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Published on Monday 17th March 2008
Daniella Gibbs, 22, used to work in the Ebrington Street office, but left and joined the protesters.
She said she had got involved when she was 18 for a year because she believed she would get training as a counsellor.
She said she left after her working hours were extended to 86 hours a week, and she was encouraged to recruit new members.
Source: The Herald (Plymouth)
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Published on Wednesday 13th February 2008
Protesters have rallied outside the Church of Scientology in Plymouth city centre to campaign against the cult’s presence in the city.
A dozen protesters, with masked faces, gathered outside the church in Ebrington Street on Sunday.
Scientology, practised by celebrities including Tom Cruise, has been the subject of much criticism in the UK over the past few years.
Now a protest group, called Anonymous, is campaigning against its presence in the city.
Speaking outside the church, one protester said: “We are not here to protest against anyone’s beliefs, just the practices of Scientology. We believe they work like a cult, preying on the weak and separating people from their families.”
Source: The Herald (Plymouth)
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Published on Sunday 10th February 2008
Dressed in black, sporting masks and handing out leaflets on a sunny Sunday morning, more than 30 people stand on an Edinburgh pavement protesting against the Church of Scientology in Scotland.
John is among them, a 29-year-old from Edinburgh who lifts up his grinning Guy Fawkes mask so he can explain why he’s standing with complete strangers on the city’s South Bridge with a flyer urging Scots not to “let a UFO cult take us back to the Middle Ages”.
Source: The Scotsman
