http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26514/senior-scientologist-charged-with-perverting-justice http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26514/senior-scientologist-charged-with-perverting-justice#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:37 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26514 One of the Church of Scientology's senior international figures, Jan Eastgate, has been charged for a second time with perverting the course of justice.

Eastgate is the international president of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights -- a hate group found by the Church of Scientology engaged in a hate campaign against psychiatry and psychiatrists. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26514/senior-scientologist-charged-with-perverting-justice/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26496/appeal-ruling-in-scientology-fraud-conviction http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26496/appeal-ruling-in-scientology-fraud-conviction#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:04:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26496 Updated A French appeals court on Thursday upheld the Church of Scientology's 2009 fraud conviction on charges it pressured members into paying large sums for questionable remedies.

The case centered on the complaints of several people who spent huge amounts of money for the cult's 'purification packs' and other alleged 'cures.']]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26496/appeal-ruling-in-scientology-fraud-conviction/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26492/church-of-scientology-sues-longtime-leader-over-critical-email http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26492/church-of-scientology-sues-longtime-leader-over-critical-email#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:28:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26492 The Church of Scientology has sued its longtime Clearwater leader Debbie Cook after she publicly questioned the church's aggressive fundraising tactics and other practices.

Last November a number of former Scientologists also claimed the church uses coercive fundraising tactics to feed its voracious appetite for cash.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26492/church-of-scientology-sues-longtime-leader-over-critical-email/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26475/skeptic-magazine-makes-case-for-decline-and-fall-of-scientology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26475/skeptic-magazine-makes-case-for-decline-and-fall-of-scientology#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:26:11 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26475 The current issue of Skeptic Magazine features a cover article titled, "The Decline and (Probable) Fall of the Scientology Empire!"

Scientology watcher Tony Ortega says for those who have wanted a compact overview of where Scientology has been and where it is going, this is a handy guide.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26475/skeptic-magazine-makes-case-for-decline-and-fall-of-scientology/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26437/uk-cult-information-charity-faces-charity-commission-curb-after-scientology-complaint http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26437/uk-cult-information-charity-faces-charity-commission-curb-after-scientology-complaint#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:06:25 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26437 After 25 years in operation, the Cult Information Centre in England fears it may no longer be able to work effectively.

The Cult Information Centre (CIC) was granted education charity status in 1992 but has recently run into difficulties with the commission after complaints were received from the Church of Scientology that it is in breach of the rules governing status.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26437/uk-cult-information-charity-faces-charity-commission-curb-after-scientology-complaint/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26415/scientology-money http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26415/scientology-money#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:37:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26415 The Church of Scientology has been rocked by accusations from one of its former senior executives that the religion is becoming a hollow moneymaking machine run by an autocratic ruler.

In recent years many high-profile members have left the cult. While some keep their faith in Scientology they speak out against what they consider the hi-jacking of their religion by David Miscavige and his supporters.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26415/scientology-money/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26347/woman-imprisoned-on-scientology-cruise-ship http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26347/woman-imprisoned-on-scientology-cruise-ship#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:18:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26347 An Australian resident has told Lateline, an Australian television news and current affairs program, that the Church of Scientology imprisoned her on its cruise ship The Freewinds.

Valeska Paris says the Church of Scientology's leader David Miscavige -- who she describes as a psychopath -- sent her to the ship when she was 17, to prevent her mother taking her away from Scientology.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26347/woman-imprisoned-on-scientology-cruise-ship/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26297/paris-court-rejects-effort-by-scientology-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26297/paris-court-rejects-effort-by-scientology-church#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:23:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26297
The refusal of that request means the appeals hearing will move forward]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26297/paris-court-rejects-effort-by-scientology-church/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26221/moscow-church-of-scientology-raided http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26221/moscow-church-of-scientology-raided#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:48:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26221 Moscow police have been searching the Church of Scientology on Taganskaya Street since Thursday morning.

According to a source who spoke to Russian news agency Interfax, "The search could be part of a criminal investigation by the Moscow region's Investigative Committee into the distribution of scientology literature of the extremist nature."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26221/moscow-church-of-scientology-raided/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26181/former-rugby-league-star-slams-violent-scientology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26181/former-rugby-league-star-slams-violent-scientology#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:33:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26181 A former rugby league star has attacked the head of the church of Scientology, David Miscavige, describing him as a "violent man" who sent him to a re-education camp for 2 1/2-years where he was paid as little as $2 a week and stripped of his passport.

The cult refers to the camp as a "voluntary religious program of spiritual rehabilitation." Critics call it a prison camp in which cult member are brainwashed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26181/former-rugby-league-star-slams-violent-scientology/feed 0