Dr. Frank Gerbode
Former scientologist, former head of the Palo Alto
mission.
The San Diego Union-Tribune: Hubbard Hot-Author Status Called
Illusion
«"We were told to go out and buy a bunch of copies
of 'Battlefield Earth' so it would become a best
seller," said Dr. Frank Gerbode, the former head of the
Scientology mission in Palo Alto. "The arguement we were
given was, if he became famous again as a
science-fiction writer, it would improve his status."»
«There are numerous stories of Scientologists being
coerced to buy Hubbard's books. Gerbode, the former head
of the Palo Alto mission, said he was required to stock
100 copies of every Hubbard title. "We ended up with a
huge storeroom of books we couldn't get rid of," he
said.» |
A Piece of Blue Sky: Chapter One - The Founder
«Psychiatrist Frank
Gerbode, who practiced Scientology for many years, feels
that Hubbard was not schizophrenic, but rather "manic
with paranoid tendencies" (which is not a classification
of psychosis, but of tendencies towards psychosis).
However, Gerbode suggests that the best description is
the lay diagnosis "loony." Even if Hubbard was manic
with paranoid tendencies, he was still sane in the eyes
of the law, and therefore still responsible for his
actions.» |
Wikipedia: Frank A. Gerbode
«Frank A. Gerbode is the creator of a
psychotherapy known as
Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR). He is an Honors
graduate of Stanford University, USA and later pursued
graduate studies in philosophy at Cambridge University,
England. He received his medical degree from Yale
University, and completed a psychiatric residency at
Stanford University Medical Center in the early 1970s.
Gerbode was for many years a
Scientologist, and at one time ran the
Palo Alto, California Mission of Scientology. He
broke from the
Church of Scientology in
1982.
He later developed TIR, starting from
Dianetics and working back to its origins.» |
Helena is fined for Barratry
«On May 2, 1994, Helena Kobrin, counsel for the
Church of Scientology, was ordered to pay sanctions in
the total sum of $17,775 for filing a frivolous
complaint in federal court. The case is entitled
Religious Technology Center, Inc. v. Frank Gerbode, and
is reported in the RICO Business Disputes Guide
published by Commerce Clearing House, Inc. The
citation is Religious Technology Center, Inc. v. Frank
Gerbode» |
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