Mark Foley Finds Asylum in Scientology "Sauna" Rehab

Scientology Headquarters in Clearwater, Florida

Mark Foley Lands in Clearwater (FL) Scientology Rehab

For the past thirty years, Scientology has made the city of Clearwater, Florida, its worldwide spiritual headquarters, its Mecca. There are approximately 8,500 Scientologists living and working in Clearwater, more than in any other city in the world outside of Los Angeles. Scientologists own more than 200 businesses in Clearwater. They sit on the boards of the Rotary Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Boy Scouts.

Members of the church run schools and private tutoring programs, day-care centers and NARCONON, a drug-rehab clinic. Narconon, which relies upon "sauna" detox, has been documented as having been founded and under the absolute control of the Church of Scientology.

In 2004, The St. Petersburg Times dubbed Clearwater, a community of 108,000 people, "Scientology's Town." On the newspaper's front page was a photograph of Scientology's newest building, a vast, white, Mediterranean Revival-style edifice known within Scientology circles as the "Super Power" building. Occupying a full square block of downtown, this structure, which has been under construction since 1998, is billed as the single largest Scientology church in the world. When it is finally completed in late 2006 at an estimated final cost of $50 million, it will have 889 rooms on six floors, an indoor sculpture garden and a large Scientology museum. The crowning touch will be a two-story, illuminated Scientology cross that will shine over the city of Clearwater like a beacon.

One political blogger has written:

"Gay sex with children, underage drinking, gross e-mails and IMs, Congress, the Republicans, Macaca, rehab … you were probably thinking there was no possible way this story could get better. Oh ye of little faith, how about a heaping helping of Scientology? A trusty Scientology Investigator has discovered this detail:

"Foley sent his "Gone to Detox Mansion" fax from Clearwater, Florida. Are there any rehab joints there that aren't run by Scientology? Remember, that's the same cult that says they can 'cure' homosexuality …."

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