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Scientology stories: 57 news summaries

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Cruise's Lawyer Rips Dr. Drew

Celebrity Rehab host says actor's love of Scientology suggests childhood neglect

Jun 13, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Drew Pinksy's armchair diagnosis of Tom Cruise in Playboy has riled up Cruise’s lawyer, who compares the doc to a Nazi, Radar reports. The host of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew said Cruise’s attraction to the “cultish kind of environment” of Scientology is “... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Playboy • Nazis • Drew Pinsky

 No Charges for  
 Scientology Protester 

Court rules sign not 'abusive, insulting'

May 23, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charges against a 15-year-old who called Scientology as a ‘cult’ were dropped today, the BBC reports. The London police issued a mea culpa after a court ruled that the teen’s holding up a sign reading, "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult," did... More »

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Scientology • free speech • religion • protests • anonymous • cult • political demonstrations

Teen Calls Scientology a 'Cult,' Faces Charges

London police leap to institution's defense

May 20, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 15-year-old is facing charges for holding a sign calling Scientology a "cult" during a peaceful protest. A London policewoman asked the teen to remove the sign; when he refused, she handed him a court summons, the Guardian reports. Free speech and anti-cult groups are furious, particularly in light... More »

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Scientology • freedom of speech

Smith Puts His Money Where His Church Is (Maybe)

Actor funds school that uses Scientology teaching methods

May 19, 08 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doing little to dispel widespread rumors that he's a new recruit to Scientology, Will Smith is funding a school that will use teaching methods devised by L. Ron Hubbard. Smith's own kids will attend the school, reports the Guardian. So-called "Study Technology" has been criticized for its ties to... More »

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Scientology • L. Ron Hubbard • Will Smith

 Cruise Busts
Moves  in
 Birthday Video 

Footage of ship-board birthday party shows Cruise's wild side

Mar 14, 08 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lock on Scientology's media vault must be missing. Gawker has obtained "secret video" of a lavish birthday bash thrown for church booster Tom Cruise on board a cruise ship, in which the couch-jumper enters to theme music from Top Gun, and sings and dances through Old Time Rock ... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • online videos • birthday party • cruise ships • Gawker • viral video • David Miscavige • Freewinds

Internet Activists Target Scientology

Church can no longer control its image

Mar 3, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientology is increasingly under attack on the Internet, where critics and dropouts are undermining the church's traditionally tight control of its public image, reports the LA Times. Three ex-Scientologists, including the niece of the church's head, launched ExScientologyKids.com last week. Its motto: "We were born. We grew... More »

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YouTube • Scientology • Tom Cruise • religion • copyright infringement • ExScientologyKids.com • Anonymous • Gawker Media • Internet freedom

Video Sparks Hacker War vs. Scientology

Embarrassing Cruise clip disappears; mayhem ensues

Feb 4, 08 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - After the Church of Scientology removed a video of Tom Cruise calling his religion a “blast” from YouTube, the Internet world declared war. Hackers have been furiously shutting down and “Google bombing” Scientology's website while free-speech protesters gather and pranksters send white powder in envelopes to LA-area Scientology... More »

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YouTube • Scientology • Tom Cruise • free speech • hackers • Google bomb

Cruise Out to Save World in Wacky Video

Calls Scientology 'rough and tumble, wild and woolly, and a blast'

Jan 16, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The latest Tom Cruise thriller is a Scientology testimonial video circulating online in which the weirdly intense actor promotes the faith as the way to save the world, and urges fellow Scientologists to "educate to bring a new reality" to non-believers. "When you drive past an accident,"... More »

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YouTube • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Freedom Medal of Valor • Scientologists • Andrew Morton

Scientologists Blast Cruise Bio's Claims

Diana scribe threatened with lawsuit over explosive allegations

Jan 7, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Church of Scientology is preparing a libel suit against an upcoming biography of actor Tom Cruise that calls him the organization's second-most-powerful man and says it influences nearly every facet of his life, reports the Daily Mail. The book, by Princess Diana biographer Andrew Morton, says Scientology staffers from... More »

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Nicole Kidman • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • L. Ron Hubbard

Germany to Try Scientology Ban

Lawmakers order domestic spies to gather a decade of data on the group

Dec 7, 07 10:22 PM CST
(Newser) - German ministers accused Scientology of being unconstitutional today and took steps to ban it from the country, Der Spiegel reports. They ordered spies to assemble a dossier on the group, based on 10 years of surveillance, to support the ban. Scientologists were outraged, and called themselves victims of "on-going... More »

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Scientology • Germany • religion • cult

Scientology and Seinfeld: What's the Deal?

Comic dabbled—not
that there's anything wrong with that

Oct 30, 07 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - After raising a ruckus by acknowledging that he dabbled in Scientology, Jerry Seinfeld has cleared the record: “It is not my complete wacko resume. It’s just one aspect!” Seinfeld said he spent his younger days exploring “self-help things” —meditation, Aikido, yoga, and karate. Of Scientology,... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Jerry Seinfeld • meditation

11 Injured
in Cruise Film
Car Crash

Berlin police investigate a totaled truck for defects on the set of "Valkyrie"

Aug 20, 07 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eleven extras were injured on the Berlin set of Tom Cruise's latest film, "Valkyrie," when the side of a truck—decked out to look like a Nazi military transport—blew open as it took a corner. One man was seriously injured in the crash. Local authorities reported "... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Germany • Berlin • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • Adolf Hitler • car crash • injury • Nazi • World War II • movies

German Leaders Reject Scientology Ban

Stumbling block is procedural, not philosophical

Aug 8, 07 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - German leaders say they won't press for a ban on Scientology—not because they're against it, but because they don't think it would succeed. The German government officially considers the organization a cult, Der Spiegel reports, but politicians from both major parties say that they probably don't have enough evidence... More »

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Scientology • Germany • religion • ban • tolerance

Scientology: No Weirder Than The Others

Group may be wacky but it's no cult, Slate writer says

Aug 1, 07 10:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientology has earned cult status for many outsiders, but Slate’s Mark Oppenheimer argues it's no more bizarre than any mainstream faith. He says the peculiarities of the celebrity-friendly religion abound, but that they're reflected right back in the wacky ideas of more accepted theologies—say, by the Book of... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • religion • intelligent design • L. Ron Hubbard • Mormonism

Cruise Can Film in Germany Despite 'Cult' Status

Berlin does an about-face on anti-Hitler movie

Jun 29, 07 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Cruise will be allowed to shoot his new movie, about a German military officer who tried to assassinate Hitler, on German soil. Earlier reports said the megastar would be banned because of his ties to Scientology, which Germany regards as a threat to democracy and keeps under "official... More »

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Hollywood • film • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Germany • Berlin • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • World War II • Neo-Nazi • actor • movies

Cruise Film Can't Shoot at German Sites

Berlin says nein because Tom belongs to 'Scientology cult'

Jun 25, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The makers of a new Tom Cruise movie will be barred from filming at key German military sites, Reuters reports, because of the star's Scientology connection. Cruise is to play the lead in "Valkyrie," about a failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. But the Germans don't recognize Scientology... More »

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film • Scientology • Tom Cruise • Germany • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • Adolf Hitler • movies

Germans Spy on Scientologists

They're wiretapping followers. Will Tom Cruise swoop in
to save the day?

Mar 29, 07 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celeb church-of-choice Scientology is under surveillance from German intelligence officials, alarmed at the recent opening of its new chapel in Berlin, just blocks from the Reichstag. Leaders' phones have been tapped. "This is a dangerous group… that wants to break the will of each of its members. That's why... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • John Travolta • Germany • Berlin • religion

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