Dublin Offlines conference: Speaking out against the Scientology cult

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Ex-members to speak out against fraud and abuse in the cult of Scientology

Dublin, Ireland, June 30th 2012 - A dozen ex-members of the Scientology organisation from Ireland and abroad, alongside affected family members and academics, will come together as 'Dublin Offlines' to expose abusive conditions inside the 'church', including financial exploitation, coerced abortions and broken families.

The conference will be presented from 10:00 a.m. on June 30th at the Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1. It will also incorporate a Q&A session and individual interviews.

Special guests at the conference will include:

Jamie DeWolf (great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard)
Tory Christman (ex-Sea Org)
Samantha Domingo (ex-Sea Org)
John Duignan (ex-Sea Org, author of “The Complex”)
Stephen Jones (ex-Sea Org)
Sharone Stainforth (ex-Sea Org)
Gerry Armstrong (ex-Sea Org, former personal secretary to L. Ron Hubbard)
Pete Griffiths (ex-Mission executive director)
David Love (ex-Narconon staff)
Gabrielle Wynne (ex-mission staff)
John McGhee (ex-Scientologist public)
Mary Abadi (ex-Sea Org)
Anne Robinson (disconnected sister of Tony Phelan)
Dr Martin Poulter (Doctor of Philosophy, University of Bristol)
Professor Gabriella Coleman (Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University)

For full details visit http://www.ExScientologistsIreland.org

Press information packet: http://exscientologistsireland.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/presspackv0-11.pdf

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/355129161205342/

Media contact:
Pete Griffiths
pete@exscientologistsireland.net

Zillah

I don't know if its just me or not, but the press packet PDF has weird blocks covering up chunks of text.

Nodin

Zillah wrote: »

I don't know if its just me or not, but the press packet PDF has weird blocks covering up chunks of text.

Looked fine to me. Some bits of text have a coloured background, so maybe thats not coming through properly for ye.

sponsoredwalk

Is this free to go to &/or do you need tickets?

pedrofcuk

It's free, no tickets needed.

themadhair

Really looking forward to this conference, but then again I am biased due to being involved in organising it.

Looking forward to meeting the speakers too. Between them they have over a century of Scientology experiences to share.

I can’t help but giggle just a little when I think of Gerry Armstrong’s story (sorry Gerry). While he was still in the Sea Org he revered the very ground Hubbard walked on and had totally bought into his claims of being both a war hero and a nuclear physicist. Then the Scientology organisation thought it would be a good idea to write a biography for Hubbard, and Gerry was the man they assigned to gather together the necessary information.

Naturally, in order to fulfil his duties, Gerry requested Hubbard’s war records and his school records. Not long after receiving those records Gerry was heading for the exit. To say that Hubbard’s claims diverged from reality would be a gross understatement…..

Burt Lancaster

Will it be streamed ?

Burt Lancaster

I just went through some ex-members testimonies on this site

http://exscientologistsireland.org/

Wow, is all I can say. I knew that Scientology was a bit out there and considered a cult, but I had no idea how extremely dangerous, damaging, and manipulative it is.

It's really worth reading these ex-members stories.

themadhair

Burt Lancaster wrote: »

Will it be streamed ?

That's the plan. The USTREAM embed is on the frontpage you just linked.

Tomk1

John Duignan spoke at a Cork Skeptics talk last month, absolutely fascinating, and that was just the stories from one ex-s, if your live near Dublin I would highly recomnend going to this.
If it's online I'll be watching it.

Burt Lancaster

Might be an idea to post the conference notice on the Christianity forum as well. The more publicity this gets the better.

FouxDaFaFa

Will the stream of the event be available to watch at a later time? I honestly didn't know much about Scientology until I went to that site. I had always put it in the "odd but ultimately as harmless as most other religions" category but some of their practices are really scary.

themadhair

The conference is being recorded - all video will be available online after.

Burt Lancaster

ITV's 'World in Action' documentary exposed Scientology, the Cult, its current practices, and Hubbard way back in 1967.

They even managed to interview Hubbard for the programme.

It's both amazing, and terrible that many unfortunate victims are still falling prey to it to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_w-YWwC1lI

Hubbard's own son exposed the organisation further in 1983

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIoD7iyBnps