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Michael Jackson was raised by Jehovah's Witnesses and flirted with Scientology and Islam.

A lawsuit was filed in Nevada County, CA last week by a woman who paid for rehabilitation help for her then fiance, only to find out that she was repeatedly deceived and the services were dangerous and not as promised. Scientology practices, made Daniel Locatelli subject to verbal attacks, often of an anti gay substance.

He was denied medical care when he needed it and the staff kept him and his belongings against his will when he asked to leave. He finally escaped after 4 days

TOM Cruise and Katie Holmes have arrived at Melbourne's Essendon Airport in their private jet and are believed to be on their way to stay at Crown Casino.

James Packer flew to Melbourne yesterday, reportedly to prepare the suite for their arrival.

The Truth Rundown: High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at the Church of Scientology, its leader David Miscavige, and the Lisa McPherson case.

Brutalised staff who defected from the Church have given an insight into how its leader maintains control

By Coline Covington

It was random and whimsical. It could be the look on your face. Or not answering a question quickly. But it always was a punishment." Mike Rinder, a Scientology spokesman for many years, described to the St Petersburg Times the perverse regime of its leader, David Miscavige. Top executives from the Church have been defecting and, along with Rinder, have reported Miscavige's "gruesome" assaults and abusive behaviour towards his management team.

PARIS, France (CNN) -- Wednesday marked the last day of a three-week trial in Paris in which the Church of Scientology stood accused of fraud.

If found guilty, the church could be forced to shut down in France, though appeals could let the case continue for years.

Closing arguments were made Wednesday, two days after the prosecution asked for a dissolution of both the church and its Paris bookstore, and fines of 2 million euros ($2.8 million).

A verdict is expected in September.

PEACHES GELDOF has set her sights on becoming the latest celebrity convert to Scientology, according to new reports. Live Aid hero Bob Geldof's socialite daughter has been spotted leaving a Church of Scientology centre in Los Angeles. And a source tells Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper that the teen has "started looking for fulfilment in life".

In recent years the Church of Scientology worked hard to present a kinder, gentler image to the public, claiming it had cast aside the criminal activities, dirty tricks and abusive behavior of the past that brought it widespread condemnation and sent some of its former leaders to prison.

But a St. Petersburg Times special report this week revealed the reality behind the new facade: At its core, the Church of Scientology has not changed. It is an organization that uses intimidation and brutality to control its employees, places financial ambition above spiritual service to its members and stops at nothing to undermine its critics

By Thomas C. Tobin and Joe Childs , Times Staff Writers In Print: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 The four high-ranking executives who left Scientology say that church leader David Miscavige not only physically attacked members of his executive staff, he messed with their minds.

By Thomas C. Tobin and Joe Childs , Times Staff Writers In Print: Monday, June 22, 2009 At a ceremony at the Fort Harrison Hotel in September 1995, Lisa McPherson was designated "clear,'' meaning that through Scientology counseling, she had rid herself of all interference from troubling memories buried in her subconscious.

High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at the Church of Scientology and its mercurial leader, David Miscavige.

Scientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report from the St. Petersburg Times. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the former top lieutenants to Miscavige, have come forward to describe a culture of intimidation and violence under David Miscavige. These former Scientology leaders served for years with Miscavige.

Tom Cruise and John Travolta have been accused of persuading Rupert Murdoch's Fox News to sack an influential entertainment journalist.

Antipsychiatry includes many eccentric factions including Scientology, the followers of Thomas Szasz, the followers of Peter Breggin, etc.

In a police report obtained by National Enquirer magazine and taken from John Travolta the month after his son Jett died following a seizure, the actor admitted Jett suffered from autism.

In my last blog I reported on the death of Steve Brackett, a Scientologist who committed suicide over money trouble.

Rank and file Scientologists have decided to lie about Brackett’s death by saying he died in a head-on collision. This is being done to protect the belief system of Scientology, as it is believed by Scientologists that Brackett possessed supernatural abilities due to his achieving the church’s exalted state of OT

A multimillion-dollar historic La Quinta property with ties to the Church of Scientology is returning to the fold.

Tom Cruise will launch a recruitment drive for his Scientology church in Australia.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses.

State Secretary Rigmor Aasrud said that the activities in question might be prosecuted as fraud or as violations of existing healthcare regulations. A Norwegian Member of Parliament (MP) whose daughter killed herself after taking such a test, supports the idea of prosecuting illegal practices rather than trying to ban the movement as a whole.

The church of Scientology is fighting one of the biggest battles in its 50-year history.

Federal senator Nick Xenophon says it's time to re-examine Scientology's claims as a religion and to change the laws to force the group to start paying tax.

"We need to have a close look at those laws because I think there's a lot of community concern that an organisation such as Scientology gets the huge benefits of having the tax exempt status as a religion," Senator Xenophon said.

Historically Scientology brands anyone who questions their organisation a religious bigot.

"This is not about religious bigotry, this is about accountability and I think it's pretty cowardly of an organisation to start accusing those that just want to question they way they operate, to make sure what they do is transparent, accountable and fair," Senator Xenophon said.

As always, the church of Scientology declined a request to be interviewed.

Exclusive: In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates.

According to evidence turned up by admins in this long-running Wikiland court case, multiple editors have been "openly editing [Scientology-related articles] from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities." Leaning on the famed WikiScanner, countless news stories have discussed the editing of Scientology articles from Scientology IPs, and some site admins are concerned this is "damaging Wikipedia's reputation for neutrality."