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Unilad Website Runs Feature on Scientology

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Some quotes:

Scientology was devised to extract everything from people and it is simply a machine to do that and that’s its purpose and that’s what it does.

If you’re lucky a little bit of you will get spewed out the other end and there’s enough of you left to piece yourself back together.
- Pete Griffiths

We normalised criminal behaviour, that was acceptable, that was every day. Several people, we made them get their inheritances early and then we take that inheritance. We had people selling houses, we had people re-mortgage their businesses. - John Duignan

We were on the Greek Island of Corfu and me, 11 and my friend, 12 were seen chatting to Greek boys. When we came back on the ship it was decided we were a security risk, we were instantly segregated, interrogated and put in the hold [of the ship]. It was an absolutely terrifying experience. - Sharone Stainforth

She escaped from the room she that was being held in, she ran into the workshop, she grabs a tin of paint thinner, glugs it down, runs up, climbs up on the roof and jumps off. Shatters of course her pelvis and lower spine and all that plus of course whatever was happening to her with the paint thinner. Alice was left crippled for life. - John Duignan

The Church of Scientology responded to these allegations with the following statement:

The Church of Scientology is a worldwide religious movement with members in countries all over the world. Millions of people are helped through the Church’s humanitarian initiatives and social betterment programs. Anyone seriously wishing to understand the Church of Scientology should visit the Church, talk to a Scientologist or visit the Church’s website at www.scientology.org.uk.

UNILAD’s allegations of intentional misconduct are rejected as unfounded. Despite being given many opportunities to do so, their sources have failed to document or substantiate their claims. If their sources claim to have engaged in wrongdoing when they were church members, that fact alone would serve to illustrate why they were removed and dismissed. But in this case, even their “confessions” are utterly unreliable, as they are not accompanied by any independent evidence corroborating the statements. In some cases, the “corroborations” offered contradicts the original allegation.

The church further notes that during the preparation of this article the Church of Scientology sought to clarify allegations UNILAD intended to run to better enable the Church to respond. Contrary to normal accepted standards of journalism, UNILAD did not consider that they had any obligation to present allegations and claims to the subject of the claims in a manner sufficiently detailed to enable the Church to respond, or to challenge their sources when their veracity has been questioned. Should the resulting articles contain material sufficiently specific to be responded to, the Church reserves its right to further respond.
 

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The Dark Side Of Scientology They Don't Want You To See

The Dark Side Of Scientology They Don't Want You To See.

Unilad: The Dark Side Of Scientology They Don't Want You To See

http://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/the-dark-side-of-scientology-they-dont-want-you-to-see/

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The Dark Side Of Scientology They Don’t Want You To See

By : Alex Mays | 13/11/16

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We spoke to four ex-Scientologists who allege to have witnessed countless laws being broken by the church here in Britain, many in fact at the church’s HQ at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead.

First we met Sharone Stainforth. She was a cadet on board the Apollo as a pre-teen in the late 60’s, a flagship of the Sea Org – an organisation which Scientology describe as a ‘fraternal religious order, comprising the church’s most dedicated members’.

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John Duignan, 51, explained that while he was in the church he knew of someone we’ve had to call ‘Mary’ for protection purposes.

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But possibly the most horrific story we heard was about a former Sea Org member called Alice.

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Pete Griffiths, 61, who spent seven years in the church summed up the sentiments of all of our interviewees about what Scientology ultimately did to them.

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The Church of Scientology responded to these allegations with the following statement:

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