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May 28, 1994
Family claim their brother is 'prisoner' of cult — Cork Examiner (Ireland)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Ailin Quinlan
Source: Cork Examiner (Ireland)
A CO TIPPERARY family claim an American cult is holding their brother 'prisoner' with the help of mind-control techniques. P. J. Phelan, an agricultural consultant who works in Nenagh, his father and three sisters have vowed to "fight to the end" to "release" their brother Tony (33), who became involved with the Church of Scientology shortly after his mother's death in 1989. "I would warn anyone thinking of becoming involved in Dianetics or Scientology not to get involved. Don't tough it ...
May 19, 1994
Declaration of Vicki Aznaran [post-settlement]
May 17, 1994
Tower Hamlets "duped by Scientology rehab group" — Big Issue (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Anthony Middleton
Source: Big Issue (UK)
NARCONON, THE drug rehabilitation group which has close links with the controversial Church of Scientology, allegedly "duped" Tower Hamlets Council into referring an alcoholic to them. Both the Council and the drug agency which placed the addict on Tower Hamlet's behalf said that they would not be referring anyone else to the group. The Church of Scientology has been consistently criticised by cult watchdogs for its recruitment techniques and financial dealings. Narconon's rehabilitation method is based on the teachings of L. ...
May 15, 1994
Extremist institute mired in power struggle — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Doreen Carvajal
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Courts: Staff members oust founder of Holocaust denial center. They are now entangled in lawsuits and poisonous prose. COSTA MESA — On the sunny autumn morning of the coup d'etat, Willis Carto could be found clinging to the glass doors of his cherished institute like a tough sea barnacle. Swiftly, the mutineers moved to oust Carto, 67, a stubborn and wiry man who had founded and shaped the obscure Institute for Historical Review into a revisionist think tank that critics call ...
May 5, 1994
Rector fights cults — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
A leading Chichester churchman has declared war on the sinister cults besieging the city with their "mind-control" tactics. Richard Griffiths, the rector of St Pancras, is bringing the country's leading experts to Chichester for a pioneering programme of cult awareness seminars. Starting on May 10, the seminars will look at the dangers of Scientology, occultism, New Age and ritual magic. The Rev Griffiths said: "We are concerned about cult activities in Chichester, particularly Scientology, and we feel that people ought to ...
May 4, 1994
Cult faces multi million dollar lawsuit — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Apr 29, 1994
'Brainwashed' / Bristol man to sue cult for over £10,000 — Bristol Journal (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Emily Compston
Source: Bristol Journal (UK)
A BRISTOL man is suing an organisation which he claims taught him to lie and reject his family, whilst charging him over £7,000 for the pleasure. John Simpson, aged 24, (not his real name) is a former member of the controversial cult of the Church of Scientology or Dianetics, as it is otherwise known. He finally 'escaped' last month after seven months in the group. If you had quizzed him last year about his involvement with Scientology, he would probably have ...
Apr 25, 1994
Tom's Scientology secrets exposed! — Woman's Day (Australia)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Greg Sinclair
Source: Woman's Day (Australia)
Exclusive A former cult security guard blows apart the star's squeaky clean image with claims of shocking abuse HOLLYWOOD megastar Tom Cruise has been sensationally named in a multi-million dollar lawsuit in the United States alleging receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illicit perks from the controversial Scientology religious cult. The 32-year-old Oscar winner is alleged to have turned a blind eye to the use of slave labour to build him a gym, an apartment and other gifts ...
Apr 22, 1994
Cult probe backlash [incomplete] — The Times (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Alison Utley
Source: The Times (UK)
Security was stepped up at Hull University this week when psychologists met to discuss the growth of cults and their mind-control techniques. Conference organiser Barry Hart admits he was not expecting the outburst he received from groups such as the Scientologists. "They said our conference was prejudiced," Dr Hart said. "I am prejudiced against destructive and damaging cults, but I certainly didn't expect this backlash." Liberal peer Lord McNair wrote to Hull University's vice chancellor claiming that the conference was an ...
Apr 22, 1994
I harassed no one, says private eye — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
AN AMERICAN private eye working in East Grinstead has denied harassing residents. Eugene Ingram, 48, from California, has been investigating documents allegedly stolen from the Church of Scientology UK base at Saint Hill. During the past month he has approached some 150 people across the south east. Speaking exclusively to the Courier about his work, Mr Ingram said: "Apart from a couple of exceptions, everytime I've seen allegations of harassment there's no name to go along with it." "The question is ...
Apr 22, 1994
Letter // Profit motive behind attack on Scientology — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
YOUR story Ex-Scientologists to 'Expose' Cult (March 4) completely missed the point. What your readers were not told is that the two Scientology "ex-members" in question have been involved in removing materials from church premises and using these for their own ends. The true story is this. Robin Scott and Ron Lawley engaged in a criminal conspiracy in 1983. In furtherance of' that conspiracy, Scott and others went to Denmark, entered a church using a subterfuge, and stole sacred religious scriptures. ...
Apr 21, 1994
Cash needed to pay HQ rent — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Brian Warren
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
Curiousity about a leaflet handed out at The Cross cost a Chichester man more than £6,000. Now Roger Phillips, aged 25, is warning people to stay away from the 'church' of Scientology. And he is furious that credit card companies allow payments of thousands of pounds to the cult. Mr Phillips, a computer programmer, nearly quit his well-paid job to earn £3,000 a year as a full-time Scientologist. He revealed the cult had needed his final payment of £3,200 to pay ...
Apr 21, 1994
Church calls it quits // As Scientology backs away from critics, it may hurt in libel case — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Steven Pressman
Source: Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
[Picture / Caption: RESOLUTION — "I think the judge just wanted to bring an end to this case," says Graham E. Berry, right, with Gordon J. Calhoun.] For years, the Church of Scientology has been synonymous with bitter litigation battles. But the 40-year-old religious organization, long known for its aggressive legal tactics, threw in the towel recently on a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles that it had been waging against two critics. Besides serving as a legal setback, the action in ...
Apr 21, 1994
Humans are 'thetans' — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
[Picture / Caption: The founder: L Ron Hubbard.] Scientologists have been active in Chichester for at least 10 years and their English base is in East Grinstead. They stepped up their role in the city after their Portsmouth offices closed a few years ago. The cult was founded in 1950 by American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who had been involved in black magic. Its main beliefs is that humans are 'thetans', clusters of spirits who were banished to Earth ...
Apr 21, 1994
Members 'are all helped' — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
A Scientology spokesman said it was a "ridiculous exaggeration" to say Mr Phillips had been phoned up to five times a day. Peter Mansell was given full details of the interview with Mr Phillips and his reply was: "The point is for every Roger Phillips or Martin Francis there are literally thousands of people who are more than happy in Scientology. "Scientology has been recognized as a religion by courts and religious scholars all over the world. Just last October the ...
Apr 19, 1994
Cults 'are recruiting ground for paedophiles' — The Times (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Michael Horsnell
Source: The Times (UK)
BRITAIN is home to more than 500 religious cults with an estimated 500,000 believers, many of whose children are subjected to ritual abuse, a conference was told yesterday. The conference at Hull University, organised in response to the Waco siege in Texas last year, was attended by 150 psychologists alarmed at the effects on children of bizarre teachings by the cults. Ritually abused children are subject to prostitution and pornography in the name of religion, it was claimed. The Cults and ...
Apr 15, 1994
Escape route from Scientology 'has never been busier' — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
A HUSBAND and wife team who help Church of Scientology members leave the controversial organisation say they have never been busier after a spate of national coverage surrounding the cult. Bonnie Woods, a former Scientologist, and her husband Richard formed Escape nearly three years ago and operate from their East Grinstead home. The couple claim to have given advice to about 100 former cult members. But the spotlight has been thrown on them and their work by a spate of stories ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — The cult and a private eye — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
THIS man is working for the Church of Scientology. But you won't find him hovering on a street corner with a smile and a clipboard. He is an American private detective. Ex-Los Angeles police officer Eugene Ingram was sent to Britain to investigate the alleged theft of confidential documents from Saint Hill in East Grinstead, the national headquarters of the cult. Relatives of one leading anti-Scientology campaigner in Sussex have found Mr Ingram on their doorstep. Clergymen who have attacked the ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Victims who are 'fair game' — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
[Transcribed by Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> 21 May 1995 07:35:27 +0100] The Church of Scientology may call itself a religion, but it does not have a reputation for turning the other cheek. For a week last month Jon Atack and his family were subjected to scenes like this outside their home in Cranston Road, East Grinstead. Why? The placard-carrying demonstrators are Scientologists, and they do not like Mr. Atack because he is an outspoken critic of the cult. The police were twice called ...
Apr 12, 1994
The 'religion' with a cross, but without any prayers — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
[Picture / Caption: Canon Walker: No tenets of Christianity] THEY call themselves a Church and their symbol is a cross. But the Scientologists' religious image fails to stand up to scrutiny, experts say. The Vicar of Brighton, Canon Dominic Walker, says the sect should not be described as a Church. He said: "Scientology does not have any of the central tenets of Christianity and yet they use a cross as a symbol and their ministers wear clerical collars. "In calling themselves ...
Apr 12, 1994
Tom's bizarre cult scream-in — Daily Mirror (UK)
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Apr 10, 1994
Letters to the editor // CULTS: Article ignored other side of the story — Sunday Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Mary Anderson
Source: Sunday Age (Australia)
CULTS: Article ignored other side of the story from the Reverend Mary Anderson, director of public affairs, Church of Scientology I write to express my amazement and concern that 'The Sunday Age' (3/10) published an article on Louise Samways and her book 'Dangerous Persuaders' without presenting the other side of the story. Scientology is an applied religious philosophy which contains solutions to the problems of living. Its end result is increased awareness and freedom for the individual and rehabilitation of his ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Apr 6, 1994
Cult man's paltry pocket money claim — East Grinstead Observer
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Observer
A SOLICITOR defending a member of the cult Church of Scientology told Mid Sussex Magistrates his client received only £25 a week "pocket money". Russell Owen, 29, of Stonelands, West Hoathly, admitted driving charges of having no insurance and no test certificate, after being stopped by police in September last year. Jim Hinchliffe, defending, said Owen had been insured and had his car tested, but he could not now trace a friend of his who had the documents, and so must ...
Apr 3, 1994
Cult accused of intimidation — The Sunday Times (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Palmer
Source: The Sunday Times (UK)
Police are investigating complaints that private investigators employed by the Church of Scientology, the cult created by L. Ron Hubbard, have intimidated witnesses and plaintiffs in forthcoming court cases. The cult, which claims to have 300,000 members in Britain and 8m worldwide, has attempted to undermine its critics after coming under severe financial pressure in this country. It is anxious to protect its funds which are set to be drained further by a series of expensive civil actions brought by former ...
Apr 3, 1994
Inside the cults of mind control - — Sunday Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s): Gary Tippet
Source: Sunday Age (Australia)
Louise Samways has spent the past decade investigating the many mind-control techniques of Australia's cults, gurus and personal development courses. She is also familiar with their tactics to keep critics quiet. The brick that slammed through the psychologist's car windscreen recently was a reminder that there are other, older methods of persuasion. She was frightened: "I'd like to hope it was just schoolkids playing stupid games, but when these things come one on top of the other, I don't think I'm ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Apr 1, 1994
Chief of police fires warning at Scientologist — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Ned Seaton
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Police Chief Sid Klein is warning a prominent Church of Scientology official not to interfere in a police investigation again. Richard Haworth, Scientology's spokesman in Clearwater, could have been booked into the county jail March 24 for obstructing an investigation into an alleged battery of a Scientologist that night, Klein said Thursday in a letter. Haworth was not charged only because of the "training, patience and professionalism" of a police officer involved in the incident, Klein said. According to a police ...
Apr 1, 1994
Scientology links with rehabilitation group — Big Issue (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Anthony Middleton
Source: Big Issue (UK)
A GROUP which runs a national drug rehabilitation programme and gives regular lectures to schools is closely linked to the controversial Church of Scientology. Narconon, which bases its methods on the teachings of the Church's founder L Ron Hubbard, currently treats a small number of private-paying addicts each year. But it is has recently launched a major expansion programme, and Narconon claims that Tower Hamlet's social services department has paid the £500 per week fee for the three month treatment of ...
Mar 31, 1994
Scientology suit on PR firm heads for trial — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Wayne Garcia
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
For both sides, the relationship between the Church of Scientology and the nation's largest public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, had been a good one. But that relationship fell apart in 1991, just two days after a cover story in Time magazine blasted Scientology as a cult of greed. Hill & Knowlton dropped Scientology as a client. Lilly and Scientology have been locked in battle over Scientology's campaign to discredit Prozac, an antidepressant drug made by Lilly. Scientology blames Prozac for ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 30, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — How a church aimed to sell itself — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
In the third part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI reveals the true cost of one man's involvement with the cult. [A small picture of Mr. Bracci is shown, as on previous days.] HARD SELL... two words synonymous with door-to-door salesman, second hand car dealers, and estate agents. Two words you would definitely not expect to find in the vocabulary of any religion. But this is not any religion. It is Scientology. Today, we ...
Mar 29, 1994
Alberta natives warned about U.S. drug program — Calgary Herald (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Bob Beaty
Source: Calgary Herald (Canada)
Scientology course 'potentially dangerous,' says Oklahoma report A drug treatment program backed by a controversial church is trying to sell Alberta natives addiction-cure services that medical experts have warned are unsafe and ineffective. As many as 10 Alberta reserves have been approached by Narconon, a U.S.-based program associated with the Church of Scientology. The program — which costs about $18,000 US and prescribes daily saunas and megavitamin doses — has been rejected by a U.S. state board of health because it ...
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