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Located in Brunswick, Maine, the church of Scientology Mission of Brunswick offers introductory services, individual counseling and many Life Improvement Courses. Not likely. (Full bio at mideastdig.com and richardbehar.com) For speaking engagements: Washington Speakers Bureau. But, to my knowledge, no elected official who has praised Hubbard and Scientology has ever been as close as Bass is to running for the country’s vice presidency, and, if the 77-year-old Biden wins—a heartbeat away from the presidency itself. Scientology churches offer Dianetics services. The show Inside Scientology on the new Scientology Network (directv channel 320) had an episode on what goes on inside a typical Scientology Church. The programme gained particular controversy before and during filming due to unresolved differences on content and approach between Sweeney's production team and Scientology members. [16], Scientologists also later complained of bigotry towards the Church in comments made by Sweeney during interviews with Scientology members. For Time’s international editions, a sidebar was included with the cover story that was titled “Pushing Beyond the U.S.— Scientology Makes Its Presence Felt in Europe and Canada.” It showed how the church’s minions were wreaking havoc in one country after another (Canada; France; Germany; Italy; Spain)—costing governments considerable effort and money to try and stop them. The battleground is YouTube and Scientology's weapon is a clip of me losing it in the "Mind Control" section of a gruesome exhibition. ... [+] She's now lobbying hard to be selected by Biden as his running mate for the upcoming election. 1997: “CAN: The Cult Awareness Network” (CBS News’ 60 Minutes) Note: This disturbing segment, produced for Lesley Stahl by Rich Bonin and team, showed how Scientology bankrupted and then took over the country’s leading cult-information support group. She continues to openly lobby to be on Biden’s ticket, despite a video of the 2010 speech which was brought to light recently by the Daily Caller, a right-wing media outlet. 2009: A multi-part, trailblazing series in the St. Petersburg Times (by Tom Tobin and Joe Childs) that led to many additional stories over the next four years revealing life inside the church. Her Twitter statement about it on Saturday raises even more questions. Scientology, however, is unique in that it contains practical means of enabling man to resolve his material concerns and so come to achieve his spiritual aspirations. Scientologists converge on Stan's house after he is identified as the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard. at Davis in reference to an interview Sweeney recorded with Scientology critic Shawn Lonsdale. It boiled down to personal integrity. It has been variously defined as a cult, a business or a new religious movement. Hang on to your family. The Church also created a documentary regarding the BBC's activities called 'Panorama Exposed', showcasing many of the Panorama team's alleged violations of BBC and government broadcast codes. Here are some additional groundbreaking and courageous exposés of the church that came out before 2010, the year of Bass’s speech: 1981: “Scientology: The Sickness Spreads” (Readers’ Digest’s prolific Eugene Methvin), 1985: “Who Are The Scientologists?” (Washington Post editorial board) Excerpt: “Members of the ‘church’ have engaged in vicious and serious harassment of persons and organizations who investigate or speak out against the group, such as the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Los Angeles Times, Readers' Digest, the Boston Globe, the St. Petersburg Times, Forbes Magazine, the American Medical Association, the Better Business Bureau and the American Psychiatric Association. Thousands of Scientologists ... [+] turned turned out for the grand opening. (e.g. More on that later. Scientology and Me was a television documentary broadcast 14 May 2007 as part of the BBC's Panorama series. Perhaps she hadn't yet gotten around to reading a few decades worth of exposés by major media outlets—from Forbes (1986) to Time (1991); from ABC News' Nightline (1992) to CBS's 60 Minutes (1997); from the NY Times (1997) to her hometown LA Times (1990); etc., etc., etc. It almost worked: by impersonating Cooper, Scientologists got her indicted in 1973 for threatening to bomb the church. The programme gained particular controversy before and during filming due to unresolved differences on content and approach between Sweeney's production team and Scientology members. Again, maybe she was too busy. You may opt-out by. This is serious, and what she is saying doesn’t add up. Here's a success story. By Carol Kuruvilla. If attacked on some vulnerable point by anyone or anything or any organization, always find or manufacture enough threat against them to cause them to sue for peace....We’re playing for blood, the stake is EARTH.”. (Hubbard’s words have been in articles, books and news broadcasts for decades.) Reporter John Sweeney visited the United States to investigate whether the Church of Scientology was becoming more mainstream. “To me, Scientology is simply a meaning of life. No Scientologists were ever tried in the matter. This was back when Time was Time (in terms of global influence and readership), and Scientology declared war in response. Ruined lives. "[15] The BBC responded to the clip by releasing on its website the video Sweeney shot to give some context to the argument before the documentary was aired. ], Scientologists are pretty good at brainwashing people. Since a description of Sweeney losing his temper was included in TV guide listings for the documentary, the BBC already knew about Sweeney's outburst before the YouTube clip was uploaded. He told us that a Hollywood celebrity (who served as an unofficial Scientology spokesman) feared that if he defected from the church, details of his private sexual life would be made public. Why did she not come forward in recent years and explain or retract her words, rather than wait until she was outed last week? It needs to be asked, and probed. [23] As a result, he left the church in 2007. "[7] In the introduction, Sweeney outlines his investigation into the reputation of the Church of Scientology, its affiliated celebrities and its current activities. This 20th century religion is cloaked in mystery for many. "[8][9] Sweeney notes that the case has been derided by the Church of Scientology as it believes it was based upon discredited evidence. Rep. Bass (in blue) on the stage for the 2010 ribbon-cutting of Scientology's remodeled headquarters ... [+] in Los Angeles. More than 20 major journalism awards — including George Polk (twice); Overseas Press Club (twice); Gerald Loeb; National Magazine Award; Daniel Pearl; Conscience-In-Media Award — on subjects ranging from terrorism in Pakistan to counterfeiting in China; from corporate wrongdoing on Wall Street to the Russian mob in Siberia. “I invite people to come to Miami where we can educate them on the tyrannical dictatorship that has decimated Cuba for 60 years.” A month later, Bass walked back the praise, and on “Meet The Press” last Sunday she stated “Lesson learned.”, As Fabiola Santiago, a Cuban refugee and longtime Miami Herald columnist wrote yesterday: “If you’re Cuban or Cuban American in Miami, this is what you’re hearing: ‘Comandante en jefe, ordene.’ Commander in chief, at your service. Many years later, after he defected from the cult, Marty Rathbun—long one of Scientology’s highest-ranking officials and lead “enforcer”—apologized and told me they’d spent about $25 million on their legal and intelligence-gathering efforts against me and the magazine. (Also projects for BBC News, CNN, Fast Company, FoxNews.com and PBS.) "I disagree with the congresswoman's comments on Cuba,” Democrat Donna Shahala, one of the U.S. Congress members representing South Florida (and a former Secretary of Health and Human Services under Bill Clinton), told Politico in late June. She was born, raised, schooled and—as far as I can tell from her short website biography—has always lived in L.A., one of the two de facto headquarters of Scientology. (Equally problematic is that, as recently as 2016, Bass was praising another ruthless leader, Fidel Castro—seemingly ignorant, at best, and certainly tone deaf to the issues. Of course, nothing approaches the harassment suffered by brave journalist Paulette Cooper, who wrote a critical book called “The Scandal of Scientology” in 1971. The church then took it to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to take their case.) John Travolta is seen crediting the longevity of his career and demise of other people's careers as due to the influence or lack of influence of Dianetics. [5] Despite the Church of Scientology's lobbying British MPs to have the documentary scrapped, its first airing went ahead on 14 May. (He rescinded the proclamation later that month, once he learned who Hubbard really was.) Scientology Lyrics: Welcome to the Scientology of hip hop / Where you must sign a life long contract as well / Welcome (Maybach Music) / You're so … 1997: Doug Frantz’s special investigative report in the New York Times about “Scientology’s Puzzling Journey From Tax Rebel to Tax Exempt.” Doug revealed that the church hired spooks to dig into the private lives of IRS officials and to conduct surveillance operations to uncover potential vulnerabilities. Scientology and Me is a television documentary first broadcast on 14 May 2007 as part of the BBC's Panorama series. Given the organization’s extensive resources, it stretched into a ten-year legal battle. in Los Angeles. "Your creed is a universal creed," said Biden VP contender Karen Bass in a 2010 speech to ... [+] Scientologists. That would have been the responsible thing to do, and it demonstrates poor judgment on her part, as well as a disregard for those who may have joined the cult after hearing her speak. In 1986—a quarter-century before Bass’s cut-off date—I wrote a lengthy Forbes magazine exposé called “The Prophet and Profits of Scientology.” It laid out how Hubbard was clearly insane, and how he viciously abused his acolytes—many of whom provided such “first-hand accounts” in sworn court affidavits and in interviews with Forbes. And Bass surely must know that responsible media outlets would never have published or aired their pre-2010 exposés of the church without having “first-hand accounts.” Bass’s position is a bit like saying, “I didn’t know Charlie Manson was a bad guy; I thought he was a strong family man.” Everything the congresswoman needed to learn about the church was a matter of public record, always a mere fingertip press away, and she should have known it. They were the infamous words Cubans used when surrendering to the whims of a dictator who executed dissenters, destroyed lives and the economy and left this world with blood on his hands....Never once have I heard her [Bass] raise her eloquent activist voice on behalf of the oppressed on the island.”. In this regard Scientology is an improvement over any earlier practice in terms of what it can actually do to help man. [20][21] Sweeney said of the incident: "I apologised almost immediately, Tommy carried on as if nothing had happened but meanwhile Scientology had rushed off copies of me losing it to my boss, my boss's boss and my boss's boss's boss, the Director-General of the BBC. “I was responsible for all sorts of Gestapo-type stuff.” In these detention programs, staff members would be coerced into performing hard labor, eating leftovers out of buckets and sleeping on floors. Some of them pried into my family history, and made inquiries into my health. "[22] Later, he added: "I look like an exploding tomato and shout like a jet engine and every time I see it, it makes me cringe." In … On March 30, the Tampa Bay Times published an eye-opening story concerning the Church of Scientology’s reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. [22], Former high-ranking Scientologist and spokesperson Mike Rinder claimed David Miscavige was unhappy with the church's handling of the documentary, and punished Rinder by exiling him to the United Kingdom to dig ditches. There’s not a word in her statement about what she now thinks about the church. Among them: Don Larson, who served as the church’s $25-per-week “finance ethics officer.” In that role, Larson claimed he alone brought nearly 300 recalcitrant Scientologists to “Rehabilitation Project Forces” at church centers around the world over a period of 14 months, until his own detention and departure in 1983. [11][12] The documentary moves onto an interview in which Sweeney talks with a mother, known as "Sharon,"[13] who had been "disconnected" from her daughter after her daughter had taken a weekend away with other Scientologists and had read several books which she claimed had changed her life. She also spent nearly a decade as a physician assistant and served as a medical instructor at the University of Southern California. Perhaps Bass received campaign contributions over the years from Scientologists that inspired her to say something positive about the cult? I left the Church of Scientology on 2009-08-07. To find out what Scientology is, check http://www.scientologyreligion.org . MAKE MORE MONEY. From his position as Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center (RTC), Mr. Miscavige bears the ultimate responsibility for ensuring the standard and pure application of L. Ron Hubbard’s technologies and Keeping Scientology Working. Click here to add a place to the map and help make MapMuse even better! It is still owned by the Church, and, as … Perhaps she hadn't yet gotten around to reading a few decades worth of exposés by major media outlets—from Forbes (1986) to Time (1991); from ABC News' Nightline (1992) to CBS's 60 Minutes (1997); from the NY Times (1997) to her hometown LA Times (1990); etc., etc., etc. Scientology poses as a religion but really is a ruthless global scam — and aiming for the mainstream.” [It was published in the May 6th editions, but is misdated on Time’s website as June 24th.]. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. "Scientologists are trained to lie, and never ... [+] defend, and always attack (and make money)," he wrote in one of his many doctrines for his cult members to adhere to. Hubbard initially developed a set of ideas which he represented as a form of therapy, called Dianetics. X. Receive a $6 Movie Rental. A large photo of the late L. Ron Hubbard is on display. Directory and Interactive Maps of Scientology Churches across the Nation including address, hours, phone numbers, and website. Panorama - Scientology and Me - Tommy Walks Away - BBC One - Duration: 1:25. BBC 73,341 views. It included numerous “first-hand accounts” from victims—former staff members, insiders, and others. The Underground Bunker blog; a 2015 book titled “The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper.”). All Interests. Bass was right about one thing: Scientology founder Hubbard’s words were “exciting.” Here’s a small sampling of his written doctrines and policies from the 1960s and 70s, which staffers were required to follow—then and always: “The only way you can control people is to lie to them....Scientologists are trained to lie and never defend, always attack (and generate money)....MAKE MONEY. The 1986 Forbes story also revealed how Hubbard apparently looted the church of enough money to have been on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans—had he not died earlier that year under mysterious circumstances. [10], In describing the affiliated celebrity members of Scientology, the documentary refers to them as an "all-star cast list." And ignorance about Scientology can be very embarrassing. Religion / 10 Comments John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology, endorsed by some major Hollywood celebrities, but which continues to face the criticism that it is less of a religion and more of a cult. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed... Start feeding lurid, blood sex crime actual evidence on the attackers to the press. The Church of Scientology also presented the BBC with a set of 154 breaches of BBC guidelines which they claimed Sweeney and his team broke, though Sandy Smith, the programme's producer, responded that "[t]he head of current affairs, George Entwistle, has viewed all footage complained of and, with the exception of the point when Sweeney shouts, he found nothing that stood outside BBC guidelines. [Church officials, however, had refused requests for interviews.] Scientology, at its core, is a self-help religion started by writer L. Ron Hubbard. Scientology is nothing but a criminal organization. (Bass might be interested in that topic, considering that during the 1990s—a time when she ran the L.A. social justice group—she worked hard addressing the city’s drug and gang-violence epidemic. From 1982-2004: staffs of Forbes, Time and Fortune magazines. With Jeremy Vine, Kevin Hurley, John Travolta, Sharon. Contributing Editor of Investigations, Forbes magazine. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard never expressed such a wish for himself. © 2021 Forbes Media LLC. “Messiah or Madman” (Bent Corydon, 1987); “A Piece of Blue Sky” (John Atack, 1990); “Testimony: The Autobiography of Margery Wakefield” (1996). I'm also the Editor of Mideast Dig, a global, nonprofit investigative media outlet that gets it right about Israel and the entire Middle East — and refuses to pull its punches. Eleven top Scientologists, including Hubbard's wife, were sent to prison in the early 1980s for the scheme. Two detectives contacted me, posing as a friend and a relative of a so-called cult victim, to elicit negative statements from me about Scientology. The story was based on court documents and more than 150 interviews conducted over seven months. On 28 September 2010 Rinder and Amy Scobee were featured on The Secrets of Scientology, a follow-up to the 2007 broadcast. So people have asked me, “Why is Scientology defending Danny in this suit?” and I have to point out to them, technically they aren’t. Rathbun said an apartment was rented on my block in New York City to use as a base for their spying operations. John Sweeney investigates the Church of Scientology and allegations made by former members and relatives of current members. In a speech in 2010, Biden VP candidate Karen Bass praised the Scientology cult and its diabolical ... [+] founder, L. Ron Hubbard. MapMuse - Find your place. If your ever in the Times Square area you should come through for a visit. C 420153)" John Breckenridge Jr. So either there’s something she’s not telling us or she didn’t think it was important to educate herself before putting herself out there as a supporter of the church. By now it should be clear that U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass, a leading contender for Joe Biden’s VP pick, didn’t know the first thing about Scientology or its founder when she waxed so poetic in 2010, or else she had her reasons for ignoring the truth. It bears closer scrutiny. 1992: An exposé by ABC News Nightline, plus the first-ever interview with David Miscavige, the church’s venomous leader since Hubbard’s death. Scientologists. U.S. Rep. Karen Bass speaking during the Democratic National Convention in 2012 in North Carolina. ), Or maybe she was simply too busy in 2010 and 2012 and 2013 to do a five-minute Google search before using her prestige and influence as an elected official to publicly sanction the group—no doubt helping attract new members into an organization that has been shown to be the antithesis of treating “all people with the respect they are due as human beings.” [Neither the church nor Congresswoman Bass immediately responded to my request for interviews for this story; if they do, I’ll post their responses. Documents the FBI seized in those raids also showed that Scientologists had infiltrated, burglarized and wiretapped more than 100 private and government agencies in attempts to block their investigations. New Lawsuit Seeks To Bring Church Of Scientology Into The Me Too Era. Tommy Davis, the international spokesperson for Scientology, did not want detractors or perceived enemies of the church to be interviewed or included in the documentary and wanted to censor any references to Scientology as a "cult. when you purchase a new Edible Arrangements movie-themed Edible Box. Reachable at rbehar@forbes.com. One of the private eyes told the Times that he had taken documents from an IRS conference and sent them to church officials, and created a phony news bureau in Washington to gather information on church critics. David Miscavige is the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion. Biden VP Contender Karen Bass’s Statements About The Cult Just Don’t Add Up. He begins with an edited version of a statement issued during the 1994 Los Angeles Superior Court case Church of Scientology of California vs Gerald Armstrong, in which Judge John Breckenridge describes the Church of Scientology as "[s]chizophrenic, bizarre, ... paranoid[;] ... an organization that harasses its enemies ... and abuses the trust of its members. (From 2004-2010, she was a California state assembly member, and has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013. You were not there! Scientology Ruthlessly Harassed Reporters (including Me) For Decades. Did they get to Bass? Through the decades, the church has duped a number of politicians into being “useful idiots” for their grand designs. Leah and Mike delve into the scientology policy of Fair Game. Watch video on Scientology beliefs and learn more about the Scientology religion, developed by L. Ron Hubbard, which provides a path to understanding the spirit, life, relationships and the universe. You are quoting the second half of the interview, not the first half! Her Twitter statement about it on Saturday raises even more questions. For a time I had attended a Scientology kindergarten where discipline involved long stretches of time in the corner reflecting on one’s misdeeds. Please put front group activities in the Scientology Front Groups forum, rather than in … A large photo of the late L. Ron Hubbard is on display. I don’t know her views on psychiatry or meds.). One A-lister locks himself in the closet and refuses to come out after Stan criticizes his "talent." defend, and always attack (and make money)," he wrote in one of his many doctrines for his cult members to adhere to. Despite the the Time story and legal case garnering a ton of media attention for well over a decade, plus all the other exposés from other major media outlets prior to 2010, could Bass perhaps have truly not known any of this? [6], The documentary was intended as an investigation of the claims of both critics of the Church of Scientology and the Church itself to see if the Church "still deserved its sinister reputation. Some of my conversations with them were taped, transcribed and presented by the church in affidavits to TIME's lawyers as "proof" of my bias against Scientology. It’s hard to understand not doing a modicum of due diligence to educate oneself before speaking on behalf of any organization. In fact, the cult leader's most important words [a sampling is above] have been reported by media outlets for decades. Learn about Scientology, beliefs & practices, founder L. Ron Hubbard. With a peak of 4.9 million viewers in the UK, the episode garnered the highest ratings for Panorama since September the previous year. In 2016, following the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, she stated, “The passing of the comandante en jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba.” There is no shortage of elected officials in Florida who are now cringing (or worse) over her proclamation. See my detailed write-up on why. In 1996, Scientology's late founder got his own street, in Los Angeles. (The church lost on summary judgment in federal court in New York, and also lost before an appellate court. A former Scientologist is suing the church and its leader David Miscavige, alleging years of abuse — and lawyers are hoping it will inspire more to come forward. Scientology has fought many battles to keep its secrets off the web, now they are using it to attack my investigation into them. pictured here in 2016 at the church's global media center in Hollywood. The Church of Scientology focuses on getting Scientologists up the Bridge to Total Freedom. They also threatened to sue, but didn’t. Tommy Davis, the international spokesperson for Scientology, did not w… (He had gone underground for several years to a ranch outside L.A. until his death, in large part to hide from an IRS criminal probe.) Learn how the practice of this world religion has changed lives with personal success stories about seeking happiness and helping others during crisis. I could no longer be part of an organization where … [26] Rinder revealed that Sweeney was correct: Scientology was following Sweeney's activities for the 2007 report. An “Editor’s Comment” that ran with the 1986 story addressed the subject of first-hand witnesses. Scientologists in 2010. The church is fervently opposed to psychiatry and psychiatric medicine, and works hard to keep mentally-ill members from getting treatment from licensed professionals. (www.mideastdig.com) In it, reporter John Sweeney visited the United States to investigate whether the Church of Scientology was becoming more mainstream. ... the words are exciting of your founder, L. Ron Hubbard," Rep. Karen Bass told an audience of ... [+] Scientologists in 2010. “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief,” a 2013 book by investigative reporter Larry Wright, as well as a 2015 documentary based on the book by Alex Gibney.). Her daughter wrote to her cutting all ties. “If you leave, they immediately start digging up everything," said Franks. 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