Scientology foe sets up office close to church
An organization that says it wants to reform the Church
of Scientology has followed through with its plans to open a headquarters
at the epicenter of the Scientology world.
SP
Times 6 Jan 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Millionaire Opens Center to Crusade Against Scientology
The Detroit
News 19 January 2000
Scientology critic says city tried to interfere with sale
Tampa
Tribune 21 Jan 2000
Judge rejects Scientology arguments
The church claimed that the lawsuit filed by the estate
of Lisa McPherson had been "hijacked" by its critics.
SP
Times 4 Feb 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Scientology loses court challenge to McPherson estate representative
Tampa Tribune 4 Feb 2000
Judge denies motion
Newscast 05 Feb 2000
Scientology tried to persuade the court that a signature was forged in
legal papers and thus Lisa's aunt should not be allowed to sue Scientology.
The judge found Scientology's claims baseless.
Today would have been Lisa
McPherson's 41st birthday
Date of Birth 2/10/59 -- Scientology Isolation
11/18/95 -- Dead on Arrival 5/12/95
Scientology judge transfers case, takes medical leave
Tampa Tribune 15 Feb 2000
Church lawyers want [autopsy] photos suppressed
SP
Times 18 Feb 2000
Church member's death now called accident
The medical examiner's switch, after mounds of information
from Scientology, could affect the McPherson case against the church.
SP
Times 23 Feb 2000
Scientologist's death 'accidental'
Tampa Tribune 23 Feb 2000
Death of Florida Scientologist ruled an accident
Reuters 23 February 2000
Tampa Bay area newsreports 23 February 2000
Tampa Bay Channel 28 | Fox
13 News | Bay News Nine
RealVideo
files of the programs
Scientology Press Statement
Scientology press-release 23
Feb 2000
Scientologist's death now ruled accidental
Associated
Press 24 February 2000
Scientologists 'got in over their heads'
Some told prosecutors poor decisions were made in trying
to care for the disturbed woman.
SP
Times 24 Feb 2000
For now, file is closed
SP
Times 24 Feb 2000
Scientology's view
SP
Times 24 Feb 2000
Judge tells Scientologists to give evidence to family of dead woman
Tampa Tribune 26 February 2000
Church wants judge removed in McPherson case
Questioning his impartiality, Scientology asks Judge Brandt
C. Downey III to remove himself.
SP
Times 3 March 2000
Scientology asks judge to leave case
Tampa Tribune 3 March 2000
A Times Editorial - A cry for justice
Despite a reversal in the autopsy report of Lisa McPherson,
the state attorney still has an obligation to prosecute those his office
believes to be responsible in her death in a Scientology hotel room.
SP
Times 3 March 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Judge in Scientology case won't remove himself
Tampa Tribune 4 March 2000
Scientologists fail to budge judge
The church says the judge's associations with mental health
groups could compromise his objectivity.
SP
Times 4 March 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Scientology response to the SP Times Editorial - A cry for justice
Forensic pathologists were so upset by a local newspaper
editorial , they came to set the record straight, as they say.
News Coverage of 6 March
2000
Transcripts of the segments
Doctors paid by church give defense
A former member of O.J. Simpson's "dream team"
defense says Lisa McPherson's death was accidental.
SP
Times 7 March 2000
Pathologists say clot killed Scientologist
Tampa Tribune 7 March 2000
Scientologists decry toll of criminal case
More than 200 church members ask a Circuit Court judge
to dismiss the Lisa McPherson criminal case, saying it is an undue burden
on them.
SP
Times 7 March 2000
Scieno spontaneous affadavit writing campaign
Seems Moxon is here in CW this week to get the Scientologists
in CW to write the following spontaneous affadavits that will be given
to the Judge in the Criminal McPherson case.
Posting of Lisa Trust
Letters to the editor
Re: A cry for justice, editorial
SP Times of 10
March and 12
March 2000
Chief judge returns to Scientology case
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Susan F. Schaeffer is back
to work after a medical leave and again will preside over the criminal
case against the Church of Scientology."
SP
Times 15 March 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Lisa's Mum Fannie McPherson on Spiegel
TV 1997
Records outline Scientology case
The materials illustrate the extent the church went to
in defending itself in the death of Lisa McPherson.
SP
Times 26 March 2000
Scientology perspective on tragedy rarely seen
Tampa Tribune 2 April 2000
Scientology to argue for dismissal of case
If the judge denies the church's request, the focus shifts
to a five-week criminal trial scheduled in October.
SP
Times 4 April 2000
Letter to the Editor
Re: Scientology perspective on tragedy rarely seen
Tampa Tribune 5 April 2000
First hearing to dismiss the criminal case
St. Petersburg courtroom 5 April 2000
transcripts and newscasts
Lawyers debate church's claims
Attorneys for Scientologists say a medical examiner's
report exonerates them in Lisa McPherson's death.
SP
Times 6 April 2000
Scientology [criminal] case centers on autopsy
Tampa Tribune 6 April 2000
Day two of hearing to dismiss the criminal case
St. Petersburg courtroom 6 April 2000
transcripts of newscasts
Scientology's defense impresses judge
Promising a decision in a month, she questions the state's
criminal charges against the church over a member's death.
SP
Times 7 April 2000
Scientology points to examiner's e-mail
Tampa Tribune 7 April 2000
Judge rejects church argument
The rulings say the Church of Scientology's actions in
respect to Lisa McPherson are not protected by the Constitution.
SP
Times 8 April 2000
Scientology [civil] suit for jury to decide, circuit judge says
Tampa Tribune 8 April 2000
Case of Scientologist's death is best put to jury, judge says [in
civil suit]
Miami Herald 9 April 2000
2 judges, 2 counties, and a lot of baloney
SP
Times 9 April 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Letters to the editor
Re: 2 judges, 2 counties, and a lot of baloney
SP
Times 16 April 2000
Questions put 150 autopsies in doubt
The medical examiner says new facts have emerged about
work done by a doctor who quit last month.
SP
Times 13 April 2000
Church wants leader shielded
Scientology wants David Miscavige removed from a wrongful
death lawsuit.
SP
Times 19 April 2000 ( auf
Deutsch )
Judge not hurrying church decision
The judge ruling on Scientology's plea to remove its leader
from a lawsuit says he'll carefully sift arguments.
SP
Times 20 April 2000
Scientology [wrongful death] trial delayed indefinitely
Tampa
Tribune 6 May 2000
Seeking dismissal of [criminal] case, Scientology says official is
biased
SP
Times 27 May 2000
Local Tampa Newscasts
12 June 2000
Charges dropped against scientologists in Fla. [criminal] case
Reuters 12 June 2000
Scientology gets the Criminal Case Dismissed
Newscast, 12 June 2000
Scientology Abuse Case Dropped
Florida Prosecutors Cite Undependable Medical Testimony
Associated
Press 12 June 2000
Prosecutors drop charges against Church of Scientology
Associated
Press Report 12 June 2000
Legal battle not over in Fla. Scientology case
Reuters 13 June 2000
State drops charges against Scientology
Blaming the medical examiner for damaging their case,
prosecutors quietly end the inquiry into Lisa McPherson's death.
SP
Times 13 June 2000
McPherson case expected to haunt medical examiner
The blow to her credibility could make it difficult for
Joan Wood to do her job, lawyers say.
SP
Times 13 June 2000
State drops Scientology charges
Tampa Tribune 13 June 2000
Scientology still faces suit
(UPI) United Press International 13 June
2000
Scientology leader wanted a deal
SP
Times 14 June 2000
(Read his letter to the
prosecuter.)
Editorial: Bungling Scientology case
Medical Examiner Joan Wood's mishandling of the autopsy
report in the death of Lisa McPherson creates questions of Wood's credibility.
SP
Times 14 June 2000
Medical examiner: Case has taken a toll
Tampa
Tribune 14 June 2000
Major missteps of a medical examiner
Tampa
Tribune 14 June 2000
Scientology case looms over medical examiner
Tampa
Tribune 15 June 2000
Photos of McPherson autopsy stir new conflict
News organizations seek them, but for their own reasons,
the Church of Scientology and the McPherson estate want the photos kept
out of public view.
SP
Times 16 June 2000
Wood says she should keep her job
The medical examiner's work on the Scientology case has
her worried as she awaits a decision on reappointment.
SP
Times 17 June 2000
Letters to the editor: It looks like a bribe
Re: Scientology leader wanted a deal, June 14.
SP
Times 22 June 2000
A Times Editorial: Able medical examiner needed
SP
Times 23 June 2000
Worker botched seven autopsies
SP
Times 24 June 2000
Who'll save the serfs in the Land of the Lost?
{SP Times is suing for the remaining autopsy pictures)
SP
Times 27 June 2000
Still no decision on autopsy photos
SP
Times 28 June 2000
Pinellas-Pasco Medical examiner retires
Joan Wood tells the governor that "the stress and
physical toll have become more than I can handle."
SP
Times 29 June 2000
It's all so very thetan cute
Tampa
Tribune 30 June 2000
Autopsy photos' release delayed
Confusion over wording and the Church of Scientology's
petition kept pictures sealed Wednesday.
SP
Times 6 July 2000
Church again stalls release of photos
SP
Times 7 July 2000
Judge releases McPherson autopsy photos
The Church of Scientology had sought to keep the photos
out of the public eye.
SP
Times 21 July 2000
Judge releases McPherson photos
The struggle over the Lisa McPherson autopsy evidence
is over.
Tampa
Tribune 21 July 2000
Suit against Scientology moved to Pinellas County
The judge transfers the McPherson wrongful death lawsuit
against the church before taking a federal judgeship.
SP
Times 5 August 2000
Scientology suit moved to Pinellas
Tampa Tribune 8 August 2000
Few enlist for medical examiner job
Only three apply to replace resigning examiner Joan Wood.
All are described as top-notch.
SP
Times 12 August 2000
Prayer and discussion about Scientology
Services for Lisa in Berlin
Berliner Morgenpost 6 September
2000
Prayer for Lisa
Berlin, 17 Sept. 2000
Medical examiner leaves office
Pinellas-Pasco Chief Medical Examiner Joan Wood was forced
to resign after 18 years on the job
SP
Times 30 September 2000
New German Lisa site opened
On the 41th birdthday (2 Oct) of Lisa the Dialog center
announced the new site
www.lisamcpherson.de
Lisa McPherson Judge
New judge assigned to the Lisa McPherson case
Rod Keller 1 November 2000
The First Annual Benefit Concert for the Lisa McPherson Trust
Saturday, November 11,
2000
Protest of Scientology's Harmful Actions
Clearwater 2 and 3 December
2000
Lisa McPherson Memorial Picket
Realmedia footage of Candlelight Vigil and more
LMT Media
Scientology critics plan protest this weekend
The annual event is restricted by a court order prescribing
where the pickets can be. Police expect little or no friction.
SP
Times 2 December 2000
Scientologists, protesters keep their distance
SP
Times 3 December 2000