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Samuel Loewenberg
MUNICH: Germans are being warned of the ‘danger’ of scientology amid growing concerns over the numbers of after-school tutoring programmes springing up across the country.
The government has told internal security forces to step up their scrutiny of the movement, claiming that the scientologists, which they label a cult, are seeking to take advantage of Germany’s ailing education system as a means to recruit children.
It has prompted US embassy officials to lobby the German government on the sect’s behalf.
Police and intelligence agencies have been closely following the activities of the group.
State security and educational officials have issued warnings to schools and parents that seemingly innocuous tutoring programmes may be fronts to recruit children and their families.
