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Ursula Caberta
Scientology Task Force of the Hamburg Interior Authority, City of Hamburg/Germany
ConstituencyHamburg,
 Germany
Personal details
Born Germany
Nationality Germany
Residence Germany
Occupationemployee

Ursula Caberta y Diaz (born 1950) is a German politician, State of Hamburg government official and the Commissioner for the Scientology Task Force of the Hamburg Interior Authority. She graduated in political economy. Widely cited in the media in Germany, she is regarded by some there as an expert on sects and Scientology. Caberta is also an official in Hamburg's authority for interior affairs[1][2].

The Hamburg Scientology Task Force was founded in 1992 to monitor the activities and publications of Scientology, and raise public awareness about the group.

Views on Scientology

In 1995, Caberta took on an active role in controversies related to Scientology in schools in Bjerndrup near the German border[3]. In 1996, Caberta stated in The New York Times that she saw similarities between Germany's prior history with the Third Reich, and the Church of Scientology[4]. In 2007, Caberta was quoted in Spiegel as being worried that the Church of Scientology wanted to influence politics in Germany and throughout Europe[5]. Caberta stated that the Church of Scientology aimed to undermine Germany's democracy with a "cynical ideology"[1]. In August 2007, along with Udo Nagel, Hamburg State Interior Minister, Caberta called for a ban on the Scientology organization, but this was rejected by Federal politicians in Berlin.[6] Wolfgang Bosbach, deputy parliamentary group leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives said that a bid to outlaw Scientology may fail because Germany's domestic intelligence service is unlikely to have gathered enough evidence against it to back court action against the sect.[7]

In 2007 Caberta attacked Tom Cruise as an enemy of the constitution[8].

Criticism of Caberta

The Church of Scientology has said that Caberta harbors an anti-Scientology bias. In 2001 Caberta came under suspicion of corruption after it was confirmed that she privately received a check of 75,000 dollars from anti-Scientology interests. The Church of Scientology denounced Caberta and the following penal investigations against her were dropped upon her payment of a 7,500 euro fine.[9]

In 2007, Caberta presented a former member of the Church of Scientology, Christian Markert, at a panel discussion in Berlin. A German public broadcasting station, SWR, concluded that the data about his life history is so contradictory in itself that a longstanding membership and high-rank in Scientology seem to be impossible, and reported that Markert has an arrest warrant against him in Ireland for theft and the German police investigated against him in 2004.[10] According to the Church of Scientology, his membership was of only three months duration, March--June 2007.[11] Markert had claimed to be a staff member of the Church of Scientology in the US and Ireland for seven years. Markert gave an interview to the German magazine, Focus. The Baden-Wuerttemberg Office for Protection of the Constitution had also questioned him for several days and was convinced about the correctness of his data to a great extent.[10][12]

Bibliography

  • Caberta, Ursula (1997). Scientology greift an (in German) (Paperback ed.). Econ Verlag. ISBN 978-3430182492. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)(engl. "Scientology attacks")
  • Caberta, Ursula (2007). Schwarzbuch Scientology (in German) (Paperback ed.). Gütersloher Verlagshaus. ISBN 978-3579069746. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)(engl. "The Black Book of Scientology")[13]
  • Caberta, Ursula (2008). Kindheit bei Scientology: Verboten (in German) (Paperback ed.). Gütersloher Verlagshaus. ISBN 978-3579069814. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)(engl. "Childhood in Scientology: Forbidden")

References

  1. ^ a b Staff (2007-01-13). "New Scientology Center in Berlin Riles Authorities". Deutsche Welle (in English). 2007 Deutsche Welle. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ Arweck, Elizabeth (2006). Researching New Religious Movements: Responses and Redefinitions. Routledge. pp. 172, 200, 201. ISBN 041527754X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Richardson, James T. (2004). Regulating Religion: case studies from around the globe. Springer. p. 228. ISBN 0306478870. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ Staff (September 15, 1996). "The Test of German Tolerance". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Staff (January 9, 2007). "SECT WORRIES: Berlin Concerned about Huge New Scientology Center". Spiegel (in English). Spiegel Online 2007. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  6. ^ Bösch, Marcus (2007-08-09). "Scientology Targets Europe Amid Fresh Calls for Ban in Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2007-08-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Controversial Cult: German Parties Reject Bid to Ban Scientology". Spiegel Online. Der Spiegel. 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Tagesspiegel, German newspaper, September 21, 2007, "
  9. ^ Hamburger Abendblatt (German newspaper), Penal Fine for Caberta, 27 June 2002
  10. ^ a b Hamburger Morgenpost article, 22 August 2007
  11. ^ [1][2][3] Press Release, Church of Scientology Berlin, 30 July 2007
  12. ^ ddp news wire, 21 August 2007, 1:04pm
  13. ^ Mittelbayerische newspaper, 7 August 2007, photo Ursula Caberta presents book

In the media

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