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10 unusual facts about Church of Scientology


Anne Hidalgo

She was especially opposed to the Church of Scientology and New Acropolis and participated in a demonstration in front of the Scientology's premises.

Arlöv

The former office building of Danisco Sugar was bought in 2008 by the Church of Scientology who opened their new church, a so-called "Ideal org" there in 2009.

Margarita López

Due to a series of articles published in the New York Post, she came under fire for connections to the controversial Church of Scientology, whose members donated sizeable amounts of money to her campaign.

Martin Hamilton-Smith

Hamilton-Smith accused Labor of accepting split donations from the Church of Scientology based on information sent to the Liberal Opposition that was subsequently found to have been forged.

Penet remailer

The second reported compromise of the Penet remailer occurred in February 1995 at the behest of the Church of Scientology.

In September 1996, an anonymous user posted the confidential writings of the Church of Scientology through the Penet remailer.

In September 1996, the Church of Scientology again sought information from Julf as part of its court case against a critic of the Church named Grady Ward.

Philip Gale

Philip Chandler Gale (born 1978, Los Angeles, California) and his younger sister Elizabeth were the children of Marie and David Gale, a software programmer, both committed to the Church of Scientology, in which the mother was a high official.

Saint Hill Green

It is notable for two country houses in the vicinity: Standen, designed by the architect Philip Webb in the Arts and Crafts style and now a National Trust property, and the 1792-built Saint Hill Manor, which had several notable owners before having been purchased by L. Ron Hubbard and becoming one of the international centres for the Church of Scientology, which he founded.

Ybor Factory Building

In 2010, the entire complex was purchased by the Church of Scientology, reportedly to consolidate a smaller location in Ybor City with another in West Tampa.


Amy Scobee

Amy Scobee is a former member of the Church of Scientology, and also the niece of deceased American astronaut Dick Scobee.

Ænema

This includes everything from the Church of Scientology with the line "Fuck L. Ron Hubbard and fuck all his clones"; to possibly rappers ("gun-toting hip gangster wannabes"), to drug addicts, Hollywood executives and actresses whom Maynard views as scum and wishes would all be flushed down the proverbial toilet.

Cult Awareness Network

Galen Kelly and Donald Moore, both of whom were convicted in the course of carrying out 'deprogramming', are linked to the "Old CAN" by detractors Anson D. Shupe, Susan E. Darnell, and Church of Scientology attorney Kendrick Moxon.

Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

Scientology (considered by the German government an authoritarian, anti-democratic commercial organisation rather than a religion).

Final Blackout

Author Services Inc. published a hardcover edition of the book in 1988, and in 1989 the Church of Scientology-affiliated organization Bridge Publications said that a film director named Christopher Cain had signed a contract to write and direct a movie version based on the book.

FREECOG

FREECOG became the Citizen's Freedom Foundation before joining many of the parent groups in the 1980's which merged into what became known as the Cult Awareness Network, which is now owned by the Church of Scientology.

Grady Ward

Prior to his opposition to the Church of Scientology, Grady Ward compiled the Moby Project, an extensive compilation of English language lexical resources and in 1996 released it to the public domain.

Ruddy Rodríguez

She is an active member of the Fundación "El camino a la felicidad" (The Way to Happiness Foundation International), which promotes the booklet "The way (road) to happiness", written by the founder of the Church of Scientology: L. Ronald Hubbard.

Stephen A. Kent

He stated that Kent analyzed groups that have been referred to as both cults and new religious movements, including the Children of God, the Divine Light Mission, the Unification Church, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Church of Scientology, Transcendental Meditation, and others.

World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) is a Church of Scientology organization which promotes the ideology of Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard to businesses.

Zenith Applied Philosophy

While studying at Massey University in the 1960s John Dalhoff became attracted to the Church of Scientology and in 1965 travelled to the United Kingdom to study at the Saint Hill Manor Scientology Centre, returning to New Zealand as a full-time Scientology worker.