Media Mayhem with Allison Hope Weiner
Episode 243
GOING CLEAR and the Scientology Criminal Backlash in Belgium
Scientology is on trial in Belgium as a criminal organization, with the methods of the controversial organization drawing prosecution fresh on the heels of the European release of GOING CLEAR. We look at the opposition to L. Ron Hubbard’s religion in Europe, and explore the case being made against medical treatment by Scientology, in the second part of our interview with journalist Jonny Jacobsen, on Media Mayhem hosted by Allison Hope Weiner.
Episode Breakdown
00:01 Welcoming Jonny Jacobson to Media Mayhem.
01:30 The criminal prosecution against Scientology in Belgium.
04:40 Scientology’s defense team and prior Scientology convictions.
07:10 Belgium privacy laws and L. Ron Hubbard’s hard sell documents.
11:45 Medical treatment, Narconon centers and questioning defendants.
16:59 Trial coverage.
18:33 Where to follow up on the Belgium Scientology trials.
19:47 Europe’s response to GOING CLEAR and the IRS.
26:44 Harassment and Scientology rules.
33:14 Thank you and goodbye.
Guest Bio
Jonny Jacobsen is the author of the Infinite Complacency website tracking violence and abuse in Scientology and also contributes to Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker on the same subject.. He trained as a journalist in the late 1980s with the Birmingham Post and Mail group and spent several years freelancing in Scotland before moving to Paris in 1994, where he is still based. His first investigative piece on Scientology was in 1996 as a reporter/producer with Radio France International.
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