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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2010, major Churches of Scientology opened across Europe, North America and Africa. These new Churches are the realization of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard's vision, where he prescribed the standard and model for all Churches of Scientology to aspire to in becoming what he called an Ideal Organization (Org). Ideal Orgs are built to provide all services of the Scientology religion while also serving as a home for the community at large for...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The new 185,000-square-foot Church of Scientology International Dissemination and Distribution Center is a one-of-a-kind printing and production facility. It houses manufacturing, distribution and administration all under one roof and is manned entirely by Church staff members. This new Center generates dissemination materials for the more than 9,000 Scientology Churches, Missions and affiliated groups worldwide, enabling these organizations to...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a generous donation from Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel, a group of 160 medical professionals and volunteers from the D.C. and New York areas is headed to Haiti this evening, the Embassy of Haiti and Greater Washington Haiti Relief Committee (GWHRC) announced today. The transport of the group is dubbed Operation Night Train, and is scheduled to depart the Embassy around 11:30 p.m. tonight. "On behalf of my father, Ron Eyre, president and...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 168-seat aircraft departed from Los Angeles Thursday afternoon with medical personnel, specialists in water filtration and sanitation systems, telecommunications experts, emergency medical technicians and representatives from three international adoption agencies. In Miami, more than 100 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals from the Association of Haitian Physicians Abroad (Association des Medecins Haitiens a l'Etranger) joined the...
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A charter flight organized by the Church of Scientology carried 126 doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians and Scientology Volunteer Ministers to Port-au-Prince where the group arrived Sunday. Assisted by Homeland Security, the plane left JFK International Airport Saturday to provide urgently needed help in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the island on January 12. The effort brought together medical doctors and nurses...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Church of Scientology completed a $40 million restoration of one of its oldest landmark buildings in 2009 and inaugurated five major new Scientology buildings in Malmo, Dallas, Nashville, Rome and Washington, DC. Today, the Church of Scientology has expanded to more than 8,000 Churches, Missions and affiliated groups in 165 nations, doubling the number in the last five years. Current demand for L. Ron Hubbard's books and lectures on Dianetics and...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International notables Anne Archer, Erika Christensen, Jason Dohring, Jenna Elfman, MC Lyte, Priscilla Presley, Beth Riesgraf, and film composer Mark Isham performed in the annual Christmas Stories performance over the weekend to an audience of over 500. Created in the theme of a 1930s holiday variety radio show, Scientology Celebrity Centre guests were treated to traditional and original renditions of music,...
NEWARK, N.J., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States District Court in Newark, N.J., sentenced a New Jersey man today to one year and one day in federal prison on a felony conviction for his part in a cyber attack against Church of Scientology websites in January 2008 [Case No. CR 09-87-01] (i, ii) He carried out the attack with others calling themselves "Anonymous," a hate group targeting Scientology and others individuals and organizations (iii), including the website of the Prime...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Church of Scientology YouTube Channel has broadened its "Meet a Scientologist" mini-documentaries online, with 40 new videos bringing the total number to 100. In the documentary video clips, members of the Church of Scientology from across the United States and cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, London, Berlin, Milano, Budapest, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kaohsiung, Copenhagen, and Malmo, share a look at their lives. The "Meet a Scientologist" videos...
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Church of Scientology International is launching a series of testimonial videos on its official YouTube Channel called "Meet a Scientologist," which showcase the lives and careers of everyday Scientologists. YouTube users will be able to view 50 videos to start, with 100 more videos scheduled to follow in the upcoming months as part of the Church's continuing efforts to expand its presence in the world's largest online video community. The "Meet a...
