According to Tampa Bay Online, another Scientology critic has taken his own life. Shawn Lonsdale, who was a local (Tampa Bay) critic of the Church of Scientology, died of an apparent suicide at his Clearwater home this past weekend. He was 39. There was no sign of foul play, said Clearwater police spokeswoman Elizabeth Daly-Watts. Police found the body about 12:30 p.m. Saturday after neighbors complained of a pungent smell coming from the home Lonsdale rented at 510 N. Lincoln Ave. Authorities found a garden hose running from the exhaust pipe of Lonsdale's car to the home. They also found what is thought to be a suicide note, Daly-Watts said. The contents of the note won't be released until the case is closed. Lonsdale became a public nemesis of the church in 2006 when he began videotaping outside its downtown Clearwater offices, the church's spiritual headquarters. He often stood next to a sign that said, "Cult Watch. Now Filming!" His video footage showed Scientology workers taking out the garbage, walking in downtown Clearwater and at a festival. He also filmed interactions with church security guards and Scientology staff members who quarreled with him on the street. Lonsdale aired the footage on a local public-access cable channel. For anyone who expressed interest, he directed them to the church's secret and expensive teachings posted by critics on the Internet, free. Scientology spokeswoman Pat Harney called Lonsdale's apparent suicide "awful." "It's just unfortunate anybody feels they have to go to that length," she said Tuesday. I think she was referring to Lonsdale suicide and not the Church.... Seriously, this is the second person critical of the Church of Scientology to "suicide" themselves in the past year. And if my memory serves me correct there have been a few others over the years -the mob should have such luck. This means that either depressed suicidal people tend to attack the Church, or once they get their "Ethics" into you, you're screwed.