Church of Scientology

Public Charter School's Link To Scientology Sparks Controversy

Posted 04.29.2012

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A public charter school in Clearwater, Fla. is being accused of using methods of Scientology in educating students. An in-depth report by the Tampa...

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Scientology Church Too Greedy, Former Executive Says

Posted 01.04.2012

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Debbie Cook, a former executive with the Church of Scientology has revealed she believes the church has become greedy and corrupt under the leadership...

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Scientologists Ask Court To Overturn Fraud Conviction, Say Trial Took Too Long

AP | By INGRID ROUSSEAU | Posted 01.03.2012

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PARIS -- Lawyers for the Church of Scientology asked a French court on Thursday to throw out the group's fraud conviction because they say the investi...

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Church Of Scientology Investigated 'South Park' Creators, Dug Through Their Trash: Report

Posted 12.24.2011

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For Matt Stone and Trey Parker, nothing is holy or immune to satire. And since the launch of their groundbreaking animated TV series "South Park," the...

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Janet Reitman: The Truth About Scientology

Posted 10.31.2011

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Scientology Cathedral Could Cost Church $400,000 In Fines

Clearwater, FL Patch | Jared Leone Email the Author | Posted 10.25.2011

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Playing a “shell game” with the city could cost the Church of Scientology more than $400,000. The city’s code enforcement Board reduced a $45...

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PHOTOS: 7 Things About Scientology That You Didn't Know

Janet Reitman | Posted 09.06.2011

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Janet Reitman

It has been called a "cult" and even a "mafia" by its critics; to Scientologists it's "the fastest growing religion in the world." But what, beyond the media hype, is Scientology actually about?

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Going 'Inside Scientology'

Brook Wilensky-Lanford | Posted 09.05.2011

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Brook Wilensky-Lanford

Janet Reitman has spent the last six years digging into this unusual faith, and her new book reveals much about the unknown world of Scientology.

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Chris Matthews Interviews Paul Haggis on Nantucket

Linda Flanagan | Posted 09.04.2011

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Linda Flanagan

In director and screenwriter Paul Haggis' interview last week with Chris Matthews at the Nantucket Film Festival, Matthews and the reverential crowd got along famously with the star.

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PHOTOS: Scientology Enemies List Revealed

Posted 08.23.2011

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A former high ranking Scientologist, Marty Rathbun, posted what he says is an internal document from The Office of Special Affairs -- the religion's s...

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Amy Adams Nabs New New Role

Posted 08.01.2011

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Amy Adams, has signed on to Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled film project that tells a veiled, cautionary tale about the beginning of Scientology. Dead...

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Actress's Program Rejected By Illinois Lawmakers Over Scientology Links

AP | By ZACHARY COLMAN | Posted 07.11.2011

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Not even the voice of Bart Simpson could convince Illinois lawmakers to approve a resolution aimed at teaching character in publi...

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Does Actress's Program Teach Good Manners Or Scientology?

Posted 07.10.2011

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While her animated counterpart could use a lesson or two in good manners, the actress who has for years lent her voice to Bart Simpson is pushing Illi...

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Movie Set To Hit Out At Scientology?

Posted 07.09.2011

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It's not uncommon for a film to hit out at organized religion, but a long-gestating Paul Thomas Anderson script is ready to do the uncomfortable: take...

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Church Of Scientology Buys KCET's Studio

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.25.2011

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Financially strapped KCET-TV has sold its landmark Sunset Boulevard studio to the Church of Scientology for an undisclosed price, the station said Mon...

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After Scientology Flap, City Lifts Ban On Protests At Places Of Worship

Posted 06.12.2011

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The City of Chicago is officially giving up on an ordinance that would block protesters from causing a disturbance outside of places of worship where ...

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Scientology's Global Disaster Squad

GlobalPost | Posted 06.11.2011

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BANGKOK, Thailand -- After Cyclone Nargis left a trail of corpses along Burma's coast in May 2008, foreign aid workers clamored to enter the military-...

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We Need Freedom From Religion Not Just Freedom of Religion

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why does the Roman Catholic Church, which has done so little to make up for pedophilia abuses, have a tax exempt status? Why do the Scientologists?

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Paul Haggis Shares His Battle With Scientology

New Yorker | Posted 05.25.2011

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On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and scre...

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Scientology And The Arts

Menachem Wecker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Menachem Wecker

"In Scientology we believe the artist and his art breathes life into the entire culture." --Erin Banks, a Church spokeswoman

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Haitian Orphans Launch Celebrity Intervention in LA

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011

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MP Nunan

Los Angeles - A group of Haitian orphans is in Los Angeles for a week-long trip to raise awareness for the cause they consider essential to the recove...

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John Travolta & Pregnant Kelly Preston, Jenna Elfman & Buzz Aldrin Party For Scientology (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre had a 41st Anniversary party at the Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles Saturday night. In attendance was the...

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Scientologists vs. Anderson Cooper

Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anderson Cooper has made himself a powerful enemy: the Church of Scientology. Back in March, Anderson Cooper devoted a week of his show, "Anderson Co...

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It's Time to End the Church of Scientology's Tax-Exempt Status

Steven Hassan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven Hassan

American tax codes are wrongly benefiting and empowering the unethical, potentially illegal, and most assuredly uncharitable activities of an organization using "religion" as a cloak.

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Scientology: A History of Violence and Apologizes for Battlefield Earth

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harmon Leon

It's been a bad week for the cult of Scientology.

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