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Aug 13, 2010		Public obituaries // Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith — Daily Telegraph (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Source: 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. [...] Tag(s): Daily Telegraph (UK) • Death • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Lawsuit • United Kingdom (UK)
Jul 26, 1984		Scientology 'dangerous and corrupt' — East Grinstead Courier (UK) More: link, cosmedia.freewinds.be Edit item... Type: Press Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK) A HIGH COURT judge has made the most outspoken condemnation yet of the Church of Scientology, which has its British headquarters at Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead. He condemned it as "corrupt sinister and dangerous". Its founder, former American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard and his wife Mary Sue were condemned by Mr Justice Latey as "charlatans and worse." And the sect, said the judge, was "both immoral and socially obnoxious." Hubbard and his helpers were said to be "grimly ... Tag(s): Brainwashing • Children, youth • East Grinstead Courier (UK) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Harassment • Justice Latey, Sir John • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Legal • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • United Kingdom (UK)
Dec 1, 1971		Suit-happy scientologists [exact date unknown] — Los Angeles Times (California) More: link, transcript from another publication Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Lester Kinsolving Source: Los Angeles Times (California) Churches have been generally reluctant to engage in the expense and acrimony of lawsuits ever since St. Paul counseled the Corinthian church to avoid property litigation between members before pagan magistrates. (1 Cor. 6: 1-9) But an organization called "the church of Scientology" appears to have taken just the opposite course, in what seems to be a means of acquiring extensive publicity and at the same time frightening anyone inclined to expose their operations. Scientology, which focuses upon intimate interviews using ... Tag(s): American Medical Association (AMA) • Charles Manson • E-Meter • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Harassment • Lawsuit • Lester Kinsolving • Los Angeles Times (California) • Paulette Cooper • Silencing criticism, censorship • The Scandal of Scientology (book) • Threat of legal action, lawsuit • Tower Publications, Inc.
Jan 18, 1971		Medicine's week — American Medical Edit item... Type: Press Source: American Medical Tag(s): American Medical • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Lawsuit • United Kingdom (UK)
Jan 1, 1971		The Scandal of Scientology - 09 Attacking the Attackers — Tower Publications, Inc. Edit item... Type: Book Author(s): Paulette Cooper Source: Tower Publications, Inc. Tag(s): Ability (Scientology magazine) • Dead agenting (Black PR, smear campaign) • Dumbleton-Powles Report (New Zealand) • E-Meter • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • George Malko • Lawsuit • Lord Balniel • National Association of Mental Health • New Zealand • Paulette Cooper • Peter Hordern • Private investigator(s) • Project Psychiatry • Russell Barton • Silencing criticism, censorship • The Scandal of Scientology (book) • Tower Publications, Inc. • United Kingdom (UK) • Vic Filson
Dec 22, 1970		Scientologists lose libel action against Tory MP and decide against an appeal — The Times (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Source: The Times (UK) At the end of the longest libel action in recent legal history, Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smith, M.P., was cleared yesterday by a High Court jury of libelling the Church of Scientology of California. Tag(s): British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) • David Gaiman • Disconnection • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Karen Henslow • Lawsuit • Murray Youdell • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • The Times (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
Aug 7, 1968		Scientology founder 'forgives' $13m debt // Cable from his yacht — Daily Telegraph (UK) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Source: 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 ... Tag(s): Anderson Report (Australia) • Assets • Daily Telegraph (UK) • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Kenneth Robinson • Mental illness • United Kingdom (UK)
Jul 28, 1968		Scientology: Sex, hypnotism and security checks — Sunday Mirror (UK) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): George Martin Source: Sunday Mirror (UK) "SCIENTOLOGY is evil; its techniques evil; its practice a serious threat to the community, medically, morally and socially; and its adherents sadly deluded and often mentally ill. "It's founder is Lafayette Ron Hubbard, an American . . . who falsely claims academic and other distinctions, and whose sanity is to be gravely doubted." While the British authorities hummed and hawed, an official inquiry in Victoria, Australia, in 1965 condemned Hubbard and his organisation in these unmistakable terms. Intimate It branded Hubbard ... Tag(s): Anderson Report (Australia) • Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") • Athena (formerly, Avonriver) • Australia • Disconnection • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • George Martin • Hard sell • Hypnosis • Justice Kevin Victor Anderson • Kenneth Robinson • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Security check ("sec check") • Squirrels • Sunday Mirror (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
Jul 26, 1968		Government clamp down on cult of Scientology — The Scotsman (UK) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Source: The Scotsman (UK) The Government, in the Commons yesterday, announced plans to curb the growth of what Mr Kenneth Robinson, the Minister of Health, called the "objectionable " growth of Scientology. In a written answer to Mr Geoffrey Johnson Smith (C., East Grinstead), Mr Robinson said: "During the past two years the Government have become increasingly concerned at the spread of Scientology in the United Kingdom. Scientology is a pseudo-philosophical cult introduced into this country some years ago from the United States and has ... Tag(s): Children, youth • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Immigration • Kenneth Robinson • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • The Scotsman (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
Jul 26, 1968		State acts to curb scientology // Growing concern at spread — The Times (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Rita Marshall Source: The Times (UK) The Government yesterday announced steps to curb the growth of scientology, the cult which has its world headquarters in 30 acres of Sussex countryside near East Grinstead. Mr. Robinson, Minister of Health, said in a written reply to Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Conservative M.P. for East Grinstead, yesterday that the Government had been increasingly concerned at its spread in this country during the past two years. He announced six steps to stop foreign students, teachers and administrative staff coming to study ... Tag(s): Children, youth • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Disconnection • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Immigration • Jane Kember • Kenneth Robinson • Lawsuit • Rita Marshall • The Times (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
Jul 25, 1968		House of Commons // Official report // Parliamentary debates (Hansard) More: link Edit item... Type: Document MINISTRY OF HEALTH Scientology Mr. G. John Smith asked the Minister of Health, in view of the representations he has received concerning the potentially harmful activities of scientologists in this country, what action he proposes to take; and if he will make a statement. Mr. K. Robinson: During the past two years, Her Majesty's government have become increasingly concerned at the spread of scientology in the United Kingdom. Scientology is a pseudo-philosophical cult introduced into this country some years ago from ... Tag(s): Anderson Report (Australia) • Children, youth • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Hubbard College of Scientology • Immigration • Kenneth Robinson • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
Mar 9, 1967		Scientology attacked in debate — East Grinstead Observer More: link Edit item... Type: Press Source: East Grinstead Observer LEGISLATION TO OUTLAW SCIENTOLOGY IN THIS COUNTRY WAS RULED OUT BY THE MINISTER OF HEALTH (MR. KENNETH ROBINSON) IN AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY. Mr. Robinson said he had no evidence that scientology was strictly and exclusively responsible for mental breakdown or physical deterioration. Nevertheless, he intended to continue to watch the position. Mr. Peter Hordern (M.P. for Horsham) had called for an inquiry into the organisation which he accused of 'exacting money ... Tag(s): Anderson Report (Australia) • East Grinstead Observer • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Karen Henslow • Kenneth Robinson • Mental illness • Murray Youdell • Peter Hordern • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • Silencing criticism, censorship • Threat of legal action, lawsuit • United Kingdom (UK)
Mar 6, 1967		House of Commons / Official report / Parliamentary debates Edit item... Type: Document Tag(s): A History of Man (book) • Anderson Report (Australia) • Auditing • Australia • Blackmail • Brainwashing • Confidential preclear (PC) folder • Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (book) • Disconnection • Frank Turnbull • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Hubbard Association of Scientologists (HAS) • Hypnosis • Karen Henslow • Kenneth Robinson • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Lawsuit • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Medical claims • Mental illness • Murray Youdell • Peter Hordern • Registrar (also, to "reg") • Religious cloaking • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • Sequoia University of California • Silencing criticism, censorship • Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) • Suppressive person (SP) • United Kingdom (UK)
Feb 25, 1967		'Scientology' not to be banned — The Times (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Source: The Times (UK) Tag(s): Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Kenneth Robinson • Peter Hordern • The Times (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
Feb 25, 1967		Commons to debate 'scientology' — The Times (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Source: The Times (UK) Tag(s): Geoffrey Johnson Smith • Kenneth Robinson • Peter Hordern • The Times (UK) • United Kingdom (UK)
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