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Church volunteers fly out to give aid

icSurreyOnline.co.uk, UK
Jan. 5, 2005
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ReligionNewsBlog.com • Wednesday January 5, 2005

Volunteer ministers from the Church of Scientology in East Grinstead have flown out to Madras to help the aid effort in India after raising funds for their flights and operations.

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Seven town volunteer ministers flew out from Saint Hill Manor on Sunday to join 43 fellow ministers from the US, South Africa and India.

Another team of 16 will fly out on Friday to help the victims of the disaster.

Graeme Wilson, of the Church of Scientology’s community programmes, is co-ordinating the church’s relief efforts in India and Sri Lanka.

He said: “We are working with many other groups and religions both in this country and in the affected areas and we are also training up others in the practical methods used by our volunteer ministers.”