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TONY ORTEGA
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Alex Barnes-Ross sends us another remarkable dispatch…
Yesterday, I was invited yet again to the Houses of Parliament, this time to speak at the Palace of Westminster and provide the National Working Group on Spiritual, Ritual, and Cult Abuse an update on the work I have been doing on the issue of Scientology abuse.
The meeting was attended by about 50 people in-person and around 70 tuning in online representing a variety of government bodies, charities, and advocacy groups. There were also of course, a number of survivors and Members of Parliament there and it was an honour to be given a chance to speak.
Although I only had ten minutes, I did what I could with the time to give survivors a voice and shared three personal stories. I gave everybody in the room a printed booklet produced by the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation which outlines the vital work they do in helping ex-Scientologists set up independent lives outside of the Church as well as dozens of survivor stories.
I’m now regularly being invited to speak at high profile events and it’s promising to see interest being shown among those who can make a difference. But there’s a long way to go, and I’d like to remind anybody reading this that they can help by writing to their local MP (or State Representative, if you are in the US) to ask for their backing on action against spiritual, ritual, and cult abuse.
Here is the speech I gave yesterday, in full…
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[/td]Yesterday, I was invited yet again to the Houses of Parliament, this time to speak at the Palace of Westminster and provide the National Working Group on Spiritual, Ritual, and Cult Abuse an update on the work I have been doing on the issue of Scientology abuse.
The meeting was attended by about 50 people in-person and around 70 tuning in online representing a variety of government bodies, charities, and advocacy groups. There were also of course, a number of survivors and Members of Parliament there and it was an honour to be given a chance to speak.
Although I only had ten minutes, I did what I could with the time to give survivors a voice and shared three personal stories. I gave everybody in the room a printed booklet produced by the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation which outlines the vital work they do in helping ex-Scientologists set up independent lives outside of the Church as well as dozens of survivor stories.
I’m now regularly being invited to speak at high profile events and it’s promising to see interest being shown among those who can make a difference. But there’s a long way to go, and I’d like to remind anybody reading this that they can help by writing to their local MP (or State Representative, if you are in the US) to ask for their backing on action against spiritual, ritual, and cult abuse.
Here is the speech I gave yesterday, in full…
READ MORE
Alex goes to Parliament: Once again, UK politicians hear about Scientology's abuses
Alex Barnes-Ross sends us another remarkable dispatch…
tonyortega.substack.com
