Address by Lawrence Wollersheim Pete Griffiths 2015-07-06 | Lawrence Wollersheim speaks about FACTNet and Scientology.
Scientology coming to Cork on PJ Coogans Opinion Line on 96FM Pete Griffiths 2019-07-17 | Scientology comes to Cork, Ireland for an "Unlock your Full Potential" workshop in Cork's Maldron Hotel, August 2019.https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Former-Scientologist-warns-that-the-controversial-religion-is-creeping-into-Cork-bece840a-e24a-44c8-9e15-d4f57c6d8c06-dsFrom PJ Coogan's Opinion Line on 96FM
Scientology on Joe Duffys Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1, 29/01/2019 Pete Griffiths 2019-01-29 | The Church of Scientology in Firhouse is hosting dance competitions, bingo nights and magic shows. Some listeners don't want to attend for fear that they'll be exposed to the cult.
RTÉ Prime Time - Scientology - The Return Pete Griffiths 2018-12-18 | From the RTÉ Prime Time blog, by Rita O'Reilly: Scientology has tried to make it big in Ireland before, but now it’s back with a multi-million euro investment in three new facilities – one around the corner from Government Buildings in Dublin’s Merrion Square, another in the suburb of Firhouse, and a third, through its affiliated Narconon group, in Ballivor, County Meath.It’s an expensive return, but it’s not been a popular one, and indeed, it’s been marked by controversy.What is it about Scientology? After all, it is tiny. Though it claims a membership of millions worldwide, the available evidence suggests tens of thousands. Here in Ireland, in the last census, just 87 people said they were Scientologists. The comparator often used is, ‘Well, how many people claim to be Jedi knights?’, and in Ireland’s census, there were 2,000.Yet, its tiny membership has not deterred Scientology. It has said its investment has been funded by donors abroad. Its return is a big effort – aside from the new facilities, its spend is on outreach, with free events, Google and mobile ads, Promoted tweets, mailshots, booklets, and leaflets through your door – all material printed at its own distribution works in Los Angeles.Why Ireland? Well, contrary to reports, we’re nothing special. Since the start of last year, Scientology has opened over a dozen new buildings worldwide.They follow a formula it keeps repeating: its leader, David Miscavige and committed members fly in to the openings, which are staged events. Videos of those launches are then shown at annual internal gala events, where donor members are dazzled with special Scientology statistics promoting its claim of rapid expansion. Scientology calls additions like Firhouse, ‘Ideal Organisations’, and it says that Mr Miscavige “personally supervises the selection of each new Ideal Org”.The weekend after its Firhouse centre opened in October 2017, Scientology launched another building in Birmingham, and the weekend after that, in Amsterdam: three weekends in a row – all staged openings, off-limits to the general public.The organisation already has a Brussels office and its European headquarters is in Copenhagen.Journalist Tony Ortega, editor of the ‘The Underground Bunker’, has reported on Scientology for over two decades. He points out: “The new Ideal Org in Dublin is not a new European centre or headquarters, it has nothing to do with Brexit and it has nothing to do with taxes. The Church of Scientology is already tax exempt in the United States, it pays no taxes; it is not looking for new tax shelters.”But its office in Merrion Square, opened in 2015, is one of only a few ‘National Affairs’ offices it has. “These are moves that reflect what David Miscavige has done in the United States”, Mr Ortega says. “Several years ago, Miscavige refurbished a building in Washington DC for a new ‘national affairs office’. It was a new sort of idea for Scientology – they then extended that to Ireland. And why Merrion Square? Well, because it means a lot to Scientologists, that location, because L Ron Hubbard himself had worked out of Merrion Square back in the 1950’s.”It was at the end of 1955, and Scientology’s creator, L Ron Hubbard was already a controversial figure. He had been refused a visa renewal to the UK, where he had a base, and he had temporarily moved to Ireland to what he called “the swankiest address in Dublin”, Merrion Square.On 17 April 1956, while he was still based there, the Director of the FBI, J Edgar Hoover, noted that in divorce proceedings, Hubbard’s second wife, Sara Northrup, had described him as “hopelessly insane”. “His recent letters have been unanswered inasmuch as he is considered obviously a mental case”, Mr Hoover wrote.At the time, (20 April 1956) L Ron Hubbard was writing to his followers that his Merrion Square office was a “British fallback point in the event of atomic attack”.His stay was short lived: he left within months. His organisation, Scientology, however, set up in Ireland from the 1980’s.Mike Garde of Dialogue Ireland has followed its arrival, decline and return since then. He says that though it is small, its impact can be devastating.“I’ve been dealing with the families of people from Malin Head to Mizen Head in this country who have been affected by this Scientology organisation”, Mike Garde says, “breakup of marriages, breakup of families – of one guy, he became addicted completely to alcohol, they tore him apart”.It is that concern and concerns like it that led to tonight’s Prime Time: ‘Scientology – The Return’.https://www.rte.ie/eile/2018/1218/1017981-scientology-the-return/
Melbourne Day Rap Battle Team Pete Griffiths 2018-07-11 | February 2012: villagevoice.com/2012/02/21/scientology-hip-hop-the-melbourne-day-rap-battle-team-updated
TV3 News on Scientologys planned Narconon centre, Ballivor, Ireland Pete Griffiths 2018-05-20 | May 11th 2018 - Residents of Ballivor have sent a clear message to Meath County Council, the HSE and Government that they will not tolerate the Church of Scientology and Narconon locating a drugs rehabilitation centre in their village.
LMFM interviews Janet Laveau about Narconons plans for Ballivor Pete Griffiths 2018-02-28 | LMFM's Michael Reade interviews Narconon spokesperson Janet Laveau with comments from Cllr Noel French and Tracy Mcelhinney
Gerry Adams questions Taoiseach about Scientologys planned Narconon centre in Ballivor Pete Griffiths 2018-01-25 | Gerry Adams: "Finally, and very briefly, local people in Ballivor, County Meath, have protested against the proposed siting of a so-called drug treatment centre run by a group called Narconon, which is closely linked to the Church of Scientology. My colleague, Deputy Peadar Tóibín, who is a local representative, has pointed out that there is no provision in legislation for the regulation or inspection of residential treatment or rehabilitation centres specialising in addiction. Will the Taoiseach tell us whether he shares the concerns that have been raised about this? Is there a way to support local people and allay their concerns?"Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: "I certainly want to join others in acknowledging the worries and legitimate concerns of people in Ballivor in County Meath at the proposed opening of a Narconon centre there. This is, nonetheless, a free country which guarantees free association to people and citizens, so I am not sure whether the Government can do anything if it has planning permission for the centre. Certainly, if people are there by free will and their own decision and they are not been detained against their will, it is difficult to know what actions the Government can take. I will certainly speak to my public representatives in the area to see whether there is a way forward."
RTÉs Claire Byrne Live on Scientology Pete Griffiths 2018-01-22 | Conor Gallagher talks about Scientology's efforts to insert itself into Irish society on Claire Byrne Live
TV3 and RTÉ News on Scientologys planned Narconon centre, Ballivor, Ireland Pete Griffiths 2018-01-17 | Residents of Ballivor have sent a clear message to Meath County Council, the HSE and Government that they will not tolerate the Church of Scientology and Narconon locating a drugs rehabilitation centre in their village.Over 140 people turned out for the protest which was spearheaded by Cllr Noel French and Claire O'Meara of the Ballivor Says No campaign.The scene of the protest was the former national school which was sold by the parish some years back.In June 2016, the former primary school in Ballivor came on the market with CBRE, with a half-built nursing home development on the site.The school building was refurbished and extended to accommodate a modern 15-bedroom nursing home, while on an adjoining 2.26-acre site, some foundations have been laid for a 41-bedroom extension. CBRE was asking €1 million for the ‘Raspberry Wood Nursing Home’ site. The agents are understood to have sold it to another agent, acting for a client.In August of 2016 it's understood the Narconon Trust applied to Meath County Council seeking a declaration that the site would be exempt from a change in planning. This was confirmed by the Council.Cllr Noel French said he was heartened by the turnout for the protest. "The people of Ballivor don't want this here. We have petitions out in shops, we need our TDs, our councillors, our senators, our ministers and our Toiseach to support this campaign."Deputy Shane Cassells said the village of Ballivor needed support and investment and not a facility from "such a shady organisation"."I've raised this issue on the floor of the Dail with the Taoiseach asking him if this is the type of facility he wants to see operating and the Taoiseach came back and said he certainly didn't want to see any medical facility operate where there were no suitably qualified people and I'll be holding the Taoiseach to his word on that so that we don't have a Narconon drugs rehabilitation centre operating in Ballivor".Claire O'Meara of Ballivor Says No group said that the village was completely unsuitable for locating such a facility and she said the campaign to see the project stopped would continue.
Scientology on Saturday with Claire Byrne on RTÉ Radio 1 Pete Griffiths 2017-12-17 | Claire Byrne and John Lahart, Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South-West, discuss Scientology.
Cathy Schenkelberg on Joe Duffys Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 Pete Griffiths 2017-12-17 | Cathy discusses the cult of Scientology with Joe Duffy.squeezemycans.com
Scientologys Irish Winter Wonderland on Joe Duffys Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 Pete Griffiths 2017-12-11 | With Cllr. Charlie O'Connor, Pete Griffiths, Amanda and Laura
Cathy Schenkelberg on TV3 (Ireland) Pete Griffiths 2017-12-10 | Cathy Schenkelberg on TV3's Elaine programmesqueezemycans.com
Pete Griffiths on Liffey Sound FM Pete Griffiths 2017-12-04 | Pete discusses the cult of Scientology with Nathan Walsh.mixcloud.com/liffeysoundfm/lucan-live-4th-december
My Cock Smells Like Christmas - The Spice Boys Pete Griffiths 2017-12-01 | The worst Xmas single ever! Music by Arthur Taylor. itunes.apple.com/us/album/my-cock-smells-like-christmas/id1186290567?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4amazon.com/Cock-Smells-Like-Christmas-Explicit/dp/B01MYZT8JQopen.spotify.com/album/6TBzFjjcU8ACgOctIcJSH6play.google.com/store/music/album/The_Spice_Boys_My_Cock_Smells_Like_Christmas?id=Bwdiqq2drmq74fvhwdovgozvuiideezer.com/album/14855303
Pete Griffiths on Dublin City FM Pete Griffiths 2017-11-30 | Pete discusses the cult of Scientology with Conor Dever.soundcloud.com/dcfm-1032/gmd-pete-griffiths-ex-scientoligist-28th-november-2017
Pete Griffiths on FM104 Pete Griffiths 2017-11-28 | Pete discusses the cult of Scientology with Keith Ward.https://www.fm104.ie/on-air/shows/fm104-phoneshow/podcasts/november-(1)/keith-talked-to-an-ex-scientologist-about-leaving/
Martin Padfield on BBC Radio 4 Pete Griffiths 2017-11-08 | Martin Padfield was a Scientologist for 28 years, after meeting a member of the group when he was just 19 years old. He joined the elite corps at the heart of Scientology, as his whole life became dominated by the teachings and strictures of the movement. But after he married, he started to question the way he and his new family were treated. He began to doubt the organisation's integrity, and embarked on a journey that forced him to confront the reality that his whole identity was defined by Scientology.Martin tells Dominic Lawson how hard it was to extricate himself from what many consider to be a powerful cult, and how tough the journey has been to rediscover an identity lost from the point in his youth when he threw himself into the unusual world of L Ron Hubbard and his disciples.In "Why I Changed My Mind", Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters.
BBC WMs Sunday Breakfast on Scientologys new Ideal Org in Birmingham Pete Griffiths 2017-10-22 | Sunday Breakfast with Llewela Bailey
Sunday Business Post Podcast on Dublins new Scientology Ideal Org Pete Griffiths 2017-10-18 | Francesca Comyn and Roisin Burke discuss Dublin's new Scientology Ideal Org. https://www.businesspost.ie/news/post-podcast-ophelia-future-cost-climate-change-governments-bid-plug-property-tax-loopholes-church-scientologys-multi-million-gameplan-dublin-400471
Newstalk on Dublins new Scientology Ideal Org Pete Griffiths 2017-10-16 | Newstalk's High Noon, October 13th and Newstalk Breakfast, October 16th
Cold, wet waters by L. Ron Hubbard (a poem) Pete Griffiths 2017-07-28 | This poem by L. Ron Hubbard is read by Pete Griffiths.
Exodus - Michael J Lloyd Pete Griffiths 2017-07-12 | Music video for Exodus by Michael J Lloyd.soundcloud.com/michael-j-lloyd-634740784
Sometimes - Michael J Lloyd Pete Griffiths 2017-06-09 | Music video for Sometimes by Michael J Lloyd.Thanks to Nils Soderholm for permission to use the footage.
Scientology front group event at Dublin City Council Pete Griffiths 2017-04-09 | Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI), a front group for the abusive "Church" of Scientology, held a "World Tour Summit" at Dublin City Council on April 8th 2017.The speakers included:Scientologist Ryan ElloryScientologist Mary ShuttleworthRabeeb MirzaScientologist Niamh King SwordsFrank AllenGlen GannonBami KuteyiEllie KisyombeElizabeth Sarumi
Dublins Sheriff Street and the Way to Happiness Pete Griffiths 2017-02-20 | http://www.sundayworld.com/news/crimedesk/scientologists-try-to-clean-up-dublin-s-notorious-sheriff-streethttps://www.eventbrite.ie/e/safeguard-and-improve-your-environment-tickets-31451693863#
Scientology on Joe Duffys Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1 Pete Griffiths 2017-02-20 | Featuring Daniel Murray, Cllr John Hearne, Rod Keller and John McGhee.
Happy R6mass 2016! Pete Griffiths 2016-12-24 | Enjoy this tale telling and choral delights for R6mass 2016!
Scientologys National Affairs Office on RTÉ Radio 1 Pete Griffiths 2016-11-11 | Today With Sean O Rourke covers Scientology's National Affairs Office of Ireland on Merrion Square (with John Duignan)
St. Michans Church, Dublin Pete Griffiths 2016-11-06 | The vaults of St. Michan's uniquely contain many mummified remains. The walls in the vaults contain limestone, which has kept the air dry, creating ideal conditions for preservation. Among the preserved remains are the 400-year-old body of a nun, a six-and-a-half foot man popularly believed to have been a crusader, a body with its feet and right hand severed, and the Sheares brothers—Henry and John—who took part in the 1798 rebellion. The various holders of the title Earl of Leitrim were also interred here.http://www.cccgroup.dublin.anglican.org/Christ_Church_Cathedral_Group/St._Michans.html
Scientologys National Affairs Office of Ireland on Today FM Pete Griffiths 2016-10-31 | The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Aingeala Flannery and Hugh Linehan discuss Scientology's National Affairs Office of Ireland on Today FM
Scientology ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Pete Griffiths 2016-10-18 | Scientology ar RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta le Rónán Mac Aodha BhuíR: Now, there's a lot of talk about the Church of Scientology at the moment - there's a new documentary film made by Louis Theroux about them, there's a ban on showing the film in Ireland; there's a new office open in Merrion Square in Dublin, which has drawn a lot of attention and talk; there's always talk about the big stars - the likes of Tom Cruise, John Travolta and people like that - who are or who were connected to Scientology. We have a man on now who knows a lot about them - Eamonn, welcome to the show.E: Thank you Ronan, how are you?R: Great, now, you don't want me to give out your surname on the show today, so I'll just call you Eamonn. You're part of the protests and demonstrations against the Church of Scientology, the Scientologists - why?E: Yeah, I started going to the protests a few years ago. I heard and I'd been reading on the internet about all of the abuses done by the Church - they intimidate critics of the Church, they separate people from their families, taking money from people - so I started going to the protests and I met people who had been part of the Church previously and they had experience of these abuses, so that's the reason.R: Can I ask you, why were you not happy to give your surname or those kind of details on the show today, to RnaG?E: Yeah, well because the Church has a history of intimidating people who criticise them in the news. I've met people who someone from the Church spoke to their employer, saying they were a bad person, that they had done things against the law. And as well as that they often sue people who criticise them, they follow people. They have a long history of doing these things, so I don't want them to have this information.R: Tell me about the Church of Scientology and their history, where do they come from - can you give us a bit of background please Eamonn?E: They started in America in the fifties. L. Ron Hubbard founded the Church. He was a science fiction writer and he came up with a pseudo-psychological system called Dianetics and he started selling this system to people. He then formed sort of a religion out of this called Scientology and more people started coming to it. There are some famous people associated with the Church now, such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, so they had a larger profile. They have an office in Ireland, they've had a Church on Abbey Street for quite a while now. I don't think there are that many members in Ireland - I think they say they have more than they do. As well as that, they've just opened a big new office on Merrion Square.R: What is there to this religion. What do they believe?E: The thing is - it's kind of part of the system. You go in and do these so-called 'personality tests' in the Church and you go in and do this test for free. They go in on the things that are wrong with you, that you're not happy with and then they sell you courses for the things that they find. The thing is, the beliefs, they don't tell them to you until you're at a higher level in the Church. The beliefs that they have are that everyone on Earth came from a different planet millennia ago and that we have souls in the bodies that we have and that there is a galactic overlord called Xenu that wants to put everyone on the wrong path. The belief system is there but they don't tell it to the public until you're at this higher level.R: But maybe we did all come from a different planet thousands of years ago...E: That's ok, if they have those beliefs, I don't have a problem with that. But the system around this, that you have to pay an awful lot of money to have your soul be free and at a higher level in the Church. There is a lot of secretism around it and the system around it isn't right at all.R: So a lot of people are part of this system. What kind of strategy do they have? How do they entice people in? You mentioned this test they do on your personality.E: Exactly, they do a personality test on you and they find out you have a problem with your family, you have a problem with money - oh, we have a course for that. Then, the first course might be free, and then they do what they call 'auditing' - you go into a room, you have to answer strange questions, they repeat things to you, it's a kind of hypnosis. Then at the end they say they have another course for you. This one might cost more money and if you don't have the money, you might have to work for them, enticing more people into the Church.R: So they find out what the problems are in your life and then they try to get a benefit for you from that.E: Yes, but the methods, they don't have any scientific basis. They're thrown together from different things - they say they're kind of an alternative to psychology - according to them, psychology is evil and only they have the right answers.[Continues]
IAS Event 2016 protest at Scientologys UK HQ, Saint Hill Pete Griffiths 2016-10-11 | Protesting the International Association of Scientologists 32nd Anniversary Event at Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, West Sussex - the "Church" of Scientology's head office in the UK.
Pete Price interviews Pete Griffiths Pete Griffiths 2016-08-26 | Ex-Scientologist Pete Griffiths discusses the cult of Scientology with Pete Price on Radio City 2's Late Night City
Cause Resurgence a la Cameron! Pete Griffiths 2016-07-14 | http://www.mikerindersblog.org/what-is-cause-resurgencehttp://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/runningprogram.html
Summer solstice sunset mid Atlantic 32,000 feet! Pete Griffiths 2016-06-22 | The setting sun on the occasion of the summer solstice 2016 from 32,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean!
Cleveland celebrates winning NBA Championship! Pete Griffiths 2016-06-20 | Cleveland goes bonkers celebrating the NBA Championship last night. I have never witnessed anything like it in my life. Totally fucking amazing! WOW!
OT IX and X released at last! SPete tries them out! Pete Griffiths 2016-06-02 | The Scientology New OT Super Duper Mach IX & X levels have been released at last! I share my wins with the world in this short video.
BBC Radio 4 covers Scientologys Ideal Orgs Pete Griffiths 2016-05-29 | Martin Padfield and Steve Cannane feature in this BBC Radio 4 review of Scientology's Ideal Orgs in the UK.
