The Church of Scientology seems to be working another “program” in England to get public funds.
This one is called “Criminon,” supposedly designed to reduce crime by rehabilitating prison inmates, reports England’s This is Kent.
The largely L. Ron Hubbard (Scientology’s founder) inspired program is now available as a correspondence course to some inmates, but Scientologists want to expand it.
“We would very much like to take it to the next level, which would be actually running courses inside prison,” says its executive director.
But the program spokesperson admits it will be “very difficult” to prove their “success rate.”
Criminon has reportedly managed to squeeze into prisons within South Africa, the USA, Hungary, Israel and Mexico.
However, Nevada governor and lawmakers recently turned down a free trip to see how a Scientology-related program was working in Mexico.
Criminon is part of Narconon, which is itself under the umbrella Scientology organization called “ABLE.”
One family in Ohio recently said they spent “$30,000 [on Narconon] in Oklahoma… based on Scientology,” but it “failed” to help their son’s drug problem, reports News Journal.
A Swedish expert questioned its premise and claims.
Maybe Scientology should prove its latest rehab’s “success rate” first through a pilot program amongst its own members before receiving further funding?
After all, historically there have been plenty of Scientologists arrested for apparent religiously related criminal activity around the world; in such countries as Spain, France, the US and Russia.
And let’s not forget former Scientology minister and bad boy financier, investment guru and convicted felon Reed Slatkin.
Why not have Slatkin take a course or two and see how that goes, before hitting up taxpayers for more money?
Hmmm wait a minute, didn’t he already take in-depth courses to become a minister and then go bad?
Never mind.
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