Travolta says faith helped him through son's death

2010-02-22T13:41:00Z

<div id="subtitle">John Travolta credits his faith for helping him cope with 16-year-old son's death last year</div><div><p>John Travolta said Thursday that faith has helped him survive the tragic death of his 16-year-old son, Jett.</p><p>The actor, a noted Scientologist, walked the ...

Travolta flies aid, Scientology to Haiti

2010-02-22T14:30:15Z

<div><p>Hollywood movie star John Travolta flew a plane-load of aid to Haiti along with a group of "ministers" from the Church of Scientology who performed Tuesday healing rituals on quake survivors.</p><p>Travolta, along with Nebraska man to plead guilty in Los Angeles in Scientology cyber attack</div><div><p>Federal prosecutors in California say a Nebraska man will plead guilty to participating in a cyber ...

Scientologists 'heal' Haiti quake victims using touch

2010-02-22T16:10:45Z

<div><p>Amid the mass of aid agencies piling in to help Haiti quake victims is a batch of Church of Scientology "volunteer ministers", claiming to use the power of touch to reconnect nervous systems.</p><p>Clad in yellow T-shirts emblazoned with the logo of the controversial

Restoration of lost Scientology materials complete

2010-02-22T23:41:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Scientologists release trove of Hubbard writings, recordings; call it religious 'renaissance'</div><div><p>More than 1,000 unreleased recordings of lectures by L. Ron Hubbard and reams of corresponding writings have been unveiled in the culmination of a 25-year project to locate, restore an...

Australian blames Scientology for brother's death

2010-02-24T01:49:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Man who blames Scientology for brother's death calls for Australian inquiry into the religion</div><div><p>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.</p><p&a...

NJ man sentenced in Scientology cyber attack

2010-02-24T03:47:27Z

<div id="subtitle">NJ man gets 1-year term for participating in cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites</div><div><p>A New Jersey man will serve a 366-day federal prison term for conducting a cyber attack on Church of Scientology Web sites in January 2008.</p><p>At a hearing Wednes...

Australian PM voices 'concerns' over Scientology

2010-02-24T03:59:27Z

<div><p>Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd voiced "concerns" about the Church of Scientology Wednesday after a senator detailed explosive allegations including torture, imprisonment and coerced abortions.</p><p>Rudd said the accusations, made by independent Sena...

Police probe of clinic cases nears end

2010-02-24T04:27:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Prosecutors expected to get results next month</div><div><p> At long last, Metro Police are winding down one of the Las Vegas ValleyÕs most complicated and anticipated criminal investigations in recent years.</p><p>After 21 months of investigating, detectives next month expect to turn over to prosecutors the criminal case stemming from last year...

Scientology foeÕs arrest raises issue of rights

2010-02-24T07:02:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Authorities feared his opposition crossed line, threatened violence</div><div><p> The arrest of a member of an anti-Scientology group on terrorism-related charges last month thrust Las Vegas into the forefront of a worldwide dispute between the group and the celebrity-laden church.</p>&...

Defections, court fights test Scientology

2010-02-24T11:28:58Z

<div id="subtitle">High-profile defections, court fights pose more challenges for Church of Scientology</div><div><p>The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.</p><p>Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the church of fraud and Oscar-winnin...

Scientology Woes

2009-11-01T11:17:41Z

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2004 photo, confetti rains down as U.S. actor Tom Cruise, left, embraces leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, during the official opening of a new Scientology church in central Church of Scientology convicted of fraud, fined $900,000 in France; escapes threatened ban</div><div><p>A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banni...

Scientology convicted for fraud in France, escapes ban

2010-02-24T13:58:16Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - The Church of Scientology was convicted of fraud by a French court Tuesday but escaped being banned due to a temporary change in the law.</p><p>The French branch of the U.S.-based organization was fined 600,000 euros ($9...

Scientologists convicted of fraud in France

2010-02-24T13:46:06Z

<div><p>French judges fined the Church of Scientology almost a million dollars on Tuesday for fleecing vulnerable followers but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France.</p><p>Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Church of Scientology on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright.</p><p>Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in...

France Scientology

2009-10-27T06:30:48Z

Eric Roux, legal representative of the Church of Scientology in France, arrives at a Paris courthouse to hear the verdict in a trial of the group's practices, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. A Paris court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more t...

Scientology convicted of organised fraud in France

2010-02-24T13:55:57Z

<div><p>A French court fined the Church of Scientology on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright.</p><p>Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in...

French court fines Scientologists, allows operations

2010-02-24T13:58:14Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court on Tuesday fined the French branch of the Church of Scientology a total of 600,000 euros ($902,200) after finding it guilty of fraud but allowed the group to continue operating in France.&...

Scientology convicted of fraud in France

2010-02-24T13:58:34Z

<div><p>A French court convicted the Church of Scientology and one of its leaders of fraud on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities in France.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=62047959&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright">&a...

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