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Florida charges Scientology in church member's death // 2-year investigation leads to felony filing

Title: Florida charges Scientology in church member's death // 2-year investigation leads to felony filing
Date: Saturday, 14 November 1998
Publisher: New York Times
Author: Douglas Frantz
Main source: nytimes.com
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ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 13 — Florida prosecutors filed criminal charges today against the Church of Scientology in connection with the death of a church member while she was under the care of Scientologists three years ago. The church's Flag Service Organization, its chief operating arm in Clearwater, Fla., was charged with abuse or neglect of a disabled adult and with the unauthorized practice of medicine in the death of the church member, Lisa McPherson, 36. The felony charges were filed in ... [Read the rest at nytimes.com]