tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:29:00 +0000ScientologyabuseFrancetrialviolenceAustraliacourtMarc HeadleyMiscavigelawsuitMaureen BolstadPurification RundownJon AtackTom CruisedisconnectionClaire HeadleyCassationHawkinsNick XenophonfraudDavid MiscavigeEric RouxNarcononabortionepilepsylegalGeorges FenechHubbardL. Ron HubbardOlivier MoriceRoger Gonnetmind controlA Piece of Blue SkyArnaud PalissonBelgiumECHRHana Whitfield (Eltringham)Headley C.InternetLaura DeCrescenzoLawrence WrightPaul HaggisPeelerTony OrtegaBritainCarmel UnderwoodCatherine PicardChildrenChris OwenClearwaterDanielle AmbertDanièle GounordDave TouretzkyDavid RootDenise Gentile (Miscavige)Eileen BarkerGloria LopezHeribert PfaffHinesJason BegheJeff HawkinsJohn DuignanKlaus BallinKyle BrennanMIVILUDESMarty RathbunNetherlandsPeta O'BrienVillage Voiceacademiaappealdrugse-meterverdictAlain RosenbergAleister CrowleyAlessandro AmicarelliAnderson ReportAndrew MortonAstra WoodcraftBarry Van SickleBeattyBenjamin Beit-HallahmiBertil de KlynBrennanCasualty ContactChaida MoussaouiCharlie HebdoColin RossCouncil of EuropeCri CriCyprien KatsarisDaniel MontalvoDavid GaimanDeCrescenzoDennis ErlichDetoxification ProgrammeDianeticsDonald WestbrookDouglas FrantzElisabeth GuigouElisabeth HaleyEmmanuel FanstenFenechFisherFlag BaseFletcher ProutyFred OxaalGermanyGet ClearGordon MeltonGounordHania MrkosHaydn JamesHeldal-LundHendersonHervé MachiICSAINFORMIrelandJack ParsonsJan EastgateJane KemberJanet ReitmanJean-Louis LanglaisJean-Marc FlorandJean-Michel PesentiJean-Pierre BrardJenna HillJenna Miscavige HillJim BeverleyJoanna KluessienJocelyne DorfmannJohn ForteJohn PeelerJohn TravoltaJuliette WagnerJura NanukKaren de la CarrièreKarin PouwKentKevin MackeyKevin StevensonLarsonLibérationLisa McPhersonMarie-Paul MoracchiniMark BunkerMark HeadleyMarkus StuckenbrockMexicoMichael LangoneMichel ClaiseMike KropvedMiles CopelandNancy ManyNicolas SarkozyNicolay FakiroffOttmannPaulette CooperPhilippe Laburthe-TolraPicardRJElloryRathbunRinderRon MiscavigeRudy SallesRussiaScott PilutikSea OrgSevere Reality AdjustmentShannonSpainkSteven HassanStudy TechSwitzerlandTabayoyanTerril ParkThe MasterThomas ErlemannTignousTim UnderwoodTommy DavisTorny OrtegaTorontoTory 'Magoo' ChristmanUNADFIWay to HappinessWenlockWilfried Handlauditingcultsdeathsface-rippingfair gamehuman traffickingillegal practice of medicineintelligencejudgmentoccultreviewFraud, violence and abuse in Scientologyhttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (jj)Blogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-920510951184003953Sun, 21 Jun 2015 20:00:00 +00002015-06-27T22:49:25.756+02:00Get ClearJim BeverleyJon AtackScientologyTorontoCoverage of the June 2015 "Getting Clear" Conference on Scientology in Toronto  I am attending the June 2015 "Getting Clear" conference on Scientology in Toronto, both as an invited speaker and to cover the event. As part of efforts to evolve my coverage, I am experimenting with a new online platform for this event. But I will use this page as an index to the reports, updating it http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-getting-clear-conference-2015.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)0Canada37.09024 -95.712891000000013-41.116323 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-2862062688818201731Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:15:00 +00002015-04-24T17:55:00.421+02:00Hania MrkosScientologySwitzerlandThomas ErlemannWilfried Handl Protesters are gathering in Basel, Switzerland to counter the official opening ceremony of Scientology's latest Ideal Org. We talked to some of the campaigners -- including the man who set up the first org there. The entrance to the new Basel Ideal Org (Courtesy of Wilfried Handl) This might get loud. Critics of Scientology – including local residents and former members – are http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/04/basel-it-might-get-loud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-2575191739888929323Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:01:00 +00002015-04-16T22:48:22.930+02:00Danielle AmbertFranceGloria LopezLibérationScientology Cults: France drops its guard French police failed to track down three Scientologists for questioning over the 2006 suicide of Gloria Lopez: but at least one of them has maintained her links with Scientology. Now French daily Libération has weighed in to the battle. Scientologists told French police investigating the death of one their members that they did not know where three key http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/04/tracing-danielle-ambert-lopez-affair-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8084988448947007005Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:03:00 +00002015-04-17T08:51:44.974+02:00Danielle AmbertElisabeth HaleyFranceGloria LopezJuliette WagnerScientology A French investigation into the suicide of a Scientologist has stalled because police have been unable to interview key witnesses in the case. But the movement has not shared everything it knows about the affair.1 (This story first ran on March 31 at Tony Ortega's Underground Bunker. Thanks again to Tony for helping us launch this investigation at his site.) Gloria Lopez A judge http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-gloria-lopez-affair_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8580444406955754809Thu, 09 Apr 2015 23:08:00 +00002015-04-11T10:35:11.531+02:00AustraliaNick XenophonScientology Senator Nick Xenophon has called on Australia's charity regulators to investigate Scientology in the wake allegations set out in Alex Gibney's bombshell documentary on the movement. The shockwaves created by Alex Gibney's documentary on Scientology, Going Clear, have reached Down Under. More than five years after first denouncing Scientology's activities in Australia, independent Senator http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/04/australia-xenophon-back-in-fray.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-1774076933210806689Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:24:00 +00002015-03-17T09:48:45.201+01:00David MiscavigeJohn DuignanScientologyTom Cruise The explosion of interest in Alex Gibney’s documentary Going Clear has brought the role played by Scientology's celebrity flag-bearers back into focus. It prompted Sea Org veteran John Duignan to send Infinite Complacency this extract from his latest book project. John Duignan © Lisa Tiffany I suppose I should thank him. It was Tom Cruise, after all, who finally convinced me to http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/03/tom-cruise-saved-me-from-scientology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3009148238165052137Sat, 21 Feb 2015 22:06:00 +00002017-01-03T10:13:56.618+01:00David GaimanFranceJane KemberScientology A 20-minute French programme on Scientology from 1972 includes interviews with some key figures from the movement. Can you help name some of the other members interviewed? Here's a little gem that turned up during a rummage around the website of France's broadcasting archive, l'Institut national de l'audiovisuel. This is an extract from a 20-minute report on Scientology, broadcast in http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/02/from-archives-i-1972.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-4152174778967250482Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:37:00 +00002015-03-14T23:02:17.197+01:00Charlie HebdoFranceScientologyTignous “Tignous”, illustrator and cartoonist Bernard Verlhac, was a veteran of the Scientology beat – and one of the 12 victims of the attack on the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. Back in 2009, during the first days of the original trial of Scientology for organised fraud, the press bench was packed. There was some quiet, but tense, competition for the best seats buthttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2015/01/farewell-to-tignous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6000639015990122679Tue, 04 Nov 2014 10:18:00 +00002014-11-04T11:18:28.294+01:00DianeticsECHRRussiaScientology European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg. Photo © Katrinitsa Three times now, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned Russia for its treatment of Scientology. Critics of the movement should accept the judgments. Last month, Europe's top court condemned Russia for refusing to let Scientologists register as a religious group – almost five years to the day after http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/11/russia-had-it-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-1140966805169047432Tue, 28 Oct 2014 06:47:00 +00002022-04-06T19:32:49.077+02:00ECHRFrancefraudlegalScientology The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed Scientology's bid to challenge its convictions for organised fraud in France. A second such French conviction could threaten its very existence there.1 I confess I missed this one. But then again, I don't think Scientology put out a press release on it. I recently checked with the European Court of Human Rights about Scientology's bid tohttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/10/cased-closed_28.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8351200776921265884Wed, 02 Jul 2014 06:38:00 +00002014-08-02T16:02:23.032+02:00Eric RouxJon AtackScientology Earlier this year Scientologist Eric Roux gave a talk on his movement at a academic conference. How well do his claims stand up to scrutiny? Jon Atack marks his copy. Jon Atack Since today Eric Roux is presenting Scientology’s perspective on life to an audience of academics at SOCREL, organised by the British Sociological Association, now seems a good time to take a closer look at one ofhttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/07/atack-on-roux-on-scientology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8810807892913854133Mon, 30 Jun 2014 22:21:00 +00002014-07-01T00:21:48.137+02:00academiaAlessandro AmicarellicultsDonald WestbrookEileen BarkerEric Rouxmind controlScientology Scientologist Eric Roux will be addressing another academic conference this week. Will there be anyone on hand to challenge his claims? Eric Roux Frenchman Eric Roux is arguably Scientology's most prominent ambassador in Europe. A member for more than 20 years, his current post is President of the Union of the Church of Scientology in France. During the later stages of Scientology's court http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-cult-wars-beginners-guide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6406810859146717663Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:55:00 +00002014-06-28T14:55:06.678+02:00academiaBenjamin Beit-HallahmiEileen BarkerEric RouxGordon MeltonICSAINFORMJura NanukMichael LangoneMike KropvedScientologyTerril Park Is Scientology getting a free pass from academics? Earlier this year French Scientologist Eric Roux attended a conference in London to give his take on the history of the movement. Roux's presentation was entitled “Scientology: from controversy to global expansion and recognition” and he has posted it in English at his website. The conference he attended, “Minority Religions: http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/06/scientology-authorized-version.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-309620994985704484Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:45:00 +00002014-04-18T10:59:48.836+02:00ChildrenCouncil of EuropeEric RouxFranceGeorges FenechMIVILUDESRudy SallesScientology French deputy Rudy Salles is under fire for his report on protecting children from “sects”, to be debated by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today. And some of his critics are aiming low. Is Rudy Salles fair game? He is certainly in the firing line. Proposals he has submitted to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on how to protect children from the excesses of “http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/04/cult-wars-at-council-of-europe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-7121032374615653990Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:34:00 +00002014-05-11T09:14:39.549+02:00BelgiumcourtfraudScientology A Belgian court has sent Scientologists and two of the movement's organisations for trial on fraud and other charges: but it is still a long road to the courtroom. A court in Belgium on Thursday sent two Scientology organisations and 11 Scientologists for trial on fraud and other charges, the Belga news agency reported. Two Belgian non-profits targetted The Chambre de Conseil had for http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/03/scientology-sent-for-trial-in-belgium.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-486744130766013244Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:17:00 +00002014-03-18T09:11:03.100+01:00abuseScientologyviolenceAfter five years tracking Scientology's excesses, time to look back on some of the highlights – and signal a change of direction. Help yourself to caek Five years already? I'd like to say there was a plan, but no: at the beginning it was mainly about publishing stories that the mainstream media wouldn't touch. Then it developed a life of its own: the Paris trial, Xenophon's campaign in http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/03/five-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6102096638335401182Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:06:00 +00002015-07-04T11:17:08.760+02:00courtFranceScientology A Scientologist who tried to get France’s counter-cult group UNADFI sanctioned over its role in a major court case against the movement got a taste of her own medicine. A Scientologist convicted in France's landmark fraud case against the movement has failed in a bid to get counter-cult group UNADFI and its lawyer fined for its role in the case. Instead the Paris court that heard her http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/01/paris-fall-out-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-8936378792372036201Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:26:00 +00002014-01-27T00:21:29.739+01:00courtFranceScientology A French court has awarded Scientology damages for delays in the long legal battle that ended in fraud convictions against it last year. But it's not quite the victory they were hoping for. Scientologists were celebrating this week after a French court awarded the movement damages for delays in the court case that ended in fraud convictions against the organisation last year. The courthttp://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2014/01/fall-out-from-paris-trial-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-5205332383803733071Tue, 26 Nov 2013 09:03:00 +00002017-01-27T09:19:02.970+01:00abuseBritainhuman traffickingmind controlScientology An unusual case of human trafficking in Britain is generating extensive coverage in the world press: but why are people surprised that people can be controlled in this way? Police and other professionals fighting human trafficking seem amazed that the victims in this case appear to have been virtual slaves for 30 years without being physically restrained. One senior officer has spoken http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/11/british-police-investigating-human.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-2750383918103613884Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:50:00 +00002015-09-11T17:50:03.539+02:00courtFrancefraudScientologytrial Start here for exhaustive coverage of the Paris trial of Scientology for organised fraud: reports from inside the courtrooms and details of the broader political controversy. Listed below is Infinite Complacency's complete coverage of the Paris trial of Scientology for fraud, organised fraud and the illegal practice of pharmacy. You will find reports from the original trial in 2009,http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-paris-trial-coverage-2009-2013.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-60576382000494576Wed, 16 Oct 2013 12:36:00 +00002013-10-16T22:09:58.951+02:00appealCassationcourtFrancefraudtrialFour years after the first court ruling against the movement, Scientology has lost its appeal against fraud convictions at France's top court. France's top court on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of Scientology for organised fraud, according to French media reports. The ruling, by the Cour de Cassation, effectively ends the legal battle in France, making the convictions definitive, RFI http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/frances-top-court-confirms-fraud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-6549454966437754761Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:27:00 +00002013-10-15T23:18:01.493+02:00abuseCassationcourtFrancejudgmenttrial France's top court is about to rule on Scientology's appeal against convictions for organised fraud. Here is how the Court of Appeal left matters in 2012. On Wednesday, France's highest court will hand down its judgment in Scientology's appeal against last year's appeal court convictions for organised fraud. The criminal chamber of the Cour de Cassation can choose to let the appeal court http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-home-straight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-7230529407796870943Thu, 10 Oct 2013 06:50:00 +00002013-10-10T08:50:39.257+02:00abuseCassationcourtFranceScientologytrial Scientology's religious freedom defence is irrelevant, the lawyer for counter-cult group UNADFI argued, as the state prosecutor denounced the movement as a “villainous enterprise”. Claire Waquet, UNADFI Now it was the turn of Claire Waquet for UNADFI, the alliance of counter-cult groups. In theory, UNADFI was there to try overturn the appeal court's decision to refuse it http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/cassation-iv-une-entreprise-crapuleuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-3818983745868549662Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:02:00 +00002013-10-10T09:16:55.998+02:00abuseCassationcourtFrancePurification RundownScientologytrial Vitamins used in Scientology's Purification Rundown are no more medicines than sweets or beauty products, a Scientology lawyer told France's top court. Next up for Scientology was Maître Jean-Jacques Gatineau, whose job it was to attack the convictions for illegal practice of pharmacy related to Scientology's Purification Rundown.1 The Rundown is the controversial programme of http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/cassation-iii-defending-rundown.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766845421765556183.post-2910692263587740422Tue, 08 Oct 2013 07:05:00 +00002013-10-09T08:52:48.678+02:00abuseCassationcourtFranceScientologytrial It was not the role of the Paris Court of Appeal to act as a chamber of inquisition, a Scientology lawyer told France's top court. "Nobody expects..." Scientology had three lawyers at the Cour de Cassation in Paris, representing the individuals and the two organisations appealing their convictions. The first two lawyers focussed not just on the legal issues surrounding the http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot.com/2013/10/cassation-ii-impossible-defence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jj)1