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Jun 26, 1984
Litigation keeps sect on defense — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The Church of Scientology faces mounting legal pressure in courts worldwide to explain its actions, policies, beliefs and inner workings. In the United States, Canada and Europe, Scientology is under ever-increasing scrutiny by law enforcement agencies, courts and even governments. And a ruling handed down last week by it Los Angeles Superior Court judge may complicate the legal proceedings involving the Clearwater-based sect. Judge Paul G. Breckenridge stated in an intended ruling Thursday that Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is the ...
May 12, 1984
Former Scientology archivist tells of 'paranoid' flight from church — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Myrna Oliver Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A former Church of Scientology archivist described for a Los Angeles judge on Friday his "paranoid" leave-taking from the organization after his realization that church founder L. Ron Hubbard was not the heroic scientist he claimed to be. The church is suing to recover thousands of pages of Hubbard's personal papers that it claims Gerald Armstrong took illegally to use in lawsuits against the group. Armstrong testified for the second day in his own defense in the non-jury trial before Superior ...
Apr 13, 1984
Editorial of the Sun // Cotrino case demands continued investigation — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) On Wednesday, Clearwater police released the transcript of a tape-recorded statement made on March 5 by a Scientologist, Daniel Cotrino, who claimed he was being held against his will by fellow members of the sect. The transcript reveals that on March 5 Cotrino was angry and scared. He told police that he had paid $7,000 for certain Scientology courses, which upon his arrival in Clearwater the sect refused to give him. What's more, according to Cotrino's taped words, the Scientologists poured ...
Apr 12, 1984
Police release transcript of Scientologist's statement — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Clearwater police Monday released a transcript of a tape-recorded statement made last month by Daniel Cotrino, a New York Scientologist who be had been held against his will at the sect's 210 S. Fort Harrison Ave. headquarters. The transcript indicates the 30-year-old Cotrino, a Scientologist for 11 years, was frightened and angry at the time he made the statement. It is also clear that Cotrino did make the statements he later accused police of fabricating. The transcript of the tape was ...
Mar 20, 1984
A taxi arrives at Mother Hubbard's Cupboard — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 14, 1984
Scientologist's tape to get review — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 13, 1984
Letters to the Editor / New York man objects to [Sun?] — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 12, 1984
Scientologist denies police report he was detained by sect members — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Judy Brennan Source:
Clearwater Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Calling a police account a lie, Scientologist Daniel Cotrino said at no time did any church members try to physically detain him at the sect's headquarters last week. Cotrino, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., told a completely different story from the account police released last week and accused three officers of lying in their report. "We have his statements on tape," said detective Ken Fairchild. "The report was written from those statements." ASKED why he believed police would lie about ...
Mar 9, 1984
Scientologist says sect detained him — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) For the second time since January, a Scientologist trying to leave the sect's international headquarters at the former Fort Harrison Hotel was physically detained until police intervened, according to police. Daniel Codrino, who traveled from New York to Clearwater to take $7,000 in Scientology courses, was told he would have to pay an additional $1,165 for another course, according to a Clearwater police report. Codrino refused to pay and when he tried to leave, two sect members tried to push him ...
Jan 23, 1984
Officials 'not surprised' by investigation into sect — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 5, 1984
Scientologists owe the public an explanation — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Jan 5, 1984
Scientologists try to prevent man's leaving — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: link
Jan 4, 1984
Sect member 'ordered' to block taxi — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) A 69-year-old Texas man trying to leave the Church of Scientology in a taxicab was kept from doing so by sect members until Clearwater police intervened, according to police records. Sect member William B. Wilson of Midland, Texas, was trying to leave the sect's headquarters at 210 S. Fort Harrison Ave., at 4 p.m. Monday when a car and a pickup truck blocked the cab's path, reports state. Police said the driver of one of the cars — Henry C. Billings, ...
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