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		<title>Warning regarding Scientology&#8217;s &#8216;volunteer ministers&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25815"><img src="http://rnbpull.99streets.netdna-cdn.com/graphicspics/vultures.jpg" alt="Scientology" width="90" height="90" border="0" style="float:left;padding-right:5px;" title="Scientology"></a> Nowadays it seems that wherever there is a disaster, so-called 'Scientology Volunteer Ministers' show up. <br /><br /> Sometimes they pass out food and supplies, but more often than not their real purpose is to 'assist' people with the quackery 'techniques' thought up by Scientology founder <a href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/h29.html">L. Ron Hubbard</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brisbane Christian Fellowship: Ex-cult members speak out over abuse</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former members of an abusive church in Australia are speaking out on the subject of spiritual abuse.]]></description>
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		<title>Brentwood church in turmoil</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRENTWOOD &#8211; The leadership of a Brentwood church remained in doubt Monday after a former pastor&#8217;s brazen attempt to reclaim control of the congregation during services Sunday morning. Bob Allen, founder and the former senior pastor of Pathways Church, brought the 9 a.m. service to an abrupt end when he and about two dozen supporters, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army sergeant buried in care of &#8216;cult&#8217; in Germany</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skowhegan woman seeks return of father&#8217;s body Blethen Maine Newspapers, Aug. 2, 2003 http://www.centralmaine.com/ By ALAN CROWELL, Staff Writer SKOWHEGAN — Buried in a cemetery in a small German town near the city of Augsburg is the body of Crystal Towle&#8217;s father, and part of her childhood. Towle, now 26 and living in Skowhegan with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When leaders misuse power at the expense of the faithful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Toronto Sun (Canada), Oct. 21, 2002 (Column) http://canoe.ca/Columnists/meedward.html By MARIANNE MEED WARD How does Enron happen? Or the political scandal of the week? Or sexual abuse by religious leaders who get shuffled among congregations? What all these share &#8211; besides people who have the ethics of a goat &#8211; are structures that allow unethical [...]]]></description>
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