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Scientology is coming to Sandy Springs but a federal lawsuit is coming first. Enlarge photo Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Church of Scientology's vice president Bob Adams speaks during the council meeting at Sandy Springs City Hall.

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: From the Desk of L. Ron Hubbard

We have got hold of some of the original memos that L. Ron Hubbard passed down in the early days of Scientology — they are still revered today as a foundation for the cult. Today: L. Ron on sex!

Scientology is a sore point with Australian actress Nicole Kidman years after she divorced Tom Cruise, one of the world's most famous followers of the controversial religion.

The campaign for a Senate inquiry into Scientology is getting stronger, with the Greens adding their support.

We're continuing our investigation, especially into two Scientology schools and a million dollar fundraising campaign kept secret, until now.The campaign for a Senate inquiry into Scientology is getting stronger, with the Greens adding their support.The campaign for a Senate inquiry into Scientology is getting stronger, with the Greens adding their support.

We're continuing our investigation, especially into two Scientology schools and a million dollar fundraising campaign kept secret, until now.

The Yarralinda school in the Melbourne suburb of Mooroolbark looks lovely. And has nothing to do with the church of Scientology, or does it?

"The Commonwealth has a lot of skin in the game. They're giving our money to those schools to the tune of $1.4 million over the next four years. That's a lot of money, that buys a stake in what's going on in those schools," said New South Wales Greens MP Dr John Kaye.

The Yarralinda school in Melbourne and The Athena school in the Sydney suburb of Glebe both employ the so-called teaching technology developed by Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard called 'Applied Scholastics' or 'Study Tech'.

"There's no scientific evidence that applied scholastics works, there's no scientific evidence that it's been tested, that there are controlled studies that show that this teaching actually does produce outcomes," Dr Kaye said.

A private school in Sydney with links to Scientology has responded to criticism that it is receiving about $1.4 million of federal and state government funding.

Despite its animated support from the likes of Hollywood's Tom Cruise, the Church of Scientology has always been seen as a fringe religion.

Announced last night and already pretty much the upcoming movie we're most looking forward to, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master will star Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role as a charismatic dude who founds his own religion in 1952.

The Church of Scientology's musical endeavours might be laughable yet the current storm of accusations against them is deadly serious.

Greens leader Bob Brown has also joined the campaign for a full Senate inquiry into Scientology.

"It raises questions about techniques being used, methodologies being used by a cult like this to put people in a position which is untenable," he said.

"A formal complaint was filed in California last week by John Lindstein naming David Miscavige and the Church of Scientology International as defendants.

Any time that the cult of greed writes a story OR NEWS AD OR TV VIDEO --it is on policy.

POLICE are investigating a series of allegations of abuse and bullying in the Church of Scientology made in a series of letters from former members tabled in parliament by the independent senator Nick Xenophon.

Whether you call it a church or a cult, the truth is Scientology is a movement that's been gaining ground -- and cash -- since it was first officially recognized as a religion in 1993.

Fight them on the beaches if you will. But the descendants of Sir Winston Churchill have decided that a more effective way to prevent the Church of Scientology from hijacking the memory of Britain's wartime leader involves stern cease-and-desist letters and the threat of a costly PR battle.

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The St. Petersburg Times in Florida is in the midst of selling a magazine they own in Washington, D.C., to a Scientology publisher located in Folsom, Calif.

Sabra Lane reported this story on Monday, November 23, 2009 12:38:00 ELEANOR HALL: The brother of an Australian soldier who committed suicide two years ago is urging the Prime Minster to support a federal parliamentary inquiry into the Church of Scientology.

A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion.

A man whose Scientologist brother committed suicide has urged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to allow a parliamentary inquiry into the controversial church.

His brother, Stephen McBride, last night flew from Perth to Canberra to urge Mr Rudd to support Independent Senator Nick Xenophon's motion for an inquiry into the church's tax-free status.

"It's hard to describe the anger that my family and myself feels about the church's conduct before and after my brother's death," he said.

"The Church of Scientology gained $25,000 from my brother, but Edward lost his life. This organisation needs to be investigated by the police and by the Parliament.

"I believe the bombardment of 19 telephone messages backed him into a corner and he just had no room to breathe. I think the secrecy of the religion, organisation, cult - whatever you may call it - it needs to be open and disclosed.

"There's something just not right about it. Please don't let my brother's death just be in vain."

An international group sponsored by the Church of Scientology says it has been targeting children in schools across Australia for at least three years.