Scientology ‘offended’ by Adelaide tax evasion accusation

Registering a charity in SA and running the entire UK operation as a subsidiary of that antipodean shell is par for the course for Scientology; it hardly tips the scales on my incredulometer. Any offense that Scientology says they feel is entirely manufactured outrage, for they have done far worse things than that.

For example, take a look at Operation Clambake’s report on the tale of Larry Wollersheim who fought Scientology in court for 22 years before getting his money:

“Wollersheim was granted an award of $30 million by the jury that heard his case; this award was reduced, on appeal, to $2.5 million. Nevertheless, Scientology not only repeatedly refused to pay, continually appealing the case; it also filed suits against Wollersheim, in attempts to either force him to a settlement or drop his case against CoS entirely.”

And that’s not all, the CoS also moved all the money out of the entity which Wollersheim sued to avoid paying:

“After the judgement was upheld numerous times in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, the Church of Scientology retreated into its corporate structure, transferring all assets from its former “mother church,” the Church of Scientology of California, to a new body, the Church of Scientology International, in an attempt to evade the judgement against CSC.”

See http://www.xenu.net/archive/events/wollersheim/

Wolly got his money, finally, but it took 22 years and untold amounts of stress and effort to get that. I applaud Wolly’s persistence and decry the disgusting organisation which lied and cheated so many times.