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Jun 23, 2007
'Church' that yearns for respectability — The Times (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): Dominic Kennedy
Source: The Times (UK)
Scientology is trying to transform its image from that of a shadowy cult When Scientology officially opened its spectacular new British church in the Square Mile, the movement was given an unusually warm embrace by the Establishment. Ian Luder, an Alderman of the Corporation of London and a magistrate, lauded the organisation’s anti-drugs efforts. “The work which you do in this area is greatly to be welcomed,” he said, “and I wish you growing success.” It was a satisfying moment for ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jun 19, 2007
Lawsuit: Firm's training was front for Scientology — Daily Southtown
Type: Press
Source: Daily Southtown
A former employee of a Southland telecommunications company claims the company's required training included courses "designed to indoctrinate employees" in Scientology, and when she objected to the religious aspects of the training she was fired. Margaret Warfield, of Montgomery, filed her religious discrimination lawsuit in federal court Monday against BTI Communications Group. According to the company's Web site, BTI Communications Group is a business telephone and communications technology company headquartered in Lemont, with branch offices in Santa Fe Springs and Sacramento, ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jan 24, 2007
Texas: Penalty in case of false gas-mileage booster — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Staci Semrad
Source: New York Times
Attorney General Greg Abbott filed an agreed judgment against a Dallas company that was marketing a mothball-like product as a gas-mileage booster. The company, BioPerformance, sold its product with a claim that putting a couple of the pills into an automobile fuel tank could increase gas mileage 30 percent. The state’s investigation revealed that the product had no such power and that its main ingredient was naphthalene, used in making mothballs. The state also found that the company developed a pyramid ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Dec 4, 2006
Woman sues former employer for religious discrimination — Springfield Business Journal
More: groups.yahoo.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Matthew Wagner
Source: Springfield Business Journal
A Springfield woman has alleged in a federal lawsuit that she was fired in 2004 from a Branson West company for refusing to convert to Scientology, the chosen religion of her boss and several co-workers. Brianne Shahan filed the suit against Richmond Monroe Group Inc. in U.S. District Court last month. Shahan claims her former employer violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by allegedly pressuring her to divorce her husband and become a Scientologist. According to its ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jun 2, 2006
Russian official jailed for forcing subordinates to study Scientology — Mosnews.com
Type: Press
Source: Mosnews.com
A former Russian MP, a local education chief, has been jailed for embezzlement and abuse of authority — he made his subordinates study scientology and used budget money to pay for their studies. Boris Shalimov of the Skovorodinsk region in Russia's Far East has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement and abuse of authority, the website of Russia's Prosecutor General's Office reports. In October 2002 Shalimov became a member of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. To get ...
May 11, 2006
Is he a slumlord or ethical specialist? — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Shadi Rahimi
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
ST. PETERSBURG — In the world of Scientology, Scott W. Snow is a winner. He has achieved the religion’s highest level of training, higher even than megastar Tom Cruise, a distinction that brings with it lofty ethical standards. But in St. Petersburg, city leaders call him slumlord. Snow, 51, is the owner of the Chinook Apartments in Midtown, which the city shut down May 2 after finding multiple fire code violations. Now two dozen Chinook tenants have hired a lawyer and ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 7, 2006
Ex-chiropractor to plead guilty in health care fraud case — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Type: Press
Author(s): Torsten Ove
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The jailed owner of the Hemorrhoid Relief Centers of Pittsburgh is set to plead guilty today in Columbus, Ohio, to multiple charges in connection with his role as an orchestrator of one of the largest health care fraud cases in the United States. Markell D. Boulis, 45, a former chiropractor from Collier who ran seminars across the country designed to illegally boost revenue for chiropractic practices, has informed federal authorities that he will enter a plea in two federal cases in ...
Jul 18, 2004
Scientology's town — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Aug 10, 2003
Builders find room for luxury homes — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Robert Farley
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Clearwater Village's developers envision 126 Mediterranean-style homes with a median cost of $450,000 to $500,000. CLEARWATER — Unicorns. Free lunches. Large tracts of undeveloped Clearwater land. None of those things exist, right? In fact, 24 vacant acres do exist in Clearwater, land that has been largely untouched since mules grazed there some 80 years ago. Developers snatched it up, of course. And then they thought about what to do with their blank canvas. Surrounded as it is by a church, low-income ...
Sep 11, 2002
West Coast venture in patents row — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
Source: New Zealand Herald
Lawyers acting for a Sydney plastics manufacturer have invoked its worldwide patents in an attempt to stop a proposed Hokitika plastics venture. A fraud investigation is being called for after claims by Armacel that the Hokitika initiative is planning to use technology it does not own. The claim has been referred to the Serious Fraud Office. Two of the key figures in the Hokitika project, Ian Pitts and Tim Redmond, both of Sydney, worked for Armacel managing director and the patent-registered ...
Aug 3, 2002
Scientology connection — The Press
Type: Press
Source: The Press
Key players in the controversial Hokitika plastics factory proposal are devotees of the Church of Scientology. Wayne Byrne, of Sydney, and Soren Kierkegaard, of Tauranga, are the two principals of FT Manufacturing (Westland) Ltd, which has received a $500,000 loan from the Westland District Council, along with a council commitment to build the factory for a further $2.2 million. Several others involved in the Hokitika project are believed to have links with the American-based church, which is centred on a controversial ...
Item contributed by: Anonymous
Jan 1, 2002
Clear Expansion Committee Directory 2002 — Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO)
Type: Document
Source: Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO)
Tag(s): "Safe pointing"A Star AcademyAbby JuneauAdrian AustinAlba GrandeAlex StruewskiAlicia RegensbergAnita WelchAnn ManierreAnnette PrimianiApplied ScholasticsArlene RichArthur J. MarenBack to Basics SchoolBecky BuchananBernard K. "Bud" ReichelBetsy CrambBetsy RoushBill HalversonBob DivenutiBob MagnessBrendan HaggertyBrian KennedyCalifornia Ranch School Independent AcademyCandace ZillwegerCarl SitlerCarole AndreaniCathy KamhiCathy VangieriCharlie GroffCherish the Children FoundationCheryl A. AldermanChris AlexanderChurch of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO)Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Claire CournoyerClear Expansion CommitteeClearwater Academy International (1997 merger of A to Be School, Jefferson Academy, Renaissance Academy)Clearwater Business AssociationColleen WilhiteCriminonDaphna FischlerDarlene SwansonDavid SingerDebbie RadstromDebbie ShaddDebbie WitterDelphi AcademyDenise Miscavige Gentile (formerly Covington, Licciardi)Dennis CamaraDon HoodEd CrambEd ThompsonEdd ClarkElyse van BreemanEpoch ConsultantsExec TechG. Craig BurtonGerard AndreaniGerhard Haag (aka Royce Savoy Monteverdi)Gertie PerryGisela MageGloria SlaughterGrace HunterGraham PayneGreg SmithGung-Ho GroupHarriet HughesHemda GinzbergHubbard College of Administration (HCA)Hype MarketingIan AndersonIrmgard HaugIrving PaiewonskyJanette HaugenJanice BateyJeff AvrinJeff LeeJennifer SundanceJessica ByrnesJim EmmickJo StruthersJoan PascoJoanie SigalJoanne BakerJohn BellmaineJohn LindmanJoy DivenutiJoy RockwellJudah DobinKaren SinghrsKate RyanKathy FeshbachKatie ChamberlainKaye ChampagneKeri LeeKevin TigheKirk BurnessKitty MagnessKlaus HilgersKristine MarquardtLavina van HoekeLawrence "Larry" ByrnesLes MooreLeslie StrubblefieldLewis SteinmanLisa CumminsLisa TigheLittle SchoolLive Oak SchoolLiz SikesLouise CournoyerLyn MillerLynn IronsMace-Kingsley Family CenterMallory PascoMarian KingMark DeEulioMark FreedmanMarsha FriedmanMary AdamsMary Jo PagelMaryta JensenMatt ArgallMeasurable SolutionsMike GropeNancy WestNarconon Florida, Inc.Pam BartonPamela Csira Ryan (Anderson)Pat CloudenPatty ThompsonPaula EllenburgPaula PaiewonskyPeaches PookPedro GilPermanent SolutionsPeter VicentePhyllis FranklinProfessional Consultants Association of FloridaRay HemphillRenato SmithReuvein MarcusRichard R. ByrdRichard TinkelenbergRichel LavetteRob CollewijnRobert SchwartzRon WeidoffSally van QuaethemSandra "Sandy" AdairSandy MesmerSay No to DrugsScientology Missions International (SMI)Scott RhodesShaun KirkSheryle Festa-IronsStan DubinStandard Organizing SolutionsSteve FerrySteve PerrySue MuellerSummit ManagementSunok GropeSuzanne F. JohnsonTerry JamesThe Learning ConnectionThe Way to Happiness (TWTH)Theo GrantTina TurbinTom WrightTyna EichenlaubValko & AssociatesVivian LittleVolunteer MinistersWhayne EisenmanWorld Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE)World Literacy CrusadeYamila SeneYurii Obolensky
Aug 28, 2001
Psychometric testing // Firms WISE up to Scientology — People Management
More: apologeticsindex.org
Type: Press
Author(s): Zoe Roberts
Source: People Management
HR professionals have been warned to watch out for a mailshot from a psychometric testing organisation that fails to make clear its links to Scientology. People Management followed up a complaint from a reader who had received a letter from Silhouet UK inviting the recipient to complete an enclosed test questionnaire as a "free introductory service". The reader became suspicious after noticing the copyright on the test was for L Ron Hubbard, the founder of the controversial religious group. The letter ...
Item contributed by: Martin Poulter
Dec 21, 2000
Brained — New Times Los Angeles
Feb 17, 2000
Modus Operandi: Infiltration — Paris Match
May 9, 1999
Is Scientology above the law? — France 2
Mar 29, 1999
At home: Critics public and private keep pressure on Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Lucy Morgan
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Scientology leaders say they want peace. They say they want to stay out of court. But with both foes at home and foes abroad, that goal may be elusive. Leaders of the Clearwater-based Church of Scientology say they hope the years of heavy legal expenses are over. That may not be a realistic hope. While the number of cases Scientology is currently pursuing is down in the United States, a survey of the cases still under way shows a persistence and ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 25, 1998
Jesse Prince interviews – Tape 4 — FACTnet
Type: Interview
Source: FACTnet
Tag(s): Advanced Ability CenterAndre TabayoyonAssetsAuditingAuthor Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology)Chick CoreaChris SilcockChurch of Scientology of California (CSC)Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library)Confidential preclear (PC) folderCostDavid MayoDavid MiscavigeDeathDennis ErlichDiane MorrisonEd BrewerEugene M. IngramFACTNetFair gameFalse imprisonmentFraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentationGerald "Gerry" ArmstrongGold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot SpringsHard sellInternal Revenue Service (IRS)International Association of Scientologists (IAS)Jeff ShriverJesse PrinceJohn TravoltaKevin TrueLawrence "Larry" WollersheimLawrence E. "Larry" HellerLichtensteinLyman D. SpurlockMarc YagerMark C. "Marty" RathbunMorag BellmaineMV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème)Norman F. StarkeyPotential Trouble Source (PTS)Private investigator(s)Registrar (also, to "reg")Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF)Religious Technology Center (RTC)Richard N. AznaranRobert "Bob" MithoffRobin ScottRon MiscavigeSea Organization (Sea Org, SO)Sherman D. LenskeStephanie SilcockStephen A. LenskeSuicideSuppressive person (SP)WeaponsWorld Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE)
Dec 12, 1997
Ex-Scientologist wins $6 million after 17-year fight — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Kathy Kinsey
Source: Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
Type: Tort, intentional infliction of emotion distress, alter ego. Bench decision: Amendment of judgment - $6,025,857 ($4,649,328 renewed judgment plus $1,376,529 accrued interest). Case/Number: Larry Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California / C332027. Court/Date: L.A. Superior Central / Oct. 29, 1997. Judge: John P. Shook. Attorneys: Plaintiff - Craig J. Stein (Gartenberg, Jaffe, Gelfand & Stein, LLP, L.A.); Daniel A. Leipold, Cathy Shipe, Robert F. Donohue (Hagenbaugh & Murphy, Orange); Lita Schlosser (Encino); Ford Greene (Hub Law Offices, San Anselmo). ...
Dec 1, 1997
Distrust in Clearwater -- A special report.; Death of a Scientologist Heightens Suspicions in a Florida Town — New York Times
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Douglas Frantz
Source: New York Times
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Late on a November afternoon two years ago, a 36-year-old Scientologist named Lisa McPherson was involved in a minor traffic accident. She was not injured, but she inexplicably stripped off her clothes and began to walk naked down the street. A paramedic rushed her into an ambulance and asked why she had taken off her clothes. Ms. McPherson replied: "I wanted help. I wanted help." She was taken to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric examination, but several ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 1, 1997
Advance in the eastern frontier — Stern (magazine)
Type: Press
Author(s): Bettine Sengling
Source: Stern (magazine)
The business-minded Scientology strategists are conquering Russia with psycho-programs and management courses — and they seek access to politics and the military Oh, what a wonderful day, Marina thinks it's great to write up her sins. Anna has learned that aspirin ruins her brain. And Vladimir, an old man with thick glasses, can explain what ethics is by using building blocks. That's how it is with Scientologists, everybody has a little bit of success every day in the evening at 5:30 ...
Apr 14, 1997
Internet firm Luckman surfs rough waters — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s): Karen Kaplan
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
A visitor to the Internet World trade show in Los Angeles last month would have come away with the impression that Luckman Interactive was an industry powerhouse. The 3-year-old firm, which makes software and Internet directories, hung a giant banner on the side of the Los Angeles Convention Center—the only company to spring for the expense. Its booth was among the biggest at the show, rivaling those of Netscape, Apple Computer and Sun Microsystems. The company has raised more than $20 ...
Feb 25, 1997
Scientology's "Holocaust" // Is Hollywood on the wrong side in Germany's "Church" vs. state furor? — Salon
Type: Press
Author(s): David Hudson
Source: Salon
BERLIN — “Historically inaccurate and totally distasteful." Strong words from Madeleine Albright, who had good reason to apply them. America's new secretary of State was referring to the widely publicized statement by Oliver Stone, Dustin Hoffman and other Hollywood celebrities equating Germany's current treatment of the Church of Scientology with the Holocaust. When she met with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl last week, Albright was committed to bringing up U.S. "concerns" about Germany's treatment of Scientologists. At the same time, she clearly ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 21, 1996
International Management Executive Committee [IMEC] Executive Directive [ED] 2025 [Clear Expansion Committee] — Church of Scientology International (CSI)
Mar 22, 1995
In whose hands? / How Allstate applied Scientology methods to train its managers — Wall Street Journal
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Rochelle Sharpe
Source: Wall Street Journal
Two years ago, an Allstate agent stood up at Sears's annual meeting to ask what then seemed a bizarre question. "To what extent," he inquired, "are the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology present today in Allstate and in Sears?" Edward Brennan, chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Wayne Hedien, then-chairman of Sears's Allstate Insurance Co. unit, both appeared bewildered. Mr. Brennan said he had no knowledge of any relationship at all. Mr. Hedien said he didn't even ...
Jan 1, 1994
Clear Expansion Committees — Church of Scientology International (CSI)
Mar 21, 1993
Bittersweet - Cocolat and Scientology / Some of Cocolat's ex-workers claim that the company's newest ingredient is Scientology — San Francisco Examiner (California)
More: stop-wise.biz, link
Type: Press
Author(s): Erin McCormick
Source: San Francisco Examiner (California)
Some of Cocolat's ex-workers claim that the company's newest ingredient is Scientology by Erin McCormick of the Examiner Staff It was once the sweetheart of the Bay Area business world - a woman-run chocolate company that grew from a single storefront to a national success. Now, two years since an employee's embezzlement forced the sale of Cocolat Chocolate Co., an unlikely mix is brewing at the company's Hayward plant: Scientology and chocolate. The mixture has been volatile. Cocolat is the latest ...
Mar 9, 1992
North American Scene // Cults // Scientology Sues Cult Watchers — Christianity Today
Type: Press
Source: Christianity Today
The Worldwide Institute of Scientology Enterprises has sued other critics in the past, but now they are taking on a religious group for the first time. "I just don't think they realize potentially what kind of Pandora's box they are opening here," says Craig Branch, southeast director of Watchman Fellowship (WF), one of the groups being sued. "One of the questions is whether Christian organizations have the right . . . to publicly speak out against groups that are in conflict ...
Nov 12, 1991
Scientologywood // Putting the CULT back in Culture — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Russ W. Baker
Source: Village Voice
And now, the next Walt Disney Studios— the Church of Scientology! That is, if entrepreneurs connected with the Hollywood based cult can muscle into the film business with their proposal to homogenize films by tailoring them to the tastes of the unwashed masses. It all began last July, when Future Films, a new, eccentric studio, began running ads in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter touting its revolutionary ideas. No one knew what to make of it all. The grand concept, to ...
Tag(s): Al JarreauAmerican Inmate CommunicationsAnne ArcherAnne RackhamAuditingCelebrity CentreChick CoreaChurch of Scientology Religious Trust (CSRT)Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library)Citizens for an Alternative Tax System (CATS)Clearwater Sun (Florida)CostCult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation)Cynthia KisserDarcey HollingsworthDianeticsDouglas L. GametteFeshbach Brothers Inc.Fred CookFront groupsFuture FilmsHypnosisJames M. JusticeJohn CarmichaelJohn TravoltaKaren BlackKaren JusticeKen LeeKirstie AlleyKnowledge ReportL. Ron Hubbard's credentialsLawsuitLisa Marie PresleyLos Angeles Business JournalLouis Jolyon WestMembershipMimi RogersNan Herst BowersNancy CartwrightNarconon (aka Scientology drug rehab)Nazi labellingOperation Snow WhiteOxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test")Priscilla CoatesPriscilla PresleyPrivate investigator(s)RecruitmentRegistrar (also, to "reg")Richard BeharRobert "Bob" CefailRuss W. BakerSchoolsScientology's "Clear" stateScientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article)Set A Good Example Foundation (formerly, Concerned Businessmen's Association of America)SettlementSinger ConsultantsSonny BonoSt. Petersburg Times (Florida)Sterling Management Systems (SMS)Steven L. HayesThe Hollywood ReporterThe Way to Happiness (TWTH)Thomas "Tom" PaquetteThreatTigre Lis EnterprisesTIME MagazineTom CruiseVarietyVillage VoiceWalter HegetschweilerWhittle CommunicationsWiseman & Burke, Inc.Workplace recruitmentWorld Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE)
Sep 2, 1991
Scientologists emerge as creators of mystery-shrouded movie firm — Los Angeles Business Journal
Type: Press
Author(s): Anne Rackham
Source: Los Angeles Business Journal
Scientologists emerge as creators of mystery-shrouded movie firm Is it just a movie company, this one owned and run by members of a controversial church? Or is it a front? Future Films, the mysterious movie company that arrived in Burbank and in Garland, Texas, last month with ambitious goals and a huge marketing splash, is financed and managed by a small group of high-level members of the Church of Scientology. Critics of the church, who label the religion a cult and ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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