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[Untitled article about California lawsuit] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Aug 2, 1984
Editorial: Time to go — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) THE DAYS when Scientology threw writs at anyone daring to criticise it may have passed — but do not be too sure. There has been no change in the function and purpose of the bizarre organisation at Saint Hill to which East Grinstead has been a reluctant and embarrassed host for more than 20 years. The best news would be that the whole strange set-up had packed up and left. Mr Justice Latey's denunciation of Scientology in the High Court last ...
Jul 7, 1982
Inside Scientology: Scientology versus the Merchants of Chaos — News-Herald (Santa Rosa, California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Dennis Wheeler Source:
News-Herald (Santa Rosa, California) Throughout its nearly 30 years of existence, the Church of Scientology has had problems with its image in the media. Newspaper articles have called it a "bizarre brain-washing cult" founded by a former science fiction writer. Television coverage of recent hearings in Clearwater, Florida — home of the Church's U.S. headquarters — emphasized testimony that the group's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is in hiding and, according to his son, might even be dead. And the Reader's Digest recently printed two controversial ...
May 9, 1982
Ex-Scientologists describe illegal activities — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Why, Robert Dardano was asked, had he done it — why had he participated with other Scientologists in burglaries and theft of documents and smear campaigns against the church's perceived enemies? Because he was convinced, the slender, soft-spoken Dardano told Clearwater city commissioners, "that Scientology was going to save the planet and free the world. "That we were right and everyone else was wrong," Dardano, a 31-year-old Boston resident, was one of eight witnesses to testify Saturday during commission ...
May 7, 1982
Writer says sect harasses her — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
Steven Girardi Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) It has been 11 years since freelance writer Paulette Cooper published what she calls "the book that launched a thousand suits." And it has been about a week since she was served with the eighteenth lawsuit filed against her by the Church of Scientology. "I handled the eighteenth better," the thin, blond woman said Thursday. "But how can things not bother you? I work day and night to pay lawyers." Ms. Cooper, in Clearwater this week for the city's Scientology hearings, ...
May 6, 1982
Scientology founder's son: Father a liar — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com , link
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John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) What they said: [Picture / Caption: Attorney Michael J. Flynn promised that Wednesday's testimony "is just laying the foundation" for revelations concerning Clearwater.] [Picture / Caption: "If Hubbard decides to leave this planet, he will take these people with him," said former Scientologist Edward Walters, drawing a comparison to the late Rev. Jim Jones.] [Picture / Caption: "My father only knew how to do one thing and that was to destroy people," said the former L. Ron Hubbard Jr., now known ...
Sep 2, 1981
Author wants Scientology subpoena quashed — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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Author(s):
David E. Anderson Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) WASHINGTON — A Reader's Digest senior editor, author of an article critical of the Church of Scientology, asked a federal court Tuesday to quash a church-sought subpoena aimed at compelling his testimony in a lawsuit. "This Scientology action seeks to harass and vilify journalists who have published criticism of this criminal enterprise," said lawyers for Eugene Methvin, a senior editor at the Digest , and Jane Denis Smith, a former researcher at the magazine, in their petition to the U.S. District Court ...
Sep 1, 1981
Scientology: The sickness spreads — Reader's DigestMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Eugene H. Methvin Source:
Reader's Digest Eighteen months ago, the U.S.-based Church of Scientology launched a global—and unsuccessful—campaign to prevent publication of a Reader's Digest report called "Scientology: Anatomy of a Frightening Cult." The church engaged a detective agency to investigate the author, Digest Senior Editor Eugene H. Methvin. Digest offices in a half-dozen nations were picketed or bombarded with nuisance phone calls. In Denmark, South Africa and Australia, the church sued unsuccessfully to prevent publication. In the months since the article appeared, in May 1980, a ...
Sep 6, 1980
Tarpon commissioner finds Scientology 'positive,' 'ethical' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Aug 29, 1980
Law // The scientologists back off // Giving the final court victory to Alberta's Stubborn Seven — Alberta Report (Canada)More: link
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Alberta Report (Canada) Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard told his followers early on that they should use civil litigation to harass, silence or even to destroy opponents. From the defamation suits filed four years ago by Scientology's Calgary, Edmonton and Old Strathcona Missions, however, seven weary but very determined Albertans last week emerged unsilenced and undestroyed. The $100,000 lawsuits against them (the figure, incidentally, specifically recommended by scientologist Hubbard) were thrown out of court without coming to trial. Even so, lawyers say, ...
Aug 27, 1980
Church lawsuit scrapped — Calgary NewsMore: link
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Calgary News Alberta courts called the bluff of the Church of Scientology which had extended a libel suit against seven former members for four years. The case fizzled out in Edmonton when the church failed to deposit $45,000 as security for costs if it lost the case. The court dismissed a defamation suit launched by the church against Lorna Levett, Brendan Moore, Les Jackman, William Reid, Neil Taylor and David Wallace, all of Calgary, and Betty McCoy of Edmonton. The defendants are now ...
Aug 20, 1980
Ex-Scientologist // Scars have yet to heal — Calgary SunMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bill Hart Source:
Calgary Sun Brendon Moore was yesterday piecing his life back together — after. being cleared by a court of defaming the Church of Scientology. The case, which has lasted four years, was thrown out of Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton Monday when the church failed to post a $45,000 bond to cover future court costs. But Moore says the scars from his association with Scientology have yet to heal. The Scientologists sued eight ex-members in September, 1976 for allegedly defaming the church ...
Aug 20, 1980
Lawsuit against Albertans fizzles out — Calgary Herald (Canada)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gordon Lee Source:
Calgary Herald (Canada) The Church of Scientology's four-year-old defamation lawsuit against seven Albertans has fizzled out on the eve of trial. The Scientology organization was required to deposit $45,000 by Monday at the Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton. But Calgary lawyer Ken Staroszik, who represents the seven defendants, said the court clerk's office confirmed Tuesday that the money has not been received. At a Queen's Bench hearing June 18 in Edmonton, Justice Arthur Crossley ordered the organization to post the money as security ...
Aug 10, 1980
Ex-Scientologists express bitterness — Las Vegas Review JournalMore: link
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Sherman R. Frederick Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal Carol Garrity and Dick and Janie Peterson don't call Scientology a church anymore. After dropping about $40,000 in five years into church courses and training, they left the church three weeks ago disillusioned, angry and humiliated. Is Scientology a church? "No!" they answer. "You never hear mention of God or any praying," Dick Peterson said of the church that won tax-exempt status only after a 19-year court battle with the IRS. "It doesn't operate like a church," Garrity added. "It's run ...
Jul 28, 1980
Top regional Scientology official quits church — Las Vegas Review Journal
May 30, 1980
Won't show their financial records, Scientologists declared in contempt — Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Globe and Mail (Canada) EDMONTON (CP) — The Church of Scientology has been ruled in contempt of court for failing to present financial records to seven Albertans it is suing. Mr. Justice L. D. MacLean of the Court of Queen's Bench also ordered the church to proceed with its defamation action against the defendants after labelling the 1/2-year court delay "absolutely ridiculous." He said the Church of Scientology must appear ready for a two-week trial on Oct. 6 or its action, launched in 1976, will ...
Apr 18, 1980
Scientologists take on Reader's Digest — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology is apparently pulling out all the stops in a worldwide effort to block publication of a forthcoming Reader's Digest article critical of the church. Fearful that such an article in an 18-million circulation magazine would be damaging to Scientology, church officials have: * Instituted legal action against Reader's Digest in South Africa and reportedly in West Germany in an effort to block distribution of the may issue in those countries. * Threatened to sue Reader's Digest offices ...
Mar 4, 1980
Affidavit of James Gervais [exact date unknown, circa March 1980 assumed] More: link
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AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES GERVAIS I, James Gervais, state the following under the pains and penalties of perjury: 1. My introduction to Scientology was in July of 1973, when many representations were made to me concerning the benefits of "auditing" and Scientology. 2. The following representations were made to me relative to benefits allegedly provided by Scientology and "auditing". a) raise my IQ; b) cure diseases and mental illness; c) solve drug problems and other personal problems; d) stabilize and promote familial ...
Jan 25, 1980
The Scientology Papers: Cult order sought to end scientists' criticism — Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Author(s):
John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) A 1977 order from the top level of the Church of Scientology sought to silence criticism of the cult by a New York-based organization dedicated to investigating UFOs and claims of psychic wonders.
Nov 9, 1979
Government attorneys argue for release of Scientology documents — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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Author(s):
Charles Stafford Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) WASHINGTON — Government attorneys said Thursday that Church of Scientology documents cannot he kept sealed because, among other reasons, a federal grand jury in Tampa needs them. Carl S. Rauh, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, and four of his assistants asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District to reject the church's request that the documents be kept secret. The documents were among 48,000 seized in raids on church headquarters in Los Angeles on July 8, 1977. They ...
May 28, 1979
"Snapping" authors ask for First Amendment precedent — Publisher's Weekly
Mar 26, 1979
Scientologists sue Lippincott and authors of "Snapping" — Publisher's Weekly
Nov 3, 1978
Scientology news curbed by court — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) The U.S. Justice Department, at least for the next month, cannot disseminate to the public or other governmental agencies documents seized by the FBI from the Church of Scientology July 8, 1977, the U.S. 9th Circuit Circuit of Appeals has ruled. The appellate court said materials seized from the Scientology headquarters here can be presented to federal grand juries, but to no one else pending appeal of the court's order. A hearing on the merits of the Scientology suit seeking to ...
Aug 31, 1978
Scientologists sue Times, 2 reporters for $1 million — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) The Church of Scientology Wednesday filed a $1 million lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against Times Mirror and two Times reporters, alleging conspiracy to interfere with civil rights. The lawsuit stems from a
series of articles dealing with the Church of Scientology written by reporters Robert Rawitch and Robert Gillette and published earlier this week in The Times. The lawsuit charged that the reporters acted in concert with representatives of the FBI and the Department of Justice to publish ...
Aug 24, 1978
Heaven (on earth) can wait — Albertan (Canada)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bob McKee Source:
Albertan (Canada) Those not-so-saintly Scientologists are in the news again. This time, it appears, our money-making missionaries have been up to their cassocks in — of all things — spying and as a result 11 members of the pay-as-you-learn church have been indicted in Washington on charges of stealing government documents and bugging government offices. Some of the things the reverie reverends are accused of include planting scientology "agents" in the government to find out about its investigations into the church; and of ...
Aug 21, 1978
The Week // Author files $20-million suit against Scientologists — Publisher's WeeklyMore: link
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Author(s):
Madalynne Reuter Source:
Publisher's Weekly The author of a book critical of Scientologists has filed a $20-million damage suit against the Church of Scientology of New York, Inc., charging it with calculated and reckless plan of harassment during the past five and [?] years. The suit was filed August [?] State Supreme Court in New York by Paulette Cooper, author of
"The Scandal of Scientology," published [?] Tower in 1971. According to published reports, Scientologists caused the publisher [?] withdraw the book from circulation. While ...
Aug 16, 1978
Church of Scientology attacks investigators and critics — Washington PostMore: link
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Author(s):
Ron Shaffer Source:
Washington Post The Church of Scientology is an organization that fervidly shuns investigations. When probed, it attacks the investigators. When criticized, it makes the critics pay. Church attempts to stifle investigations and criticism include lawsuits, harassment, frameups and attempts to have critics jailed, or at least enjoined from talking about Scientology. If there is "a long-term threat" to Scientology, founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote in a confidential memorandum to his staff, "you are to immediately evaluate and originate a black PR campaign to ...
May 17, 1978
Church kept 'enemies list' // Raid on Scientologists netted CIA documents — Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Author(s):
John Picton Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Washington DC — Secret documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency were discovered when offices of the Church of Scientology in the United States were raided by federal agents last year, according to reports published here yesterday. The reports said that apparently original Internal Revenue Service documents were found during the raids, as well as confidential letters between members of the U.S. Cabinet. Also, it was discovered the church kept an enemies list, which included files on Senator
Edward Kennedy , ...
May 1, 1978
An author vs. Scientology church — San Francisco Chronicle (California)More: link
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San Francisco Chronicle (California) In the fall of 1971, author Paulette Cooper came out with a book called "
The Scandal of Scientology " and, then, according to her lawyers, friends, family and lawyers, the following things happened to her: She received repeated telephone calls from anonymous people who threatened to kill her. Letters were posted on her neighbors' doors telling them she had venereal disease and should be evicted from her apartment. Her publisher was sued and harassed to the point that he withdrew the ...
Aug 12, 1977
San Diego paper sued for $10,000 // Church of Scientology members seek to stop articles not yet published — Los Angeles Times (California)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
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Los Angeles Times (California) SAN DIEGO — Two Church of Scientology members Thursday sued the San Diego Union for more than $10,000, alleging two articles that have not yet been published were an invasion of privacy. Union Acting Editor Peter Kaye described the lawsuit as "harassment aimed at preventing the paper from printing the stories." He said church leaders had offered to try to stop the lawsuit if the newspaper would kill the articles. The civil suit was filed in San Diego Superior Court by ...
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