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Scientology plants its flag in Haiti (MalaysiaNews.net)
27 January 2010, 3:43 am

The "phenomenon" has landed to bring relief to the dispossessed of Haiti. John Travolta was in the pilot's seat of his Boeing 707 flying in doctors, medical supplies, ready-to-eat military rations &nd...

The Scientology spokeswoman Linda Hight said yesterday that such an attitude was unduly cynical. "They're definitely not there to talk about Scientology," she said. "The volunteer ministers have tremendous organisational skills, they haul water, they build latrines."
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'Casualty Contact': The Hubbard method

L Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, said the following about recruiting followers in times of tragedy:

"Every day in the daily papers one discovers people who have been victimised... [The Scientologist] should enter the presence of the person and give a nominal assist, leave his card which says where church services are held with the statement that a much fuller recovery is possible by coming to free services... Handling the press he should simply say that it is a mission of the church to assist those in need."

February, 1956

"Casualty contact is very old, is almost never tried and is almost always roaringly successful... This is a pretty routine drill really. You get permission to visit. You go in and give patients a cheery smile. You want to know if you can do anything for them, you give them a card and tell them to come around to your group... Your statement, 'the modern scientific church can cure things like that. Come around and see' will work. It's straight recruiting!"

September, 1959

more at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scientology-plants-its-flag-in-haiti-1879970.html

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A plane chartered Saturday by members of the Church of Scientology was supposed to bring a group of volunteers to Haiti via JFK Airport. Yet, due to a chaotic boarding process, about 70 doctors, nurses and translators were left behind.

"I think they're doing a good thing. But it wasn't done right today and people have died in Haiti because of it," said volunteer Jake Bevilacqua.

"They need to help us get these pain medications and equipment and antibiotics to the people who are dying, literally," said volunteer Doreen Evans.

Doctors and nurses from as far away as Brazil arrived at JFK Saturday morning with thousands of dollars worth of medicine and medical equipment. They say they were confirmed on the Church of Scientology flight, but during the boarding process they say the passenger manifest was misplaced.

A total of 119 people boarded then the doors of the plane closed, leaving about 70 people behind. The church was worried
the plane would miss its landing slot in Haiti, but the volunteers complained the plane sat at the gate for at least another hour.

Disgusting, absolutely disgusting. 

Bill the (ex) scientologist, of the Ask the Scientologist blog has written more about scientology's "charitable" acts toward Haiti: http://forum.reachingforthetippingpoint.net/index.php/topic,3326.0.html