Scientology

• Politie houdt bijeenkomsten van tieners in Londen en Edinburgh tegen nadat video's van soortgelijke stunts in de VS viraal gingen • Honderden tieners hebben geprobeerd om Scientology-gebouwen in verschillende delen van het VK te “speed runnen” als onderdeel van een TikTok-trend die begon in Los Angeles. • Scientology speed running houdt in dat mensen kerken binnenstormen om te kijken hoe ver ze kunnen komen voordat ze door het personeel naar buiten worden begeleid.

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...