Another Kate and Tom story, Irish style

[Ogsonofgroo]

Irish online paper, the Independent's columnist Ruth D. Edwards takes a stab at peeling an onion. Not familiar with her writing but this is simply delicious!

The key point about Scientology is that it targets troubled people, persuades them that psychiatry is evil and promises to heal them though spiritual rehabilitation which will put them in touch with their true selves. Through counselling, study courses and prescribed reading, which require generous donations, these victims are drawn little by little but steadily into the net.

Sauce~
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...e-3161486.html

And from Philp Ryan, a writer for the same paper ~"Daughter of publican framed by gardai is a leading Scientologist
Frank Shortt's daughter Zabrina and her husband in upper ranks"
The story HERE

Snippets from above~

.....The revelation comes as the church braces itself for another high-profile legal battle with a former member claiming he was a victim of emotional distress and was defrauded of €100,000.

Meanwhile, the Irish organisation is struggling to fill a €668,000 black hole in the church's accounts which is being kept afloat with loans from Scientology Worldwide, according to their latest annual report. The deficit was largely caused by a substantial payout to Mary Johnston following a settlement with the church.

Papers were lodged in the High Court last week by Kevin Stevenson who is suing the organisation for €100,000.

Good reading!


And the hits keep coming, hey ya know ya drew it in CoS

Sunday rarely tasted so good!

[secretiveoldfag]

[quote]Meanwhile, the Irish organisation is struggling to fill a €668,000 black hole in the church's accounts which is being kept afloat with loans from Scientology Worldwide, according to their latest annual report. The deficit was largely caused by a substantial payout to Mary Johnston following a settlement with the church./quote]

I also read that the Brighton (UK) org and the Norwegian CoS are bankrupt.

Way to go?

[themadhair]

Irish online paper, the Independent's columnist Ruth D. Edwards takes a stab at peeling an onion. Not familiar with her writing but this is simply delicious!


Sauce~
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/co...e-3161486.html

Quoted for recommended reading. Seriously worth a trawl through. The lady uses words like daggers.

[Albion]

Here's more on the Kevin Stevenson lawsuit in Ireland, which is mentioned in the
article above. Just posted at Infinite Complacency.

A former Scientologist who is suing the movement in Ireland alleging their hard-sales
tactics ruined him, has rejected a settlement offer.

http://infinitecomplacency.blogspot....h-lawsuit.html