“Death in slow motion”
The Tampa Bay Times published a three-part series on the Church of Scientology in June 2009. Read the second installment, published June 22, 2009.
Faith: Scientology
“Scientology: The Truth Rundown”
The Tampa Bay Times published a three-part series on the Church of Scientology in June 2009. Read the first installment, published June 21, 2009.
“Scientology Hires Reporters to Investigate Newspaper”
Read an article about the Scientology Church’s decision to not release information complied on the St. Petersburg Times‘ coverage of the Church.
“The Apostate: Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology”
Read Lawrence Wright’s February 14, 2011, New Yorker article about film director Paul Haggis’ break from the Church of Scientology.
“Lawyer again takes on Church of Scientology”
Read a Feb. 21, 2009, Tampa Bay Times story about two wrongful-death lawsuits dealing with Scientology’s stance on psychiatry. One has been settled; the other was just recently filed.
“Schools urged to drop antidrug program”
Read a Feb. 25, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle item about the state superintendent in California urging schools to drop the Narconon anti-drug education program.
“Program for prisoners draws fire over Scientology”
Read a Jan. 19, 2007, Wall Street Journal article (posted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) about a prison program in New Mexico that uses principles espoused by Scientology’s founder.
“Scientology school gets close study”
Read an April 16, 2008, Boston Herald article (posted by studytech.org) about concerns regarding Scientology’s ties to a proposed curriculum for a taxpayer-funded pilot school in that city.
“Scientology link rouses worries at star’s school”
Read a June 29, 2008, Los Angeles Times article about a new private school founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The school has generated some controversy because it uses teaching methods developed by Scientology’s founder and some of its teachers are Scientologists. Its top administrator says the school is secular, not religious.