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Jan 1, 1987
6 ex-Scientologists file $1-billion suit over funds, secrets — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Former members of the Church of Scientology filed a $1-billion class-action lawsuit against the organization Wednesday, accusing its late founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and a cadre of his most trusted aides of plundering church coffers, intimidating critics and breaching the confidentiality of sacred confessional folders. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court at a time when the church had hoped that its legal wars with its critics had been put largely to rest. Two weeks ago, the organization reached ...
Aug 22, 1986
1,000 Scientologists rally // March on Capitol ends long journey to support bill — Sacramento Bee (California)More: link
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Author(s):
Clark Brooks Source:
Sacramento Bee (California) [Picture / Caption: Scientologists arrive Thrusday in Old Sacramento in a flotilla from San Francisco. The Tower Bridge had to be raised for many of the ships to pass, tying up traffic on both sides. About 1,000 Scientologists then marched to the state Capitol for a rally. Story on page B1.] Amid chants of "Religious freedom now," about 1,000 seafaring Scientologists docked Thursday in Old Sacramento and marched, single-file, to the state Capitol. They came in boats from San Francisco, completing ...
Aug 12, 1986
'Expert' turns bad trial into bad verdict — Journal-AmericanMore: link
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Author(s):
Ron Arnold Source:
Journal-American Why do I have to spend so much time defending religions I don't belong to? I didn't really want a scrapbook of columns sticking up for persecuted Jews, Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Taoists, Native American Shamanists, Moonies and Scientologists, among others. The question that troubles me most, though, is why do I have to defend them from our own government? The reason, of course, is that I don't want the First Amendment repealed. And a Los Angeles jury did just that July ...
Jul 24, 1986
Scientology members protest $30-million damage award to ex-follower — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Author(s):
Jerry Belcher Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Hundreds of Scientologists were alternately exhorted and entertained Wednesday in the Los Angeles Civic Center during a highly organized protest against a $30-million jury award, which they claimed threatens the freedom, not only of their church, but of all religions in this country. The daytime turnout for the protest peaked shortly before noon, with about 850 members of the Church of Scientology marching in front of the Los Angeles County Courthouse on North Hill Street, bearing signs such as "Religious Beliefs ...
Jul 23, 1986
Ex-Scientologist wins $30 million in church suit — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)More: link
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Author(s):
Liz Mullen Source:
Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California) A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $30 million to a former Scientologist, who claimed the church's religious practice of "auditing" caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown. Larry Wollersheim, 37, who was a member of the church for 11 years, was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages by the 12-member jury. The trial started last February. "It's a tremendous verdict for human rights," said Leta Schlosser, Wollersheim's attorney. The Church of Scientology, she added, ...
Jul 23, 1986
Man is awarded $30-million in lawsuit against Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Jul 23, 1986
Scientologists must pay $30 million to critical ex-member — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link , @L.A. Times, differs from scanned version
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Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A Los Angeles Superior Court jury Tuesday awarded $30 million in damages to a former member of the Church of Scientology who said the organization intentionally drove him to the edge of insanity and ruined him financially for criticizing the group. The 12-0 verdict in favor of Larry Wollersheim brought gasps from the Scientologists who packed Judge Ronald Swearinger's court-room, as they had throughout the bitterly contested five-month-long trial. Some sobbed. Wollersheim was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 ...
May 14, 1986
2 charges dismissed in Scientology suit — New York Times
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New York Times A judge has dismissed two key charges in a $25 million fraud suit brought by Larry Wollersheim, a former Scientologist who asserted the church wrecked him emotionally and financially with lies and harassment. The judge, Ronald Swearinger of Superior Court, threw out Mr. Wollersheim's claims of fraud and misrepresentation, two of the four causes of action in a 1980 civil suit that is now in its 12th week of trial. Mr. Wollersheim's attorney, Charles O'Reilly, said Judge Swearinger ruled Monday that ...
May 11, 1986
Travolta lauds Scientology — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) [Picture / Caption: JOHN TRAVOLTA . . . supports sect] LOS ANGELES — Actor John Travolta showed up in court to support the Church of Scientology, and told reporters, "It's been the reason I've been able to survive Hollywood." The organization is fighting a Superior Court lawsuit by former member Larry Wollersheim, who accused it of fraud and claimed it destroyed him financially and mentally.
Apr 27, 1986
Suit challenges tactics of church — New York TimesMore: nytimes.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marcia Chambers Source:
New York Times A former official of the Church of Scientology, testifying at the trial of his suit charging the church with fraud, says church staff members engaged in a pattern of lies, tricks and deception in efforts to keep him from disclosing how the organization operates. The former official, Larry Wollersheim, who says the church should pay him $25 million in damages because it ruined him financially and emotionally, has spent three weeks testifying before a Superior Court jury here. For its part, ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [The minutement at the ready] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
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Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) The Minutemen at the Ready [A 'suppressive person' is] Fair Game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by a Scientologist without discipline of the Scientologist [sic]. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed. —L. Ron Hubbard [Picture / Caption: "Minutemen" line courthouse halls. ] On February 15, six police officers stood near the door of Leo Baeck Temple, awaiting the confrontation. They had been called by leaders of Freedom for All in Religion (FAIR), a group ...
Mar 5, 1986
Scientology lawyer defies court order for 'sacred' files — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
Jan 28, 1986
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard dies — Daily News
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Daily News Tag(s):
American Medical Association (AMA) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Corfu (Greece) •
Daily News •
David Miscavige •
Earle C. Cooley •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Ken Hoden •
L. Ron Hubbard's death •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawsuit •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) •
Operation Snow White •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) Nov 6, 1985
Court documents revealed despite Scientology protest — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
Richard Benke Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) LOS ANGELES — The Church of Scientology secretly teaches that 75 million years ago Earth was called Teegeeach and was among 90 planets ruled by Xemu, who spread his evil by thermonuclear bombs, according to court documents that sect members tried to prevent the public from seeing. Xemu, attempting to solve overpopulation problems, destroyed selected inhabitants of the planets and implanted the seeds of aberrant behavior in their spirits to affect future generations of mankind, according to the documents briefly placed ...
Nov 6, 1985
Scientology documents tell of ruler of 90 planets — Montreal Gazette
Nov 6, 1985
Secret Teachings: Papers Show Scientologists Blame Ancient Ruler for Many Human Ills — Post-Standard
Nov 6, 1985
[A Los Angeles federal judge barred further public disclosures of sacred scriptures...] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) A Los Angeles federal judge barred further public disclosures of sacred scriptures that the Church of Scientology claims were stolen two years ago from a Denmark church. Ruling in a suit filed by the church against former member Larry Wollersheim and a rival church in Santa Barbara, U.S. District Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer ordered the material sealed until a hearing Friday. The material is evidence in the Superior Court suit filed by Wollersheim, who claims he wasted thousands of dollars on ...
Nov 5, 1985
Scientologists block access to secret documents // 1,500 crowd into courthouse to protect materials on fundamental beliefs — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) In one of the largest court demonstrations in Los Angeles in years, about 1,500 Church of Scientology members crammed three floors of the County Courthouse on Monday, effectively blocking public access to documents that the church considers secret and sacred. For hours, Scientologists swamped workers in the clerk's office with hundreds of requests to photocopy the documents, which reveal some of the organization's most fundamental beliefs. Scientology attorneys have argued that disclosure of the materials is a violation of the group's ...
Nov 4, 1985
[...Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alfred L. Margolis has removed himself...] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) Citing a scheduling conflict in January, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Alfred L. Margolis has removed himself from the trial of former Church of Scientology member Larry Wollersheim, who is suing the church for fraud. The judge's announcement came during the third week of pretrial motions. Margolis said he would decide the motions under submission, but asked attorneys for both sides to return for selection of a new judge. Church attorneys had told Margolis they expected the trial to last a ...
Oct 22, 1985
[A Los Angeles judge ruled...] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) A Los Angeles judge ruled that allegations about the Church of Scientology's belief in and practice of "auditing" its members may not be introduced as evidence in a $25-million fraud suit. Superior Court Judge Alfred Margolis also granted church motions to disallow any allegations as to the efficacy, successes or failures of auditing, which is the church's term for its confidential pastoral counseling. The Rev. Ken Hoden, president of the church in Los Angeles, said the pretrial rulings were a major ...
Oct 16, 1985
Scientology church loses its bid to avoid punitive damages in suit — Daily News (Los Angeles, California)More: link
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Author(s):
Ira Rifkin Source:
Daily News (Los Angeles, California) Attorneys for the church of Scientology lost a series of key pre-trial motions Tuesday as a $25 million lawsuit seeking to challenge some of the controversial sect's most fundamental aspects got under way in a Los Angeles courtroom. The Superior Court trial began in a circus atmosphere similar to the one that permeated the recent Scientology-related case in Portland, Ore., complete with demonstrators and courtroom outbursts by church supporters. One ruling by Judge Alfred L. Margolis was to deny a church ...
Oct 16, 1985
The Region // [About 150 people rallied at a park...] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) About 150 people rallied at a park in downtown Los Angeles to protest a $25-million fraud suit filed against the Church of Scientology by a former member. Police said the gathering at the Court of Flags Park on North Hill Street was peaceful. Church members said they expected 2,000 to attend the daylong rally; police said they had anticipated about 1,000. While the rally was proceeding, lawyers for the church argued pretrial motions before Superior Court Judge Alfred Margolis. The lawsuit ...
Jul 2, 1985
The State // [The Church of Scientology filed a petition...] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) The Church of Scientology filed a petition with the California Supreme Court seeking to halt a $25-million damage suit against the church by a former member. About 800 church supporters rallied outside the state court building in downtown San Francisco after marching nine miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. Rev. Ken Hoden, president of the Church of Scientology in Los Angeles and the church's attorney, filed the petition with the Supreme Court for an "immediate stay of trial" in the Los ...
Jun 28, 1985
Insights // Train of thought? — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
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L.A. Weekly (California) Train of Thought? Hard on the heels of a $39 million damage award in Portland against the Church of Scientology comes a Los Angeles case that may create even more waves. Larry Wollersheim is suing the religion/corporation for more than $25 million in damages, claiming he was sold more than $100,000 worth of Scientology training on the basis of bogus promises that the training would raise his I.Q., make him "well" and give him "supernatural powers." On Monday, July 1, Wollersheirn's ...
Apr 20, 1985
Hubbard removed as a defendant — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) From Sun reports A judge in Los Angeles Friday removed Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as a defendant in a $25 million suit by a former member who claims church promises that its methods Improve mental health are a fraud. Superior Court Judge Norman Epstein said he dropped Hubbard from the suit because the plaintiff's attorneys were unable to find him for three years to serve him with official notice of the legal action. The suit continues against the ...
Jan 31, 1983
Mystery of the Vanished Ruler — TIME MagazineMore: gerryarmstrong.org
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TIME Magazine Tag(s):
Alan Walters •
Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Assets •
Auditing •
Bent Corydon •
Blackmail •
Brainwashing •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Copyright, trademark, patent •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
Detox •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Income •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Inurement •
Jocelyn Armstrong •
John Brodie •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawsuit •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Medical claims •
Michael J. Flynn •
Mission Holders Conference •
Operation Snow White •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Tax matter •
TIME Magazine •
Tonja C. Burden •
William W. "Bill" Franks
Church of Scientology International (CSI): Form 1023 filing More: PDF: Master index
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[Transcription of the meaningful parts of the 1023 form as submitted by the Church of Scientology International to the IRS. For the complete document, see PDFs] [Coming soon]
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Applied Scholastics •
Arlene Dubron •
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Author's Family Trust B •
Brian Anderson •
Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) •
Bruce Arbuckle •
Building Management Services (BMS) •
California Association of Dianetic Auditors (CADA) •
Carol Hutchinson •
Catherine "Cathy" Bernardini (aka Cathy Rinder) •
Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO) •
Church of Scientology Flag Ship Service Organization (CSFSSO) •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Church of Scientology Religious Trust (CSRT) •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Clay Eberle •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Criminon •
David Miscavige •
Dee Rowe •
Dianetics Foundation International •
Dorothy Fuller •
Eric Rising •
Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF) •
Francine Necochea •
Francis Miller •
Frank Sanchez •
FSO Oklahoma Investments Corporation •
Gary Silcock •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Glover Rowe •
Golden Era Productions •
Gregory F. Henderson •
Guillaume Lesevre •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Hubbard College of Administration (HCA) •
Hubbard Dianetics Foundation (HDF) •
Inspector General Network (formely, Hubbard Dianetics Foundation) •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
International Association of Scientologists (IAS) •
International Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors (IHELP) •
International Membership Services Administration, N.V. (dba, IAS Administrations) •
International Publications Trust (IPT) (UK) •
Irene Marshall •
Irene Zaferes •
Janet Weiland •
Jeffrey A. Dubron •
Jo Ann Scrivano •
Joan Sanchez •
John Finucane •
Jonathan "Jonno" Epstein •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
Kurt Weiland •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawrence Stifler •
Lawsuit •
Leslie Browning •
Lisa Stuart Halverson •
Lynn Farney •
Lynnel Arbuckle •
Management (Membership?) Services Administration Limited (UK) •
Marc Yager •
Maria H. Starkey •
Mario Metellus •
Marissa Alimata •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Mark Ingber •
Mark Lewandowski •
Mastertech •
Michael "Mike" Sutter •
Michael Burns •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Mira Chaikin •
Narconon International •
National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social Justice (NCLE) •
Nesta Investments •
New Era Publications International, ApS (NEPI) •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Pedro H. Rimando •
Peter Miller •
Peter Siegel •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Richard Wolfson •
Roxanne Friend •
Scientology Defense Fund Trust •
Scientology Missions International (SMI) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Sherry Fortune •
SOR Services (UK) •
Stephanie Horwich •
Steve Dunning •
Susan Silcock •
Ted Patrick •
Terry Dixon •
The Way to Happiness (TWTH) •
Theta Management Limited •
Thomas Spencer •
Tom Ashworth •
Tom Hutchinson •
United States Parishioners Trust •
Vicki Adler •
Vicki Benham •
Watchdog Committee (WDC) •
Wendy Rabel •
William Rabel •
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE)
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