Travolta Brings Food, Aid and Scientology to Haiti

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 26th 2010 06:42AM

John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston are lending a hand to the earthquake victims in Haiti, as the actor flew his own jet into the ravaged country equipped with relief supplies, doctors and a handful of Scientology ministers aimed at helping. According to the Associated Press, Travolta and wife Kelly Preston flew from 4 tons of military food rations and medical supplies from Florida to Haiti and are leaving shortly ... but the doctors and Scientology ministers are staying.

"I want to thank Qantas Airlines and (its chief executive) Alan Joyce. Alan is allowing me to fly the Boeing 707 that's sitting in the backyard, fill it with supplies, fill it with doctors, fill it with volunteer ministers, and take it down to Haiti on Monday - so thank you, thank you, thank you," Travolta said about his trip.

This is Travolta's second relief effort to Haiti, having flown in supplies last week as well. On January 18, Travolta told the press: "I have arranged for a plane to take down some volunteer ministers and some supplies and some medics. I hope that inspires others as well. It's needed."

While the Travolta's relief efforts are surely appreciated, it's the presence of the Scientology ministers that has irked some, as the Church of Scientology has been accused of capitalizing on tragedies in the past.

Gawker.com, who have a long history of criticizing Scientology and its celebrity followers, summarizes that "anywhere people are suffering, Scientology's yellow-shirted 'volunteer ministers' can be found lurking near news cameras and claiming to help people with their bull---- technology. They performed 'purification rundowns' on recovery workers sifting through the ruins of the World Trade Center after 9/11, administered 'touch assists' to victims of the tsunami, distributed literature after the Virginia Tech shooting, and are on the ground in Haiti right now warning the starving, dehydrated populace about the dangers of psychiatry."

Tags: haiti, John Travolta, scientology

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Tuesday 26 January

By Thomas

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Write deceased on the envelope and return their mail. Hard for me to imagine "Barbarino" flying a plane lol

By banks

its good these people with money are doing something. but lets not forget when they ask us to make a dontaion there are starving people in Canada and the elderly cant live on their pensios. so when they ask for my donation ive already made it as a Canadian citizen and so have you all because we pay the taxes that they are shipping overseas!!!!!!!!!!! REMEMBER THAT CANADIANS!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday 27 January

By Mel

Why don't you get off Scientology? You don't have the slightest idea what it's about! If you want to put people down for their religion, start with all the missionary work from Catholics to Methodists to Baptists? There are a whole lot more of them pushing their crap on everyone-everywhere! John & his wife did a lot more than any 1 of you ever will! You go John & Kelly!!!

By Apostate

The dimunitive Thetan Grandmaster better known as Tom Cruise will try to outdo Travolta by having TWICE as many Scientology 'missionaries'(led by his brainwashed wife Katie,of course)on his Haiti-bound trip...Just wait and see,folks!

By lakotahope

I don't know how you can get out of being bombarded by their literature. You could counter-attack with literature conceding your faith in "put your religious preference here>, and reply with their self addressed envelopes or whatever means is available to you. Tell them you will help bring them back into the fold of your religion and tell them after they give up all of their worldly possessions, then all will be well with the world. Before 2012, Dec 21 that is....heh Good Luck!

By Heyes

I feel Bad for the loss of their son... but to bring a planeload of frauds to help people in need is evil.... and how the hell was he plane allowed to land when others with food are still being made to turn around

By BUDDY

I am sick of those idiots, with their millions who are cult orientated. Scientology is evil....although, John Travolta is not evil, but the organization targets the RICH to join, to get their money.....and...spread their cult.
What angers me, ok.JOHN...send your money, your planes, your food and clothes...but you dont have to do it for the wrong reason. DO it out of the goodness of your heart, not to spread your stupid religion...which is so bad

Monday 08 February

By lisa

This has to be one of the biggest crocks of b.s. that I've ever read. His own son dies because he refuses to get him the life saving medication that he needed because he is a "scientologist" and then he expects people to think he's ever so wonderful because he's in Haiti.

John, maybe you should have thought about saving your own poor son first. He convulsed in a bathtub alone in the night with absolutely NO medications in his system because your cult says NO NO to life saving medications.

You and your wife should be ashamed of yourselves for what you didn't do for this poor boy.

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