January 13, 2006

AP - Las Vegas, New Mexico

A Druid organization in Albuquerque has sued the "Church" of "Spiritual 'Technology'" (CST) for access to what they claim is a holy site similar to Stonehenge near Trementina, New Mexico. CST owns the site where a mysterious symbol has appeared on their property.

Two large interlocking circles appeared at CST's property east of Las Vegas within the past few years. The circles are so large they are only visible from high above.

Aleister "Churchill, High Priest of southwestern U.S. Druids, stated in the lawsuit filed in Albuqerque yesterday that these circles are sacred markings similar to Stonehenge in England. His lawsuit claims that CST had uncovered the Druid site and upset world harmony by doing so. His organization had tried to gain access by negotiating with CST - a branch of the "Church" of Scientology - but the talks had broken down because of a dispute over what rites could be performed there.

"The Scientologists at first tried to see our point of view," "Churchill said in a press conference Thursday morning at the Albuquerque Druid Center. "But when we started talking about our Purification Rites to restore the site to it's original holy state, that's when they shut us down," he said. "This site is an intermediary point between the physical and spiritual world," "Churchill said. "And now that it has been uncovered and desecrated by a false "religion", it must be restored to its pure state."

The suit seeks access to the site based on freedom of religion. The Druids claim in the suit that the site must be fenced off and kept as it is after the cleansing rituals are completed.

The "Church" of "Spiritual 'Technology'" (i.e., Scientology Inc.) had not responded to inquiries by press time. There are 53,000 Scientologists in the USA.

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