First Tom Cruise tells People magazine how Scientology cured his dyslexia. Now those amazing Scientology healing powers are being directed at the 9/11 rescue workers. A center has been set up in Lower Manhattan to “detoxify” Ground Zero workers with techniques developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
“THE TRAGEDY of 9/11 left hundreds of members of the New
York Fire Department (FDNY) and other rescue workers at the World Trade Center
site, severely debilitated from the toxins they were exposed to during the
tragedy,” notes an article on a Scientology Web site. “To get rid of the toxins
a group of the rescue personnel recently began L. Ron Hubbard’s Purification
detoxification program at Health Med, a medical clinic that delivers the
program.”
But critics of the group say that Hubbard’s “detoxification” process has been
called into question, and may even present health risks. “And the firefighters
may get more than they bargained for since Scientology often recruits new
members from Hubbard-inspired programs,” says Rick Ross, who wrote about it on his Web site.
Nevertheless, the program seems to have found favor among at least some 9/11
rescuers. The Scientology article quotes one firefighter as saying: “From the
very first day on the program, I had three times more energy and felt so
great.”