Moving Together protests against Scientology sect in St. Petersburg
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Politics
MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Members of the Moving Together
organization have started an indefinite rally in protest of the Church
of Scientology on Vosstaniye Square in downtown St. Petersburg.
Vasily Yakemenko, the movement's leader, told Interfax on Monday
that "the organization's activists have been living in a tent at the
entrance to the sect's headquarters for the past five days. A huge
sign indicates the sect's location to city authorities and passers-by.
Several tens of thousands of citizens have already signed a request to
close the sect that will be sent to St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir
Yakovlev," Yakemenko said.
He specified that the sect's victims already include hundreds of
St. Petersburg residents. That is why the city's public has given such
strong support to the rally.
"We believe that this sect is a Satanic cult and poses a criminal
threat. We hope that the city's authorities will take all the
necessary steps to close the sect," he said, stressing that his
organization intends to continue its protest until the sect has been
fully removed.
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Moving Together protests against Scientology sect in St. Petersburg
[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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