Scientology Front Groups Introduction Many, if not all, of the names of Scientology's fron

Scientology Front Groups

Introduction

Many, if not all, of the names of Scientology's front groups are
claimed as trademarks owned by Scientology organisations. They are
used here without permission, and are hereby acknowledged as
trademarks.ContentsIn order to attempt to exert influence in areas
which would probably not generally be considered within the remit
of a religion, Scientology has a considerable number of front groups,
covering areas from psychiatry to the Internet.

The cluster of corporations which make up the administrative core of
Scientology are  related in many complex ways. It is this "shell game"
that enables Scientology representatives to say, with some small measure
of truth, that such-and-such group is nothing to do with Scientology.
Frequently, these groups share administrative offices with other
Scientology entities, and familiar names are prone to pop up in all
sorts of places.

This is a list of those front groups, and a little about what they
do.
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[ref001]Citizens Commission on Human Rights

    (CCHR) - CCHR is an organisation devoted to launching attacks
    on the psychiatric community under the guise of promoting
    social reform. Many claims of dubious merit have been made
    regarding the achievements of this organisation.

[ref002]Association for Better Living and Education

    (ABLE) - an umbrella front group that supports other Scientology-
    backed front groups (note that the use of ABLE allows
    Scientologists to use a measure of plausable deniability when
    attempting to distance these groups from Scientology itself).
    Groups sponsored by ABLE are:  Applied Scholastics, Concerned
    Businessmen's Association, Criminon, Cry Out!, and perhaps best
    known of all, [ref003]Narconon.

[ref004]Narconon - The Scientology-backed drugs-to-cult organisation.

    Essential reading for anyone involved in the care of drug abusers.

[ref005]Criminon - similar to Narconon, but focusing on offenders.

    Criminon is an "outreach" programme that attempts to recruit
    Scientologists from the prison population.

Concerned Businessmen's Association of America -

    the title of this group, in keeping with L Ron Hubbard's legendary
    misogyny, appears to exclude the possibility that such a thing as
    a "concerned businesswoman" might exist. The CBAA sponsors anti-
    drug campaigns in schools, another example of Scientology's
    unerring ability to target issues with wide public awareness in an
    attempt to gain respectability.

[ref006]Applied Scholastics

    - the organisation that runs Scientology schools such as
    Greenfields School in East Grinstead, W. Sussex. Touts the "LRH
    Study Tech as a valid means of education.

Cry Out! -

    the thud of yet another bandwagon being jumped onto is a familiar
    sound to seasoned Scientology-watchers. In this case it's the
    "green" cause that receives the dubious benefit of the Scientology
    spin-doctors.

[ref007]World Institute of Scientology

    Enterprises (WISE) - grants licences to business to use material
    developed by L Ron Hubbard in business training programmes. Once
    again, the connection with Scientology is kept quiet. A major row
    has erupted in the US concerning one WISE company, Sterling
    Management, which has been accused of selling these extremely
    expensive courses to healthcare professionals as a means of
    recruiting them into Scientology.

[ref008]Way to Happiness Foundation -

    (_source:_Time_Magazine_1991_) this group has distributed over
    3½m copies of a booklet written by[ref009] L Ron Hubbard
    on morality to children in US state (public) schools.

HealthMed -

    while not, strictly speaking, an official Scientology front
    group, HealthMed clinics are run by Scientologists, and use
    techniques similar to those used by [ref010] Narconon and claimed
    by L Ron Hubbard to purify the body. David Steinman, a
    journalist and ardent advocate of the chain, denies any link
    with Scientology. HealthMed concentrates much of its efforts in
    gaining contracts from public utilities and unions in the US.

[ref011]The Task Force for Responsibility and Freedom on the Internet -

    (_source:_Time_Magazine_1991_) this group has distributed over
    3½m copies of a booklet written by[ref012] L Ron Hubbard on
    morality to children in US state (public) schools._

There may be other front groups that aren't listed here: The Church
of Scientology is like a quicksand, where everything is constantly
shifting below the surface, and new entities are created as and when
it suits the purposes of the organisation.

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[ref001] http:cchr.html
[ref002] http:able.html
[ref003] Narconon.htm#Contents
[ref004] Narconon.html#Contents
[ref005] http:able.html#Criminon
[ref006] able.html#AppliedScholastics
[ref007] http:wise.html
[ref008] http:able.html#Way2Happiness
[ref009] http:lrhmoral.html
[ref010] http:narconon.html
[ref011] http:trfn.html
[ref012] http:lrhmoral.http