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alberta • canada • church of scientology of toronto • clayton ruby • cost • fair game • fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • globe and mail (canada) • infiltration • lawsuit • legal • medical claims • membership • narconon (aka scientology drug rehab) • office of special affairs (osa) (formerly, guardian's office) • ontario • ontario provincial police (opp) • operation snow white • protest, picket • quebec • real estate • royal canadian mounted police (rcmp) • silencing criticism, censorship • toronto • toronto star (canada)
Reference materials 3rd Line East Mono ON Canada182 Rue Sainte Catherine Est Montréal QC CanadaPeck Building @ 33 Princess Street Winnipeg MB Canada
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Apr 7, 1992
Scientology not-guilty pleas — Toronto Sun (Canada)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Bill Dunphy
Source: Toronto Sun (Canada)
The Church of Scientology of Toronto Inc. and five members pleaded not guilty to criminal charges of breach of trust yesterday before a panel of 200 prospective jurors. The charges, Mr. Justice James Southey explained to the panel, arise from allegations Scientologists got jobs with the RCMP, the OPP, the attorney general's office and Metro Police so they "could act as a spy or a plant." These "spies", Southey said, are alleged to have "obtained information for the church and passed ...
Mar 12, 1992
Judge adds $500,000 to record libel award — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Tracy Tyler
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
The highest libel award in Canadian history just got sweeter for a top crown attorney. In a ruling yesterday, a judge rejected the Church of Scientology's bid to slash the record $1.6 million damage award for libelling Crown Attorney Casey Hill. Instead, Mr. Justice Douglas Carruthers ordered the church and lawyer Morris Manning, a co-defendant, to pay pre-judgment interest to Hill on a portion of the damages, calculated at 10 per cent a year since 1985, when the lawsuit was launched. ...
Mar 12, 1992
Scientology libel loss confirmed // Judge rejects request to reduce $1.6-million award to Crown lawyer — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Thomas Claridge
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
Canada's costliest libel loss became even costlier yesterday when an Ontario Court judge not only confirmed a $1.6-million jury award but tacked on legal fees and about $560,000 in interest. In a written decision, Mr. Justice Douglas Carruthers rejected arguments by lawyers for the Toronto-based Church of Scientology and lawyer Morris Manning that he should reduce the jury award to S. Casey Hill on the grounds that it was unreasonably high. Judge Carruthers of the Ontario Court's General Division said he ...
Jan 28, 1992
Seized church papers returned Scientology members hail 'win' in 9-year fight — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Tracy Tyler
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
Nine years, several sledgehammers and one battering ram later, it was time for a massive celebration at the Church of Scientology's Yonge St. headquarters. Hundreds of jubilant church members, clutching sparklers and blowing noisemakers, spilled on to the sidewalk and cheered yesterday as a rented truck pulled up with a delivery from Ontario Provincial Police headquarters. Inside the truck were more than 2 million church documents seized from Scientology's Toronto offices on March 3, 1983, in the largest police raid in ...
Jan 2, 1992
Scientologist suing province — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Nicolaas van Rijn
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
A Church of Scientology minister is suing the provincial government for the right to conduct marriage ceremonies. Andrew Sharman, who was ordained a minister in the Church of Scientology in 1987, says the Ontario government's refusal to authorize him to solemnize marriages is a denial of his religious rights under provincial and federal law. "I don't understand it, my parishioners don't understand it and my church doesn't understand it," Sharman, 42, said yesterday. "I am an ordained minister and under the ...
Aug 11, 1991
Easy to get in, but tough to leave — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Parents may be powerless to help their children once they're "trapped" in a cult, but alert parents can help steer kids clear before it's too late, a spokesman for the Manitoba Cult Awareness Centre says. "Once the kids get into a cult, get trapped in a cult, they can't get out," Gerd Gillespie said. And he said the Church of Scientology is the toughest cult to get people out of once they're hooked. The church is so aggressive in "going after" ...
Aug 11, 1991
Firm drops Narconon // Teens want to keep jobs despite Scientology link — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain
Source: Winnipeg Sun
A Winnipeg company is winding down a fund-raising campaign for Narconon — a drug rehabilitation program affiliated with the Church of Scientology — after The Sun exposed Naroconon's connection to the cult last week. But about 35 teenagers selling pepperoni and T-shirts for Mr. Pepperette, a division of Wellington Food Service formed July 1, will work only until the end of the summer — and are continuing at their own request, manager Al Pringle said yesterday. "They want to stick with ...
Aug 9, 1991
B.C. politician springs to defence — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The Church of Scientology is a "church like any other church," a Vancouver politician said yesterday. Social Credit MLA John Reynolds said he doesn't understand why there is so much fuss over Narconon's links to Scientology. "They (Narconon) have operated here in B.C for many years, and I think they have a reputation of doing a good job," Reynolds said. Reynolds recently wrote a letter to Narconon praising the program on its silver anniversary. The letter was included in a package ...
Aug 9, 1991
Partners 'into' church // Ex-employees claim pressure to join — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Top management in a Winnipeg company operating a fund-raising campaign for Narconon — a drug rehabiliation program with ties to the Church of Scientology — have been involved with the church for years, former employees allege. Wellington Food Service partners Brian Knowles and Al Pringle Jr. have been cult members for at least three years, and have tried to convince company employees to join the cult, three men who worked for the company claim. "They were all into it really heavy. ...
Aug 9, 1991
Phones busy for local drug-rehabs — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Author(s): James O'Connor
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The phone's been ringing off the hook at a the Winnipeg branch of Narcotics Anonymous since Sun stories on the connection between an unrelated group, Narconon, and the controversial Church of Scientology. "People have been calling ... but one of the differences is we are self-supporting — we don't solicit funds or contributions," said NA volunteer Bob R., a seven-year member who first heard of Narconon this week. "We've had people calling us up, questioning whether we're affiliated or related. We're ...
Aug 9, 1991
Teens tempted by cash // Claim school downplayed — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Author(s): Riva Harrison
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Two local teenagers who raised money for Narconon — a drug rehabilitation program linked to the Church of Scientology — say they were told they'd make more money fund-raising than going to school this fall. Adam Blackburn and Dale Fairfax, who are no longer fund-raising for Narconon, said their supervisor told them they likely wouldn't want to go back to school if they continued to work as salesmen. "He said 'You won't be going back to school after you see the ...
Aug 9, 1991
Testimonial, but no trust // Son saved, but dad still suspicious — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Riva Harrison
Source: Winnipeg Sun
A Vancouver man whose testimonial is used by Narconon in its promotional material says the organization is "extremely suspect" because of its links to the Church of Scientology. "They (Narconon) are definitely a part of the Scientology operation," Tom Perry said yesterday in an interview from B.C. "I know they rehabilitated my son, I know they rehabilitated his wife, but I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them." Although Perry doesn't deny writing the 1987 testimontial praising Narconon, ...
Aug 8, 1991
Angry teens picket Sun // Links to Scientology cut into fundraising efforts for Narconon — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain
Source: Winnipeg Sun
About 30 teenagers hired to raise funds for Narconon — a drug rehabilitation program linked to the Church of Scientology — picketed The Sun's offices yesterday to protest news reports on Narconon and the church last week. Several teenagers — accompanied by an adult spokesman bearing press kits — complained a recent Sun story linking Narconon to the alleged cult left the perception the teen salespeople are linked to the cult as well. "All we were trying to do was get ...
Aug 8, 1991
Frantic father fears for son // 'They've turned his mind around,' says worried dad — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Rene Pollett
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The Church of Scientology has turned a 24-year-old Winnipeg man into a different person, his father claimed yesterday. The worried father, who asked to remain unnamed, said his son has been involved in the organization for about two years, and even though he works for the church, he has nothing to show for it. "I've asked him a few times, 'What the hell are you doing there seven days a week?' " he said. "They've turned his mind around." The son ...
Aug 8, 1991
Harassement shouldn't quiet media, say cult experts — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The Church of Scientology has a long and undistinguished history of harassing its detractors — but that shouldn't stop the media or anyone else from speaking out against it, cult experts say. The church commonly threatens lawsuits, tries to have detractors arrested, and harasses sources and individual reporters, said Cynthia Kisser of the Cult Awareness Network in Chicago. And recent Sun stories linking the church — alleged by experts to be a dangerous, mind-control cult — to Narconon, a drug rehabilitation ...
Aug 8, 1991
Scientology called 'daddy' of cults — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Rene Pollett
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The Church of Scientology is a cult interested in making money, claims a local cult expert. Gordon Gillespie of the Manitoba Cult Awareness Centre calls Scientology — which is linked to the drug-rehabilitation program Narconon, currently fund-raising in the city — the "daddy" of cults. Gillespie said Scientology's church status gives it tax breaks, but it doesn't have churches and services like other religions. "I'd like to say 'No, they're not successful,' but they're still here and they're persistent." Winnipeggers who ...
Aug 7, 1991
Didn't mislead [missing part] // Nothing 'covert' involving city teens, says Scientology [article incomplete] — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Source: Winnipeg Sun
The director of public affairs for the Church of Scientology in Western Canada denied yesterday it misled about 60 Winnipeg teenagers, hired to raise funds for a drug rehabilitation program linked to the church. "I just think it's very much a tempest in a teapot. This (project) employed a lot of kids," Robbie Hepburn, who flew in to Winnipeg from British Columbia, said. "Yes, there's a connection, but it's not some kind of covert or bad connection." Just because Narconon uses ...
Aug 6, 1991
Drug plan panned // Cult authority warns of Scientology's tactics — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Author(s): Riva Harrison
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Winnipeggers should steer clear of the Church of Scientology and its many organizations, which include a drug rehabilitation program called Narconon, a U.S cult expert said yesterday. "There are far safer programs," Cynthia Kisser, executive director of the Cult Awareness Network, said in an interview from Chicago. "Narconon is more likely to do harm than good." The Sun reported Sunday about 60 Winnipeg teenagers have been hired to sell pepperoni and T-shirts door-to-door to raise money for Narconon. However, a Narconon ...
Aug 4, 1991
Critics say cult behind drug-rehab program // Kids working for Scientology front? — Winnipeg Sun
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain
Source: Winnipeg Sun
Dozens of Winnipeg teenagers have been hired to raise funds for a drug rehabilitation program which critics charge is nothing more than a recruiting front for a "mind-control cult." About 60 teenagers who answered newspaper advertisements for summer jobs are selling pepperoni and T-shirts door-to-door to raise money for Narconon — a drug rehab organization linked to the Church of Scientology. And while officials from the program and the man behind the drive say it's all above board, it has sparked ...
Aug 4, 1991
Town terrorized for fighting church — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Source: Winnipeg Sun
When Narconon comes to town, the Church of Scientology — and trouble — follows, residents of Newkirk, Okla. warned yesterday. Newkirk civic leaders were threatened and harassed by the controversial church and its private investigators after they opposed a Narconon treatment centre set up on Indian territory near the small, rural town in 1989, Mayor Gary Bilger said. "We had three investigators in our little town of 2,300 off and on for weeks," he said. "My little boy was 11 years ...
May 6, 1991
The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power — TIME Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Behar
Source: TIME Magazine
By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the world. On the day last June when his parents drove to New York City to claim his body, they were nearly catatonic with grief. The young Russian-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of the Milford Plaza Hotel and bounced off the hood of a stretch limousine. When the police arrived, his fingers were still clutching $171 in ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 29, 1991
Mrs. Gariepy's difficult tale // Scientologist Buttnor, cleared of child abuse, says his former parishioner is out to get him — Alberta Report (Canada)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Greg Heaton
Source: Alberta Report (Canada)
Police last month arrested Allan Anthony Buttnor, a minister and director of special projects for the Church of Scientology in Edmonton. They claimed he was working at the church offices last November 30 when he fondled the chest of a church member's 10-year-old daughter. They also alleged he had picked up the girl in his car near her home on March 7 and repeated the act. Last week, after a crown prosecutor told the court that there is no evidence to ...
Apr 23, 1991
Scientology church on trial in Canada — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): W. Richard Reynolds
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
The Church of Scientology goes on trial here this morning, charged with stealing thousands of documents from government offices and law firms. It is the first time that a church has been put on trial in Canada. The trial is expected to be long and drawn-out. Various motions on legal technicalities must be dealt with first, a process that could take months. The trial is the result of eight years of legal wrangling. It began in 1983, when 110 police officers ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 16, 1991
Charges against minister withdrawn // Scientologist relieved — Edmonton Journal
Type: Press
Source: Edmonton Journal
A Church of Scientology minister says unsubstantiated sexual-assault charges brought against him were an attack against the church. Allan Buttnor expressed relief, but also annoyance, after the Crown withdrew several charges against him Monday. The charges were laid following a police investigation into claims by a 10-year-old girl. The girl later told police the alleged incidents never happened. "It was obviously an attack on our church," Buttnor said after emerging from Provincial Court. Judge Edward Stack dismissed two counts of sexual ...
Apr 6, 1991
Mom, daughter launch lawsuit against Church of Scientology — Edmonton Journal
Type: Press
Source: Edmonton Journal
A mother and daughter have slapped the Church of Scientology of Alberta with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. The mother and daughter are each claiming millions of dollars in general and punitive damages as well as unspecified special damages. Also named in the lawsuit, filed Friday in Court of Queen's Bench , are church official Allan Buttnor and another man. The three are being sued jointly and individually. The defendants or through others "coerced and frightened" the girl into writing and publishing statements ...
Apr 5, 1991
Scientologists face lawsuit // Police officer suing church, church official for malicious prosecution — Edmonton Journal
Type: Press
Source: Edmonton Journal
A city police officer being sued by the Church of Scientology has launched a $100,000 countersuit. Det. Ken Montgomery is suing the church and church official Allan Buttnor for abuse of process and malicious prosecution. As a member of the Edmonton Integrated Intelligence Unit, Montgomery investigates "cult, occult, ritualistic and religious influence crime." Buttnor, who is facing sexual-assault charges, last month filed a $1-million lawsuit against Montgomery, a second police officer and a woman. Buttnor, acting director of the local church's ...
Apr 4, 1991
Family reports 4th shooting in a week — Edmonton Journal
Mar 22, 1991
Official launches $1M lawsuit — Edmonton Journal
Type: Press
Source: Edmonton Journal
A local Church of Scientology official who is facing sexual assault charges has launched a $1-million lawsuit against two police officers and a woman. Allan Buttnor, 35, is claiming the actions taken by police and a relative of his alleged victim are "designed to injure (him) and the Church of Scientology." The man, who is acting director of the local church's citizen commission on human rights, is charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual interference and one ...
Mar 21, 1991
Minister sues over sex charges — Edmonton Sun (Canada)
Mar 20, 1991
Allan Anthony Buttnor vs. Janice "Kelly" Gariepy, Reed Leary, Ken Montgomery
Type: Legal
LENNIE & CO. ID: 4034266977 JUN 20 '94 9:48 No.001 P.02 IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH OF ALBERTA JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF EDMONTON BETWEEN: ALLAN ANTHONY BUTTNOR, Plaintiff, - and - JANICE "KELLY" GARIEPY, REED LEARY, and KEN MONTGOMERY, Defendants. STATEMENT OF CLAIM 1. The Plaintiff is a resident of the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, and is an ordained minister of the Church of Scientology of Alberta, who seeks to minister to the spiritual needs of the ...
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