http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23016/mario-majorski http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23016/mario-majorski#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:29:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23016 A security guard who shot and killed a man wielding samurai swords on the grounds of a Scientology facility in Hollywood will not face criminal charges, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Wednesday.

The decision by prosecutors was in line with the conclusion of Los Angeles police detectives, who determined that the guard, a 64-year-old retired Seal Beach police officer, acted in defense of himself and other guards at the church's Celebrity Centre.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23016/mario-majorski/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22979/mario-majorski-scientology-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22979/mario-majorski-scientology-2#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:15:51 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22979 The reasons for Majorski's transformation from fervent believer to attacker remained a mystery Monday.

A church spokesman said the 48-year-old had not participated in Scientology activities for more than a decade, but in recent years he had made a series of threatening phone calls to church offices in Los Angeles and Oregon, where he had been living. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22979/mario-majorski-scientology-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22975/sword-scientology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22975/sword-scientology#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:07:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22975 Majorski had threatened the church in a string of incidents dating to at least 2005 that were reported to the Los Angeles Police Department, the FBI and Oregon authorities, said Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis.

The threats were allegedly made through faxes and telephone calls but police could not immediately confirm how many were made.

Majorski had been a Scientologist in the early 1990s but appeared to have left the church about 15 years ago, Davis said. [Updated]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22975/sword-scientology/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22973/mario-majorski-scientology http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22973/mario-majorski-scientology#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:47:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22973 A former Scientologist who went to the church's Celebrity Centre in Hollywood armed with two samurai swords and apparently tried to attack security guards, one of whom fatally shot him, was identified today as an Oregon resident.

Mario Majorski, 48, of Florence, Ore., died at County-USC Medical Center, according to police and coroner's officials.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22973/mario-majorski-scientology/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22964/scientology-kills-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22964/scientology-kills-2#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:20:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22964 Security guards shot and killed a man who was reportedly wielding a sword at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood Sunday, police said.

The man, whose name has not been released, was approached by security personnel who later shot him in the parking lot of the center, Jerrett said. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22964/scientology-kills-2/feed 0