L. Ron Hubbard

Sir, - On November 29th The Irish Times featured yet another hatchet job on the Church of Scientology and the late L

Sir, - On November 29th The Irish Times featured yet another hatchet job on the Church of Scientology and the late L. Ron Hubbard under the guise of a television programme review.It is noteworthy that the reviewer the did not challenge a single word of the TV programme: its obvious bias, its lack of documentary evidence and its reliance on hearsay.For example, it was George Orwell who said the best way to make money was to start a religion, not Hubbard.The late L. Ron Hubbard was a human being, no more, no less. He was a Messiah, guru or anything similar. However, his achievements in the field of drug rehabilitation have helped tens of thousands of abusers to kick the habit. His prison inmate reform methods are now in use in hundreds of prisons across the globe.Recently the largest human rights organisation in the US, the National Association for Advancement of Coloured People, awarded Hubbard its highest honours for services to humankind. How does that square with the hatchet-job? - Yours, etc.,Gerard Ryan,Church of Scientology,Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1.