Case against Scientologists partly due to woman's Christian duty
Irish Times, 2003-01-15
A woman agreed at the High Court yesterday that she was pursuing
a legal action for damages against the Church of Scientology partly
because she felt it was her Christian duty.
She would have taken the case even if she was a Muslim, Ms Mary
Johnston added. Her action resumed yesterday having being
adjourned before Christmas.
Ms Johnston (40), who operates a sports equipment centre at
Westwood, Foxrock, Dublin, is suing the Church of Scientology
mission of Dublin and three of its members - Mr John Keane, Mr
Tom Cunningham and Mr Gerard Ryan. She is seeking damages for
alleged conspiracy, misrepresentation and breach of constitutional
rights. In continuing cross-examination of Ms Johnston yesterday,
Mr Michael Collins SC, for the defendants, suggested to the
plaintiff that she considered it part of her Christian duty
to pursue proceedings against the Church of Scientology.
Ms Johnston replied: "I suppose I do ultimately."
She added that she believed in the remit of Christ and, if
there was wrong, to expose it to the light.
However, her main reason for taking the action was because the
things perpetrated against her had damaged her. She would have
done so even if she was a Muslim and not because she was a Christian.
[Note: The
Scientology®
organization has at best estimate approximately
45,000 to 50,000 followers world wide -- contrary to the 8 million figure
that the organization has been claiming for the past few years or so.
While that number continues to drop (thanks in part to the Internet) few
of the remaining followers are even aware of the unending series of police
raids, indictments, and prison terms their leaders and fellow cultists are
subjected to routinely. Few are allowed to know about their organization's
criminal history, or its current racketeering activities. Even fewer of
the cult's remaining followers are privy to their messiah's written
policies which dictates the criminal behavior that keeps getting their
organization raided (see Xenu.NET for
suitable references of Scientology policy) Scientology management
is the problem, not the thousands of honest believers who are good,
honest citizens; themselves victims of Scientology - flr]
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