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(identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">BP605.S2 D85 2008</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Non-fiction" title="Non-fiction">non-fiction</a> book about the organization and practices of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" title="Church of Scientology">Church of Scientology</a>, written by former <a href="/wiki/Scientology" title="Scientology">Scientologist</a> John Duignan with <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Tallant" title="Nicola Tallant">Nicola Tallant</a>. The book was published in Ireland on October 7, 2008, by <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Publishing" title="Merlin Publishing">Merlin Publishing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-actualitté_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actualitté-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of Duignan's parents died when he was very young and as a result he had difficult experiences as a teenager. He met an attractive female Scientologist on the streets of Germany, who convinced him to take a <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Capacity_Analysis" title="Oxford Capacity Analysis">free personality test</a> from Scientology. After the test, he was told he had a result of "Urgent Action Required", and he began to take Scientology courses. Duignan was recruited into Scientology's elite <a href="/wiki/Paramilitary" title="Paramilitary">paramilitary</a> organization called the <i><a href="/wiki/Sea_Org" title="Sea Org">Sea Org</a></i>, and spent a total of 22 years in the organization. After attending an event where actor and Scientologist <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cruise" title="Tom Cruise">Tom Cruise</a> was given a medal and described by church leader <a href="/wiki/David_Miscavige" title="David Miscavige">David Miscavige</a> as "the most dedicated Scientologist I know", Duignan began to examine the organization more closely and had doubts about remaining. He left the organization in 2006, after taking measures to avoid investigation by Scientology's <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_agency" title="Intelligence agency">intelligence agency</a> the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Special_Affairs" title="Office of Special Affairs">Office of Special Affairs</a>. </p><p>The Church of Scientology has responded to the publication of <i>The Complex</i> by sending legal letters to several bookstore retailers that were selling the book, claiming the book contains <a href="/wiki/Libelous" class="mw-redirect" title="Libelous">libelous</a> statements about a member of the organization. Merlin Publishing "emphatically denied" these allegations, and an editorial director at the publishing company called Scientology's claim "vexatious". The United Kingdom branch of <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>, Amazon.co.uk, stopped selling copies of the book after receiving <a href="/wiki/Scientology_and_the_legal_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientology and the legal system">legal letters</a> from the Church of Scientology; booksellers <a href="/wiki/Waterstone%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterstone's">Waterstone's</a> and <a href="/wiki/W_H_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="W H Smith">W H Smith</a> also received the legal letter, and <a href="/wiki/Borders_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Borders Books">Borders Books</a> may have also been "warned off"<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> selling the book. A representative for Amazon.com in the United States said that the US branch of the company will be selling copies of the book, but is "awaiting arrival of the inventory" to their networks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Author">Author</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Complex:_An_Insider_Exposes_the_Covert_World_of_the_Church_of_Scientology&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Author"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both of Duignan's parents died when he was very young, and he and his brother were sent to live with his aunt and her husband.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of these childhood experiences he had a difficult time as a teenager and felt like an outsider.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived in <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a> from age 11 to 17, and later moved to Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duignan was recruited into Scientology in 1985 at age 22 when an attractive woman on the street in <a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a>, Germany offered him a <a href="/wiki/Oxford_Capacity_Analysis" title="Oxford Capacity Analysis">free personality test</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-phantomfm_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phantomfm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the personality test Duignan was told he had a result of "Urgent Action Required".<sup id="cite_ref-ani_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ani-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left his job and his girlfriend to become active in the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-byrne_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-byrne-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After spending time learning Scientology techniques, officials from <a href="/wiki/Scientology_Missions_International" title="Scientology Missions International">Scientology Missions International</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> contacted Duignan and asked him to join the organization's elite <a href="/wiki/Paramilitary" title="Paramilitary">paramilitary</a> group called the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Org" title="Sea Org">Sea Org</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent some time training in Los Angeles, and later was posted to the Scientology headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Hill_Manor" title="Saint Hill Manor">Saint Hill Manor</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead" title="East Grinstead">East Grinstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Sussex" title="West Sussex">West Sussex</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Duignan states he received weapons training while in the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-byrne_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-byrne-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one point he was responsible for working on the organization's global finance computer system.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in the organization Duignan and his friends who were also Scientologists felt the organization was not a religion but rather a political movement.<sup id="cite_ref-phantomfm_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phantomfm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duignan devoted twenty years to the organization, eventually leaving in July 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He began to question his devotion to the organization in 2004, after an encounter with actor and Scientologist <a href="/wiki/Tom_Cruise" title="Tom Cruise">Tom Cruise</a> at the annual <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Scientologists" title="International Association of Scientologists">International Association of Scientologists</a> Gala Ball where Cruise was described as "the most dedicated Scientologist,"<sup id="cite_ref-ani_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ani-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duignan felt hurt that he was working for between five and fifteen <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pounds</a> per week under difficult conditions,<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was not seen to be as dedicated to the organization as Cruise.<sup id="cite_ref-ani_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ani-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duignan then began to research <a href="/wiki/Scientology_and_the_Internet" title="Scientology and the Internet">Scientology on the Internet</a>, which he had been forbidden to do inside the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-phantomfm_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phantomfm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He told Scientology management officials that he had to leave for a week to visit his dying uncle, in order to get permission to go back to Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left and later traveled to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> and then returned to his native <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a>, where he is studying for an arts degree.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He currently regards Scientology as "unlicensed and unmonitored psychotherapy".<sup id="cite_ref-finucane_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finucane-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview on <a href="/wiki/Phantom_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Phantom FM">Phantom FM</a> radio, Duignan said that "the readjustment after it has been tremendously difficult".<sup id="cite_ref-phantomfm_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-phantomfm-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Complex:_An_Insider_Exposes_the_Covert_World_of_the_Church_of_Scientology&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Contents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Duignan recounts his time in the Scientology organization, and his experiences during his twenty-two years as a Scientologist. He discusses controversial Scientology practices which he refers to as <a href="/wiki/Sleep_deprivation" title="Sleep deprivation">sleep deprivation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brainwashing" title="Brainwashing">brainwashing</a>, and describes his experiences during the Scientology process called "<a href="/wiki/Auditing_(Scientology)" title="Auditing (Scientology)">Auditing</a>". He describes Church of Scientology goals called "Clear the Planet" (referring to the Scientology state of "<a href="/wiki/Clear_(Scientology)" title="Clear (Scientology)">Clear</a>") and "Get Ethics In" (referring to the <a href="/wiki/Scientology_ethics_and_justice" title="Scientology ethics and justice">Scientology ethics and justice</a> system). Duignan also describes the disciplinary organization within the Church of Scientology known as the <a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_Project_Force" title="Rehabilitation Project Force">Rehabilitation Project Force</a>. He comes to believe that there are inherent problems with the organization's management structure, and decides to leave in 2006. Duignan writes that he escaped the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Org" title="Sea Org">Sea Org</a> in 2006, and took steps to avoid investigation and action from Scientology's <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_agency" title="Intelligence agency">intelligence agency</a> the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Special_Affairs" title="Office of Special Affairs">Office of Special Affairs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response_by_the_Church_of_Scientology">Response by the Church of Scientology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Complex:_An_Insider_Exposes_the_Covert_World_of_the_Church_of_Scientology&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Response by the Church of Scientology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scientology spokesman Gerard Ryan spoke with <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Mail_on_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Mail on Sunday">Irish Mail on Sunday</a></i> prior to the book's publication, and commented on the claims made in the book: "It's absolute baloney. It's all just rubbish. These are just the same old accusations that have been made on the internet and it's all lies."<sup id="cite_ref-byrne_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-byrne-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ryan said he thought Duignan was "associating with fundamentalist Christians and he knows full well that these claims are not true".<sup id="cite_ref-byrne_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-byrne-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Gerard stated that Scientologists "believe in free speech" and according to the <i>Irish Mail on Sunday</i> Gerard "denied the church would take legal action if false claims were made in the book".<sup id="cite_ref-byrne_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-byrne-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Complex</i> was available for sale on <a href="/wiki/Amazon.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.com">Amazon.com</a>'s United Kingdom branch, Amazon.co.uk, as of October 23, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-metz_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-buchreport_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buchreport-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Sunday_Tribune" title="Sunday Tribune">Sunday Tribune</a></i> reported in mid-November that Amazon.co.uk, removed <i>The Complex</i> from its website after the Church of Scientology sent a legal letter to the retailer.<sup id="cite_ref-leatham_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leatham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the letter, the Church of Scientology claimed that the book contained <a href="/wiki/Libelous" class="mw-redirect" title="Libelous">libelous</a> statements about a member of the organization.<sup id="cite_ref-leatham_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leatham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Merlin Publishing has stated that it stands by Duignan and the book.<sup id="cite_ref-leatham_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leatham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The publishing company "emphatically denied" the allegations made by the Church of Scientology, and Merlin Publishing editorial director Aoife Barrett called Scientology's claim about the book "vexatious".<sup id="cite_ref-gallagher_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallagher-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A source at Merlin Publishing told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Mirror" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sunday Mirror">The Sunday Mirror</a></i>: "It's crazy. These are bully-boy tactics. Their case is weak, and we are going to fight them."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chenile Keogh, a representative for Merlin Publishing, stated in <i>TribuneNews</i>: "We are standing by the book and the author. The book is on sale in Ireland and there is no problem with us publishing in Ireland".<sup id="cite_ref-hilliard_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hilliard-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Customers that had previously placed orders for <i>The Complex</i> with Amazon.co.uk were informed that the book is no longer available.<sup id="cite_ref-leatham_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leatham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Individuals that already ordered the book were sent an email from Amazon.co.uk that <i>The Complex</i> had been "removed from sale for legal reasons".<sup id="cite_ref-metz_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-buchreport_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buchreport-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By November 12, 2008, there was no trace of the book's listing on Amazon.co.uk, though the prior entry was visible in a cache of the page on Google.<sup id="cite_ref-actualitté_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actualitté-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i>The Bookseller</i>, Amazon.co.uk stated: "Unfortunately, we have had to withdraw <i>The Complex</i> by John Duignan in the UK because we received a specific allegation that a passage in the book is defamatory regarding an individual named in the book. In circumstances such as these, UK law gives us no choice but to remove the title from our catalogue."<sup id="cite_ref-gallagher_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallagher-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Church of Scientology also sent the legal letter to other booksellers including <a href="/wiki/Waterstone%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterstone's">Waterstone's</a> and <a href="/wiki/W_H_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="W H Smith">W H Smith</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-leatham_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leatham-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gallagher_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallagher-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Bookseller</i> reported that Waterstone's, W H Smith and <a href="/wiki/Borders_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Borders Books">Borders Books</a> may have been "warned off" selling the book.<sup id="cite_ref-gallagher_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gallagher-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The United States branch of Amazon.com responded to a request for comment about the situation from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Register" title="The Register">The Register</a></i>, and stated: "we're awaiting arrival of the inventory into our fulfillment networks. As soon as we get the books in our fulfillment centers, we'll start shipping them out to customers".<sup id="cite_ref-metz_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metz-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 18, 2008, a query on the German site for Amazon.com for the book resulted in the message "not available".<sup id="cite_ref-buchreport_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buchreport-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Days prior to the report on the incident by <i>The Register</i>, Tom Cruise attended an Amazon.com employee meeting, and treated the employees to a special screening of his movie <i><a href="/wiki/Valkyrie_(film)" title="Valkyrie (film)">Valkyrie</a></i>, set to be released in December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-james_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-james-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Swedish news site <i>Realtid.se</i>, John Duignan did not think Cruise was responsible for the legal threats to Amazon.com.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amazon.com spokeswoman Patty Smith commented on the status of the book in a November 16, 2008 article in the <i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Post-Intelligencer" title="Seattle Post-Intelligencer">Seattle Post-Intelligencer</a></i>: "We're awaiting shipments of the book into our fulfillment network. Once it arrives, we'll send it out to customers who've ordered it. ... Since the libel laws are different in the U.K., they are not able to sell the book."<sup id="cite_ref-james_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-james-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Complex:_An_Insider_Exposes_the_Covert_World_of_the_Church_of_Scientology&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Piece_of_Blue_Sky" title="A Piece of Blue Sky">A Piece of Blue Sky</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blown_for_Good" title="Blown for Good">Blown for Good</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientology_and_law" title="Scientology and law">Scientology and law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientology_controversies" title="Scientology controversies">Scientology controversies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Complex:_An_Insider_Exposes_the_Covert_World_of_the_Church_of_Scientology&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-actualitté-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-actualitté_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-actualitté_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff2008" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Staff (November 12, 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.actualitte.com/actualite/5870-scientologie-eglise-livre-interdit-Amazon.htm">"La scientologie expulsée des ventes d'Amazon pour raisons légales"</a> [Scientology expelled from Amazon sales for legal reasons]. <i>Actualitté.com</i> (in French). www.actualitte.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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