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Criticism over Scientology stand at Dublin Comic Con
An anti-cult activist has criticised the presence of the Scientology organisation at a comic convention in Dublin.
The Scientology community centre in Firhouse had a stand at the Dublin Comic Con: Summer Edition in the Convention Centre Dublin over the weekend.
Two volunteers from the centre handed out leaflets about a comic art competition the Scientologists are running.
Young people were encouraged to enter a competition “for artists to create an Irish drug-free superhero”. The volunteers took the names of attendees visiting the stand, their ages and email addresses.
Dublin Comic Con, which is now in its seventh year, is hugely popular among young people in particular and attracts 20,000 visitors over two days.
This year’s event included The Hulk from the 70s TV series, Lou Ferrigno, actress Cordelia Chase who played Charisma Carpenter in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Pom Klementieff from Guardians of the Galaxy 2.
Dialogue Ireland Trust director Mike Garde said the event organisers may have unwittingly given a stand to what he described as a “very dangerous organisation”.
“The Scientology model is to infiltrate every single area of life,” he said. “ If you question them, they act like they don’t know what you are talking about.
“The ordinary punter goes to their stand thinking it is a comic thing. They don’t actually realise they are giving their name to the Scientologists.”
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