France Convicts The Church Of Scientology Of Fraud: PHOTO
The Church of Scientology was convicted of fraud and six of its members ordered to pay as much as $595,000 each, prosecutors in France said Tuesday. The suit was brought by two plaintiffs, who testified that the Church

French court convicts Scientology of fraud - Austin American
PARIS — A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it nearly $900,000 on Tuesday but stopped short of banning the group as the prosecution had demanded. The court convicted the Church of Scientology's French office, its library and six of its leaders of organized fraud. Investigators said the group pressured members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain and used "commercial harassment" against recruits.

-Nightline' Martin Bashir Investigates Scientology And Causes Tommy Davis To Abruptly Leave: VIDEO
Boy is the Church of Scientology taking a beating this week….. Crash director Paul Haggis made headlines on Monday, after he abandoned the controversial sect after more than 30 years over its anti-Gay Marriage stance. Now, Tommy Davis, the head of the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Center, is hitting the blogosphere for walking out of an interview with ABC Nightline correspondent Martin Bashir, because he didn't like Bashir's line of questioning. Last week, ABC ran a two-part...

Scientology Spokesman Tommy Davis: The Movieline Intervention: VIDEO
Usually, when an established international institution encounters the threat of public scandal, it rallies the Troops behind crisis PR and modest, protracted silence. Not the Church of Scientology, however, which, for all its megastar clientele proselytizers, doesn't appear to have...

Paul Haggis quits Church of Scientology over gay rights
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Paul Haggis confirms Scientology letter; Church spokesperson responds
A spokesperson for Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis ( Crash ) confirms that he is the author of an incendiary letter announcing his resignation from the Church of Scientology . Haggis wrote the lengthy letter, which was addressed to Church of Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis, back in August, according to his publicist, Ziggy Kozlowski. “Yes, it is his. It was meant to be private and it was leaked,” Kozlowski tells EW.com, adding that Haggis will not have any further comment on...

'Crash' director Paul Haggis quits Scientology
'Crash' director Paul Haggis quits Scientology over church's Gay Rights stance

Director Paul Haggis leaves Scientology
Los Angeles, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Canadian director Paul Haggis has left the Church of Scientology in a dispute over the church's support of a ban on homosexual marriages, his spokesman said. CNN said Haggis demanded the church denounce the actions of its San Diego congregation, which allegedly came out in favor of Proposition 8, a California referendum that stripped same-sex couples of the right to marry in the state. Haggis, who won two Oscars for producing and writing "Crash" and was nominated...

Paul Haggis on Scientology: 'Morally reprehensible'
Subject: Stories about Paul Haggis on Scientology: 'Morally reprehensible', From: Chicago Sun-Times Entertainment, Kansas City Star, Entertainment Weekly Movie Coverage, Los Angeles Times Movies, Frankly My Dear..., Summary: His letter, full of passion and moral outrage, resembled large portions of his film and TV work.

Director Paul Haggis splits Scientology
Los Angeles, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Director Paul Haggis has left the Church of Scientology in a dispute over the church's support of a ban on homosexual marriages, his spokesman said. CNN said Haggis demanded the church denounce the actions of its San Diego congregation, which allegedly came out in favor of Proposition 8, a California referendum that stripped same-sex couples of the right to marry in the state. Haggis, who won two Oscars for producing and writing "Crash" and was nominated for a...

Director Paul Haggis quits Church of Scientology
Acclaimed film director Paul Haggis's decision to leave the Church of Scientology shines a further public spotlight on the organization.

Paul Haggis on Scientology: 'Morally reprehensible'
Everybody has his or her own take on Paul Haggis ' dramatic letter, announcing his break with Scientology after 35 years of membership in the church. But what especially fascinated me was how much his letter, full of passion and moral outrage , resembled large portions of his film and TV work, especially his scripts for "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Crash," the latter of which won him an Oscar.

Director Haggis quits Church of Scientology
Paul Haggis, an acclaimed film director, recently walked out of the Church of Scientology. He has officially renounced his association with the

Scoop: Spokesman: Scientologists aren't anti-gay
-Crash' director Paul Haggis is publicly denouncing group Gus Ruelas / AP file "Crash" director Paul Haggis has publicly denounced the Church of Scientology, saying that the group is anti-gay.

Haggis quits Scientology after 35 years
WASHINGTON - In a nation doubly devoted to religion and the antics of celebrities, the Church of Scientology and its movie-star followers have long transfixed Americans. And now Paul Haggis, the Canadian-born Oscar-winning filmmaker from London, Ont., has become the most famous follower to defect from Scientology, quitting after 35 years to protest the church's apparent opposition to same-sex marriage. Haggis sent a scathing letter to the church's official spokesman, Tommy Davis, railing...

Scientology's New Face
After walking off Nightline last week, church spokesman Tommy Davis talks to Kim Masters about why Paul Haggis renounced the religion, and addresses claims about his own wild past.

Haggis, Ruffalo urging Bush to close Gitmo
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Paul Haggis and Mark Ruffalo have joined a protest urging the Bush administration to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, Amnesty International said.

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James Bond Does Not Get Heartsick. Damnit. Damn You, Paul Haggis / Dustin Rowles

Tommy Davis Walks Out Of “Nightline” Interview With Martin Bashir (VIDEO)
Boy is the Church of Scientology taking a beating this week….. Crash director Paul Haggis made headlines on Monday, after he abandoned the Church over its anti-Gay Marriage stance. Now, Tommy Davis, the head of the Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre, is hitting the blogosphere for walking out of an interview with ABC Nightline correspondent Martin Bashir, because he didn't like Bashir's line of questioning.

First Look: Crash, the Series
What does an Oscar-winning movie look like when translated onto the small screen, with an entirely different cast and set of stories? That's the question Crash will have to answer when it premieres on Starz next month. The 2006 Best Picture's producers (including Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco) are on board for the 13-episode series, which features nine new characters with intersecting lives as they travel through Los Angeles. Save for Dennis Hopper, who's playing an aging maverick record producer, the cas

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Paul Haggis Throws His Dummy Out Of Scientology's Pram
Paul Haggis isn't just the bald film director responsible for writing the worst James Bond film ever, you know.

Paul Haggis Parts With Scientology in Scathing Letter
Oscar-winning 'Crash' director Paul Haggis admonishes the Church of Scientology in a scathing letter to spokesman Tommy Davis.

'Hate-filled and bigoted' -- why oscar-winning writer is walking out on scientology
Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning film-maker, has resigned from the Church of Scientology in an explosive letter that damns what he calls the organisation's "hate-filled" and "bigoted" opposition to Gay Marriage. Haggis, who wrote Crash, Million Dollar Baby and the last two James Bond films, also registered his anger at the church's alleged "disconnection" policy, complaining that it encouraged his wife to live estranged from her parents. His letter was sent to Scientology's official spokesman,...

Director Haggis says he's leaving Scientology
Acclaimed film director Paul Haggis's apparent decision to leave the Church of Scientology shines a further public spotlight on the organization.