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This is the original French text of the press release issued by Anonymous Québec on its letter to Cardinal Marc Ouellet.
It has been cross-posted on For Great Justice.
For background see: For Great Justice - Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
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Communiqué de Presse concernant le Cardinal Marc Ouellet et Anonymous Québec
Anonymous Québec: xenuqc@gmail.com
ANONYMOUS QUÉBEC APPLAUDIT LA POSITION DU CARDINAL SUR LA SCIENTOLOGIE ET PROPOSE UN PROGRAMME DE 12 ÉTAPES D'ÉDUCATION ET D'ACTION
Anonymous Québec se réjouit que le Cardinal Ouellet reconnaisse la Scientologie comme n'étant pas une Église et lui propose un programme provoquant en douze points pour l'éducation et l'action.
POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE
Anonymous Québec - Lundi, le 9 Février 2009 – Ville de Québec, Québec – Le Cardinal Canadien Marc Ouellet du Québec a envoyé une onde de choc la semaine dernière dans le monde des critiques de la scientologie, quand il a affirmé dans une entrevue avec le journal Le Soleil de Québec que la Scientologie ' n'est pas une Église'' et a soulevé des questions sur les critères utilisés par le Gouvernement du Québec pour accorder le statut d'organisation religieuse à des groupes comme la Scientologie.
Son communiqué aurait disparu dans le sable des cycles de nouvelles si le groupe critique de la Scientologie Anonymous Québec (AnonQC), n'avait décidé de s'adresser par écrit au Cardinal pour lui prodiguer quelques éloges, énumérer des abus allégués jusqu'à présent largement dissimulés à la population, et proposer à l'Église un programme d'action en douze points.
La large publication de la lettre parmi le clergé de l'Église, des responsables laïcs ainsi que des médias religieux et séculaires, va certainement soulever de grandes discussions, spécialement depuis que la Scientologie est tombée au centre de la controverse après la mort tragique de Jeff Travolta le 2 Janvier 2009.
Plus important encore, le Cardinal Ouellet est l'officiel le plus haut gradé dans le Catholicisme à avoir parlé publiquement contre la Scientologie de mémoire récente. Il est le Primat du Canada et chef pasteur de 12.8 million de Catholiques au Canada. Largement loué pour sa combinaison d'acuité intellectuelle, de sensibilité pastorale, ainsi que ses talents administratifs, il était considéré comme l'un des candidats pour la papauté au conclave qui a élu Benoît XVI en 2005.
Anonymous Québec soumet à l'attention du Cardinal et du public des allégations sur les abus des droits humains émit par des anciens employés de la Sea Org dont fait partie la hiérarchie supérieure de l'Église de scientologie, autrement dit ses hauts dirigeants et son soi-disant clergé.
Toutes ces questions nécessitent un urgent débat public, en particulier parmi les communautés religieuses authentiques, dont certaines, manipulées par le faux irénisme de groupes interreligieux que des scientologues ont infiltrés, prêtent un appui tacite à la Scientologie.
Parmi les abus, l'un des plus choquants est la politique d'avortements forcés imposés sur le personnel féminin. L'avortement forcé fait partie de ces pratiques, qui incluent également le trafic humain ainsi que des pratiques de travail illégal, mentionnés dans des poursuites récemment déposées par d'anciens employés, Claire Headley et son mari Marc Headley, à la cour Municipale de Los Angeles en Janvier.
Introduisant son programme de douze points d'éducation et d'action, AnonQC écrit :
Anonymous se met à votre disposition pour renseigner les Églises et le public sur la Scientologie, dont le vrai visage se cache loin derrière le masque des célèbres vedettes scientologues.
AnonQC recommande la création de programmes éducatifs et pastoraux dans les mêmes lignes que les Églises Luthériennes et Catholiques de l'Allemagne, où la sensibilisation sur la Scientologie est plus aiguë. Anonqc demande spécialement le financement de la production du sous-titrage en Français de la version Allemande du documentaire The Cleared Planet pour les écoles qui sont promu par l'Église Luthérienne.
Le programme recommande également des négociations d'exclusions de la Scientologie des associations inter relligieuses basées sur ce que le Cardinal Ouellet a déclare, à savoir, qu'elle n'est pas une Église. Le programme recommande aussi que l'Église forme des commissions d'avocats Catholiques et autres pour examiner la faisabilité d'apporter une plainte à la Commission des Droits Humains de l'ONU ainsi que la fesabilité d'apporter des plaintes légales comme celles des Headley dans la cour du Québec.
Finalement, Anonymous Québec recommande que l'Église requière au Gouvernement de la Province de Québec le déclenchement d'une enquête sur la nature et les pratiques de la Scientologie afin d'investiguer si les intentions de la Scientologie sont compatible avec la Constitution Canadienne. Une enquête similaire en Allemagne a eu pour résultat de placer sous surveillance la Scientologie par le Bureau Fédérale de la Protection de la Constitution (Verfassungschutz)
Anonymous Québec termine sa lettre:
Nous serions honorés si Votre Éminence nous accordait sa bénédiction dans nos efforts pour amener la Scientologie à assumer la responsabilité de ses actes et en rendre compte devant la société et ses institutions.
Anonymous Québec est une cellule du mouvement critique mondiale de la Scientologie pour la liberté d'expression et des droits humains, qui a déclaré la guerre contre la Scientologie sur YouTube en Janvier 2008 et continue a fortement augmenter la sensibilisation du public aux questions critiques de la Scientologie par le biais d'activisme sur Internet et de manifestations mondiales mensuelles, telles que celles prévues pour le samedi, 14 Février 2009 en face des locaux de la Scientologie à Québec et Montréal.
Références:
Le Soleil, 05 février 2009: Scientologie: «Ce n'est pas une Église» - Mgr Ouellet
Site web d'Anonymous Québec : AnonQC
Site web d'Anonymous et forums: Why We Protest
Lettre en Français d'Anonymous Québec au Cardinal Ouellet:
- Light in the Darkness: Lettre d'Anonymous Québec au Cardinal Ouellet
Lettre en Anglais d'Anonymous Québec au Cardinal Ouellet:
- Light in the Darkness: Letter from Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet
Poursuites légales de Marc and Claire Headley: Scott Pilutik - Marc Headley v. Church of Scientology International et Claire Headley v. CSI, RTC
Sur Anonymous: We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology par Jeff Jacobsen
Monday, February 9, 2009
Press Release: Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Anonymous Québec on Scientology
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Also cross-posted at For Great Justice:
Press Release concerning Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Anonymous Québec
Contact info: xenuqc@gmail.com
ANONYMOUS QUEBEC APPLAUDS CANADIAN CARDINAL'S STANCE ON SCIENTOLOGY AND OFFERS TWELVE STEP PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND ACTION
Anonymous Québec cheers Canadian Cardinal Ouellet as he says Scientology is not a church and offers him a thought-provoking twelve point program of education and action for Church consideration and public discussion and asks his blessing on their efforts to bring Scientology to accountability in the eyes of society and its institutions.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Anonymous Québec - Monday, February 9, 2009 - Québec City, Québec - Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Québec sent shock waves through the world of Scientology criticism last week when he stated in an interview with Québec's Le Soleil that Scientology "is not a Church" and raised questions about the criteria used by the Government of Québec to accord religious organization status to groups like Scientology.
His words would have disappeared in the sands of news cycles had not the Scientology-critical group Anonymous Québec (AnonQC) decided to address a letter to the Cardinal praising his stance, enumerating alleged human rights abuses so far largely hidden from public view, and offering for consideration a twelve point action program for the church.
Wide-spread release of the letter among church clerical and lay leaders and the religious and secular media is sure to stir great discussion since Scientology has become of increased public interest since the tragic death of Jett Travolta on January 2, 2009.
More importantly, Cardinal Ouellet is the highest-ranking official in Catholicism to have publicly spoken critically of Scientology in recent memory. He is Primate of Canada and chief pastor of 12.8 million Catholics in Canada. Widely praised for his combination of intellectual acuity, pastoral sensitivity, and administrative skillfulness, he was considered among the leading candidates for the papacy at the conclave which elected Benedict XVI in 2005.
Anonymous Québec draws to the attention of the Cardinal and the public allegations of human rights abuses by former staff members of Sea Org which supplies the organization's middle-level and executive management:
Among abuses, most shocking is the policy of coerced abortion for female staffers. Coerced abortion is among practices, along with human trafficking and illegal labor practices, mentioned in legal complaints recently filed by former staffers Claire Headley and her husband Marc Headley with the Los Angeles Municipal Court in January.
Introducing its suggested twelve point program of education and action for the Church AnonQC writes:
AnonQC recommends creation of educational and pastoral programs along the lines of the Lutheran and Catholic churches of Germany where awareness of Scientology is more acute. It specifically requests funding for sub-titling and production of a French version of the German documentary The Cleared Planet for schools which is being promoted by the Lutheran Church.
The program also recommends negotiating the exclusion of organized Scientology from inter-faith associations on the basis that Cardinal Ouellet has stated, namely, that it is not a church. The program also recommends that the Church form commissions of Catholic lawyers and others to examine the feasibility of bringing a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commission as well as the feasibility of bringing legal human rights complaints such as the Headleys' in Québec courts.
Finally, Anonymous Québec recommends that the Church request the Government of the Province of Québec launch an inquiry into the nature and practices of Scientology and investigate whether the aims and intents of Scientology are compatible with the Canadian Constitution. A similar inquiry in Germany resulted in organized Scientology being placed under special surveillance by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungschutz)
Anonymous Québec closes its letter:
Anonymous Québec is a cell of the world-wide Scientology-critical free speech and human rights movement Anonymous that declared war on Scientology on YouTube in January 2008 and continues to raise sharply public awareness of Scientology-critical issues through internet activism and monthly global demonstrations, such as those scheduled for Saturday, February 14, 2009.
References:
Le Soleil, 05 février 2009: Scientologie: «Ce n'est pas une Église» - Mgr Ouellet
English translation of Le Soleil article: For Great Justice: Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
Anonymous Québec website: AnonQC
Anonymous website and forums: Why We Protest
French text of Anonymous Québec letter to Cardinal Ouellet:
- Light in the Darkness: Lettre d'Anonymous Québec au Cardinal Ouellet
English text of Letter from Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet:
- Light in the Darkness: Letter from Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet
Legal complaints of Marc and Claire Headley: Scott Pilutik - Marc Headley v. Church of Scientology International and Claire Headley v. CSI, RTC
On Anonymous: We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology by Jeff Jacobsen
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Also cross-posted at For Great Justice:
Press Release concerning Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Anonymous Québec
Contact info: xenuqc@gmail.com
ANONYMOUS QUEBEC APPLAUDS CANADIAN CARDINAL'S STANCE ON SCIENTOLOGY AND OFFERS TWELVE STEP PROGRAM OF EDUCATION AND ACTION
Anonymous Québec cheers Canadian Cardinal Ouellet as he says Scientology is not a church and offers him a thought-provoking twelve point program of education and action for Church consideration and public discussion and asks his blessing on their efforts to bring Scientology to accountability in the eyes of society and its institutions.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Anonymous Québec - Monday, February 9, 2009 - Québec City, Québec - Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Québec sent shock waves through the world of Scientology criticism last week when he stated in an interview with Québec's Le Soleil that Scientology "is not a Church" and raised questions about the criteria used by the Government of Québec to accord religious organization status to groups like Scientology.
His words would have disappeared in the sands of news cycles had not the Scientology-critical group Anonymous Québec (AnonQC) decided to address a letter to the Cardinal praising his stance, enumerating alleged human rights abuses so far largely hidden from public view, and offering for consideration a twelve point action program for the church.
Wide-spread release of the letter among church clerical and lay leaders and the religious and secular media is sure to stir great discussion since Scientology has become of increased public interest since the tragic death of Jett Travolta on January 2, 2009.
More importantly, Cardinal Ouellet is the highest-ranking official in Catholicism to have publicly spoken critically of Scientology in recent memory. He is Primate of Canada and chief pastor of 12.8 million Catholics in Canada. Widely praised for his combination of intellectual acuity, pastoral sensitivity, and administrative skillfulness, he was considered among the leading candidates for the papacy at the conclave which elected Benedict XVI in 2005.
Anonymous Québec draws to the attention of the Cardinal and the public allegations of human rights abuses by former staff members of Sea Org which supplies the organization's middle-level and executive management:
All of these issues require urgent public discussion particularly among the communities of authentic religions, some of whom have been co-opted into silent and tacit approval through the false irenicism of inter-faith religious groups which Scientology has infiltrated.
Among abuses, most shocking is the policy of coerced abortion for female staffers. Coerced abortion is among practices, along with human trafficking and illegal labor practices, mentioned in legal complaints recently filed by former staffers Claire Headley and her husband Marc Headley with the Los Angeles Municipal Court in January.
Introducing its suggested twelve point program of education and action for the Church AnonQC writes:
Anonymous places itself at your service for the education of the churches and the public about the true nature of organized Scientology so far hidden from public view behind the masks of high-profile celebrity Scientologists.
AnonQC recommends creation of educational and pastoral programs along the lines of the Lutheran and Catholic churches of Germany where awareness of Scientology is more acute. It specifically requests funding for sub-titling and production of a French version of the German documentary The Cleared Planet for schools which is being promoted by the Lutheran Church.
The program also recommends negotiating the exclusion of organized Scientology from inter-faith associations on the basis that Cardinal Ouellet has stated, namely, that it is not a church. The program also recommends that the Church form commissions of Catholic lawyers and others to examine the feasibility of bringing a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commission as well as the feasibility of bringing legal human rights complaints such as the Headleys' in Québec courts.
Finally, Anonymous Québec recommends that the Church request the Government of the Province of Québec launch an inquiry into the nature and practices of Scientology and investigate whether the aims and intents of Scientology are compatible with the Canadian Constitution. A similar inquiry in Germany resulted in organized Scientology being placed under special surveillance by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungschutz)
Anonymous Québec closes its letter:
We would be honored for your Eminence to give us your blessing to our efforts to bring Scientology to accountability in the eyes of society and its institutions.
Anonymous Québec is a cell of the world-wide Scientology-critical free speech and human rights movement Anonymous that declared war on Scientology on YouTube in January 2008 and continues to raise sharply public awareness of Scientology-critical issues through internet activism and monthly global demonstrations, such as those scheduled for Saturday, February 14, 2009.
References:
Le Soleil, 05 février 2009: Scientologie: «Ce n'est pas une Église» - Mgr Ouellet
English translation of Le Soleil article: For Great Justice: Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
Anonymous Québec website: AnonQC
Anonymous website and forums: Why We Protest
French text of Anonymous Québec letter to Cardinal Ouellet:
- Light in the Darkness: Lettre d'Anonymous Québec au Cardinal Ouellet
English text of Letter from Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet:
- Light in the Darkness: Letter from Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet
Legal complaints of Marc and Claire Headley: Scott Pilutik - Marc Headley v. Church of Scientology International and Claire Headley v. CSI, RTC
On Anonymous: We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology by Jeff Jacobsen
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
Letter from Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet on Scientology
This is the English version of the letter sent by Anonymous Québec to Cardinal Ouellet regarding Scientology.
It has been cross-posted to For Great Justice.
For background see: For Great Justice - Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
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Monday, February 9, 2009
Monsieur le Cardinal Marc Ouellet
Archevêque métropolitain de Québec
Primat du Canada
Eminence,
Anonymous Québec and members of Anonymous world-wide both religious and non-religious alike commend you for your words concerning Scientology as reported in Le Soleil, Thursday, February 5, 2009. [1]
We are in agreement with Your Eminence that organized Scientology is not a church, and with former Apostolic Delegate to Hungary Archbishop Karl-Joseph Rauber that it is in essence a multi-national commercial operation run on totalitarian lines. [2]
Your Eminence's attention to several of the assaults on freedom of speech and human rights abuses within Scientology:
All of these issues require urgent public discussion particularly among the communities of authentic religions, some of whom have been co-opted into silent and tacit approval through the false irenicism of inter-faith religious groups which Scientology has infiltrated.
Anonymous places itself at your service for the education of the churches and the public about the true nature of organized Scientology so far hidden from public view behind the masks of high-profile celebrity Scientologists.
Eminence, we respectfully request that you
For a year, Anonymous has striven to make known the truth about the Church of Scientology by throwing light on its activities. The means we use are strictly peaceful. We believe this is the most effective way to curb the influence of Scientology. [35] [36]
Anonymous places itself at the service of Your Eminence for the education of the churches and the public about the true nature of organized Scientology so far hidden from public view behind the masks of high-profile celebrity Scientologists.
We invite you and all concerned Catholics and the public, religious and non-religious alike to join us at world wide demonstrations next Saturday, February 14, 2009. Le Soleil has already reported on it. Further details may be found on the websites of Anonymous cells of the Province of Québec. [37]
We would be honored if Your Eminence would give us Your blessing on our efforts to bring Scientology to accountability in the eyes of society and its institutions.
Please accept, Your Eminence, assurances of our most respectful consideration.
Anonymous Québec
[1] Scientologie: «Ce n'est pas une Église» - Mgr Ouellet. English version: For Great Justice - Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
[2] Light In The Darkness: Scientology organization is a totalitarian business - Hungarian Papal Nuncio
[3] Scientology Critical Information Directory: Scientology's "Fair Game" doctrine
[4] Scientology Launches New Censorship Attack on Internet
[5] Marc Headley: Formerly Fooled and Finally Free From The Deceptive Cult Called Scientology: Scientology is 'Clearing the Planet', One Unborn Child at a Time.
[6] Why Are They Dead? Coerced Scientology Abortions
[7] NOTS Scholarship Page: Demonic Possession in Scientology
[8] Scientology Critical Information Directory: Scientology's Auditing
[9] For Great Justice - Katharine Mieszkowski: Scientology's War on Psychiatry
[10] Why Are They Dead?: Scientology associated deaths
[11] Operation Clambake Message Board: Scientology Orgs: Interfering with religion?
[12] Scientology Critical Information Directory: Michael Pattinson's Experiences with Scientology - Part 11
[13] Scientology Disconnection - Personal stories, current practices, official policies, public relations
[14] Scientology Conviction In Court: The Globe and Mail Report
[15] R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[16] CanLII - 1996 CanLII 1650 (ON C.A.)
[17] Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto
[18] L'Eglise de Scientologie devant la justice pour escroquerie - Actualité France - Justice - Radio Europe1
[19] Scott Piliutik: Marc Headley v. Church of Scientology International
[20] Scott Piliutik: Claire Headley v. CSI, RTC
[21] Prof. Stephen A. Kent: Brainwashing in Scientology's RPF (Rehabilitation Project Force)
[22] Lawrence Brennan: The Brennan Affidavit
[23] Scientology expert on 'Taking over our government'
[24] John Duignan: The Complex
[25] Aaron David Gottfried: The Psychiatrist Who Cured The Scientologist
[26] Jeff Hawkins: Counterfeit Dreams
[27] Bea Kiddo, livre électronique «bilingue» (jargon scientologue-anglais):Devoted to the Cult - Book 1: An Orphan With Parents
[28] Jean Debreuil: La scientologie, facile d'y entrer, difficile d'en sortir
[29] Jean Debreuil: "Les coulisses de la scientologie
[30] Death By 1000 Papercuts Church of Scientology and Anonymous: Guess Which Group Didn't get Invite to German Seminar
[31] Conférence du ministère de l'Intérieur de Hambourg, 4 septembre 2008 à Hambourg: Vidéos
[32] Refund and Reparation - The Cleared Planet - A journey into Scientology
[33] Light In The Darkness: Scientology - The Forgotten Danger?
[34] Mission Interministérielle de VIgilance et de LUtte contre les DÉrives Sectaires [MIVILUDES]
[35] Jeff Jacobsen: We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology
[36] Anonymous Québec
[37] Le Soleil - Scientologie: manif devant les locaux du mouvement
It has been cross-posted to For Great Justice.
For background see: For Great Justice - Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
______________________________________________________________
Monday, February 9, 2009
Monsieur le Cardinal Marc Ouellet
Archevêque métropolitain de Québec
Primat du Canada
Eminence,
Anonymous Québec and members of Anonymous world-wide both religious and non-religious alike commend you for your words concerning Scientology as reported in Le Soleil, Thursday, February 5, 2009. [1]
We are in agreement with Your Eminence that organized Scientology is not a church, and with former Apostolic Delegate to Hungary Archbishop Karl-Joseph Rauber that it is in essence a multi-national commercial operation run on totalitarian lines. [2]
Your Eminence's attention to several of the assaults on freedom of speech and human rights abuses within Scientology:
- Shuddering into silence through fair game of major institutions of society including government, the media, and the churches [3]
- Relentless attacks on freedom of speech on the internet [4]
- The practice of coerced abortions in Sea Org, the staff and management of the Church of Scientology, in effect, its clergy and hierarchy. If a woman is pregnant she must abort her child or lose her job.[5][6]
- The extensive and expensive, psychologically and spiritually dangerous practice of exorcism of evil spirits known as auditing of body thetans in the upper level Scientology courses Operating Thetan Levels III - VIII [7]
- The routine violation of conscience in requiring members undergoing auditing to reveal the most private of sins, particularly sins of a sexual nature, which are recorded, subject to access by many, culled for Church intelligence files, and which former Scientologists allege have been used for blackmail. [8]
- Its war on psychiatry and avowed and active intention through its front group the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) for the Global Obliteration of Psychiatry, which includes all forms of psychiatry, psychology, psycho-somatic medicine, as well as religious counseling. [9]
- Its shocking record of deaths and suicides, particularly tragically of young people, due to medical and psychological neglect and malpractice [10]
- Its requirement, about which it dissembles in public, that aspirants on its "Bridge Total Freedom" are required to abjure "alternative practices" including all religious practice. A former Catholic nun staff member entangled in Scientology was reprimanded for speaking about the Bible. Another staffer was punished for speaking positively of Christian books [11][12]
- The destruction of family bonds through its barbaric practice of religious shunning known as disconnection, and the terror of thousands of family members who dare not speak up against Scientology lest their loved ones in it be punished.[13]
- Past violations of the law including its criminal breach of trust conviction. [14][15][16][17]
- Current law cases in which the organization is being called to account for these and other abuses. Particularly a suit for fraud in France; the two Headley cases alleging slave labor, human trafficking, and coerced abortion practices. [18][19][20]
- Its maintenance of re-education and forced labor camps known as the RPFs (Rehabilitation Project Force ), widely referred to as gulags by former inmates. [21]
- Its deliberate program of religious cloaking of its essentially commercial operations which it universally invokes and by which it deceived the US Internal Revenue Service into granting it recognition as a religious organization. [22]
- Its avowed plan to Clear the Planet, i.e. to subject every human being to Scientology auditing while destroying psychiatry and replacing all psychological, academic, moral, and organizational beliefs and practices with Hubbard Technology.[23]
All of these issues require urgent public discussion particularly among the communities of authentic religions, some of whom have been co-opted into silent and tacit approval through the false irenicism of inter-faith religious groups which Scientology has infiltrated.
Anonymous places itself at your service for the education of the churches and the public about the true nature of organized Scientology so far hidden from public view behind the masks of high-profile celebrity Scientologists.
Eminence, we respectfully request that you
- immediately alert the offices of the Primature, Latin rite dioceses and Eastern rite eparchies, and their religious and lay organizations and media to the need for a crash campaign of education on Scientology.
- likewise alert Catholic medical and mental health care institutions and associations of Catholic professionals as well as Catholic organizations concerned with psychological abuse, destruction of families, and coerced abortion
- establish in every diocese contacts knowledgeable about Scientology and capable of giving counsel to families and friends with family members and friends entrapped in Scientology along the lines of the Lutheran and Catholic diocesan cult commissioners in Germany. members of the Sea Org deserve the material assistance of the Church in re-establishing their iives since they leave with very few material resources and are often in need of counseling to recover from abusive experiences.
- encourage the publishing of accounts from survivors of Scientology and make them required reading for those with responsibiity throughout the Primature: Works such as John Duignan's The Complex; Aaron David Gottfried's The Psychiatrist Who Cured The Scientologist ; Jeff Hawkin's Counterfeit Dreams , and Bea Kiddo's excellent bi-lingual (Scientology jargon - English) ebook Devoted to the Cult - Book 1: An Orphan With Parents. In French: La scientologie, facile d'y entrer, difficile d'en sortir (Scientology: Easy to get into, hard to get out) and Les coulisses de la scientologie (Scientology Behind the Scenes) by Jean-Paul Debreuil. [24][25][26][27][28][29]
- negotiate the exclusion of Scientology from all inter-faith associations. It is not a church. It does not belong in the community of churches.
- establish a commission of Catholic lawyers to analyze and report on the complaints of slave labor, human trafficking, and coerced abortions filed by Marc Headley and Claire Headley and assess the grounds and feasibility for similar complaints being filed in Canada
- establish a commission to study the feasibility of bringing a human rights complaint to the UN Human Rights Commission
- convene a conference of concerned churches, government and social organizations at which the most articulate and knowledgeable former Scientologists and critics may speak of their direct experience on the model of the September 4, 2008 conference in Hamburg by the Scientology Working Group of the Hamburg Ministry of Interior. [30][31]
- condemn Scientology's fair gaming of its lawfully and peacefully protesting critics, and particularly the high school and college student members of Anonymous.
- fund the sub-titling of the German documentary Der gesäuberte Planet (The Cleared Planet) and encourage its showing in Catholic schools as has done the Lutheran Church in Germany. [32][33]
- request the Government of the Province of Quebec launch an inquiry into Scientology in collaboration with France's Mission Interministérielle sur la Vigilance et la Lutte Contre les Dérives Sectaires de France (MIVILUDES) and also ask the federal government to rule on the compatibility of goals and intentions of Scientology with the Constitution of Canada.[34]
For a year, Anonymous has striven to make known the truth about the Church of Scientology by throwing light on its activities. The means we use are strictly peaceful. We believe this is the most effective way to curb the influence of Scientology. [35] [36]
Anonymous places itself at the service of Your Eminence for the education of the churches and the public about the true nature of organized Scientology so far hidden from public view behind the masks of high-profile celebrity Scientologists.
We invite you and all concerned Catholics and the public, religious and non-religious alike to join us at world wide demonstrations next Saturday, February 14, 2009. Le Soleil has already reported on it. Further details may be found on the websites of Anonymous cells of the Province of Québec. [37]
We would be honored if Your Eminence would give us Your blessing on our efforts to bring Scientology to accountability in the eyes of society and its institutions.
Please accept, Your Eminence, assurances of our most respectful consideration.
Anonymous Québec
[1] Scientologie: «Ce n'est pas une Église» - Mgr Ouellet. English version: For Great Justice - Canadian Cardinal on Scientology: It's not a church.
[2] Light In The Darkness: Scientology organization is a totalitarian business - Hungarian Papal Nuncio
[3] Scientology Critical Information Directory: Scientology's "Fair Game" doctrine
[4] Scientology Launches New Censorship Attack on Internet
[5] Marc Headley: Formerly Fooled and Finally Free From The Deceptive Cult Called Scientology: Scientology is 'Clearing the Planet', One Unborn Child at a Time.
[6] Why Are They Dead? Coerced Scientology Abortions
[7] NOTS Scholarship Page: Demonic Possession in Scientology
[8] Scientology Critical Information Directory: Scientology's Auditing
[9] For Great Justice - Katharine Mieszkowski: Scientology's War on Psychiatry
[10] Why Are They Dead?: Scientology associated deaths
[11] Operation Clambake Message Board: Scientology Orgs: Interfering with religion?
[12] Scientology Critical Information Directory: Michael Pattinson's Experiences with Scientology - Part 11
[13] Scientology Disconnection - Personal stories, current practices, official policies, public relations
[14] Scientology Conviction In Court: The Globe and Mail Report
[15] R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[16] CanLII - 1996 CanLII 1650 (ON C.A.)
[17] Supreme Court of Canada - Decisions - Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto
[18] L'Eglise de Scientologie devant la justice pour escroquerie - Actualité France - Justice - Radio Europe1
[19] Scott Piliutik: Marc Headley v. Church of Scientology International
[20] Scott Piliutik: Claire Headley v. CSI, RTC
[21] Prof. Stephen A. Kent: Brainwashing in Scientology's RPF (Rehabilitation Project Force)
[22] Lawrence Brennan: The Brennan Affidavit
[23] Scientology expert on 'Taking over our government'
[24] John Duignan: The Complex
[25] Aaron David Gottfried: The Psychiatrist Who Cured The Scientologist
[26] Jeff Hawkins: Counterfeit Dreams
[27] Bea Kiddo, livre électronique «bilingue» (jargon scientologue-anglais):Devoted to the Cult - Book 1: An Orphan With Parents
[28] Jean Debreuil: La scientologie, facile d'y entrer, difficile d'en sortir
[29] Jean Debreuil: "Les coulisses de la scientologie
[30] Death By 1000 Papercuts Church of Scientology and Anonymous: Guess Which Group Didn't get Invite to German Seminar
[31] Conférence du ministère de l'Intérieur de Hambourg, 4 septembre 2008 à Hambourg: Vidéos
[32] Refund and Reparation - The Cleared Planet - A journey into Scientology
[33] Light In The Darkness: Scientology - The Forgotten Danger?
[34] Mission Interministérielle de VIgilance et de LUtte contre les DÉrives Sectaires [MIVILUDES]
[35] Jeff Jacobsen: We Are Legion: Anonymous and the War on Scientology
[36] Anonymous Québec
[37] Le Soleil - Scientologie: manif devant les locaux du mouvement
Friday, February 6, 2009
Scientology: The Forgotten Danger?
This is a translation of the article Scientology: Die vergessene Gefahr? of July 29, 2008 in merkur online. A pdf version may be found here. Praetorius Anon of Anonymous Germany has provided the translation.
The words of Regional Presiding Lutheran Bishop of Bavaria Johannes Friedrich are to be particularly noted. Young people are at risk from Scientology and quickly lose control over their own will once they get trapped in Scientology.
Anonymous Germany has now translated and sub-titled the entire Cleared Planet documentary mentioned in the article. It can be seen below the article.
Scientology: The Forgotten Danger?
Munich – The public debate over the Scientology sect has all but fallen on deaf ears. One school in Munich is breaking the silence.
"It feels like I've been locked up inside a jail cell for the past 28 years–now the world is open to me." Willfried Handl stands before the Friedrich Oberlin Technical School in Pasing (a suburb of Munich) surrounded by students that are bombarding him with questions. He holds a cigarette in his hand, but he is so busy giving answers that he doesn't get around to lighting it. Handl was the director of Scientology Austria. After 28 years in the clutches of the sect he no longer wanted to "stalk through life like a machine." In early 2002 he left. Since then he has been fighting to educate others about the group.
The Friedrich Oberlin Schule had invited the former cult member, regional bishop Johannes Friedrich, as well as journalist Rainer Fromm to a discussion as part of the school's class on religion. Before that, the students in Class 11a were shown a new documentary film "The Cleared Planet– a journey inside Scientology," a 25-minute instruction film on the cult's activities which Fromm had produced.
The few teaching materials on the subject are hopelessly outdated. Fromm's film was designed to close existing gaps and to make Scientology an issue in schools once again. "10 years ago, awareness was much greater," he said angrily. "There is an enormous deficit. The cult's propaganda is much more advanced in this area."
The film was created to expose this propaganda. The cult camouflages itself all too often behind harmless activist groups who are campaigning against drugs or human rights. The reality is very different: cold, calculating and dangerous.
The former cult member Handl made his own appearance in the film: "There is no heart, no compassion," he warned. Other former cult members have reported brainwashing and violence, as well as suicide and murder. Scientology follows an elite ideology and seeks to forge Übermenschen. For cult founder L. Ron Hubbard, sick or handicapped people were unworthy of life. According to one of his books, the mentally ill should be "disposed of quietly without shedding a tear." Only enlightened Scientologists were entitled to civil rights.
The DVD showed itself to be effective. It reminded Student Marion of the ideology of The Third Reich. Her friend Nicole found the contempt for the handicapped particularly horrifying. How does Scientology conduct brainwashing? Handl characterized the techniques of the cult as "psychological magic tricks." Step by step, one is pulled in deeper. Within a very short time, one breaks contact with all non-Scientologists. In the end, it becomes ever more surreal. "Anyone who believes in UFOs is considered a serious individual by Scientology."
Regional bishop Friedrich believes that renewed awareness efforts are urgent. Scientology is very dangerous, particularly for youth. "Once they fall into the cult's claws, it's over with their own will." There is no relationship to Christianity. That the cult characterizes itself as a church is "one big pack of lies." (Emphasis added)
The Cleared Planet - A journey into Scientology - German Documentary from caekisalie on Vimeo.
The words of Regional Presiding Lutheran Bishop of Bavaria Johannes Friedrich are to be particularly noted. Young people are at risk from Scientology and quickly lose control over their own will once they get trapped in Scientology.
Anonymous Germany has now translated and sub-titled the entire Cleared Planet documentary mentioned in the article. It can be seen below the article.
Scientology: The Forgotten Danger?
Munich – The public debate over the Scientology sect has all but fallen on deaf ears. One school in Munich is breaking the silence.
"It feels like I've been locked up inside a jail cell for the past 28 years–now the world is open to me." Willfried Handl stands before the Friedrich Oberlin Technical School in Pasing (a suburb of Munich) surrounded by students that are bombarding him with questions. He holds a cigarette in his hand, but he is so busy giving answers that he doesn't get around to lighting it. Handl was the director of Scientology Austria. After 28 years in the clutches of the sect he no longer wanted to "stalk through life like a machine." In early 2002 he left. Since then he has been fighting to educate others about the group.
The few teaching materials on the subject are hopelessly outdated. Fromm's film was designed to close existing gaps and to make Scientology an issue in schools once again. "10 years ago, awareness was much greater," he said angrily. "There is an enormous deficit. The cult's propaganda is much more advanced in this area."
The film was created to expose this propaganda. The cult camouflages itself all too often behind harmless activist groups who are campaigning against drugs or human rights. The reality is very different: cold, calculating and dangerous.
The former cult member Handl made his own appearance in the film: "There is no heart, no compassion," he warned. Other former cult members have reported brainwashing and violence, as well as suicide and murder. Scientology follows an elite ideology and seeks to forge Übermenschen. For cult founder L. Ron Hubbard, sick or handicapped people were unworthy of life. According to one of his books, the mentally ill should be "disposed of quietly without shedding a tear." Only enlightened Scientologists were entitled to civil rights.
The DVD showed itself to be effective. It reminded Student Marion of the ideology of The Third Reich. Her friend Nicole found the contempt for the handicapped particularly horrifying. How does Scientology conduct brainwashing? Handl characterized the techniques of the cult as "psychological magic tricks." Step by step, one is pulled in deeper. Within a very short time, one breaks contact with all non-Scientologists. In the end, it becomes ever more surreal. "Anyone who believes in UFOs is considered a serious individual by Scientology."
The Cleared Planet - A journey into Scientology - German Documentary from caekisalie on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Scientology organization is a totalitarian business - Hungarian Papal Nuncio
There have been very few statements from Catholic hierarchs concerning Scientology. In fact, it appears that none have been made since that of Archbishop Karl-Joseph Rauber in 2001 when he was Papal Nuncio or the Vatican Ambassador to Hungary. Anonymous Hungary has kindly translated it for Light In The Darkness.
The context is the authenticity of the apologia for Scientology purported to be by Alonso Galan, allegedly a professor at the papal Gregorian University in Rome. The nuncio denies he is even known and describes organized Scientology as "totalitarian". The article still on Scientology's website was distributed to members of the Hungarian parliament to influence their voting on changes in legislation regarding the establishment of churches.
Original article:
http://www.mno.hu/portal/23785
This from the newspaper "Hungarian Nation", the date is 4 April 2001.
According to Karl-Josef Rauber, Papal Nuncio for Hungary, the Holy See does not know about Urbano Alonso Galan, supposedly a theologian in Vatican City. He is the author of a study of Scientology, mailed to the PMs just before the voting about a change in the law regulating the establishment of a church. Gábor Tasnádi, spokesperson for the Church of Scientology Hungary stated that the Nuncio had given false information about their church. András Veér, Director of the National Psychiatric and Neurological Institute, stated that Scientologists often employ the tactic of publishing positive writings about them under the name of nonexistent or unknown scholars. Mr. Veér further stated that he was sure that it was mailed because of the upcoming voting.
Karl-Josef Rauber, Papal Nuncio told Duna Television that "We don't know anything about the author of the Scientology publication distributed in the Parliament, he is unknown in Vatican." He commented on Scientology as well: "The entire organization and its operation is a totalitarian one. They are talking about freedom, but they are actively preventing it; they destroy the moral and social identities of their followers. The end goal of Scientology is not a religious, but rather a business one, in my opinion."
Gábor Tasnádi, the spokesperson for the organization told us that the Nuncio has formed his opinion with a lack of knowledge of Scientology and without looking at the documents. He also stated that the Papal Nuncio can not say that Scientology is not a Church, as they have 9 million members worldwide. He also told that he can document Urbano Alonso Galan's work and that he is recognized as an authority in the Catholic Church.
The context is the authenticity of the apologia for Scientology purported to be by Alonso Galan, allegedly a professor at the papal Gregorian University in Rome. The nuncio denies he is even known and describes organized Scientology as "totalitarian". The article still on Scientology's website was distributed to members of the Hungarian parliament to influence their voting on changes in legislation regarding the establishment of churches.
Original article:
http://www.mno.hu/portal/23785
This from the newspaper "Hungarian Nation", the date is 4 April 2001.
According to Karl-Josef Rauber, Papal Nuncio for Hungary, the Holy See does not know about Urbano Alonso Galan, supposedly a theologian in Vatican City. He is the author of a study of Scientology, mailed to the PMs just before the voting about a change in the law regulating the establishment of a church. Gábor Tasnádi, spokesperson for the Church of Scientology Hungary stated that the Nuncio had given false information about their church. András Veér, Director of the National Psychiatric and Neurological Institute, stated that Scientologists often employ the tactic of publishing positive writings about them under the name of nonexistent or unknown scholars. Mr. Veér further stated that he was sure that it was mailed because of the upcoming voting.
Karl-Josef Rauber, Papal Nuncio told Duna Television that "We don't know anything about the author of the Scientology publication distributed in the Parliament, he is unknown in Vatican." He commented on Scientology as well: "The entire organization and its operation is a totalitarian one. They are talking about freedom, but they are actively preventing it; they destroy the moral and social identities of their followers. The end goal of Scientology is not a religious, but rather a business one, in my opinion."
Gábor Tasnádi, the spokesperson for the organization told us that the Nuncio has formed his opinion with a lack of knowledge of Scientology and without looking at the documents. He also stated that the Papal Nuncio can not say that Scientology is not a Church, as they have 9 million members worldwide. He also told that he can document Urbano Alonso Galan's work and that he is recognized as an authority in the Catholic Church.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Letter to Cardinal Gracias of Mumbai on the Volunteer Ministers
Critics of Scientology were revolted by the behavior of Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers at Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11. Since the VM's are committed to Scientology's program of "Global Obliteration" of psychiatry and psychology, they harassed and interfered with the grief counseling work of authorized disaster relief and mental health trauma counselors to practice their cure-all Hubbard Tech pseudo-psychotherapy.
The incident revealed clearly that corporate Scientology intends also to obliterate religious pastoral counseling. The VM's denigrated the validity of the ministrations of priests, ministers, and religious trauma and grief counselors along with their secular colleagues.
Counterknowledge has now confirmed that the Church of Scientology is dispatching Volunteer Ministers to Mumbai. In response to a request from the editor of Counterknowledge for media contacts in India I emailed an alert to Cardinal Oswaldo Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai.
The incident revealed clearly that corporate Scientology intends also to obliterate religious pastoral counseling. The VM's denigrated the validity of the ministrations of priests, ministers, and religious trauma and grief counselors along with their secular colleagues.
Counterknowledge has now confirmed that the Church of Scientology is dispatching Volunteer Ministers to Mumbai. In response to a request from the editor of Counterknowledge for media contacts in India I emailed an alert to Cardinal Oswaldo Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai.
For His Grace, Cardinal Oswaldo Gracias, Archbishop of Mumbai
Vice-President, Catholic Bishops Conference of India
Your Grace,
I send my condolences and prayers to you and the people of Mumbai and India in the aftermath of this terrible massacre which has taken the lives of some many innocent people of many faiths and nations.
I also write asking you to immediately pass on a warning to the government officials in charge of post-disaster operations in Mumbai.
The Church of Scientology has announced that it is dispatching its Volunteer Ministers (VM's) to disaster sites in Mumbai. The Volunteer ministers must be prevented from participating in disaster relief and trauma counseling efforts at all costs.
They appeared at Ground Zero after our own terrorist tragedy on 9/11, and behaved disgracefully. Head of the Church of Scientology David Miscavige has proclaimed the Global Obliteration of psychiatry, psychology, and religious pastoral counseling to be Scientology's number one priority. The VM's therefore interfered with, harrassed, and blocked the efforts of legitimate, professional mental health and pastoral care counselors.
Damian Thompson of the UK Telegraph has confirmed a report from Counterknowledge that the Church of Scientology is dispatching VM's to Mumbai. Counterknowledge is the first to publish this information based on intelligence gathered by the anti-Scientology human rights protest group Anonymous.
Many of us Catholic and Christian critics of Scientology's human rights abuses are deeply concerned about Scientology's infiltration of India and its co-opting government, municipal, civic, and religious organizations, particularly the Catholic church in India.
The VM's routinely deceive the Indian public that they are a secular organization disseminating the humanitarian wisdom of LRHubbard which is compatible with all religions. If fact, all of its practices are inseparable from the rest of Scientology which includes such things as the belief that Jesus Christ was a pedophile, and the practice of universal coerced abortion for its female staff members.
No decent group secular or religious should have anything to do with this organization, especially the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, the VM's have already deceived the Bishop of Ooty into endorsing them by permitting them to teach Hubbard educational technology to students at St. Joseph's College. This is a scandal waiting to be exposed.
So I urge you to pass this information on to the authorities in Mumbai and to alert the Catholic and secular press in India.
Spare, Your Grace, the traumatised people of Mumbai the unholy ministrations of these vultures and their global obliteration of psychiatry programme.
In the compassion of Jesus,
Damian DeWitt
San Francisco
For Great Justice
I am cc'ing Damian Thompson of the UK Telegraph and Milo Andreas Wagner, editor of Counterknowledge on this email.
Links:
Counterknowledge article
Damian Thompson's Telegraph article
Letter to several bishops in Sacramento - background on VMs at 9/11
Scientology's War on Psychiatry and Children
St. Joseph's College in Ooty hosts and endorses Scientology's Volunteer Ministers
Plea by Indian mental health professionals about Scientology's war on psychiatry in New Delhi
Light In The Darkness
Since January 2008, Anonymous has brought to increased public awareness from virtual obscurity human rights violations hidden from public scrutiny inside the staff and management organization of the Church of Scientology.
The courageous young people of Anonymous have been joined by thousands of people in their thirties, forties, and up through the nineties. Among them are thousands of Christians including Catholics, Lutherans, and Anglicans in Europe and elsewhere, as well as Muslims and Jews.
The most outspoken religious and Christian critic has been the Lutheran Church of Germany. As word is spreading more and more religious groups are beginning to investigate corporate Scientology's abuses.
This site is dedicated to providing information and commentary to all religious people interested in seeking the amelioration of the human rights abuses of organized Scientology.
The courageous young people of Anonymous have been joined by thousands of people in their thirties, forties, and up through the nineties. Among them are thousands of Christians including Catholics, Lutherans, and Anglicans in Europe and elsewhere, as well as Muslims and Jews.
The most outspoken religious and Christian critic has been the Lutheran Church of Germany. As word is spreading more and more religious groups are beginning to investigate corporate Scientology's abuses.
This site is dedicated to providing information and commentary to all religious people interested in seeking the amelioration of the human rights abuses of organized Scientology.
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