http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24680/applied-scholastics-international-has-ties-to-church-of-scientology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24680/applied-scholastics-international-has-ties-to-church-of-scientology#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:16:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24680 Concerned parents contacted a television station about one of the groups approved for tutoring by D.C.'s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) - a group that has connections to the founder of the Church of Scientology.

Applied Scholastics International, a Scientology front group, is one of 29 tutoring services listed in the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Guide.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24680/applied-scholastics-international-has-ties-to-church-of-scientology/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23315/scientology-news http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23315/scientology-news#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:05:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23315 Religion News Blog's roundup of Scientology-related stories includes a look at • Katie Holmes' diet • Scientology front group offers tutoring • the 'Church' is building a 'mission' near John Travolta's home.

Plus: • Actor John Duignan talks about his experiences during 22 years in the cult. Also, • a California town will again look at an ordinance that would limit picketing outside homes in unincorporated Riverside County, including dormitories at the Church of Scientology's compound near Hemet.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23315/scientology-news/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22424/scientology-cult-recruiting http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22424/scientology-cult-recruiting#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:29:43 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22424 Some parents are upset with a study method introduced by a Montessori school in northwest Toronto, which they say has its roots in the Church of Scientology.

Marketed by one of the cult's front groups, the method uses ideas promoted by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22424/scientology-cult-recruiting/feed 0