The Church of Scientology may be “mentoring” some recently released convicted criminals in your neighborhood soon. Scientology is included as “part of a program that gives churches, mosques and other religious organizations an instrumental role in shepherding such men and women back into the community” reports the Washington Post. Forty-two institutions have signed up for […]
Karen Robidoux was found not guilty of second-degree murder, in the 1999 death of her infant child this week, reported the Taunton Gazette. The Massachusetts mother was accused of starving her baby son Samuel to death. Robidoux’s husband Jacques was convicted for Samuel’s murder in 2002 and is now serving a life sentence. But the […]
An apparent suicide took place almost one year ago directly linked to Executive Success Programs now known as NXIVM, a privately owned for-profit company that has been called a “cult.” Kristin Marie Snyder was in the midst of her second 16-day “intensive” program through NXIVM in Alaska when she apparently took her own life on […]
The musical satire “A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant,” is described as “a spooky, sharp-toothed smile of a show” by the New York Times. The production, which was previously sold out, has been extended in a larger venue to accommodate audiences at New York’s John Houseman Theater through January 4th. The pageant is a […]
CultNews reported last month that there was little chance a “brainwashing” defense would work to acquit “D.C. sniper” Lee Malvo. A jury found Malvo guilty of murder after 13 hours of deliberation yesterday reported CNN. Now the teenager faces the sentencing phase of his judicial journey. The sister of one victim called the verdict a […]
“A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant” sold out its remaining performances at New York’s Tank theater on 42nd St. reports Newsday. For additional seating the Les Freres Corbusier theater troupe has moved the production to the much larger John Houseman Theater next door for additional performances. The show must go on and for three […]
Tom Cruise is out plugging his new movie The Last Samurai, but some reports question the A-list actor’s priorities. “It is clear that he has something else on his mind: Scientology…It’s unclear whether Cruise was asked to promote Scientology or whether he simply feels compelled to spread the word,” observed a reporter for the Chicago […]
Larry King is arguably the king of the softball interview. And many celebrities prefer to appear on his show rather than face sterner questioners. Scientologists really seem to like the CNN host, from the organization’s President Heber Jentzsch to John Travolta, both have sat in for interviews. But when they sit down comfortably across from […]
An “ironic masterpiece,” which is a “completely unauthorized look at the Church of Scientology. The production is now playing in New York City at 432 West 42nd Street, between ninth and tenth avenues. A parody of the “spectacular life story of L. Ron Hubbard…dissected against the candy-colored backdrop of the a traditional nativity play.” “One […]
John Gray wants everyone to know he can legally call himself “doctor.” The relationship guru’s lawyer faxed CultNews a letter that says, “Dr. Gray received his Ph.D. from Columbia Pacific University (‘CPU’) in 1982. The school, though unaccredited, was then, and continued to be for the next 15 years, a State California –approved university.” Of […]
