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Project Normandy was a top secret Church of Scientology operation wherein the church planned to take over the city of Clearwater, Florida, by infiltrating government offices and media centers. Gabe Cazares , who was the mayor of Clearwater at the time, used the term "the occupation of Clearwater" [ 1 ] and later characterized it as a ...
The Office of Special Affairs (OSA), formerly the Guardian's Office (GO), is a department of the Church of Scientology International.According to the Church, the OSA is responsible for directing legal affairs, public relations, pursuing investigations, publicizing the Church's "social betterment works," and "oversee[ing its] social reform programs".
The Church of Scientology publicly classifies itself as a religion, [1] but scholars and other observers regard it as a business, because the organization operates more like a for-profit business than a religious institution. [2] Some scholars of sociology working in religious studies consider it a new religious movement.
"Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath"/A&E. Mike Rinder said he and the 100 or so others being held in the Hole had to eat "slop" and that they weren't able to come and go as they pleased.
Within the corporate structure of the Scientology network, the Religious Technology Center owns the right to license the Scientology trademarks and service marks through a so-called "assignment agreement" between RTC and the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard on May 16, 1982. [12]
Church of Scientology was incorporated in California on February 18, 1954. Two years later it was officially renamed to Church of Scientology of California on June 19, 1956. That corporation was restated in August 1982, dissolved on December 30, 2002, and terminated with the California Secretary of State on November 18, 2004.
L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, upon whose ideology the Narconon program is based.. Narconon was established 19 February 1966 as a drug rehabilitation program based on the book Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought by L. Ron Hubbard, the creator of Scientology, and was first delivered to drug abusers in the Arizona prison system.
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images When John Stamos was 17 years old, he was allegedly recruited to join the Church of Scientology though his membership didn’t last long. “With me, I was in an ...