Since December, the Church of Scientology has been working on a plan to purchase a downtown roadway in Clearwater. When the City Council gave a tentative nod in favor last month, it appeared there was no competition. But a last-minute…[Continue Reading...]
CLEARWATER, Fla. - After hours of heated debate and discussion, Clearwater City Council voted Thursday to postpone voting on the sale of a public street to the Church of Scientology for another month. The city held a public hearing on…[Continue Reading...]
The Brief The Clearwater City Council discussed the next steps in selling the Church of Scientology a city street. The Church is trying to buy a strip of South Garden Avenue between Court Street and Franklin Street that the city…[Continue Reading...]
CLEARWATER — Clearwater residents and City Council members engaged in an impassioned debate March 17 over the future of a stretch of downtown roadway. Companies tied to the Church of Scientology have purchased at least 200 properties within Clearwater’s downtown…[Continue Reading...]
Clearwater residents and City Council members engaged in an impassioned debate Monday night over the future of a parking lot. Companies tied to the Church of Scientology have purchased at least 200 properties within Clearwater’s downtown since 2017, and the…[Continue Reading...]
"They don't have any obligation to buy the street, and we don't have any obligation to sell it to them, but if they want to buy the street, the land, then I would hope that they would make some accommodations…[Continue Reading...]
Jerry Falwell Jr. looks ready to sever ties with the South Beach hostel that launched the “pool boy” sex saga, though the pending deal is tied up in a court fight. In 2013, a company set up by the former…[Continue Reading...]
Tom Cruise can breathe a sigh of relief after his luxury Clearwater, Florida, penthouse stood tall against the potentially devastating Hurricane Milton. The mega-storm, which meteorologists initially warned could reach a catastrophic Category 5, ended up sparing Cruise’s prized multimillion-dollar…[Continue Reading...]
Dive deep into true crime cases and follow the latest headlines with HuffPost’s Suspicious Circumstances newsletter. Sign up here. The mother of a Florida woman who killed herself while being treated by a Scientologist doctor is accusing him of misdiagnosing her…[Continue Reading...]
After breaking away from high-control religious groups, some UCF students formed an on-campus support group, After the Sect, for students going through similar experiences. Kassandra Faylun, junior English literature and sociology major and After the Sect co-founder, said that the…[Continue Reading...]
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