[FR_addict]

For a long time the only one covering the Schindler's story on FoxNews was Greta Van Susteren.

I knew she was a scientologist, but didn't know she was a part year resident of Clearwater.

This is from the St. Petersburg Times:

High profile couple never pairs church and state

Greta Van Susteren and her husband, John Coale, rub shoulders with notables in the nation's capital, they involve themselves in controversial legal cases, they like Florida living. But you rarely hear them speak of their religion, Scientology.
By MARY JACOBY

© St. Petersburg Times, published December 13, 1998

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WASHINGTON -- Cable News Network legal analyst Greta Van Susteren and her wealthy trial-lawyer husband, John Coale, are a Beltway power couple. She is the co-host of CNN's top-rated Burden of Proof. He is a mover behind the multi-billion-dollar anti-tobacco lawsuits. Both have dined at the White House.

And what about the fact they belong to a religion that teaches of Xenu, evil head of the Galactic Confederation? Who flew people to Teegeeack (Earth) 75-million years ago in space ships, chained them to volcanos and blew them up with hydrogen bombs, releasing exploded "thetans" that are now the source of most human suffering?

Well, it's not something savvy insiders would normally emphasize.

Van Susteren and Coale are Scientologists. But unlike members of established religions, whose own beliefs might seem improbable if they weren't so widely held, these part-time Clearwater residents are not exactly eager to draw attention to this fact.

"Washington is an extremely conservative place. Anything that starts to go out of the ordinary in one's personal life doesn't make it," said Coale, dressed in a green knit vest and red-striped tie. Van Susteren declined comment.

Van Susteren and Coale straddle two worlds: the capital's high-powered media and political milieu, and the close-knit Scientology community around the church's spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, where they own a home on Clearwater Beach.

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And the connections keep piling up......

[tuckrdout]

Wow. I had NO IDEA. I have appreciated Greta's coverage on Terri. She seems very sympathetic. Perhaps she does not agree with her churches teaching on disability? Many go to churches where they disagree with what is taught.

I pray that God will show His love for His Son, by healing Terri while the whole world watches> I pray that many would believe because of what God does in the life of Terri Schiavo. In the name of Jesus...I pray.

[oreolady]

re your post about Greta living in Clearwater, do you think maybe she may have second thoughts about her "golden years" with all she has learned interviewing people about Terri?

Guess it depends on if she really has any brain at all, I just cannot fathom people buying into the outer space-alien theory, Wow.