New Details On Scientology's Link In Norwegian Student Kaja Ballo's Death
Wikinews.org has some additional details into the suicide of Norwegian student Kaja Bordevich Ballo's death. Kaja's father was a high level member of the Norwegian parliament and the family is still grieving the loss of their young daughter, but they come forward with details linking their daughter's death to negative and damning results from a Scientology administered personality test Kaja took the day of her suicide.
With language as a barrier, most news sites reporting on this story were unclear as to the cause of Kaja's death, but Wikinews.org seems to have some additional details as to what happened to Ms. Ballo.
The story begins on March 28, 2008 when Kaja took the Scientology personality test. Keja was a student at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis located in Nice, France. A few hours later she reportedly killed herself by jumping from the window of her dormitory. Her friends and roommates claim she was in good spirits and showed no signs of a mental break down or depression prior to taking the test."The information about the Scientology test has been made public through the priest's speech at the memorial service. I can confirm that. Due to the recency of her death, I don't wish to elaborate on or comment on other matters now," said Olav in a statement to the press.
The Church, which is located only meters from Kaja's dormitory, states that the results had shown Kaja was "depressed, irresponsible, hyper-critical and lacking in harmony." They also state that it is "unfair to blame Scientology" for Kaja's death and that the test had nothing to do with it. Kaja left behind a note telling her family she was sorry for not "being good for anything."
The incident has generated criticism against the Church from friends, family members and politicians. Inga Marte Thorkildsen one of the members of Norway's Parliament, states that "everything points to Scientology having played a direct role in making Kaja choose to take her own life."
The Church has since removed the test from its Norwegian website.
Ms. Ballo jumped to her death and left behind a suicide note for her family which indicated she felt worthless and of no use, and to corroborate this poor girl's depressed mental state, the Church of Scientology "assisted," with a personality run-down stating she was "depressed, irresponsible, hyper-critical and lacking in harmony." There were likely more gems of "wisdom" in that so-called profile.
Unfortunately, this is NOT the first case of suicide linked to Scientology. I know of one. The father of this lovely, brave woman.
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