The Church of Scientology faces allegations of abuse once again, less than two years after their last allegations were investigated. Lawrence Wright published an article in The New Yorker magazine claiming that ex-members of the congregation revealed secrets of abuse, both physical and psychological, and how the church brought escapees back through psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical force if need be (Lengel).
In 2009, two of the church's top members, Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David Miscavige, who succeeded L. Ron Hubbard as Scientology's leader. The issues included physical abuse of staff, mental abuse and cruelty, high pressure marketing tactics, character assignation, and threats. Miscavige was reported to have taken ruthless control of the organization after Hubbard's death and assumed chairmanship of the Religious Technology Center, the highest governing body is the Church of Scientology. "He is one of the most capable, intelligent individuals I've ever met, but L. Ron Hubbard says the intelligence scale doesn't necessarily line up with the sanity scale. Adolf Hitler was brilliant. Stalin was brilliant. They were geniuses. But there were also on a certain level stark, staring mad," said Rathbun of Miscavige. Miscavige was accused of unanticipated outbursts according to four of the former Scientology executives; "If it wasn't the answer he wanted to hear, he'd lose it. If it was contrary to how he thought, he'd lose it. If he found it to be smart aleck, or it was a better answer than he had, he would lose it" (Sly). .
FBI agent Tricia Whitehill flew to Scientology's headquarters in Clearwater, Florida to investigate the allegations in December of 2009.
Church. 1).The most common technique used by the church is the offering of free 4. personality tests (Mallia. ... Church. 1). ... Church. 2). ... The church of Scientology claims that McPherson died accidentally and denies that its members caused her death (Devlin 6). McPherson's family filed a wrongful-death suit against the church, saying that she wanted to leave the church but was held against h...
In the Roman Catholic Church there have been over 800 priests that have been removed from ministry as a result of allegations against them. ... With that not surprising then that churches have a problem with child sexual abuse. ... These factors which are specific to churches are not complete explanations for abuse. ... The greater abuse of boys than girls in the Catholic Church may reflect the fact that priests have a greater opportunity to abuse boys than girls. ... These different patterns require explanation in examining factors in church life which may contribute to abuse in the Cat...
A recent heated confrontation over internet copyright laws involved the Church of Scientology and its former members. The situation is as follows: "The Net is playing a major role in the legal unraveling of the Church on Scientology, which has turned to the legal system--sometimes in a drastic way--to stop the spread of its "sacred text" onto the Internet. Lawrence Wollersheim and Bob Penny, long-time critics and the ex-members of the Church of Scientology recently had all their computers, equipment, and software confiscated, along with the dozens of boxes of paper files by CofS...
A recent heated confrontation over internet copyright laws involved the Church of Scientology and its former members. The situation is as follows: "The Net is playing a major role in the legal unraveling of the Church on Scientology, which has turned to the legal system--sometimes in a drastic way--to stop the spread of its "sacred text" onto the Internet. Lawrence Wollersheim and Bob Penny, long-time critics and the ex-members of the Church of Scientology recently had all their computers, equipment, and software confiscated, along with the dozens of boxes of paper files by CofS...
Within the US, bishops called an immediate session to decide upon a solution to the new problem they are faced with. ... Other aspects were not taken into consideration such as what constitutes abuse and standards for credible allegations (Steinfels). ... Originally the church did see sexual abuse as a disease but instead as simply sins to be confessed. ... Priests who commit such acts should be forced to face punishment as any other convicted criminal, including jail time and expulsion from the priesthood. ... The Protection Charter includes the removal of any priest with "substantiated...
Child Abuse Every year child welfare agencies in the United States receive more then three million allegations of child abuse and neglect. Most parents deny these allegations and claim that they were simply disciplining their children. ... Child abuse is a plague and should be stopped immediately. ... Stresses in families usually foreshadow child abuse. ... therefor, child abuse is wrong, and should be stopped! ...
First was admitting the problems of child abuse. ... The crisis is false allegations of child abuse against teachers and other school employees. ... When the child arrives at school he frequently brings additional baggage with him that affects all school employees.24 Examples of such baggage are neglect, mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and abuse by the child protective system. ... School employees realize how vulnerable they are to being victims of false allegations by an unhappy student or parent. Even when the report of suspected abuse is labeled as unfounded they find their na...
