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[ethercat]

This article, written in L'espresso, a major media outlet in Italy, covers several of scientology's front groups - CCHR (Citizen's Commission on Human Rights), Narconon, Volunteer Ministers, WISE (World Institute of Scientology Enterprises), the IAS (International Association of Scientologists, and Department 20 (otherwise known as OSA or Office of Special Affairs).  There is an English translation at the end of the document: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22074489/Spider-Web-of-Scientology

Ragnatela Scientology
by Tommaso Cerno, Stefano Pitrelli, and Gianni del Vecchio
Ragnatela Scientology | L'espresso

Front associations. Pressure on local government bodies and on Parliament. Sponsors who donate large sums. This is how the controversial sect is promoting its interests and expanding in Italy. And it is targeting institutions.

Scientology Phase 2 has begun. After having collected the followers of L. Ron Hubbard into the richest and most controversial sect on the planet, it is now targeting institutions. It's called "dissemination". It's purpose is recruitment. And to make money, more money. Not through the "orgs", the churches which have been the focus of complaints and accusations. Neither through rising levels of mind-clearing "auditing", which can be bought for thousands of euros. No, the plan was written black on white by the founder on February 3, 1969: through front groups. Associations, non-profit organizations, movements for human rights, acronyms that can reach places which Scientology alone cannot reach. It happened in the United States, France, Germany, Belgium. And now it is happening in Italy. The organization has branched out: from its headquarters in Vimodrone in the province of Milan, which control 11 churches with sales figures between 10 and 50 million euros per year, and its influence extends all the way to Parliament.

much more at http://www.scribd.com/doc/22074489/Spider-Web-of-Scientology

[Lorelei]

I spoke to a lady who turned out to be a therapist today and we wound up chatting about Scientology front groups. She was vaguely aware of CCHR, but did not know CCHR = Scientology (or Narconon, Applied Scholastics, WISE, ABLE, etc.)

Now she knows. Inoculated!

[mefree]

I thought this might be of interest also: http://forums.whyweprotest.net/291-scientology-discussion/solo-nots-auditors-data-total-numbers-cancer-suicides-62946/

Hello! This thread is to answer Tommy Davis’s glibness.

I met Tommy during my second EPF in the Sea Org (actually a 2 months Boot Camp type of EPF), he was eating beans and rice every day, washing our clothes, doing the worst MEST work you can imagine, doing pumps up for hours...because he fucked up a "VIP" cycle.

At that time he wasn’t so proud to be a Sea Org Member, I can tell you.

Now, let’s talk about cancer and suicide on Solo Nots. Here are some data for you guys.

There is a tag status for each Solo Nots auditor:

Green tag: audit 4 to 6 sessions daily and comes on time for his 6 months check.

Grey tag: audit less than 4 sessions daily and doesn't come on time for his 6 month check.

Orange tag: Not allowed to solo audit because of out ethics situation.

Purple tag: Not allowed to audit because of illness or sickness.

Black tag: Disaffected with the church.

See the way it works? One starts the level with a Green tag then, depending on his "ability to be Cause over Life" one keeps his Green tag or, follow the dwindling spiral to Black tag.

There are about 5,300 Solo Nots Auditors worldwide and about(depending on their current status):

1,000 Green tags
1,100 Grey tags
900 Orange tags
800 Purple tags
1,500 Black tags

The 10,000 on Solo Nots is just a dream. There is only 1,000 of them auditing regularly.

I was Solo Nots D of P Europe and i personally met the following Solo Nots Auditors. They were all with advanced cancer:

He goes on to lists 11 names of people from Italy, Switzerland, or France and then.....

There is more, but I do not remember their names.

Before I blew the Sea Org in November 2006,two of them died of committed suicide; Jo R. and Beppe G.

I don’t know if the other ones are still alive.

The majority of the 800 Purple tags and 1,500 Black tags are with cancer.

The majority of the 900 Orange tags committed financial irregularities to be able to “pay for services and/or donations” to the Cult.

Rex Fowler is a typical Orange tag product of the Cult.

You all know the PTS/SP tech “theory”, right?

How many of them had to disconnect from their family and friends because they where the ”SP”?

Why, after an entire bridge people are still sick, ill, criminal, commit suicide, etc..?

Maybe they didn’t find the real SP yet..... or, if they did, they invalidated the read.

At one point every body on Solo Nots had to do or re do the PTS/SP Course GAT.

And the SNR C/S FSO Richard Reiss (pushed by RTC, of course) was constantly harrassing the Solo Nots C/S "because they didn't apply the PTS tech at 100%" during their C/Sing.

Well, a cancerous tumor is not detectable by a SN C/S as far as i know!

I can attest! Beppe G. had a cancerous tumor the size of an egg in his brain while at Flag to "Attest to OT7"! I went with him to the Clearwater Hospital. He was sent back to Italy right away by RTC....

Imagine the Flap if Beppe died in the middle of the Solo Nots HGC!

These data should be widely disseminated. It’ s not a joke. These guys are really in danger.

Michel.

PS: the medical associations should be aware of this data. Scientology technology doesn't cure cancer....when a cancer isn't detected on time, it's too late. Unfortunately, from a Scientologist view point, a doctor is considered a charlatan.
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This is truly sad. An early diagnosis of cancer can result in improved chances for successful treatment and better outcomes. http://www.who.int/cancer/detection/en/

[SocialTransparency]

 The article is quite telling. With a global population of between 25,000 to 50,000 practicing scientologists, the incident of suicide is very high. Way higher than any other cross section of society that I am aware of. Appears the attainment of so called enlightenment within scientology has a propensity to drive one mad!

[Lorelei]

It would be interesting to compare the data on known successful / attempted suicide stats for the general population and compare that with suicides in the cult. Not sure those numbers are being tabulated anywhere, though.

[SocialTransparency]

It would be interesting to compare the data on known successful / attempted suicide stats for the general population and compare that with suicides in the cult. Not sure those numbers are being tabulated anywhere, though.

I agree. Isn't scientology known for its distain of main stream mental healthcare? If they are, would I being going out on a limb in assuming scientology may attract a segment of the population that may, for whatever reason, have a fear of mainstream mental healthcare? And if so, could that segment actually be those that NEED actual mental healthcare the most? How do these untreated individuals find real life tools that address their maladies?

[wynot]

It would be interesting to compare the data on known successful / attempted suicide stats for the general population and compare that with suicides in the cult. Not sure those numbers are being tabulated anywhere, though.

I agree. Isn't scientology known for its distain of main stream mental healthcare? If they are, would I being going out on a limb in assuming scientology may attract a segment of the population that may, for whatever reason, have a fear of mainstream mental healthcare? And if so, could that segment actually be those that NEED actual mental healthcare the most? How do these untreated individuals find real life tools that address their maladies?

Going out on a limb? No, you are standing at the base, and being supported by the roots of that tree! Of course the cult, like all cults, goes after those most vulnerable to its sales pitch. What kind of person would want to be a Scientology Super-being? A person of low self-esteem, perhaps? Who sees the world in overblown shades of black and white - mostly black? Have you heard the way they describe the world, as some horrid place that makes a prison cell sound safe and warm? And they get the monster ego-boost of being 'the only people on earth who can help', don't they? Who is intelligent enough to make good money in the regular world, yet emotionally weak enough to fall for the cult's promises of 'Clear' and 'Operating Thetan' states?

This is how cults work - in a regular business, you figure out something that you think a lot of people want, or need, like soap, or cereal, or computers, and sell it to them at the lowest price that still gives you a fair profit. In a cult's version, you identify a tiny subset of the population who are desperate for a particular kind of validation, and make them pay through their noses for it.

'til next time;
wynot