Suit Charges Company With Forcing Scientology On Employees

A state court lawsuit filed last month in Bound Brook, New Jersey charges that a health and wellness company, Open House Direct, forced two former employees to take courses in Scientology in order to keep their jobs. One of the employees, Maurice Grays, charges that company co-owner John Buckley harassed him to become a Scientologist and forced him to buy a Scientology library and pay course tuition. According to today's Somerville (NJ) Courier News, both of the employees were eventually fired. The lawsuit also alleges that the company uses Scientology-based literature to train employees in sales and business administration. John Buckley, who denies the charges, has just taken on a new responsibility in addition to the company. He has become a member of the Bound Brook Borough Council.