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Aug 13, 2010
Public obituaries // Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith — Daily Telegraph (UK)
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Daily Telegraph (UK) Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, who died yesterday aged 86, was a charismatic television reporter who switched to politics and enjoyed a 41-year career in the Commons. [...] Johnson Smith, who was later to launch a successful campaign on behalf of haemophiliacs who had been given infected blood, fought a long battle to curb the Church of Scientology, which had its headquarters near East Grinstead, in 1970 enduring a six-week libel case before a jury vindicated his stance. [...]
May 26, 2009
Scientology on trial in Paris for 'ruin' of disciples — Daily Telegraph (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Henry Samuel Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) The Church of Scientology has been accused of manipulating followers into handing over their savings, in a trial that could see the church banned from France. The church's main centre in France, the ASES-Celebrity Centre, its bookshop and six of its leaders were charged on Monday with organised fraud and illegally prescribing drugs. One former church member claimed she had been psychologically pressured into paying thousands of pounds for lessons, books, drugs and a device called an "electrometre", which the church ...
Sep 9, 2007
Friends, thetans, countrymen — Daily Telegraph (UK)
Oct 29, 2006
Brussels puts squatters over Scientologists — Daily Telegraph (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Justin Stares Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) Home to the institutions of the European Union, Brussels markets itself as an ideal home for any kind of international organisation. But the city has been less than welcoming to its latest foreign guest: the Church of Scientology. To the annoyance of the church's senior officials, a newly purchased three-storey property earmarked to become their Brussels HQ has been invaded by squatters. But their anger with the illegal lodgers is nothing compared to their beef with the Brussels authorities, who have ...
Mar 19, 1998
Church of Scientology probes Herald reporter - Investigation follows pattern of harassment — Boston Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jim MacLaughlin ,
Andrew Gully Source:
Boston Herald The Church of Scientology, stung by a five-part series in the Boston Herald that raised questions about its practices, has hired a private investigator to delve into the Herald reporter's private life. The Rev. Heber Jentzsch, president of the Church of Scientology International, confirmed that the church's Los Angeles law firm hired the private investigative firm to look into the personal life of reporter Joseph Mallia, who wrote the series. "This investigation will have to look at what's riving this" coverage, ...
Nov 20, 1997
Detective on trail of TV pair — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
Mar 15, 1995
Cult's hopes of improving its image takes a knock — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Steele Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) THE acquittal of Stephen Cooper is a major setback for the Church of Scientology in its efforts to dispel its image as a sinister and manipulative cult. The decision will go down in the demonology of the cult - or, in its own terminology, on the ever-lengthening list of anti-Scientology 'suppressive acts' - alongside a bench-mark case in the family division of the High Court in 1984. In that hearing Mr Justice Latey presided over a custody dispute between a father ...
Mar 15, 1995
Friend cleared of Scientology kidnapping — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
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Author(s):
John Steele Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) A MAN who tried to remove a woman from the Church of Scientology was cleared of attempted kidnap yesterday after arguing that 'brainwashing' by the cult had turned her into a robot without the ability to decide whether she consented or not to leaving. Stephen Cooper's 'victim', 23-year-old former shoe shop worker Miss Kathleen Wilson, told the jury that she was happy to be at the cult's headquarters at Saint Hill Castle in East Grinstead, East Sussex, and did not consent ...
May 4, 1988
Man went bankrupt after £175,000 gifts to Scientologists — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link , link
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Author(s):
Lin Jenkins Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) A MATHEMATICS graduate who founded his own computer company, went bankrupt after he "recklessly and cynically exploited" easy credit from banks, finance and credit card companies to give more than £71,000 in 17 months to the Church of Scientology. Mr Adrian Thomas Hayman, 38, paid £175,000 to the "corrupt, sinister and dangerous" church over 14 years. But he began increasing his average annual payments of £8,000 by borrowing. At a public examination at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, yesterday, he denied a suggestion ...
Sep 20, 1984
Cult father loses plea to keep children — Daily Telegraph (UK)
Jul 24, 1984
Love-tug case judge attacks corrupt' cult — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
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Author(s):
Guy Rais Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) THE Church of Scientology was condemned as "corrupt, sinister and dangerous" Mr Justice Latey in the High Court yesterday. The judge described the practices of the Californian-based sect, founded by its "messiah," Ronald Hubbard, as "both immoral andd socially obnoxious." The actions of Hubbard and his helpers were grimly reminiscent of the ranting and bullying of Hitler and his henchmen. Mr Justice Latey, giving judgment in open court after a private hearing ordered a scienlogist father to hand over his 10-year-old ...
Aug 8, 1968
Scientology 'a high price racket' — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Alex Faulkner Source:
Daily Telegraph (UK) A DEVASTATINGLY critical account of Scientology appears today in the
New York publication Women's Wear Daily , which is devoted essentially to fashions, but often explores matters far afield from them. "A new and quite apparently phoney 'religion' called Scientology is beginning to emerge from the lower depths," it says. "In the United States it is still basically unknown except to cultists and a few curiosity seekers. But in recent days, Subway posters have appeared in New York urging everyone: "Step ...
Aug 7, 1968
Church told to pay court costs — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
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Daily Telegraph (UK) THE Church of Scientology of California was told by Mr. Justice Fisher in the High Court yesterday that it cannot continue libel actions against three newspapers unless it pays their costs incurred in preliminary proceedings which it has now abandoned. Costs are estimated at more than £500. Mr. Justice Fisher had earlier been told by Mr. Leon Brittan, counsel for the church, that it was no longer seeking injunctions sought at a previous hearing, restraining further publication of the alleged libels ...
Aug 7, 1968
Scientology founder 'forgives' $13m debt // Cable from his yacht — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
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Daily Telegraph (UK) MR. LAFAYETTE RON HUBBARD, the American founder of Scientology, has cabled the cult's headquarters at East Grinstead, Sussex, that although he was owed $13 million by the organisation this debt has been "forgiven." This was said in a statement issued yesterday from Saint Hill Manor and was one of two received late on Monday from Tunisia, where Mr. Hubbard is believed to be in his yacht. The statement added: "Even my own income has been invoiced into Scientology organisations. "I paid ...
Aug 1, 1968
50 Scientologists told to leave Britain — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
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Daily Telegraph (UK) MORE than 50 Scientology students were yesterday ordered to leave Britain by immigration officials after arriving on three flights from America. Many had arrived at Heathrow Airport late on Tuesday night. They were booked into local hotels and guarded by security men until flight departure times yesterday. A Home Office spokesman said last night that all 74 Scientology students who had arrived in Britain on Tuesday had been refused entry. Although most were provided with overnight accommodation, 23 had been sent ...
Aug 1, 1968
Scientology jet charter flight off — Daily Telegraph (UK)More: link
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Daily Telegraph (UK) ANOTHER Scientology jet charter flight to Scotland next month has been cancelled because of the Government's ban on the entry to Britain of followers of the cult. Caledonian Airways had planned to operate the charter. It was to have carried 186 members of the Hubbard Advanced College of Personal Independence from New York to Prestwick at the end of September. Two days ago, 186 scientology students should have arrived at Prestwick aboard a Caledonian jet charter but the flight was cancelled ...
Mar 20, 1966
One man Britain can do without / He is sending out spies to smear anybody who dares attack his strange cult — The PeopleMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Derek Ive Source:
The People HE IS SENDING OUT SPIES TO SMEAR ANYBODY WHO DARES ATTACK HIS STRANGE CULT [Photos / Caption: Mr. Hubbard . . . from him, dangerous words.] [Photos / Caption: Mr. Sharpe . . . from him, angry words.] BEHIND the elegant walls of a country mansion in Sussex, a nasty enterprise is being directed by the head of a strange American cult. It is an evil plan which will offend every fair-minded citizen in this country. The man is Lafayette Ron ...
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