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How Scientology got to Bob Minton

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Title: How Scientology got to Bob Minton
Date: Monday, 2 November 2009
Publisher: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Authors: Thomas C. Tobin, Joe Childs
Main source: tampabay.com
Tags: David Lebeau (aka David Lubow aka David Lee aka Robert Clarke aka Ron Christopher) • Hidden camera • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Joe Childs • Judge Susan F. Schaeffer • Kennan G. "Ken" Dandar • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun • Michael J. "Mike" Rinder • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Private investigator(s) • Protest, picket • Robert S. "Bob" Minton • Settlement • Silencing criticism, censorship • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • The Truth Rundown (St. Petersburg Times' special report) • Thomas C. Tobin • Tommy Davis

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Robert S. Minton seemed to surface out of nowhere in late 1997. • A retired investment banker and millionaire from New England, he began to show up at anti-Scientology demonstrations in Boston and Clearwater. He gave millions to groups critical of the church. • He became the money man behind a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of Lisa McPherson, whose unexplained death at Scientology's Clearwater mecca threw the church into crisis. • Minton quickly became the Church of Scientology's No. ... [Read the rest at tampabay.com]