Tag: Scientology
No kids allowed
By Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin June 14, 2010.
Print: St. Petersburg Times
Dozens claim the Church of Scientology pressured them to have abortions. (Part of a larger special report on Scientology.)
Breaking With Scientology
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN March 6, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Fifty-six years after its founding, the church is fighting off calls by former members for a reformation.
Church of Scientology plans Illinois headquarters on Printer’s Row
By Manya A. Brachear December 6, 2009.
Print: Chicago Tribune
Though it has recently hit some setbacks, The Church of Scientology is still strong in the U.S., and it is about to open an impressive new Chicago headquarters next year.
Church of Scientology accused of torture and forced abortions
Sophie Tedmanson November 17, 2009.
Print: The Times
The Church of Scientology faces the prospect of a police investigation in Australia after being accused of torture and embezzlement and of forcing employees to have abortions.
Is Scientology a Cult? Is Paul Haggis the Next Martin Luther?
David Gibson October 28, 2009.
Print: Politics Daily
In this opinion piece, David Gibson (who lists himself as Catholic) considers the nature of Scientology and its cult-like characteristics.
Scientologists Convicted of Fraud in France
By Dorothee Moisan October 27, 2009.
Print: Agence France-Presse
French judges fined the Church of Scientology almost a million dollars on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France.
French secularism put to the test
June 25, 2009.
Print: National Secular Society
We often point to France as a beacon of secularism, a country with a constitution that guarantees religious rights but ensures that they are completely separate from the functions of the state.
Scientology leadership rife with physical violence, report says
Associated Press June 21, 2009.
Print: Los Angeles Times
Former high-ranking executives tell a newspaper that church leader David Miscavige hit staff members and encouraged others to do the same.
Wikipedia blocks access from Church of Scientology in L.A.
Kate Linthicum June 4, 2009.
Print: Los Angeles Times
The Internet encyclopedia aims to stop pro-Scientology revisions of articles. Some critics of the religion have also been banned. The moves raise free-speech concerns.
Scientology faces fraud trial in French court
France24 June 2, 2009.
Video: YouTube
Discussion of the French Scientology trial.
Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology ‘cult’
Anil Dawar June 1, 2009.
Print: The Guardian
A teenager is facing prosecution for using the word “cult” to describe the Church of Scientology.
The unnamed 15-year-old was served the summons by City of London police when he took part in a peaceful demonstration opposite the London headquarters of the controversial religion.
Scientology Trial in France: Can a Religion Be Banned?
Bruce Crumley May 29, 2009.
Print: Time
Officials from the Church of Scientology’s French affiliate are in court this week, charged with fraud. But is it a case of religious intolerance?
Scientology on trial in Paris for ‘ruin’ of disciples
Henry Samuel in Paris May 25, 2009.
Print: Telegraph.co.uk
The Church of Scientology has been accused of manipulating followers into handing over their savings in a trial that could see the church banned from France.
French court tries Church of Scientology
May 25, 2009.
Print: MSNBC
The Church of Scientology could be dissolved in France if it is convicted in a trial that opened Monday in a Paris court, where the group and seven of its French leaders stand charged of organized fraud and illegal pharmaceutical activity.
