprise de maraîchage. Elle posséde la propriété bien avant la déclaration de cette adresse par la scientologie. «Mes parents sont propriétaires depuis un certain nombre d'années et je suis pas au courant de cela, dit le patron. Mes parents sont grecs orthodoxes et nous n'avons aucune idée pourquoi nous avons été utilisé de cette façon.» Remarque d'anti scientologie: Cette réponse est un indice qui tend à prouver qu'il s'agit d'un homme de paille de la scientologie. En effet les scientologues apprennent à se servir d'autres religions pour masquer leurs manipulations et c'est un stratagème étudié dans les cours de PR de Ron Hubbard destinés aux cadres de la scientologie. «Ici vous avez une organisation avec des centaines de millions de dollars de recettes au cours des dernières années de leurs activités en Europe et ils comptent sur l'état de leur abri de l'impôt repose sur des prémisses dans la banlieue d'Adélaïde" a déclaré le sénateur de Xénophon. «Il faut se demander si cette petite maison de banlieue est une locomotive économique de l'Eglise de Scientologie ou si c'est vraiment juste un château de cartes.» «Nous ne savons pas ce qu'ils dépensent cet argent, nous entendons à propos des frais de gestion payés à l'Eglise en Amérique", a déclaré le sénateur de Xénophon. «Cette organisation doit être à l'avant et dire combien a été payé en frais de gestion que l'on appelle, qui l' a été payé, dans quel pays de son été à, ce que les transferts ont eu lieu d'un pays à l'autre et c'est ce que les autorités doivent à regarder.» «L'Église de Scientologie a à dire la vérité sur leurs livres, ils doivent ouvrir leurs livres» «Je vais rencontrer le gouvernement fédéral cette semaine afin de les informer sur cette question et exhorter le gouvernement à donner à tous la coopération et son soutien au gouvernement du Royaume-Uni pour ses enquêtes.» À la suite de nos enquêtes, le groupe anti-évitement de Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) en Grande- Bretagne étudie le régime fiscal de la Scientologie pour voir s'il n'est pas en violation avec leurs lois. De même l'Australian Tax Office et le gouvernement de sud australien se penche sur la structure de l'église. Aujourd'hui "Today Tonight" a demandé une entrevue avec l'Eglise de Scientologie mais il a été refusé. Elle nous a fourni une brève réponse écrite que vous pouvez consulter ci-dessous. (document pdf) Special investigation into the Church. From Seven Network's
THE Church of Scientology says allegations it is using Adelaide as an off-shore base for its international operations to avoid paying tax are "offensive". An investigation by Channel 7's TodayTonight reporter Bryan Seymour alleged to have uncovered a ploy used by Scientology to dodge tax obligations in the United Kingdom and eight European countries. Mr Seymour said he had details of how the Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc registered those operations in South Australia, to a Cowandilla address, to avoid paying corporate tax under Britain's foreign company law. He said documents filed with British authorities state COSRECI, which is an incorporated non-profit association, is registered in the UK as a South Australian charity and this has been confirmed by the Attorney-General's Department in SA. No financial returns have been filed in SA, but unaudited returns are filed in the UK with the Cowandilla house still used as the registered address, he said. Given the return are unaudited, they did not provide any comprehensive information as to any incoming or outgoing funding "The only thing we do know for a fact is that they claim they are a South Australian charity," Mr Seymour said. "SA has the most liberal laws regarding compliance in setting up and running an association". Investigations have been launched by the Office for Consumer and Business Affairs as well as the Attorney-Generals Department and with UK authorities. Church of Scientology spokeswoman Vicki Dunstan from the Office of Special Affairs yesterday told The Advertiser the Cowandilla property was the former postal address of teh Public Officer for the association. "It is, of course, not the headquarters, but is merely to receive mail and clearly an error as the Public Officer moved from this address. I understand this point has been rectified since," she said. "It is not a registered charity in South Australia or with the Australian Taxation Office...no tax benefits have ever been received by COSRECI as a result of teh fact it is registered in South Australia...there is no so-called "tax haven" and COSRECI is subject toi the UK laws with no special concessions by reason of it having been registeerd in South Australia". Scientology tax Reporter: Bryan Seymour
It's alleged Scientology has avoided paying tax in the United Kingdom by claiming it is run out of South Australia. In Britain, the Church of Scientology is supposed to pay tax on the millions of pounds it brings in each year. Now, the organisation has been accused of claiming its entire UK operation is part of its Australian outfit. Here, Scientology is recognised as a religion and does not pay tax. It's alleged the church is using this, combined with some lax laws covering incorporated associations, to avoid paying its dues in the old Dart. Ten years ago authorities in Britain told the Church of Scientology it would have to pay tax, that it was not a charity. To avoid paying tax in the UK it's alleged they made the entire Church of Scientology in Britain a member of a tiny little association incorporated here in South Australia. From its non-existent offices in Adelaide the tiny incorporated association boasts as its members, not people, but Churches of Scientology from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, France, Holland, Germany and Sweden. They have a member in South Africa too. Today Tonight discovered a global multinational corporation boasting more members in Canada, including Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and British Columbia. They operate under a company called the Church of Scientology Religious Education College Incorporated, or COSRECI. The British wing, like all branches of Scientology, sells its books, tapes, DVD's and courses for profit and employs a small army of so-called volunteers, who work up to 80, even 100 hours every week. Ian Howarth, the founder of Britain's Cult Information Service, has helped many people trapped inside Scientology to escape. "Well in my experience people don't actually join Scientology, it's usually a case of being recruited. They'll often go along and do some kind of a personality test and then low and behold they find there is something wrong with them and guess who's going to solve that problem, Scientology,” Howarth said. "It's the one group in Britain that's been denied full charitable status so it doesn't have the recognition that the average religious group has, and yet it still allegedly isn't paying taxes... this is outrageous," Howarth added. "The British citizen should not be paying Scientology's bills, if you will, Scientology should be paying taxes." Britain is in the throws of a terrible depression - that's about to get worse. With over 2.5 million people out of work the new government has savagely cut spending and is contemplating a rise in VAT, their Goods and Services Tax. That is the only tax Scientology is exempt from paying in the UK. "Well its interesting that it's come up at this time isn't it when Britain is suffering,” Howarth said. "We're in the middle of a major recession people are struggling to make ends meet and yet, allegedly, Scientology has not been paying taxes for many years." "You know, when I talk to families that are suffering, they're paying. Sometimes they pay financially, they certainly are paying emotionally and I think it's about time that Scientology paid," Howarth said. Adelaide is 16,259 kilometres from London. Still, the capital of South Australia does have a distinctively British feel, furnished with plenty of reminders of the old country. It might also be fate that in Scientology's universe of planetary confederates and intergalactic warlords, they chose Adelaide, the city of Churches. The Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is one of South Australia's favourite sons. He championed the former members of Scientology who spoke out about the abuse inflicted on them. This latest intrigue surprised even him. "Given what now has been revealed, you need to ask some very serious questions about how this group operates internationally in terms of the flow of money, where the money goes and how it's treated in terms of its tax free status," Senator Xenophon said. "It's a case of follow the money and also show me the money." "I'd like to think the corporate regulators in the UK will be scratching their heads over this one." "To say that the Church of Scientology in the UK is a South Australian charity seems pretty bizarre when you look at the evidence." But that is precisely what Scientology does say. The group has not filed any financial records in South Australia but they've provided un-audited accounts to Companies House in Britain in which they themselves claim: "The Church is a South Australian charity, and is established in England for charitable purposes only. The trustees consider that corporation tax should not therefore be applicable." "When you look at the fact that the three directors are based in the UK, that returns haven't been filed for the South Australian entity in over 30 years you've got to ask what on earth is going on," Xenophon said. We do know that Scientology in Britain takes its orders from the group's leader in America, David Miscavige. If they take their orders from the United States, how can Scientology in Britain be run by a South Australian charity? "Never in my wildest dreams could I imagine that the Church of Scientology's European and UK operations are based on a suburban home in Adelaide," Xenophon said. South Australian authorities confirmed the group is not a registered charity in Australia. Today Tonight even tracked down the owners of the house listed on the COSRECI Article of Incorporation as their address. "Oh, we were surprised, I was surprised and had no idea of it until today," the owner said. The owners are a family who run a market gardening business. They owned the property long before Scientology declared it as their address. "My parents have owned it for a number of years and I'm unaware of that," the owner said. "My parents are Greek Orthodox and we have no idea it was used in this way." "Here you have an organisation with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue over the past few years from their European operations and they rely on their tax free status based on premises in suburban Adelaide," Senator Xenophon said. "You've got to ask whether this little suburban house is a powerhouse for the Church of Scientology or whether it’s really just a house of cards." "We don't know what they're spending that money on, we hear about management fees being paid to the Church in America," said Senator Xenophon. "This organisation needs to be up front and say how much has been paid in so-called management fees, who it's been paid to, in which country its been to, what transfers have occurred from one country to another and that's what the authorities need to be looking at." "The Church of Scientology has to come clean on their books, they have to open their books." "I'll be meeting with the federal government later this week to brief them on this issue and to urge the government to give all cooperation, all support to the UK Government in their investigations." Following our inquiries, the anti-avoidance group of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Britain are investigating Scientology's tax arrangements to see if they are in breach of their laws. Likewise, the Australian Tax Office and the South Australian Government are looking into the church's corporate structure. Today Tonight requested an interview with the Church of Scientology but was refused. 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| Scientology probed over underpayment claims By Steve Cannane
The Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating the Church of Scientology over allegations it has grossly underpaid staff members. A number of former employees of the church have told ABC's Lateline they were only paid a few thousand dollars per year for full-time work and had to resort to welfare payments to survive. Janette Lang, who worked for the church for seven years, says the most she was paid in a year was $3,114 in 2001. She was second in charge of the Church of Scientology in Canberra at the time. Ms Lang told Lateline it was "awful". "Trying to survive as a staff member was a constant battle," she said. Ms Lang says she had to go on welfare to get by. She says this practice was widespread in the church. The Church of Scientology declined Lateline's request for an interview, but in a written statement said: "the Church denies any widespread use of welfare by its staff members. Her allegations are unfounded and false." Lateline has spoken to seven ex-scientologists who say they were on welfare while working full-time for the church. One former member says she and six other staff members were on the dole while working for Scientology in Melbourne in the 1990s. Paul Schofield worked for various Scientology organisations in Australia for over 20 years. He says he had to rely on part-time work and welfare to support his family. "I didn't even have enough money for petrol to get to work. I had no money for nappies for my daughter," he said. "I had no money for dog food, yet I was being harassed to come to work and work for nothing." Tommy Davis, a spokesman for the Church of Scientology in the United States, told ABC's Four Corners in February that staff across the world are paid a living wage. "General church staff who may work in a church or temple in Sydney or Melbourne or Los Angeles or Cincinnati, wherever it may be in Europe or Asia, they would then have a living wage," he said. But Dean Detheridge, a former staff member of 17 years standing, denies Mr Davis' claims. He says he never earned more than $5,000 dollars per year and rarely got holidays. "In the first 11 years when I was on a full-time schedule I took four days off - they were two weekends and that was difficult to get approval for," he said. Allegations like these - that are now being investigated by the Fair Work Ombudsman - were prompted by the Four Corners program earlier this year. 'Volunteer' work Former Scientologists believe the investigation could lead to massive claims for back-pay. "I personally believe it could bankrupt them," Ms Lang told Lateline. Ms Lang estimates she could be owed $250,000 in wages. Mr Schofield says his back-pay could be worth $750,000. Dean Detheridge, who was an executive in the church, says he would have forgone over $1 million in wages.But the Church of Scientology claims people who sign up to work do so as volunteers. "Our Church staff are volunteers and understand this and are not helping for the purpose of financial gain," the church said in a written statement. But the former Scientologists Lateline spoke to deny that all staff are volunteers. "When I wanted to leave at 2:00 am with my two little girls I was not given the choice to leave," Ms Lang said. "I would beg to leave and still be told no. There were consequences if you chose to go against what you were being told to do. These people are not volunteers." Ms Lang and Mr Schofield have given evidence to the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman. Their investigation continues. Read the
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Scientology chief's daughter attacks church By Steve Cannane
The daughter of the president of the Church of Scientology in Australia has spoken out against the organisation, describing it as toxic and accusing the church of tearing some families apart. In an exclusive interview on ABC 1's Lateline, Scarlett Hanna has detailed life growing up in the former Cadet Org: a group set up for the children of Scientology's elite unit, the Sea Org. "The best way I can describe it is cattle," Ms Hanna said of their treatment. We were property of the organisa- tion." Ms Hanna is the only child of Vicki Dunstan, president of the Church of Scientology in Australia, and Mark Hanna, a former Asian/Pacific director of public affairs for the church. She claims children of Sea Org members rarely had contact with their parents, lived in separate homes and were granted only 20 minutes each night with their parents. "I can't describe it. It was just an incredibly lonely childhood. I had no-one to talk to or to look after to me, or to ask me how I was after school or any of those things that most of us take for granted," Ms Hanna told ABC 1's Lateline. Sarah McClintock, a current member of the Sea Org, grew up with Ms Hanna and rejects the allegations. "What she is saying I did not experience. I don't know where she is coming from with such things. It really doesn't make any sense to me because I grew up with her. I was there with her and I think people are giving her things to say," she said. Sheila Huber, a former Sea Org member, says she witnessed poor treatment of children at the Church of Sciento- logy in Los Angeles. Ms Huber, a former executive establishment officer for the organisation, cared for children in the Cadet Org when she was 16 years old. 'Terrified of sunlight' She says she looked after around 30 infants all crammed into a one-bedroom apartment. Ms Huber claims the children were only allowed outside once in eight months and they were terrified by the experience. "They spent so much time in their cribs, day after day, night after night, that they wouldn't go in any space larger than the size of their cribs. They were terrified. They were terrified of the sunlight," she said. Ms Hanna says the Department of Community Services in New South Wales twice visited Cadet Org homes when she was a child. "The furniture was dismantled by a division within the Sea Org that deals with labour and the kids were sent out for the day so it would appear they were living according to crowding laws," she said. Ms McClintock says she has no recollection of this occurring. Ms Hanna says the worst part of her experience was the separation from her parents. Her father Mark Hanna was sent to the Church of Scientology's rehabilitation unit, the RPF, in the United States when she was a child. "He was gone for several years probably two or three years," Ms Hanna said. "I lost my father. I had no-one to talk to - it was very humiliating." Virginia Stewart from the Church of Scientology in Sydney denies the church routinely separates family members. "I don't actually agree it's been routinely done and I think in that instance in that family you would have to speak to the father and the mother about why they lived like that, why they chose to take that action," she said. But Ms Huber, who spent a year separated from her five-year-old boy while in the RPF, says she had little choice. "I got surrounded by eight grown men, grown Sea Org members, and in a circle around me, telling me I am now going to the RPF," she said. Ms Hanna says she decided to speak out following the screening of a Four Corners story on Scientology on ABC1 earlier this year. "I just think the church needs to take some accountability for what it was involved in, maybe apologise to some of these people that have had such traumatising experiences," she said. The Cadet Org no longer exists in the Church of Scientology. Ms Hanna's parents declined to be interviewed by Lateline.
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Scientology Covers Up Child Abuse
Lateline follows up last night’s report of abuses in the Sea Org. Carmen Rainer told the program that she was molested for years as a young child. A senior Scientologist from the Sydney branch, Jan Eastgate, allegedly told the mother and daughter to lie to the police and community services about the allegations. ”Just say no, she kept repeating that … don’t say yes because otherwise you will be taken away from your parents and you’ll never see your family again …,” Carmen said. The Scientologists also told Carmen the abuse was her fault. ”They told me it was my fault because I’d been bad in a past life… I believed them, as a child I believed them. I was 11 that’s what I knew, I grew up believing what they believed,” she said. Scientology has issued an over-the-top statement in response. |
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Un must: "Ron Hubbard, le gourou démasqué" Ce livre de Russell Miller révèle la face cachée de l'église de 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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