[Ilse Hruby wrote a book in the German language, the English title of which
is "My Marriage to a Scientologist." See
Marriage on the rocks in Scientology. And don't tell anybody, but the
Korneuburg General Hospital does not have an internet connection.]
Letterhead
Dr. Martin Leitner, Attorney-at-Law
Vienna, Austria
October 11, 2000
Korneuburg General Hospital
Attn: Business Management
Subject: My client Mr. Peter Hruby and member of your staff Mrs. Ilse
Hruby-Plechl
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am entrusted with the legal representation of Mr. Peter Hruby [address].
My client is the divorced husband of Mrs. Ilse Hruby, who is employed with you
in the emergency department as OR nurse. Mrs. Ilse Hruby spends very much time
distributing incorrect statements over the internet about her past with my
client and about - my client is a Scientologist - Scientology. This has gotten
to the point where my client has to ask what kind of time and effort Mrs. Ilse
Hruby has to put into this effort.
Based on Mrs. Ilse Hruby's duty times and the date-time stamps of Mrs. Ilse
Hruby's submissions to the internet, my client has the suspicion that she may
be using your computer equipment for her internet access.
In the event this suspicion is verified, my client respectfully asks that a stop
be put these unfortunate occurrences.
Respectfully,
/signature/
This is a Scientology Press Release in response to the event described in
the news article to be found at http://cisar.org/g80722ae.htm
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Politik/Kultur/Scientology/Tirol ***ORIGINALTEXT-SERVICE***
Open Letter from Mark Janicello
I was the lead role of "Elvis: A Musical Biography," which was
presented January 1998 in the "Kongresszentrum" in Innsbruck
[Austria]. I will never forget the warmth and the prominent public reaction
which greeted me in Innsbruck.
I had planned a "Concert for Religious Freedom" for August 4, 1998 in
Innsbruck; that was supposed to take place in conjunction with the European "Run
for Religious Freedom."
Yesterday I was informed that the Innsbruck Mayor's Office did not want to grant
a permit for this open air concert because the arranger of the concert is the
Scientology Church, and an "advertisement ban" is said to have existed
in Innsbruck since 1995, of which fact Scientology was not notified at time of
application, nor have they received written notification of it.
I have had my largest success in the German-speaking section of Europe. Swiss,
Germans and Austrians are as close to me as my own countrymen. My goal with this
concert was to bring attention to ALL religious discrimination in Europe, and
especially in Germany. Scientology is my personal belief. It is not necessary
that someone share my belief. However, I and every other person should be
permitted to select their own belief without having to worry about whether they
will be discriminated against.
When the people from Innsbruck admired and applauded my presentation, nobody was
saying or even thought, "Pity, he can sing, but he is a Scientologist,
therefore we'll boycott him."
On August 4, I will come back to Innsbruck, whatever else happens. And if I may
not sing, then I will still raise my voice and say: This is not the way things
go in Innsbruck. This is not the way things go in Austria. Discrimination
based on belief does not have any place in the Tyrol. And I will remind the
Innsbruck state administration of the General Declaration of Human Rights of the
United Nations, in which it says in article 18, "EVERY person has the right
to freedom of thought, conscience and religion."
Direct Questions to: Church of Scientology Austria
Andreas Bock [telephone number given]
******ORIGINALTEXT-SERVICE UNTER VERANTWORTUNG DES AUSSENDERS*****
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Politik/Kultur/Scientology/Tirol ***ORIGINALTEXT-SERVICE***
Innsbruck prohibits Scientologist Concer for Religious Freedom
Encl.: "Elvis" Mark Janicello's Open Letter to the Public
Vienna/Innsbruck (OTS) - Yesterday, the mayor's office of Innsbruck "prohibited"
the Church of Scientology's Concert for Religious Freedom, which the
Scientologists had wanted to arrange on August 4 in Innsbruck in the course of
the "European March for Religious Freedom." The renowned artist, Mark
Janicello, lead role in the musical, "Elvis: A Muscial [sic] Biography,"
who was to have appeared at the concert, is "shocked that something like
this could happen."
In a written statement from the Innsbruck mayor's office, an alleged "advertisement
ban for the Church of Scientology Austria in Innsbruck" was alluded to,
which is supposed to have existed since 1995 and which the church was never made
aware of nor has it received a copy. When the church requested a copy of this "advertisement
ban" from the mayor's office, they were told that "at the instruction"
of the mayor's office this was not to be given out to the church.
Scientology speaker Andreas Bock is shocked about the method of process in
Innsbruck. "When we are already so far that one prohibits people from
having a concert for religious freedom, then that is shocking. One cannot shut
people of that kind out and forbid them to appear publicly with other
communities," said Bock.
Bock pointed out that in the course of the European Run for Religious Freedom,
which goes through cities as Belgium, London, France, Switzerland and Italy, and
ends August 10 with a large demonstration in Frankfurt, Innsbruck is the only
city which prohibits this type of gathering. Not even in Germany does one get
carried away to this kind of treatment. The Scientology speaker also pointed out
the fact that the Church of Scientology had arranged this gathering with the
support of other religious communities and celebrities. For instance, members
of the English House of Lords, European parliamentarians, members of UNESCO and
every mayor in which a gathering has been held have all completely supported and
also have signed a proclamation for religious tolerance. On August 4, a torch
for religious freedom is to be handed over from Italian runners to the Austrian,
who will then on August 5 hand it over to those from Germany. The run is to end
on August 10 with a large demonstration in Frankfurt, where the renowned Jewish
artist and Holocaust survivor, Perli Pelzig, is to unveil a Statue for Religious
Freedom.
The Church of Scientology Austria has announced that it will take legal steps
against this proceeding.
"When the people from Innsbruck admired and applauded my presentation,
nobody was saying or even thought, 'Pity, he can sing, but he is a
Scientologist, therefore we'll boycott him.'," said Janicello "On
August 4, I will come back to Innsbruck, whatever else happens. And if I may not
sing, then I will still raise my voice and say: This is not the way things go in
Innsbruck. This is not the way things go in Austria. Discrimination based on
belief does not have any place in the Tyrol."
Continuation: Open Letter from Mark Janicello
Direct Questions to: Church of Scientology Austria
Andreas Bock [telephone number given]
*****ORIGINALTEXT-SERVICE UNTER VERANTWORTUNG DES AUSSENDERS*****
Scientology Demonstration turns out peacefully
From: "Tiroler Tageszeitung"
August 4, 1998
About 50 Scientology adherents demonstrated yesterday in Innsbruck against
the prohibition of a concert by the city administration. They used blackboards
to demand the observance of human rights.
INNSBRUCK (er). A concert by Scientologist Elvis imitator, Marc Janicello,
was supposed to have taken place yesterday in front of the Golden Dachl in the
course of the several week long "European Run for Religious Freedom."
The city, however, had denied the event, and had referred to an advertising ban
for Scientology from 1995. Upon the denial, Scientology reported that legal
steps would be taken and announced a demonstration would take place.
A ceremony had taken place that morning as the "torch of religious freedom"
was passed from an Italian to an Austrian relay team. In the afternoon, a group
of activists greeted the runners in front of the Golden Dachl. The
demonstrators used blackboards and addresses to recall the 50th anniversary of
the "general Proclamation of Human Rights." Another board reading "The
fundamental right to the freedom of thought, conscience and religious freedom
is suppressed" was an unmistakable reference to the called off concert in
Innsbruck.
Waving banners, and with Mark Janicello in the first row - singing "Freedom,
freedom", the group first moved to city hall, where they were somewhat
drowned out by the beating drums which accompanied the Aztec dancers who were
performing there.
In the absence of the mayor, magistrate director Gerhand Loinger accepted a
proclamation of human rights and a protest letter.
Scientology speaker Angelika Thonauer presumed out loud that Mayor Herwig van
Staa must have formed his opinion about Scientology on the basis of reports out
of Germany. She beseeched him to "make up his own mind" from the
material presented there. At the close of the demonstration in old town,
Janicello gave a few songs his best shot (in spite of the prohibition).
http://www.tirol.com/tol_neu/ttonline/bezirk/ibkstadt/j44216.chtml
Ban on Advertising is Contested
July 22, 1998 16:58
Those responsible for the Scientology teachings now wish to to take legal
proceedings against the city of Innsbruck. Triggered by the denial of a permit
for a concert which was planned in front of the "Golden Dachl."
INNSBRUCK (pn.) AUSTRIA On their European March for Religious Freedom,
the adherents of the controversial Scientology teachings - they call themselves
a church - also wish to march on Innsbruck Station on August 4. A concert with
Mark Janicello was originally planned in front of the "Golden Dachl."
He played the lead role last January in the musical "Elvis: A Musical
Biography," which was performed in the "Kongress" building.
However, the city's land permit office denied the request for the concert. The
reasons given listed an advertising ban enacted in November, 1995 by the
Innsbruck City Senate. The ban was recently ratified by the City Senate on July
15. Andreas Bock, the speaker for Scientology Austria, spoke yesterday about a
sign of intolerance because the city turned down a meeting for religious
freedom. Besides that, according to Bock, Innsbruck is the only city that has
prohibited that type of meeting.
For Bock, the area in front of the Golden
Dachl represented a wish; Scientology would have also accepted an alternative
site. "But the denial generally cited the advertising ban for Scientology,"
said Bock. He further stated that Scientology will not accept the denial under
any condition, that it now is a question of constitutional rights. Legal steps
against the advertisement ban are already underway. Scientology Central in
Vienna is considering the possibility of a demonstration in the Tyrol state
capitol. If nothing else, there is the right to congregate and demonstrate.
On Wednesday, Innsbruck Mayor Herwig van Staa firmly dismissed the
Scientologists' criticism that he had prohibited the planned concert. The denial
was not a result of his instruction, but of the written instruction of the land
permit office - "resulting from the legitimate and legally binding decision
of an office of the State Capitol." Van Staa regretted that the
Scientologists were, once against, making untrue assertions. He is not a "thought
police," nor does he have anything against a concert by Janicello - but
when that concert takes place within the confines of a Scientology meeting, then
that is a whole different matter, emphasized the city's leading official.
From:
http://www.tirol.com/tol_neu/ttonline/bezirk/ibkstadt/j31592.chtml
Scientology as the *Cuckoo in the Christmas Market
[*A bird that lays its eggs in the nests of others.]
From: "Kleine Online"
Graz, Austria, Saturday,
December 12, 1998
"Gifts & handicrafts" at the Graz fair do not only include
Christmas goods this year. The Scientology movement has also settled in.
by BERND MELICHAR
Christmas "gifts & handicrafts" at the Graz Fair International:
cribs, Christmas tree decorations, Teddy bears, beeswax candles - and right in
the middle of it is booth Nr. 410: "New Era Commerce, GmbH" offers
stacks of devotional literature. The author of them is L. Ron Hubbard, Founder
of Scientology.
"New Era" is the publishing company which manages Scientology
literature. Using an innocuous sounding name is part of the strategy of the
movement. Only insiders know that "New Era" and Scientology are
identical.
Gerd Novak, fair director, did not know it, and is "anything but happy"
about the Scientologists settling in at the Christmas fair. He does not see any
chance of getting rid of the cuckoo. "The situation is certainly
problematic. As far as I'm concerned, Scientology plays a pyramid game with the
soul. But "New Era" was an officially licensed company.
In the meantime the event is already having repercussions. The Sect Counseling
Center of the Dioceses of Graz-Seckau and the "Network - Association
against Destructive Cults" have notified the Federal Center for Sect Issues
in Vienna. Business director German Müller preaches "Information and
Prevention." Müller defines the dangerousness of Scientology as
follows: "This ideology can lead to psychic dependency for the individual.
And since the courses are very expensive, it is often comes to debts which
threaten a person's existence." The movement's "craving for world
domination" is a danger for the state. "This is primarily because
Scientology has the apparatus at its disposal to transform this craving into
reality and thereby undermine democracy."
For the "Network", booth 410 is clearly an "advertisement stand
for Scientology. They intentionally cast their net out especially during the
Christmas season. Those who are lonely or searching for people are potentially
easy customers to snag." Enrico Hosak said, "Abstruse sects and
movements always manage to sell their philosophy under innocent sounding names."
Upset about
Scientology at the Christmas market. Fair Director Novak is "anything but
happy," but sees no legal way out.
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