By MOVING ON UP A LITTLE HIGHER
Added: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 UTC

Thanks to Lucas for the link. Several people have sent in links to articles. The blog post below has links to a number of them.
http://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/paul-haggis/

The Paul Haggis news has gone viral. A few U.S. news links that have picked it up and commented on the matter are given below. I have posted the entire letter below the links for easy reference in once place. Paul Haggis is no joke.

New York Magazine: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/10/paul_haggis_ditches_scientolog.html

Village Voice: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/10/crash_director.php
Movieline: http://www.movieline.com/2009/10/paul-haggis-renounces-scientology.php

The Hollywood Reporter: http://showbiz411.blogs.thr.com/paul-haggis-breaks-with-scientology/

Radar Online: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/10/oscar-winner-paul-haggis-stunning-departure-scientology-accuses-leader-tommy

Gawker: http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/10/oscar-winner-paul-haggis-stunning-departure-scientology-accuses-leader-tommy

The letter:
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PZ has also posted on this
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/what_took_him_so_long.php

Paul Haggis, a Hollywood bigwig, has publicly renounced and rebuked $cientology. His reasons: they lie, they disregard basic ethical concerns, they smear their critics. Hasn't everyone known this all along? The anti-reality field at those scientology centers must be very strong.

Now let's see a few more celebrities ditch the nonsense, and they'll have nothing left to prop them up.
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[UPDATE] A few more links

Former Scientologists Level Accusations
Ex-Members Say Leader David Miscavige Hit Subordinates; Church Denies Accusations

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/scientology/scientologists-level-accusations/story?id=8792417&cid=yahoo_pitchlist

Scientologists convicted of fraud in France

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/ts_afp/francetrialscientology;_ylt=AqZjAvrmlruXp_JF6XIohROs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM5YWkwZm1pBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MTAyNy9mcmFuY2V0cmlhbHNjaWVudG9sb2d5BGNwb3MDOARwb3MDNQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3NjaWVudG9sb2dpcw--

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