Scientology

La polizia interviene per allontanare assembramenti di adolescenti a Londra ed Edimburgo dopo che video di simili imprese negli Stati Uniti sono diventati virali. • Centinaia di adolescenti hanno tentato di effettuare delle “speed run” negli edifici della Scientology in diverse parti del Regno Unito, come parte di un trend di TikTok iniziato a Los Angeles. • Lo 'speed running' della Scientology consiste nell'irrompere nelle chiese per vedere fin dove si riesce ad arrivare prima di essere allontanati dal personale. • La Church of Scientology ha dichiarato che l'utilizzo dei suoi spazi sacri per stunt virali costituisce “violazione di domicilio, molestie e interruzione delle attività di strutture religiose”.

Group broke through locked door in Manhattan, damaging property and injuring a staff member, church saysA group of youths forced their way into a Scientology church in New York on Saturday in the latest in a string of nationwide “speed running” incidents that have gone viral on social media in recent weeks.The group broke through a locked door to gain entry to the Church of Scientology on West 36th Street in Manhattan, throwing objects, damaging the property and injuring a staff member as worshippers and visitors attended a seminar, the church said in a statement to the Guardian. Continue reading...

Religious group ‘reviewing all available remedies’ after clips of young people rushing its buildings in ‘raids’ go viralOn any given day, Los Angeles’s Hollywood Boulevard teems with tourists and street performers clustered near the area’s many landmarks. But in recent months, the strip has been set abuzz for a new reason.Throngs of mostly adolescent boys and young men have been rushing the Church of Scientology’s international headquarters on the famed street. Continue reading...