Scientology woos displaced hurricane victims

[johnnie]

"BATON ROUGE, United States (AFP) - A dreamy-looking girl in a yellow tee-shirt reading "Scientology volunteer minister" approaches weary Hurricane Katrina survivors to ask: "Would you like a massage?" as the church scouts recruits."

Outside the River Center, the conference center in the state capital of Baton Rouge now a makeshift Red Cross shelter for some 2,000 people displaced by the monster storm, the church has set up a tent for "treatment of traumas" with the slogan overhead: "Something can be done about it."

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There is something a little unsettling about this to me.

[B3Nut]

1. Oh great.

Doling out "touch assists" to lure people in. If the hurricane hasn't made these poor people broke, Scientology will certainly finish their financial ruin. Unsettling is a good start.

Todd in Beerbratistan