Scientology

Fact Sheet

Name	Scientology
Alternate name(s)	- Church of Scientology - Religious Technology Center (Note: controls and oversees the uses of all of the trademarks, symbols and sacred texts of Scientology and Dianetics) - Church of Spiritual Technology (Note: owns all the copyrights of the estate of L. Ron Hubbard)
Leader(s)	David Miscavige
Founder(s)	L. Ron Hubbard
Established	1953 & 1954
Websites	- www.scientology.org - www.whatisscientology.org - www.cchr.org - … and at least 221 other domain names
Quick links	Critical links | Resources | Audio/Video | News

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Scientology News

• Aug. 19, 2008: Scientology's Crushing Defeat
• May. 20, 2008: Declaration of ex-Scientology exec Lawrence H. Brennan
• May. 20, 2008: Interview with ex-Scientologist Larry Brennan
• Apr. 30, 2008: Cult linked pilot school gets $20K grant
• Apr. 2, 2007: Suspicious of human rights video
• Mar. 2, 2007: Scientology affiliate trained Flemish parliament members
• Feb. 14, 2007: Museum oversteps by showing Scientology propoganda
• Feb. 9, 2007: Avoid the dangers of Scientology: where there's a will...
• Feb. 8, 2007: Scientology foe Keith Henson arrested: fears for life
• Feb. 8, 2007: "Scientology Fugitive" Arrested
• Feb. 8, 2007: Scientology group stages tasteless circus
• Feb. 6, 2007: Controversial Scientology group speaks out at Oxford Careers Fair
• Feb. 6, 2007: Beware false prophet
• Feb. 6, 2007: German Sunday Closing Law Applies to New Scientology Center
• Jan. 24, 2007: Scientologists protest "toxic" drugs
• Jan. 23, 2007: Tom Cruise "chosen" to spread the Scientology word
• Jan. 23, 2007: Prison built around Scientology-based principles draws fire
• Jan. 22, 2007: Scientology pulls one over - fools British Prime Minister
• Jan. 19, 2007: Youth group supported by Scientology
• Jan. 18, 2007: Capitol Church Battle
• Sep. 28, 2006: Should The Practice Of Scientology Carry A Warning Label?
• Sep. 17, 2006: Scientology's scourge
• Apr. 18, 2006: The Secrects of Scientology
• Apr. 12, 2006: Scientology: 3 day detox, silent birth

Critical Links

• FactNET
• Operation Clambake: The Inner Secrets of Scientology
• alt.religion.scientology Usenet newsgroup via Google web interface
• alt.religion.scientology Week In Review
• alt.religion.scientology summary (Note: no longer updated)
• An Introduction to Scientology from a critical perspective
• The Secrets of Scientology (Dave Touretsky)
• Gerry Armstrong
• Why Are They Dead? Scientology related deaths
• The Total Freedom Trap: Scientology, Dianetics And L. Ron Hubbard (Jon Atack)
• Social Control in Scientology A look at the methods of entrapment (Bob Penny)
• Scientology & Dianetics: Tax-exempt Child Abuse and Neglect ?
• My Nine Lives in Scientology
• Dear Amanda... The true story of a father and his letter to his daughter; "I relate what steps I took to try to remove my children from the influence of evil, how and why I failed to do so, and how they were plucked from my life because of my efforts."
• The cult of greed and power: Scientology and Dianetics
• Exposing the CON
• Steve's UK Scientology Information Page (Note: as archived by the Internet Archive)
• Tory / Magoo and Scientology 30 Years Before I Woke Up
• Scienotimes documents one man's fight against Scientology in Clearwater (see also Scientology's Scourge)
• Scientology's Puzzling Journey From Tax Rebel to Tax Exempt (web archived version of New York Times, March 9, 1997) [Cached]
• Source's Apprentice
• Enturbulation.org about Scientology Activism and Organization

Resources

• Scientology's takeover of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (CBS 60 Minutes, Dec. 28, 1997 - transcript)
• Scientology-held CAN releases two "anti" cult books
• TIME magazine cover story: Scientology: The Cult of Greed (May 6, 1991)
• TIME law suit by Scientology dismissed
• Reed Slatkin Media Resource about Earthlink co-founder (and ordained Scientology 'minister') Reed Slatkin who defrauded clients of approximately 255 million dollars
• Letter sent to The California Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs in 2002 on Narcanon

Bibliography

• L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology: An annotated bibliographical survey of primary and selected secondary literature
• A library for the critical study of Scientology

Government

• What is Scientology? The Making of the Human Machine in the Cybernetic Learning Laboratory (Official German document in English)
• The Anderson Report (Report of the Board of Enquiry into Scientology, Published 1965 by the State of Victoria, Australia)
• Scientology — Is this a Religion? Stephen A. Kent on the French and German versus American debate over 'New Religions', Scientology, and Human Rights

Online Books

• Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard (online version of the book by Russell Miller)
• The Scandal of Scientology (online version of the book by Paulette Cooper)
• A Piece of Blue Sky Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed (online version of the book by Jon Atack)

Lisa McPherson

• Lisa McPherson Memorial page
• Lisa McPherson Trust (mirror site)
• Death of scientologist Lisa McPherson
• Lisa McPherson’s charges against Scientology (St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 19988, by Mary Jo Melone)


Legal
• Dandar Disqualification Hearing Documents
• Hardball "When Scientology goes to court, it likes to play rough -- very rough" (St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 28, 1998, by Lucy Morgan)
• Sociologist Stephen Kent's Affidavit for McPherson Case (Page One)
• Sociologist Stephen Kent's Affidavit for McPherson Case (Page two)

Legal Cases

• Legal Cases - Church of Scientology vs. the Internet Archive maintained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Church of Scientology International vs. Fishman and Geertz A selection of publicly-available legal documents filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
• Woods vs. Scientology Court Case
• Scientology capitulates (Reuters, Jun. 8, 1999 -- and Steve Hassan)
• Criminal Complaint to Ashcroft - Scientology Crime and Terrorism letter sent by Graham E. Berry when Scientology voluntarily dismissed its third case in a row against Berry on the eve of the trial (Jan. 21, 2002)
• Will Scientology pay 3+ million in hush money to former executives?

E-Meter

• James Randi Educational Foundation Newsletter (March 22, 2002)
• James Randi Educational Foundation Newsletter (April 5, 2002)

Mind Control & the BITE model

• The Use of Mind Control in Scientology The BITE model applied by ex-member Monica Pignotti

Robert Vaughn Young

Essays by Robert Vaughn Young, former Director of Public Relations for Scientology in the United States

• Hello & Goodbye
• Toward a New Model of "Cult Control"
• Hubbard's "Mission Earth" - The Rest of the Story
• To Dept20/RTC Staff Who Want to Leave
• Open Letter to Mike Rinder (Feb. 20, 2000)
• Open Letter #2 to Mike Rinder warning him to stop attacking Robert's wife because of Robert's cancer

Inside The Church of Scientology

8 part serie on the Church of Scientology as published by the Boston Herald in March 1998. Written by Joseph Mallia:

• Judge found Hubbard lied about achievements (March 1, 1998)
• Powerful Church Targets Fortunes, Souls of Recruits (March 1, 1998)
• Milton School Shades Ties to Scientology (March 2, 1998)
• Church Keys Programs to Recruit Blacks (March 2, 1998)
• Copyright Laws Used to Silence Online Foes (March 4, 1998)
• Sacred Teachings Not Secret Anymore (March 4, 1998)
• Battle Sites in the Web War (March 4, 1998)
• Key Dates in War on the Net (March 5, 1998)

Getting Help

• Escape helping, advising, counselling families and friends who have loved ones involved in Scientology (by ex-members Bonnie and Richard Woods; see also above under legal cases)
• Help for you or someone else

Audio/Video

• May. 20, 2008: Interview with ex-Scientologist Larry Brennan
• May. 22, 2007: OT7 Tory Christman Speaks in Santa Barbara
• Sep. 29, 2006: The Bridge - full length feature film about Scientology
• Sep. 19, 2006: The Many Moods of Vince Daniels
• Aug. 5, 2006: Cult Watch 1
• Sep. 20, 2000: Skeptic Speech
• Aug. 22, 2000: Speaking Freely: Former OT VII top-members
• Mar. 19, 2000: Scientology - What is it? Bob Minton and Steve Hassan answers questions
• Sep. 20, 1991: Geraldo: Scientology vs. Prozac (1991)