Just when things are looking up and NBC drops Scientologist Jason Lee’s show, “My Name is Earl,” (the dumbest show ever…right up there next to My Mother The Car) CBS says they are coming out with a new comedy this Fall called “Accidentally on Purpose”, and will star Jenna Elfman. Thanks CBS, thanks A LOT!

Jenna was recently interviewed on the Early Show, to promote her new flop show and they ran a clip of Accidentally On Purpose. It is beyond BAD. In the small clip you can already tell the show is loaded with bad acting, lousy writing and it’s just NOT funny.  See for yourself.

For those of you who don’t know who Jenna Elfman is, she made it big with the TV show “Dharma and Greg” years ago. Now for all you youngins’, who are saying, who or what the hell is Dharma and Greg, allow me to enlighten you.

The show aired from 1997 - 2002 and was about a culture-clashed couple, with Dharma, a goofy neo-hippy whose parents are new agey types and her husband, Greg (played by Thomas Gibson) a straight-laced lawyer, whose parents, you guessed are also uptight yuppies. Oh the hilarity that ensued (or didn’t depending on who you ask) as the quirky Dharmas and the uppity Gregs dealt with life’s little mysteries. Ok, enough of that drivel.

In real life, Jenna is NO Dharma, abiding by the live and let live policy of her on-screen persona, but rather she and her husband Bodhi, (son of director Richard Elfman) are die-hard Scientologists. And just to keep you apprised of what Scientologists believe about other religions — they don’t. Even worse than most mainstream religions, Scientology is one of the most intolerant of outside beliefs and other faiths of any cult around.

Not surprising… Bodhi’s father Richard, is also a Scientologist. Jenna and Bodhi met at auditions for a Sprite commercial. Bodhi was responsible for getting Jenna into the cult. The BOTH studied under Milton Katselas who is the teacher at the famed The Beverly Hills Playhouse. Unfortunately Katselas has pressured MANY celebrities to get into Scientology, but since he has “dropped his body” at least he won’t be able to lure any new converts (thanks Liz).

The Elfmans have one child, Story Elias, who will presumably be raised as a Scientologist. SAD I believe Jenna is OT V on Scientology’s Bridge To Nowhere. Correct me if I am wrong.  And she has also been on Scientology’s Freewinds cruise ship which was laden with asbestos when she traveled on it. Better get those lungs checked Jenna!

Now this new show, “Accidentally On Purpose” is supposed to be a comedy, but the true comedy here is definitely Jenna herself. She has been known to come out with some pretty off-the-wall statements over the years, and Jenna and Bodhi defend their cult with an iron fist.

Back in 2006, when Elfman was out one day with Bodhi, they happened to come across someone wearing a Scientology is Gay t-shirt which pictured Tom Cruise on the front, and a young John Travolta, with VERY GAY written underneath.

This prompted Jenna to scream at and berate this man wearing the t-shirt with standard Scientology attack behavior, asking him what his crimes were and if he raped a baby. Yes you read that right. Seriously, WTF is up with that line of defensive, or in this case, offensive? That’s a classic sign of instability and insanity if you ask me. 

TMZ reported:

 ”Tom Cruise’s recent public displays weren’t evidence enough, Scientologists Jenna and Bodhi Elfman prove that they, too, are willing to go to great lengths to defend their religion.

Indie film director John Roecker tells TMZ he was walking to his car with a female friend in the trendy Los Feliz neighborhood last Sunday when he was approached by a shirtless man and a tall blonde. “Hey, man, you’re making fun of my religion,” said the stranger angrily.

Roecker quickly recognized the couple as actor Bodhi Elfman and his wife, ‘Dharma and Greg’ star Jenna Elfman. Mr. Elfman’s ire was apparently drawn by Roecker’s self-made t-shirt, which had a picture of Tom Cruise on the front under the caption “Scientology is Gay!” and a ‘Stayin’-Alive’-era John Travolta on the back with the words “Very Gay!” For the record, both Cruise and Travolta have said repeatedly they are not gay.

According to Roecker, whose encounter was first reported on LA’s KROQ-FM’s Kevin and Bean Show, the invective started to fly after he made several references to Scientology theology and its reported central tenent, the story of Xenu.

Roecker says Jenna repeatedly said “What crimes have you committed?” and began screaming at Roecker, “Have you raped a baby?” as motorists on Los Feliz Boulevard drove by in snarled traffic.

Roecker says it appears that Bodhi Elfman prepared to take a swing at him, but thought against it.

Bizarrely, Roecker also says that the Elfmans had a young, twenty-something male companion with them whom they continually instructed to move away and cover his ears whenever references to Xenu were made.

Roecker says this is not the first time he has worn a t-shirt that has provoked similar reactions from fellow devotees of L. Ron Hubbard like Juliette Lewis, Lisa Marie Presley, and actor Hal Ozman, who worked on ‘Dawson’s Creek’ with none other than a certain Katie Holmes. Sources at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre say Roecker is no stranger to them. Several non-celeb parishioners have also complained about Roecker’s t-shirts.

Bodhi Elfman’s rep Jenni Weinman tells TMZ that according to Bodhi “He was out for a Sunday stroll with his wife, when some guy walks by with a t-shirt on, very prominently attacking his religion. Words were extended and Bodhi and Jenna were personally attacked for their beliefs. As they went about their business, the guy continued to try to illicit negative responses from the both of them. As they walked away he continued to scream propaganda and hate at them. Apparently he spent all Monday calling the press to promote himself.

Yikes! Elfmans, grow the hell up and get a clue on reality! Oh wait… too late, you’re Scientologists, things like reality and a clue are foreign terms.

I was going to give Jenna a good dissing in this article, because she most definitely deserves it, but it’s really not necessary. All one has to do, is quote Jenna herself, her quotes pretty much diss herself.

So here we go…a few charming quotes by Ms. Jenna Whack-a-Do Scientology Extraordinaire.

But wait, there’s more…

Looks like our little cultie Katie flew into DC to do a play at the National Mall.  Here she is dressed in high-waisted naval looking pants and a sheer navy top. (Looks a bit like a Scientology Sea Org uniform).

Is it me, or does anyone find her involvement with this ceremony upsetting?, Considering Scientology beliefs on anything to do with brain injuries, their stance on psychiatry, and ESPECIALLY the false war records of their founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Hubbard’s ”war hero” claims, have mostly been totally debunked. He greatly exaggerated his worth and rank in the military, and I am sure that any veteran would find these lies to be beyond despicable. And please feel free to go check out scans of his actual Naval records, it will make you cringe.

I find it very hypocritical for Katie and hubby Cruise to attend a ceremony in recognition for veterans when they believe the founder of their cult was such a war hero, and that brain injuries can be fixed with an e-meter.

I guess most of the public will just look at this as a WONDERFUL tribute that Katie is doing, but that’s because most people don’t realize the harm Katie and other celebrity Scientologists perpetrate by supporting and endorsing a cult.

ABC Reported:

She just took in the “American Idol” finale, and this weekend, Katie Holmes will be on hand for an equally all-American event.

Holmes is among a clutch of stars performing in tonight’s 20th anniversary National Memorial Day Concert broadcast from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on PBS (8 p.m. ET, check local listings). She plays the sister of an Iraq war veteran, Jose Pequeno, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in combat. Pequeno, his sister, Elizabeth, and his mother, Nellie Bagley, will be in the audience. Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna co-host.

My father is a WWII veteran. He was overseas for 42 months during which he endured malnutrition, “jungle rot”, and missed three Christmas away from home. He has suffered hearing loss and for years, as late as the 1970’s, if you woke him too suddenly or made any noise, he would jump to a complete standing position from laying down. Needless to say “don’t make any noise around Daddy” was an understood rule in our household growing up.

I highly doubt that my father or ANY veteran would appreciate anyone who would lie about their war history or time in the service.
Especially someone like L. Ron Hubbard who eventually became a millionaire from bilking his “church” members out of billions of dollars and who later died a fugitive hiding from the law.

So excuse me if I find Katie’s performance in honor of our heroic veterans extremely disturbing. I also doubt that if the public REALLY knew just how much Katie and Cruise (especially Tom) revered Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, that they would appreciate  Katie’s participation in this ceremony.

To all the REAL veterans out there both with us and for those who have passed, we deeply thank you for your dedication and service, and our hearts are with you and you families.

Blessings to you and yours on this Memorial Day.

Kirstie was recently on Oprah. You know how much Oprah loves her Scientology cult friends. From Tomcat to Travolta and Kelly Preston to her larger-than-life pal Kirstie.

The main topic of the show was Kirstie’s 83-pound weight gain, which of course she whined about and successfully made a total ass out of herself. 

Kirstie has been struggling with her weight for years. Even when she appeared on Oprah post Jenny Craig wearing a bathing suit and claiming to be down to 140 pounds a while back, I think she was kidding herself. I know she had lost weight, but this picture shows Kirstie showing off some pretty thunderous CRL’s (charging rhino legs).

I used an acronym, because you know how much Scientology loves to use them in their “Sci speak”.

As you may or may not know, Kirstie is a HUGE supporter (don’t mean that literally, although it certainly applies) of the Cult of Scientology. She is the receiver of the Diamond Meritorious Award, which basically means she gave a butt load of money — FIVE MILLION to be exact — to the cult and in return, she received some phony ass award which consists of a crappy cheap statue and some back slaps.

Members “donate” cash so they can contribute to the cult’s mission of ”clearing the planet” and obliterating psychiatry. Although nobody has ever seen any evidence of this ”plan” actually working. Apparently, that tiny little fact doesn’t bother celebrities and other cult members, who still dig deep in their pockets for the cause. I don’t get it. Whatever happened to the ol’ cliche “Seeing is Believing”?

Just for fun, let’s see what some of the other celebrity cult followers have donated in the past….

• Nancy Cartwright, 50, Patron Laureate Award: $10 million.
• Kirstie Alley, 57, Diamond Meritorious Award: $5 million.
• John Travolta, 53, Gold Meritorious Award: $1 million.
• Kelly Preston, 45, Gold Meritorious Award: $1 million.
• Priscilla Presley, 62, Patron Award: $50,000.

L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings of his vision to “clear the planet and obliterate psychiatry” is followed religiously by cult members. (Even though it is FAR from a religion). Especially for the fact that L. Ron Hubbard was the biggest con since the original snake oil salesmen of yore.

Many people ask why Hubbard was so against psychiatry, and that still stands true for his cult members today. Scientologists are actually holding a protest against psychiatry in San Francisco on May 16th, and I am sure the group Anonymous will be there to protest the Scientologist’s protest. Wish we were there to cover it!

The simple reason why Hubbard hated psychiatrists began as deep-seated mistrust born of his own mental illnesses, and when Hubbard set out to create a new brand of “psychotherapy” the psychiatric community saw through his junk pseudo science and called him on it. Like any paranoid megalomaniac, he set out to destroy his enemies (and competition in this case.)

In Hubbard’s own words:

“We know more about psychiatry than psychiatrists” and “We can brainwash faster than the Russians” taken from his HCO Technical Bulletins Volume 2

Hubbard also had grandiose claims of curing many ailments and illnesses. Here are some actual excerpts (borrowed from Wiki) of L. Ron Hubbard’s babblings taken from his books of data, brace yourself for the b.s.:

“The problem of psychosomatic illness is entirely embraced by Dianetics, and by Dianetic technique such illness has been eradicated entirely in every case. About 70 percent of the physician’s current roster of diseases fall in the category of psychosomatic illness.” Hubbard added, “That all illnesses are psychosomatic is, of course, absurd, for there exist, after all, life forms called germs which have survival as their goals.” [emphasisin the original.] Later in the chapter Hubbard asserted, “Bizarre aches and pains in various portions of the body are generally psychosomatic. Migraine headaches are psychosomatic and, with the others, are uniformly cured by Dianetic therapy.”

“MAYBE YOU’RE NOT SICK

“MAYBE YOU’RE JUST SUPPRESSED

“SEE US AND FIND OUT”

“Legally, this permits us to heal without engaging in healing as, in actual fact, we address no illnesses and indeed, DENY people are ill–they are only suppressed. Sickness occurs, we say, where suppression has been too great…. The legal argument is simple; we don’t believe in sickness, we do not address illness, we do not diagnose, we believe that freeing the human spirit also incidentally prevents sickness…. We do send acutely ill people to doctors. We advertise to cure no diseases! That last is legally important.”

From his writings in the History of Man:

Numerous medical cures are claimed:

• “Today, Eleanor has arthritis. She is audited… tonight she doesn’t have arthritis” (pg.7)
• “Paralysis, anxiety stomachs, arthritis and many ills and aberrations have been relieved by auditing them.” (pg.14)
• “Cancer has been eradicated by auditing out conception and mitosis.” (pg.20)

From Dianetics:

Originally published in 1950, this book (full title: Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health)  has undergone many slight changes and alterations over the years, so one edition may vary from another. Among its claims:

• “arthritis vanishes, myopia gets better, heart illness decreases, asthma disappears, stomachs function properly and the whole catalogue of illnesses goes away and stays away.” (pg.72, 1987 edition)
• “Clears do not get colds.” (pg.121, 1992 edition)

“Clears” for all of you who do not know what Scientology lingo… 
From Wikipedia (and no, it’s not squirreled tech):

Clear  is stated to be a condition in which a person is free of the unwanted influence of engrams, unwanted emotions or painful traumas which are not readily available to the awareness of present time. A person in this condition, then referred to as a “Clear”, would be a person cleared of those negative influences. Such a person is said to be “at cause over” (in control of) their “mental energy” (their thoughts), and able to think clearly even when faced with the very situation which in earlier times caused them grave difficulty.

A Clear is a being who no longer has his own reactive mind, and therefore suffers none of the ill effects the reactive mind can cause. The Clear has no engrams which, when re-stimulated, throw out the correctness of his computations by entering hidden and false data.”

Ok got that? No?  Well you’re not alone, and even to this day, taking into account Scientology was started back in the 1960s, there has been absolutely NO evidence whatsoever that a “clear” exists at all.
Hey Scientology! Scam much?

Hubbard’s own words from the books Dianetics Today and All About Radiation:

In the 1975 edition of Hubbard’s Dianetics Today, it is claimed:

• “A broken limb will heal (by X-ray evidence) in two instead of six weeks.” (pg.110)
• “I’ve seen a goiter the size of a baseball visibly shrink and disappear in the space of one-half hour right after an engram was run.” (pg. 280)
• “A girl crippled by polio was able to throw away her crutches after my first session.” (pg.353)
• “ONLY processing by Dianetics and Scientology can handle the effects of drugs fully.” (pg.481)

 All About Radiation
Hubbard’s 1957 book  introduced a vitamin supplement called “Dianazene.” Hubbard promoted it as a form of protection against radiation poisoning during the 1950s, saying that “Dianazene runs out radiation - or what appears to be radiation. It also proofs a person against radiation in some degree. It also turns on and runs out incipient cancer.”

So I think you get where I am going with this?

But wait, there’s more…

Looks like Katie, er sorry Tom, KATE has signed on to do the remake of Guillermo del Toro’s version of “Don’t Be Afraid Of  The Dark.”. Guillermo is probably best known for directing such films as the Hellboy series and the Spanish language film, Pan’s Labyrinth. I happened to catch Pan’s Labyrinth when it came out in 2006 and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The original Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark was a made for TV movie back in 1973 and starred Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, and William Demarest (Uncle Charlie from “My Three Sons”. The movie was about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with devilish creatures.  Hmm…would this movie really be so much of a stretch for Katie? I mean Tommboy is a pretty devilish creature to say the least, and I am being kind.

Everyone I have talked to who remembers the original movie, has said that it freaked them out back then and it still scares them today. It’s just one of those movies that happened to really stick with people. With today’s technology and special effects, coupled with Guillermo del Toro’s dark and quirky style, this may prove to be quite the shocker.  But we have to question whether picking Katie for this part was the right choice?

Variety sez:

Del Toro is producing with Mark Johnson and the film will be directed by del Toro protege Troy Nixey.

The film will shoot this summer in Melbourne as a “Guillermo del Toro Presentation.”

“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” is based on a 1973 ABC telepic about a young girl who moves in with her father and his girlfriend and discovers they are sharing the house with devilish creatures.

Nixey, a comicbook artist, is making his feature directing debut. Del Toro sparked to “Latchkey’s Lament,” a Nixey-directed short that captured the tone del Toro wanted for “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark.”

From the NY Post Pop Wrap:

I like Katie Holmes movies. I like Guillermo del Toro movies. I like horror movies. So it’s with a Cheshire grin that I announce Katie Holmes has just signed on to star in a Guillermo del Toro scripted horror movie.

The project is “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark,” a title that’s as counter intuitive as it is overused. But Guillermo gets a free pass on that one since the film is adapted from an ABC TV movie from 1973.

It’s unclear how true to the original this new version will skew, but in that film, a young girl moves into a new house with her father and his girlfriend. Once there, the trio discover they are sharing the house with devilish creatures who want to make the wife one of their own!

Kudos to Katie for not shying away from a script that many could see as a thinly veiled comment on her personal life. I mean, a movie about a woman who an alien race wants to brainwash? Yeah, that’s soooo not about Scientology!

I would have to agree. The movie premise does reflect some of her Scientology beliefs, the brainwashing that Scientology uses on its members and she does have an awful strange living situation. So maybe this movie part will fit her like a glove, as far as it being ironic that is.  But as far as it being a big hit?  Ehh..  maybe not so much.

For one, I don’t for see this movie being supported by any Scientology critics, which seems to be growing in numbers with fervor daily. And as ironic as the part is in its story line, I tend to think she has been type cast as first the sweet girl next door, and then as a nutty wife of a cultie. This may hurt the box office in the long run. I wonder if Guillermo or Miramax Films had taken all that into account, when he signed Katie on? It’s doubtful. Maybe he owes Tommyboy a favor? Or Tommboy will owe him a favor down the line?

I for one will not be standing in any movie line soon for this one (nor will I go to see her latest movie either) I refuse to contribute any money towards the Cult of Scientology via Katie’s paycheck. As much as I like Guillermo’s style, I will have to pass. 

Well just when I thought TV couldn’t get any more boring, TNT will be premiering another medical show come June. *Yawn*

Scientology fembot, Jada Pinkett Smith will be starring in the new series called “Hawthorne.” The thing that makes this show totally ironic, is that Jada Pinkett Smith will be playing an RN. Yes the school marm is taking time out from being school headmistress of her New Village Academy Scientology school, which we recently reported on. 

She will be donning a white coat and transforming herself into “Christina Hawthorne RN Heroine” (must say in booming movie voice). Man, don’t Jada and Will just LOVE playing these “save the world” parts?

Will was just in Hancock, I Am Legend and Seven Pounds.
Blech! Enough already!

TNT writes:

Following in the footsteps of Kyra Sedgwick in “The Closer” and Holly Hunter in “Saving Grace,” Jada Pinkett Smith (The Women, The Matrix Trilogy) is the latest actress to bring her talent to TNT’s arsenal of strong, complex female characters. In this character-driven medical drama told from the nurses’ point of view, she stars as Christina Hawthorne, the forceful-yet-caring director of nursing at Richmond Trinity Hospital. When a patient’s care is at risk, she will not hesitate to violate hospital protocol, defend her staff against egotistical doctors or firmly stand up to apathetic administrators who seem to have forgotten a hospital’s true purpose. Recently widowed, she also has to take on her equally important role as a mother to a willful, rebellious teenage daughter. Pinkett Smith heads a diverse cast that includes David Julian Hirsh (Lovebites), Michael Vartan (Alias), Christina Moore (90210) and Suleka Mathew (Men in Trees). She also serves as executive producer, along with Emmy®-winning creator John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence, Dead Like Me) and Jamie Tarses (My Boys).

Why do I find the part she plays SO ironic? Because Scientology’s beliefs include NOT taking any psyche drugs of any kind and often frown on the medical community as a whole, preferring their own “scientific methods.”  So does this mean she will not be shown administering any drugs on the show? Or will she not be present when someone is administering drugs on the show? Or is she going to teach the staff Scientology “touch assists”? If a drug addict comes in the hospital, will she can guide them to Narconon for a detox using mega doses of vitamins, oil and days in a sauna? (Scientology’s Purification Rundown and what Katie went on several times).

Or perhaps if a patient needs psychiatric care, she can send them over to the CCHR’s  Psychiatry Industry of Death Exhibit. (The CCHR is a Scientology front group whose goal is to “obliterate psychiatry”).

Instead of a defibrillator, maybe she can use an e-meter, aka “the cans”.  Scientology followers (which we at Glosslip have concluded Jada is) believe that if there is anything is wrong with them mentally or physically…not only did they “pull it in” themselves, but they can ”audit” out their problems and ill feelings on the e-meter. Then once the needle on the e-meter “floats”, they will no longer be labeled “PTS” (a potential trouble source).

Sounds kind of preposterous huh? Welcome to Scientology baby!

Bizarrely enough, that’s just a SMALL part of the overall kooky-ness of Scientology. In the interest of space and time, we won’t get into all the specifics on founder, sci-fi writer and snake-oil salesman L. Ron Hubbard, or the wacky story of body thetans clinging to Scientologist’s bodies, as told in OT III, or the sadness of their fake navy, para military sect, the  Sea Organizationand all the human rights abuses ect… that husband “I am not a Scientologist” Will and Jada support by dumping butt loads of money into.

This is just a short little article to let people know, that come June,  Hawthorne is on it’s way, and soon after, hopefully on it’s way out.

On a more serious note, to support this show, is to support Scientology. How can part of her paycheck NOT be going towards the new Scientology companion school that her and Will just announced that they are going to build in the near future? Doesn’t seem possible, does it?

Will and Jada can argue all they want these schools are not Scientology schools, but for those of us who’ve investigated the connections, we know the truth.

Suffice it to say, when you employ Scientologist teachers, have PR flack Pat Kingsley (Tom Cruise’s former PR gal) fielding all media inquiries about the school, and proudly proclaim using L. Ron Hubbard tech, it can only mean one thing: kids are being exposed to body thetan excising, Xenu-fearing, Tom Cruise lovin’, anti-psychiatry spewing, Scientology whackadoodles.

Scientology Ministries, known to its critics as the “Vulture Ministries” has “crashed” many US disaster sites. The VM’s have wormed their way into “helping” (I use the term help lightly), in many disasters world wide, and let’s not forget their presence at 9/11!

One could safely assert, no disaster is safe from the Scientology Volunteer Ministries. They show up uninvited, empty handed with the exception of L. Ron Hubbard’s Way To Happiness pamphlets. Pretty smooth eh?

Recently, the Scientology “Vultures” were in L’Aquila Italy, in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Central Italy. Disturbingly, there are 62 Scientology Orgs in Italy, and sadly Scientology has quite a strong hold in Italy. The VM’s have been in Japan, Taiwan, Australia and not too long ago, had their “Good Will” recruitment tours in Košice located in the Slovak Republic, Romania and Poland.

That’s just to name a few, if sources for recruits are drying up in the US, than one needs to take it globally.

Also noteworthy in the Scientology global spread, is a CASTLE the church purchased in Africa. That’s right a freakin’ castle! Perhaps with all the new pending lawsuits filed, and more to follow, church leader David Miscavige will be setting up his new cult refuge there? Hiding out in 3rd world countries is all the rage for cults, just ask Jim Jones. Oh wait, scratch that.

Oh! We’d be remiss to mention that yesterday, April 30th was DM’s birthday, enjoy your freedom while you still can.

Scientology spokesperson Karin Pouw says:

“Scientology Volunteer Ministers, whose help in nearly every major disaster over the past decade has earned them a reputation for their indiscriminate acts of kindness and compassion, have joined the rescue workers. They have been manning field kitchens to provide hot meals, setting up tents for the homeless and working with local emergency services to locate survivors. They also bring personal help to the survivors using technology developed by Scientology Founder, L. Ron Hubbard. No matter how hopeless the situation may seem, their motto is “something CAN be done about it.”

What Ms. Pouw neglects to mention, which Glosslip talked about in Part One , is that the meals and tents ect. are always provided by someone else’s donations. NO donations come from the Scientology Volunteer Ministries Organization. If they hand out water… someone else bought it, food handed out…someone else donated it. Even the booklets they hand out which are PRINTED by Scientology Sea Org members, were purchased by a Scientology member. I guess in Scientology’s eyes, passing out other people’s donations and hawking L. Ron Hubbard Tech and applying their pseudo-sciencey “touch assists” on disaster victims is considered “indiscriminate acts of kindness and compassion,” and the only thing these victims need.

In the aftermath of the 2005 tsunami, areas were flooded by relief organization and opportunistic religious groups seeking to take advantage of confused and traumatized for a variety of purposes. This is a perfect breeding ground for a group like Scientology. As quoted from the Guardian Uk:

One of the religious groups in Aceh is the Church of Scientology. Gregory Churilov, who is working for the Scientologists there, explained his faith offers the Acehnese “a methodology to handle loss and trauma”. But, as England observed, “in an unusual twist on the notion of bringing aid to the destitute, Churilov says his group arrived in Aceh with nothing and were given tents by the army and food by friendly locals. Unfazed that the aid flow was meant to go the other way, he used this as an example of how well accepted the Scientologists were by local people, rather than as an example of traditional manners.”

The Volunteer Ministers logo is “Something Can be Done About It“.
That “something” is pushing recruitment and fueling the Scientology PR machine. Scientology is ALL about PR.

A comment by an ex-Scientologist on the Why We Protest forum, explains what the VM Ministers actually do when they arrive at a disaster:

“VM’s go to disaster scenes as part of their recruitment campaign, and to gather points for their PR stat: “Scn doing good works promoted.”

When the VM team arrives they set up an OrgBoard (organizational chart) and the first two appointed jobs are the I/C (in charge) and the PR Rep. The PR rep has the job of getting lots of photo’s showing Scn doing a great job as well as to “ally” as many officials as possible. This is standard VM tech. They usually don’t bring the water, food, supplies. Instead, they just help pass it out. Of course, that’s in between them giving people “touch assists” and other scn hocus pocus, and letting them know that Scn can help them with their spiritual problems.”

So there you have it.

The words of an ex-Scientologist who knows first hand what Scientology’s true agenda is, and the importance of their disaster visits are to TAKE PICTURES of the VM’s passing out other people’s donations, so they can ally as many officials as possible.  

What about some concern for the disaster victims?

From the Volunteer Ministers website:

“Scientology Volunteer Ministers have provided assistance to refugee camps in Kosovo, to earthquake victims in Kobe, Japan and to survivors of the bombing in Oklahoma City. They have trained Red Cross personnel in technologies to further their relief efforts in Western China, to aid those displaced by an earthquake on Russia’s Sakhalin Island and to assist victims of Hurricane Andrew which devastated parts of Florida.

“The first to take advantage of the Volunteer Ministers disaster relief training program was the local Red Cross, whose staff and volunteers attended seminars on communication and ethics. The Red Cross personnel also learned to deliver Scientology assists—simple techniques developed by L. Ron Hubbard that handle the spiritual component in trauma.”

The Red Cross? Really? That’s Interesting. The Red Cross has denied that they “team up” with Scientology in any capacity.

Here’s an interesting email from the Red Cross in response to someone’s inquiry on the legitimacy of Scientology’s claims of a “formalized national relationship”:

“The American Red Cross does not have a formalized national relationship with the Church of Scientology. Additionally, I contacted Doug Wallace, Director, Disaster Services, St Louis, who stated the Church of Scientology did assist St. Louis in the 1995 floods, but they were not Red Cross volunteers. It is often difficult to request that organizations eliminate Red Cross references on their web sites. Their statement regarding Red Cross relationship is relatively generic; although the photo alludes to a more specific Red Cross relationship. I suspect the photo opportunity presented itself when someone was simply standing in front of the Red Cross sign. I have forwarded your email to information services and to our General Counsel for their perusal. We will continue to monitor the web site for other Red Cross references.Thank you for your email and your concern regarding American Red Cross Disaster Relief efforts.”

Well that’s pretty cut and dry. Even the Red Cross realizes some shady groups will take advantage of tragedies to align themselves with legitimate charitable organizations to improve their own public image, and there is precious little the Red Cross or any other group genuinely helping people can do about it.

Scientology Ministries recently has been putting their focus on third world countries. You may ask why would Scientology branch out to impoverished third world countries who haven’t the income to climb the many levels of their “Bridge To Total Freedom?” *ahem*

The answer? FRESH MEAT. A term which Scientology uses for new recruits. People who can’t afford to take the exorbitantly priced “spiritual courses, can always join their Sea Organization — an all volunteer paramilitary group. And what are the “perks” for joining the Sea Org, besides labor law violations and many documented many human rights abuses? You can take the Scientology courses and auditing for “free”. Well, it’s free unless you leave, at which point you are promptly presented a bill for all those “free courses” not to mention disconnection from love ones still in the cult.

Now is that a deal or what?

These foreign recruits may work in their own country, or they are enticed by Scientology’s promise of a better life in the US. Of course upon arrival the new recruit’s passports are confiscated and held by Scientology, and most are greatly disappointed once they find out what being in the Sea Org  is all about. But how does Scientology transport newbies LEGALLY into the US to and from other countries? Well of course the Religious Worker Visa! Ta-Dah!

Scientology is crafty, we’ll give ‘em that!

Ex-Scientologist, known as Twin A, said this about how Scientology gets around the rules:

“I went to other countries numerous times to do video shooting for Scientology propaganda videos. England, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Venezuela, all the Caribbean Islands, Mexico. I was told to say I was on “vacation”,when I wasn’t. I was working. It was ingrained in my head, at an early age, by other Church of Scientology staff, that it was completely OK to do things that were illegal and to lie to officials about it, because it was for the “greater good.”

That’s how Scientology gets away with paying their Sea Org members WAY below minimum wage, often for double the number of hours most people work. And not only is it ok to lie to officials, but it’s encouraged by higher ups in the organization. Who’s going to argue with the “most ethical people on the planet?”

So, who can apply for a religious worker visa?

“Religious worker visas are available to people coming to work for a religious organization in the United States as a minister, in a religious professional capacity, or in a religious vocation or occupation. “Ministers” are individuals authorized by a recognized religious denomination to conduct religious worship and perform other duties normally performed by the clergy. “Professional capacity” means that the position the individual will be working in requires at least a bachelor’s degree. A “religious occupation” is any activity which relates to a traditional religious function. Persons in a religious occupation include liturgical workers, religious instructors, missionaries, religious counselors, workers in religious hospitals or health facilities, cantors, catechists, or religious broadcasters, but not janitors, clerks, or persons involved solely in the solicitation of donations. A “religious vocation” is a calling to religious life evidenced by the demonstration of a commitment practiced in the religious denomination, such as the taking of vows.”

Visas and passports however, run out and expire…

So what to do? From exscientology.com :

“Scientology has been known to change members names and “move” them elsewhere. So although passport and visa fraud are federal felonies, with penalties of 10 years (for a first offense if not tied to terrorism or drug trafficking), 15 years for fraud with other criminal links, 20 years for fraud related to drug trafficking and so on, so far,Scientology has remained under the radar.”

The Volunteer Ministries has also reached the far corners of India. One man, who is called “Father Hope” by the orphans in the slums of Kolkota (formally called Calcutta) is Mohammad Khalil Ullah.

Mohammad is a Scientologist.

Back in 2006, Mohammad attended the Scientology Volunteer Ministers World Tour, where he learned the technique of Scientology’s “Touch Assist” and was intrigued by the Hubbard tech and now heads Scientology Ministers. Mohammad is currently working on a project to build an orphanage outside Kolkata.  He has also opened up four “Scientology Free” schools for the orphans in the slums of Kolkata. These quickly assembled ”make shift” schools, are are no more than woven bamboo walls without doors or windows, dirt floors, and a tarp on the roof that displays a big “Scientology Free School” sign.

Mohammad supposedly also supplies meals, some health care, and medicine to the children supposedly, but OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET, not from the vast and rich coffers Scientology has amassed over the years.

In Part 3 in the series, we will delve more into how Scientology is taking advantage of these poor and uninformed children of India through Mohammad’s Educating Children International program. You will also meet Erin and Nick Banks. Two Scientology ministers who flew to India from the US to help Mohammad build an orphanage and who were behind the Slums to Schools website/blog.

 

Holy Smoke! It looks like Tom is none too happy about Katie taking up the “filthy habit” of smoking again. This is the one time I have to agree with the cultie. OMG, did I just say that? Has hell frozen over?

Here’s the poop reported by Perthnow:

The Valkyrie actor is said to have been furious after discovering Holmes – with who he has a two-year-old daughter, Suri – had taken up the deadly habit again and is now trying to force her into giving up cigarettes.

A source said: “Tom leads a very disciplined life and happily encourages Katie to follow Scientology and purification detoxes.

“He is livid she’s started smoking again and is doing everything he can to put pressure on her to quit what he calls a filthy habit.”

This is not the first time Cruise, 46, has tried to influence his 30-year-old wife’s behaviour.

It was recently claimed the Thank You For Smoking actress underwent a ‘Scientology Sparkle’ makeover after her gaunt and unkempt appearance caused concern among leaders of the bizarre sci-fi cult she and Tom follow.

A source said: “The makeover was Tom and Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s idea. After Katie followed the Purification Rundown - an extreme detox where she had high doses of vitamins and spent five hours a day in a sauna - doctors and homeopaths were called in to maintain her looks and ensure her skin would not break out, a process dubbed the ‘Scientology Sparkle’.”

As part of the beautifying process, Holmes enjoyed two days of pampering at the Tokyo Ritz Carlton spa, including hot volcanic stone massages, a rejuvenating facial and manicures and pedicures.

Scientology sparkle? What the hell kind of magically delicious nonsense is that? More likely, the “purification rundown” caused untold horrors to Katie’s body causing her to look like death warmed over and the “scientology sparkle” is some kind of code for emergency makeover when one of their subjects is on death’s door. These people are NUTS!

Oh yeah, in other more Cruise related news, a Top Gun star finally comes out! NO not Cruise, he’s still cowering in the back of the closet, but not his on-screen love interest, Kelly McGillis, who has confirmed she is a lesbian.

Of course, kissing Tom Cruise and being forced to hear him butcher the Righteous Brothers might push anyone to the other team.

Here’s more on Kelly’s decision to come out as a lesbian from Fox News:

Tom Cruise’s girlfriend in the 1980s hit “Top Gun” confirmed in an interview the longstanding rumor that she’s gay. Kelly told Internet show Girl Rock!’s Jennifer Corday that she was single, and in the market for a female partner.

“Definitely a woman,” she said when asked if she’s looking for a man or a woman. “I’m done with the man thing. You need to move on in life.”

McGillis, 51, has been married and divorced twice, and has two daughters with her second husband, Fred Tillman.

The actress said coming out as a lesbian was “an ongoing process from the time I was probably 12.”

She added that “I had a lot of things happen that convinced me that God was punishing me because I was gay.” McGillis was attacked and raped in her apartment in 1982 when she was a young actress working in New York.

I am glad to see that she has healed and come to terms with her sexuality and brave enough to share it with the world. Kudos Kelly!

Alterna-rock legend Beck perfomed a benefit concert at the Echo in LA last month. The Echo has been described as a 300 seat hole in the wall on Sunset Blvd just west of downtown Los Angeles. Beck, a bit of an eccentric, has done many “secret” concerts there in the past.

One of his SCHEDULED shows last June ‘08 was cancelled abruptly with no explanation, with fans paying upwards of $300
for scalped tickets. Then, without explanation again, Beck appeared unannounced the following week at a “super secret” show with a new album, and a new band, much to the disappointment of fans who were there for him the week before.

So we have a bit of history of secretiveness with Beck’s performance, but last month’s was the icing on the Xenu-cake.

The March 11th show at the Echo was advertised as a “benefit” concert with tickets going for $35.00 a pop and the net proceeds were to benefit a “charity” called Educating Children International

At least according to the concert flyer (which can be seen above.)

Almost immediately there were raised eyebrows as to where the proceeds were going and who or what exactly was Educating Children International?

LA Weekly’s Randall Roberts suspected that Beck’s last concert may have had a connection with Scientology, seeing as Beck is well-known celeb Scientologist. Connection is putting it mildy!

Roberts writes:

“Beck is indicating that his performance tonight is a benefit for some sort of educational non-profit, but provides a dead end domain name as the organization to which he will be donating the proceeds. Shouldn’t we know where that $35 is going?”

In follow up on the same day Randall posts:

“An astute reader has just sent us a link to this Scientology page, which seems to add further evidence to the assertion that the non-profit organization to be the beneficiary of the $35 cover to tonight’s Beck show at the Echo, Educating Children International, is indeed affiliated with the Church of Scientology.”

Just one visit to the Educating Children website shows a picture of one of the Scientology” free schools”.

The sign on the roof reads West Bengal SCIENTOLOGY Free School, too bad it didn’t mean Scientology-free school (badump-bump)!

LA Weekly adds:

“And, for the record, there was no prosthelytizing of any sort at last night’s show, according to someone who was there. Nor was there any info booth or anything indicating the show was affiliated with any sort of non-profit.”

Of course Scientology didn’t offer to put an info booth or show there was any affiliation with Scientology, they may be evil and corrupt, but they aren’t completely stupid. If they’d shown up with their little yellow circus tents and “touchy-feeling” followers, fans would have been in an uproar and demanding refunds. Besides, Scientology already had the fan’s money when they bought the tickets. That’s how they roll.

Not long ago, Glosslip did a story on Scientology Ministries, where we mentioned that Scientology was reaching out to third world countries. One of those countries is India. The program? You guessed it, Educating Children International. And the people volunteering? Scientology Ministries. What a cowinky-dink!

The man spearheading this program is Mohommad Khalilullah. (We will tell you all about Mohommad and two featured volunteers in India in our part 2 of the story coming soon.)

Beck’s official website, does not mention or list the past concert at the Echo or any Scientology affiliation. Beck is however, re-releasing one of his past albums.

Our theory is Beck’s music career has suffered lately due to his affiliations with Scientology and he is now being forced to re-release old material in an effort to make some money. After all, as a high-profile Scientologist, he is commissioned with KSW (Keep Scientology Working - Tom Cruise explains here) and you can’t do that when your new stuff doesn’t sell.

lt’s no secret many established artists are having a tough time selling their music in this economy, the music industry has been foundering for some time now, but one has to wonder if all this added negative attention Scientology’s been getting (thanks Tom Cruise, Anonymous) is starting to spill over to all its “celeb” members?

In doing research on this story, we came across some interesting Scientology connections in Beck’s music. Some song titles from Becks collection are “The Golden Age,” “E-Pro” and “Gamma Ray”.

So what we’re wondering is…could E-Pro be short for E-meter pro? And perhaps Golden Age refers to L. Ron Hubbard’s “Golden Age” Book series that were recently published? And Gamma Ray? well, that’s self explanatory! These titles seem very “SCI-entific”!

Perhaps even more telling are Beck’s song titles from his “Modern Guilt” Album. Which are ” Modern Guilt” , “Orphans”, “Nausea”, and “Volcano”.

Hey Beck! Scientology much?

Re-releasing old material to your fans is one thing, but not divulging the TRUTH about a “charity” is an outrage!

Fans now have to worry whether their concert ticket dollars are going to an organization which employs slave labor, forced abortions and has been waging a war on psychiatry for years.

People, do your homework before you purchase a ticket for a “benefit ” event involving any Scientology artists, or you may be just buying David Miscavige a new swimming pool.

(posted by Queen, edited by D)

[Editor's note: Just to show how fair and balanced we are, I would like to point out that I LOVE Beck's music, I think the man is very talented and part of my drive to expose Scientology as the fraud it is comes from wanting to help people like Beck, who is clearly brainwashed. A world without Beck's music would be a bit less interesting and enriched, but that doesn't excuse his ignorance towards this bogus cult. So with that in mind, here's fav of mine (original video here):]

Alleged Child Toucher, Ben Kasle

Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard was once quoted as saying Scientologists “are the most ethical people on the planet.”

Well, that’s a crock.

Looks like Scientology’s “touch assists” mean something else to 21 year old Ben Kasle. It has been reported that he has been charged with two counts of “gross sexual imposition” based on reports alleging the Scientologist had sex with girl who is now 14, which means she was ONLY 13 when the abuse started. Now that’s what I’d call ethical.

For clarification purposes, the legal definition of gross sexual imposition, can be found here.

Ben Kasle, who grew up with Scientology parents, is said to be married to a woman named Angelina, but clearly this didn’t prevent him from sexually abusing a 13-year old girl. Here’s more from a WCPO report:

A man was arrested today accused of having sex with a teenager at the Church of Scientology in Downtown Cincinnati.

Twenty-one-year-old Ben Kasle is charged with two counts of gross sexual imposition.

Investigators say he had sex with the girl who is now 14-years-old.

Police records indicate the alleged offenses happened at the church on Fourth Street between October 2007 and September 2008.

An attorney representing the church says the church is aware of the investigation and is cooperating with police, however, the church has no comment since the investigation is ongoing.

He is due in court on May 6th.

“The church has no comment”. Well there’s a surprise.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first case of a Scientologist accused of such behavior. Ex-Scientology member Tommy Gorman’s wife Jennifer was raped by the number one top supervisor at their Golden Age of Tech, 11 year staff member, Gabriel Williams. Gorman states:

“Gabriel Williams went to jail for about 1 year and we were really disappointed because the DA convinced her to accept a plea bargain because Gabriel plead guilty to two felonies. Jennifer was told that Gabriel would go to prison for sure. He never admitted to rape but pleaded guilty to sexual battery and sodomy.”

You can read Tommy Gorman’s full account of his wife’s attack and his experiences dealing with the Scientology in the wake of this horrifying event, including ongoing harassment of Gorman and his family.

Another disturbing sexual abuse story involving a Scientologist happened back in January 2008. Broadway actor James Barbour was accused of having criminal sexual contact with a high school student who was an aspiring actress when she attended a performance of “Jane Eyre” in June 2001. Here are few snippets from the NYTimes report on the case:

Under the negotiated deal, Mr. Barbour, 41, pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors, in exchange for a promise that he would be sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years’ probation.

“Barbor told the judge that he had oral sex with the girl in his apartment the next month. She did not come forward with her account for several years.

And he has to get permission from the court or his probation officer to participate in shows employing child actors or to give backstage tours to children. He must also attend sex-offender treatment and cannot visit playgrounds, arcades, amusement parks, school grounds or Internet chat rooms frequented by children without permission from his probation officer.

In a signed statement to the police in April 2006, Mr. Barbour said that he was just acting as a mentor to the girl, that he had done no more than touch her knees and kiss her and that he thought that she was 16.

But in court on Thursday when asked by Justice Scherer, “Were you aware of her exact age?” Mr. Barbour replied, “Yes.”

“What was that age?” Justice Scherer pressed.

“Fifteen,” he replied.”

Wait…what? He was “just acting like a mentor to the girl”. Apparently, in a touchy~feely, creepy, and quite illegal sort of way.

The cases I just mentioned are mere slaps on the wrists! These men got away with scarring a child’s life forever which is just despicable!

Major thanks to the folks at WWP, who were able to dig up Ben Kasle’s Scientology completions (as well as some interesting pics and docs *hint,hint*), please pay special attention to the first two courses on his list, we’re sure they served him well!

Based on the information we have, it seems Ben was, or is, a Scientology Minister. Oh, and of course there’s the wife Angelina, who is from Russia. Glad they caught him now before he was able to harm anymore little girls.

Ben Kasle’s Scientology Course Completions:
HOW TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS COURSE - Freewinds 42 2001-03-01
PERSONAL VALUES & INTEGRITY COURSE - Freewinds 42 2001-03-
ABILITY CONGRESS COURSE
COMMAND OF THETA COURSE
THE NEW HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL TR COURSE
HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL UPPER INDOC TR COURSE
HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL COURSE SUPERVISOR COURSE
HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL WORD CLEARER COURSE
HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL WORD CLEARER INTERNSHIP
PTS/SP SPECIALIST COURSE
SCIENTOLOGY ACADEMY LEVEL 0
SCIENTOLOGY ACADEMY LEVEL I
HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL COURSE SUPERVISOR INTERNSHIP
HUBBARD PROFESSIONAL COURSE SUPERVISOR INTERNSHIP
SCIENTOLOGY ACADEMY LEVEL II
SCIENTOLOGY ACADEMY LEVEL III
SCIENTOLOGY ACADEMY LEVEL IV
KEEPING SCIENTOLOGY WORKING COURSE

I DO know that this current arrest is yet another foot bullet and huge “PR flap” (as Scientology calls it) for the cult, who in the past year, has been accused by so many ex-members of crimes and human rights abuses. Truly if you are able to let all the documented cases of abuse and violations perpetrated by one organization which “claims” to be a religion sink into your brain, it’d be enough to make your head spin.

Ex-members are speaking out and filing lawsuits, people are writing books and Scientologists are leaving in droves. As we reported here, ex-Scientologists Marc Headley is coming out with his book, Blown For Good which details his eye-witness accounts of major abuses as a 15-year member of the Sea Organization, including violent attacks at the hands of church leader, David Miscavige (who’s also Tom Cruise’s best friend).

There’s also a fantastic book out now by John Duignan, called “The Complex” whom we also interviewed for our Glosslip Radio show. You can listen to Marc Headley’s interview here and John Duignan interviews here.

Another major blow to Scientology’s increasingly tainted reputation was an expose done by Nathan Baca of KESQ TV. Baca presented some very damaging news reports on Scientology’s Golden Era Productions compound( aka Gold Base in Gilman Hot Springs/Hemet, California.)

Nathan’s bravery and excellent reporting was instrumental in cult’s spokesperson Tommy Davis admitting the story of Intergalatic Warlord Xenu in OT III, which is one of the levels on Scientology’s Bridge to Total Freedom which we like to call: the Bridge To Nowhere.

Baca’s ground-breaking reports have helped to further unravel more of Scientology’s enigmatic back story, as well as, insight into the abuses which have alleged to occur at the secretive, highly guarded desert compound.

The group Anonymous continues to protest and and chip away at Scientology with monthly protests and “flash raids” WORLD WIDE. They are a thorn in Scientology’s side, and it hurts so good!

Perhaps the most baffling part in this bizarre vortex of secrets and abuses committed by this cult, is our government’s complete lack of interest in shutting them down. In Europe, many countries, including Germany and France, have attempted to ban the group, which many foreign officials deem as a fascistic and elaborate ponzi scheme. Their efforts to do so have been hampered in part, due to our own government’s meddling (claiming religious persecution, as IF) and of course, famous members of the cult like Tom Cruise and John Travolta pressuring the powers that be to stay out of their “church” business.

It has become obvious to us here at Glosslip, the final unraveling of the Scientology will have to come from ex-members and the general public’s continued pressure and exposure, as the authorities have proven themselves to be either useless, or in cahoots with Scientology officials.

We encourage all victims of Scientology to step forward and report the abuses to law enforcement, only this continued pressure will bring about change. So many fear leaving the church out of concern to their family members and loved ones still trapped inside. But like so many corrupt organizations throughout history, the only way to stop the abuse is to be brave enough to speak out. If you or someone you love needs support in leaving Scientology, please call this toll-free number for help 1-866-XSEAORG.

There are those who understand and can help you be free. To read actual stories from ex-members go to www.exscientologykids.com

(posted by Queen, edited by D)

Bye Bye Mommy, I’m Off To Scientology School

Well, just when I thought I have had my fill on how despicable Tom Cruise can be, he up and announces his youngest child, Suri (who turns 3 on April 18) will be attending a Scientology school.

Bye bye Suri!

Not just ANY Scientology school mind you, but the school of Will “I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions. And I respect all people and all paths” Smith and wife Jada “The Schoolmaster’s” school of course.

Yes, it’s true, Suri will be attending the New Village Academy School in Calabasas California and learning her ABC’s Scientology style.

More like ARC’s, a Scientology acronym which stands for Affinity, Reality, and Communication, which is the meaning of the lower triangle in the cult’s logo.

By now, most of you know the school, the one that Will and Jada dumped a cool $1 mill of their own money into last year? The private school will offer organic meals, laptops for every student and an environment of learning based on “equity” and “respect” to create “citizens of the world.”

Wow sounds kind of fantastic right?

The school accommodates students pre-k through sixth grade.

Laptops? Hmmm I wonder if the laptops will all be installed with a “net nanny” so if students are allowed to connect to the internet, which is doubtful, their wandering eyes won’t be able to access any criticism against Scientology.

Reported by the Daily Mail UK

Tom and Katie Cruise’s doll-like daughter Suri is to be trained in Scientology after her third birthday this week.

The Cruises are sending their daughter five days a week to the Church of Scientology’s £6,000-a-year New Village Academy in Los Angeles, launched last year by Tom’s friend, fellow actor Will Smith.

It is staffed by trained Scientologists and lists ‘study technology’ as a key curricular focus.

‘The children have a lot of responsibilities from a very young age,’ says a source.

‘The school is particularly strict about nutrition, demanding a low-carb, low-sodium and low-sugar organic diet.

‘Katie is understandably a little anxious about being separated from Suri.’

I’ll bet Katie is a little anxious! How will Suri (or Katie) get along without mom carrying her all over the place? Who will Katie and Tom use in all those photo-ops to distract from them being crazy cult followers? Questions, questions and so few answers.

Sarcasm aside, I was really rallying for Katie and Suri to get out if this dang cult, but now I am losing hope. Suri’s budding critical thinking skills will be stunted thanks to the use of L. Ron Hubbard “tech” at the New Village Academy. Suri will be made a zombie even before she even has a chance of being fully potty-trained. Not right!

Katie’s parents must be slipping away more and more from their child’s life, you just can’t help but feel sorry for them. Not only have they lost their daughter, but now their precious grand-daughter. Hopefully a disconnection is not on the horizon, but as Katie gets more indoctrinated into the cult, it seems inevitable.

While sympathy goes hand in hand for those with loved one’s in entrenched in Scientology, there are nagging questions about their complicity. One has to wonder how Katie’s parents can continually look the other way as disturbing images of their ill-looking daughter pop up all over the web and in magazines. Reports state Katie has been following a dangerous Scientology diet called the ‘purification rundown” which consists of high doses of vitamins and sauna treatments. How could her parents not step in to help? This is a sign that something is really wrong here.

And now, the life-long devout Catholics are going to allow their grandchild to attend a Scientology and say nothing?

No one really knows how much time they are given to visit with Suri. Considering the very rare sightings of Katie with her family, my guess is not too often. In fact, we haven’t seen Katie’s parents since her and Tom’s wedding over two years ago. *sigh*

So back to that Scientology school….

But wait, there’s more…