Further to our earlier coverage here and here, this morning I received an e-mail from Aoife Barrett, editorial director of Merlin Publishing, the brave Irish publisher who is resisting the Church of Scientology’s attempts to silence John Duignan. She supplied me with the following statement for publication on Counterknowledge.com:
Merlin Publishing has received a solicitor’s letter from a member of the Church of Scientology alleging that he has been defamed in our publication ‘The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology’ by John Duignan and Nicola Tallant, which we have emphatically denied.
We understand that the solicitors copied their originating letter to Amazon.co.uk who have removed the book from their website. We have had no communication from Amazon.co.uk at all and they have not notified us of their dealings with regards to the book. ‘The Complex’ is still widely available in bookshops around Ireland and we have no intention of withdrawing it. Irish booksellers have also told us they will continue to stock the book.
We would like to sell international rights to The Complex particularly in the US and the UK and are in negotiations with publishers in both countries. At the moment the book is available to buy directly from ourselves from all countries except the UK.
We believe that the claim been made is vexatious and is another example of the Church of Scientology trying to prevent any criticism of their organisation being published.
Update: We have now published a review of The Complex.
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Readers in the UK can still order a copy of The Complex from Easons: http://www.eason.ie/look/9781903582848/Complex/John-Duignan
Who is the idiot saying he can be defamed as a scientologist?
Years ago, an american judge proposed hat it was almost impossible to defame scientology, as it was soooo criminal.
Scientologists applying scientology should prove their rants before pretending. They never do.
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Find out why the “Church” of $cientology is counter-knowledge, at http://WWW.XENU.NET or just Wikipedia “Scientology” or “Dianetics.”
- What are “secrets” they trying to cover up?
- Why did a sword-wielding former member of the CoS show up their Hollywood building? How had the CoS driven him to insanity? And WHY was he murdered in cold blood by hired security guards?
- What is the CoS trying to protect…. or hide?
- Why does the Co$ attract Hollywood types like Tom Cruise and John Travolta?
Is the book any good? Is it available? Besides that it is anti-Scientology, is the book actually good/interesting?
Book makes for an interesting and sometimes scary read. It focuses alot on the different internal organisations and as a reader you are shocked at what the members tolerate without question. John Duignan does a good job of explaining how he was continually conditioned to remove all critical thought and follow orders without question. If you are interested in reading an insiders story written in a very affable manner i recomend it. Irish bookstore ‘eason’ happily accept international orders google for them.
If someone happens to buy this book, will someone please scan it in and make it available to download via bittorrent?
In terms of the book itself, it’s feels very much like George Orwell’s 1984. It’s structured as an autobiographical account which takes the reader on a tour (with a few chronological jumps) of Duignan’s troubled childhood, why the cult was able to snag him. Then as he rises through the ranks we follow him as we gradually find more out about the organisation and the people/motivations behind it.
One of the best books I have ever read. I highly recommend it. Order it from Ireland or maybe a brave somebody will download the book for everyone to read. Too bad the cult won’t allow it’s followers to use the internet. One day they will lose their control and the sick secrets will be out. What a dangerous cult who completely controls these suckers minds!!! Pitiful!!!!!!!!!!
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