tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:49:43 +0000FenechHawkinsErlichWenlockTim UnderwoodJean-Pierre BrardMarc HeadleyDaniel MontalvoPhilippe Laburthe-TolraHendersone-meterFranceabortionTommy DavisLawrence WrightMarty RathbunCarmel UnderwoodFisherKevin MackeyAustraliaPurification RundownPaul HaggisTom CruiseverdictHana Whitfield (Eltringham)Peta O'BrienintelligenceTabayoyanDavid MiscavigecourtHeadley C.Catherine PicardJanet ReitmanlawsuitdisconnectionOlivier MoricePeelerreviewBeattyJason BeghetrialL. Ron HubbardShannonJeff HawkinsSpainkInternetGeorges FenechoccultHinesJan EastgateMiscavigeJohn ForteNancy ManyKentAleister CrowleyUNADFIHeldal-LundabuseviolenceNick XenophonCyprien KatsarisRathbunlegalRoger GonnetLarsonJohn TravoltaJack ParsonsGounordDeCrescenzoLaura DeCrescenzoAnderson ReportPicardDavid RootEmmanuel FanstenMiles CopelandColin RossMark BunkerOttmannRinderScientologyBrennanFletcher ProutyEric RouxNicolas SarkozyLisa McPhersonBolstadHubbardViolence and abuse in Scientologyhttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)Blogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6788586776851699744Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:33:00 +00002012-01-25T16:49:43.144+01:00Marc HeadleyHeadley C.courtScientologyabuseChurches are exempt from employment law requirements regarding their ministers, says the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case that has implications for former Scientologists suing the movement. But key issues still need to be tested. The U.S. Supreme Court this week backed a church that sacked its minister, confirming that the principle of ministerial exception exempted them from a lawsuit claiming http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/iMS_vqbi5Xo/supreme-court-confirms-ministerial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=iMS_vqbi5Xo:ExMTZyzdbI8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=iMS_vqbi5Xo:ExMTZyzdbI8:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/iMS_vqbi5Xo" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2012/01/supreme-court-confirms-ministerial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-4414999988602154078Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:53:00 +00002012-01-03T13:31:35.734+01:00FrancetrialScientologyEven before its appeal opened, Scientology fought back against the 2009 fraud convictions with accusations of judicial bias and suggestions of political pressure. There was a lot of talk during Scientology’s 2009 Paris trial for fraud and the illegal practice of pharmacy about the preserving the serenity of the debate. Legal proceedings are in theory meant to shine a light on the events in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/tdfoCfOeGDM/appeal-trial-preparing-ground.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=tdfoCfOeGDM:iKqZc9CtPnA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=tdfoCfOeGDM:iKqZc9CtPnA:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/tdfoCfOeGDM" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/12/appeal-trial-preparing-ground.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8993229830214743971Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:24:00 +00002011-11-24T15:50:00.550+01:00FrancelegalScientologyThe prosecutor in the Paris appeal trial for organised fraud and the illegal practice of pharmacy wants to more than double the fines handed down to the two Scientology organisations convicted at the original trial. The defendants and their lawyers walked out of the trial on appeal after the court rejected their procedural and legal objections. So it was the prosecutor, Hugues Warhaye, who http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/mhNIuXtqu-E/what-prosecution-wants-on-appeal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=mhNIuXtqu-E:NMQ4cTF9wlc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=mhNIuXtqu-E:NMQ4cTF9wlc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/mhNIuXtqu-E" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-prosecution-wants-on-appeal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3126368296022860732Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:27:00 +00002011-11-23T18:59:24.291+01:00FrancetrialScientologyverdict Even if the sentences in the 2009 Paris trial of Scientology have been widely reported, the court’s supporting arguments received less attention. With the appeal starting next month, now is a good time to review the judgment.[1] Next month a Paris court will begin hearing the appeal against the 2009 convictions of the Church of Scientology for organised fraud. The judgment and the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/D-nnKXXCNFw/reviewing-paris-judgment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=D-nnKXXCNFw:zOtMBwljD7o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=D-nnKXXCNFw:zOtMBwljD7o:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/D-nnKXXCNFw" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/10/reviewing-paris-judgment.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-5059892981575065819Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:54:00 +00002011-09-30T11:19:12.429+02:00legalScientologyNick XenophonAustraliaabuseThe recent report by the Fair Work Ombudsman on Scientology may be a more cautious version of the draft document, but it still packs a punch – and there’s more to come. The way Scientology tells it, the report released by Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman earlier this month represents a crushing victory for the movement. A statement they released on September 16, the day the report came out, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/fBTXjUcncQI/analysing-fwo-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=fBTXjUcncQI:6Ynh_P0poAw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=fBTXjUcncQI:6Ynh_P0poAw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/fBTXjUcncQI" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/09/analysing-fwo-report.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-5723144169000193621Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:53:00 +00002011-09-30T09:20:40.874+02:00FrancePaul HaggistrialScientologydisconnectionabuseScotland’s Sunday Herald published this article in November 2009, during one of the media’s periodic flurries of interest in Scientology’s activities. The movement had just lost a very high-profile fraud case in Paris (it is up on appeal later this year). But it didn’t hurt that there was also a celebrity angle: writer/director Paul Haggis had just defected from the movement, denouncing its http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/rWdAuU4-Ufk/dont-get-me-started.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=rWdAuU4-Ufk:y3HLNzEBMls:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=rWdAuU4-Ufk:y3HLNzEBMls:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/rWdAuU4-Ufk" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/09/dont-get-me-started.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3443893379334729727Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:08:00 +00002011-09-20T16:54:00.085+02:00legalScientologyAustraliaabuseScientology in Australia, which is already fighting to retain its tax-exempt charitable status, faces new threats to its financial survival. Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman issued a damning report on the movement’s employment practices Friday – the same day a leading law firm announced plans for a possible class action lawsuit against the movement. In its report, the FWO rejected Scientology’s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/m6Ar46uZO7o/fresh-blows-to-scientology-in-australia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=m6Ar46uZO7o:xzzRxonIOJ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=m6Ar46uZO7o:xzzRxonIOJ0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/m6Ar46uZO7o" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/09/fresh-blows-to-scientology-in-australia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-7484343683556903970Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:39:00 +00002011-09-08T08:14:39.635+02:00Marc HeadleyHeadley C.ScientologyabuseA case before the U.S. Supreme Court in October could play a key role in lawsuits filed against Scientology by former members of its Sea Organization. In 2005 Cheryl Perich , a teacher at a small elementary school in Redford, Michigan, was preparing to return to work after six months on medical leave. But her employers said they did not think she was ready. She tried to report for work anyway http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/pw4gOdbGDP4/legal-update-ii-headleys_02.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=pw4gOdbGDP4:J3ax5zWg-ww:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=pw4gOdbGDP4:J3ax5zWg-ww:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/pw4gOdbGDP4" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/08/legal-update-ii-headleys_02.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-7648797662066024945Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:19:00 +00002011-08-01T11:41:18.793+02:00Laura DeCrescenzoScientologyabuseabortionAn appeal court ruling has put Laura DeCrescenzo’s lawsuit against Scientology back on track, while a case at the Supreme Court just might offer fresh hope for the Headleys. A California appeal court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by Laura DeCrescenzo, who is suing Scientology for abuse she says she suffered during her time in the movement’s elite cadre, the Sea Org. The Headleys, meanwhile, are http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/0dmT31DX8Dw/lawsuits-update-i-laura-decrescenzo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=0dmT31DX8Dw:msbjN-iG6CI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=0dmT31DX8Dw:msbjN-iG6CI:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/0dmT31DX8Dw" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/08/lawsuits-update-i-laura-decrescenzo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-1543701374441610214Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:11:00 +00002011-10-19T08:31:39.680+02:00Tom CruiseJanet ReitmanLisa McPhersonL. Ron HubbardDavid MiscavigeviolenceMarty RathbunabuseJanet Reitman spent five years researching and writing Inside Scientology: it was worth the wait. For years, journalists had been warned that the subject of Scientology was off-limits in interviews with Tom Cruise: then, suddenly, you couldn’t shut him up about it. He scolded actress Brooke Shields for taking medication to tackle her post-natal depression. He enjoined NBC newsman Matt Lauer not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/PmQMumWv9yg/janet-reitmans-inside-scientology_03.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)9<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=PmQMumWv9yg:kR_ub6ZnVC4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=PmQMumWv9yg:kR_ub6ZnVC4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/PmQMumWv9yg" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/07/janet-reitmans-inside-scientology_03.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6546968175110483650Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:08:00 +00002011-06-17T06:39:12.820+02:00Jan EastgatecourtScientologyAustraliaabuseUpdate: June 17 A high-profile Scientologist has appeared in an Australian court on a charge of perverting the course of justice. Jan Eastgate, president of a group Scientology co-founded to expose psychiatric abuse, appeared in an Australian court Thursday accused of having covered up child abuse. On May 26, police in Sydney arrested and charged 57-year-old Eastgate with perverting the coursehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/vGqecSDPOFM/australian-police-charge-top.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=vGqecSDPOFM:KWmIkkES3Mc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=vGqecSDPOFM:KWmIkkES3Mc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/vGqecSDPOFM" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/06/australian-police-charge-top.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-5500034165403606385Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:28:00 +00002011-05-17T13:00:08.003+02:00Fletcher ProutyHubbardLawrence WrightJack ParsonsTommy DavisoccultAleister CrowleyScientologyMiles CopelandintelligenceWe know that Scientology and United States government agencies have spied on each other over the years: what is less clear is whether they ever collaborated. In his cheerfully cynical memoirs, The Game Player, former CIA operative Miles Copeland mentions a scheme put into action in the early-to-mid 1950s by colleague Bob Mandlestam called “Occultism in High Places (OHP). The idea was simple: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/EelQMCweepY/spy-v-spy-part-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=EelQMCweepY:4q7Fa-Rf44I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=EelQMCweepY:4q7Fa-Rf44I:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/EelQMCweepY" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/04/spy-v-spy-part-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6955596056922070060Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:14:00 +00002011-11-08T14:57:21.219+01:00Daniel MontalvolawsuitScientologyabuse--UPDATE: SETTLED OUT OF COURT, OCTOBER 2011 -- Another former Sea Org member is suing Scientology: recruited as a minor, deprived of a proper education and exploited as child labour, he also lost part of a finger in a workplace accident. Another former Scientologist is suing the movement, saying he was abandoned into their care as a five-year-old, worked minimum 40-hour weeks from age 12 – and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/164f7BHbWx4/18-daniel-montalvos-lawsuits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=164f7BHbWx4:7IPi8CIiqNw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=164f7BHbWx4:7IPi8CIiqNw:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/164f7BHbWx4" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/03/18-daniel-montalvos-lawsuits.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-9171202406253231087Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:44:00 +00002011-11-23T19:02:50.021+01:00FrancePaul HaggisEmmanuel FanstenGeorges FenechJason BegheNicolas SarkozyScientology In Scientologie: autopsie d’une secte d’Etat, Fansten has joined the dots on Scientology’s lobbying activities not just in France, but worldwide. Somewhere on my bookcase is a fat file containing news cuttings about Scientology in Europe over the past 15 years or so. Thanks to French journalist Emmanuel Fansten’s new book, Scientologie: autopsie d’une secte d’Etat, I’ll be able to trim it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/D5pToy6FelQ/2-french-take-on-scientology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=D5pToy6FelQ:f2fyUbnxy2I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=D5pToy6FelQ:f2fyUbnxy2I:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/D5pToy6FelQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2011/01/2-french-take-on-scientology.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3221306630782592466Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:34:00 +00002010-09-14T11:35:49.957+02:00ScientologyNick XenophonAustraliaabuseIn a breakthrough for Senator Nick Xenophon’s campaign against Scientology, an Australian senate committee has backed his call for closer monitoring of groups that enjoy tax-exempt status. An Australian senate committee has endorsed Senator Nick Xenophon’s call for a charity commission to monitor charities and religious groups that enjoy tax-exempt status – a keystone of his campaign against http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/iqerTa-tRFw/13-senate-committee-backs-xenophon_3517.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=iqerTa-tRFw:4spMVze1BMQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=iqerTa-tRFw:4spMVze1BMQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/iqerTa-tRFw" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/09/13-senate-committee-backs-xenophon_3517.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-7252006868559341324Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-08-03T12:10:40.855+02:00BolstadScientologydisconnectionabuseBy the early 1990s years of over-work and lack of sleep were taking their toll on Maureen Bolstad’s health. Scientology’s solution was to force her to disconnect from her mother. For everyone who worked in Scientology Sea Organization, particularly at the International Base, near Hemet, in California, the priority was to “make it go right”. Every Sea Org member knew that their superiors did not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/-qGkXk2rIDs/6-disconnection.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=-qGkXk2rIDs:2-soNlStRPM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=-qGkXk2rIDs:2-soNlStRPM:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/-qGkXk2rIDs" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/08/6-disconnection.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-7746231803600762641Sun, 23 May 2010 05:58:00 +00002010-05-26T15:27:06.141+02:00ScientologyNick XenophonAustraliaabuseSenator Nick Xenophon is calling for a judicial inquiry into Scientology after fresh allegations of abuse from an ABC investigation. Australia’s Senator Nick Xenophon has returned to attack and is calling for a full judicial inquiry into Scientology following further revelations about the movement. His call comes a week after he won a Senate committee inquiry into his private member’s bill, whichhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/VbbY8V_J6DM/12-xenophon-ups-ante.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=VbbY8V_J6DM:9Q_J8sVN-E4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=VbbY8V_J6DM:9Q_J8sVN-E4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/VbbY8V_J6DM" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/05/12-xenophon-ups-ante.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-1678139447281912835Thu, 13 May 2010 11:04:00 +00002010-05-16T07:10:06.102+02:00ScientologyNick XenophonAustraliaabuseIndependent Senator Nick Xenophon has moved a step forward in his campaign for a review of Scientology’s tax status in Australia: an inquiry into the feasibility of a public benefit test for charities and religions. Independent Australian senator Nick Xenophon, who has been campaigning since last November for a parliamentary inquiry into Scientology’s tax-exempt status, will get to put his case http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/HxNcfQGm7j4/11-xenophons-wins-committee-inquiry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)4<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=HxNcfQGm7j4:iPWRWe2mNrs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=HxNcfQGm7j4:iPWRWe2mNrs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/HxNcfQGm7j4" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/05/11-xenophons-wins-committee-inquiry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-392613629611701556Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:12:00 +00002011-09-18T16:08:02.430+02:00HubbardHana Whitfield (Eltringham)violenceabuseHana Eltringham Whitfield’s Speech Violence and abuse in Scientology can be traced right back to the founder, L. Ron Hubbard, said a former Sea Org veteran who worked alongside him. At a conference in Hamburg Friday a former veteran Scientologist who worked directly with L. Ron Hubbard painted a devastating picture of the movement’s founder. Hana Eltringham Whitfield’s portrait of Hubbard was ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/Y1rAH7IX6dk/17-tracing-it-back-to-source_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)9<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=Y1rAH7IX6dk:WTPANUFig0A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=Y1rAH7IX6dk:WTPANUFig0A:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/Y1rAH7IX6dk" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/03/17-tracing-it-back-to-source_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3411041391386240091Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:37:00 +00002010-03-23T03:06:30.337+01:00Laura DeCrescenzoScientologyabuseLaura Decrescenzo described how she was recruited into the Sea Org at just 12 years old – and how when she fell pregnant aged 17 she was pressured to have an abortion. Laura DeCrescenzo was actually born into Scientology: she did her first Scientology course at the age of six or seven, and as a nine-year-old she was working in one of the movement’s centres in New Mexico. From age nine to 12 shehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/XFMjxyBtHzg/la-presser-3-laura-decrescenzos-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=XFMjxyBtHzg:rO5yjDaFoFc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=XFMjxyBtHzg:rO5yjDaFoFc:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/XFMjxyBtHzg" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/03/la-presser-3-laura-decrescenzos-speech.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6196372395584824555Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +00002010-03-08T09:06:17.968+01:00Jeff HawkinsScientologyabuseJeff Hawkins, a 35-veteran of Scientology, focussed on the question what draws people to the movement – and why, despite the abuse they suffer, it is so hard to leave. Jeff Hawkins was introduced as a 35-year veteran of Scientology who had worked alongside the movement’s leader, David Miscavige, and had been a repeated target of his violence. But Hawkins has told that story elsewhere: this time,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/fL1eSf8oW_4/2-jeff-hawkins-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=fL1eSf8oW_4:koEhLOWV_6I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=fL1eSf8oW_4:koEhLOWV_6I:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/fL1eSf8oW_4" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/03/2-jeff-hawkins-speech.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-1234077961328079997Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:52:00 +00002010-03-08T09:03:53.075+01:00Marc HeadleyScientologyabuseMarc Headley spelled out the punishing schedule to which Sea Org members were subjected – and explained why people could not just up and leave when they wanted. Sea Org veteran Marc Headley told how he had worked at Scientology’s international headquarters between 1990 until 2005, recruited at the age of 16 from a Scientology school in Los Angeles. “When I was originally recruited I was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/DzdHMuLqV0Y/1-marc-headleys-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=DzdHMuLqV0Y:1L-N1wWKlCg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=DzdHMuLqV0Y:1L-N1wWKlCg:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/DzdHMuLqV0Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/03/1-marc-headleys-speech.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3159409185819980265Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:48:00 +00002010-03-08T08:48:49.912+01:00violenceScientologyMark BunkerabuseSix former members of Scientology’s elite Sea Org cadre joined forces in Los Angeles to denounce the violence and abuse inflicted on its most dedicated members. On February 12, six former members of Scientology’s elite Sea Org cadre joined forces in Los Angeles, speaking out at a press conference to publicise the abuses to which they had been subjected in Scientology. While all of them had spokenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/bsAPcWKWyqM/la-press-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=bsAPcWKWyqM:ZApNol5VmTQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=bsAPcWKWyqM:ZApNol5VmTQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/bsAPcWKWyqM" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/03/la-press-conference.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8129801586351342265Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:33:00 +00002010-03-02T09:26:56.762+01:00HendersonScientologydisconnectionabuseAs he lay dying of cancer in a California hospital, Allan Henderson agreed to talk about the devastating effect disconnection had on his family. The way to happiness includes being on good termswith one’s parents or those who brought you up L. Ron Hubbard, The Way to Happiness FROM HIS hospital bed Allan Henderson asked me where I was from.  When I told him, his eyes lit up. “Scotland!” he http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/uf-iBsh3g9c/1-hendersons-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=uf-iBsh3g9c:5qI9Gje8-sk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=uf-iBsh3g9c:5qI9Gje8-sk:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/uf-iBsh3g9c" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/02/1-hendersons-story.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-2025437511394653680Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:24:00 +00002010-02-22T17:37:36.999+01:00ScientologydisconnectionabuseDisconnection, which forces members to cut off contact with anyone deemed to be an enemy of the movement, is arguably the single most destructive policy in Scientology. There is no consensus among the growing numbers of defectors from Scientology as to how much, if any, of the movement’s “spiritual technology” is worth salvaging. Those who believe they experienced genuine psychological or http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~3/2GmgHWf0xVQ/disconnection-intro.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jonny Jacobsen)5<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=2GmgHWf0xVQ:CuVOtrUXdL0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?a=2GmgHWf0xVQ:CuVOtrUXdL0:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/InfiniteComplacency?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InfiniteComplacency/~4/2GmgHWf0xVQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2010/02/disconnection-intro.html