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60 Minutes: Scientology / Update [16m 51s] — CBS News
Dec 14, 1985
OPP Scientology raid finally nets guilty plea — Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Murray Campbell Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Nearly three years after the largest police raid in Ontario history, the provincial Government has finally won a guilty plea from a member of the Church of Scientology of Toronto. Nanna Anderson, 39, a former church member, pleaded guilty in Provincial Court yesterday to possession of stolen goods, photocopies of material from the files of the Ontario Medical Association. Judge Lorenzo DiCecco granted Miss Anderson an absolute discharge, which means she will not have a criminal record. The charge carries a ...
Nov 15, 1985
Appeals court skirts decision on city's sect law — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — A federal appeals court ruling doesn't say a word about the constitutionality of a city ordinance regulating charitable solicitations, basically sending it back to a lower court. The opinion issued Wednesday by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals states there hasn't been enough legal record developed by the U.S. District Court in Tampa to warrant a decision on the law's constitutional merits. "It's an interesting opinion because it doesn't decide anything," Scientology attorney Eric Lieberman said Thursday. "Basically ...
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
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
Scientologists picket court over freedom issue — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Author(s):
Myrna Oliver Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) About 400 members of the Church of Scientology's Crusade for Religious Freedom picketed the Los Angeles County Courthouse on Thursday, protesting what they consider to be court infringement on their constitutional right to religious freedom. In a unique courthouse scene, more than half the group lined a hallway five deep on each side outside the courtroom of Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. during a hearing on former Scientologist Gerald Armstrong's $60-million fraud suit against the church. The disparate group, which included ...
Jun 20, 1985
Residents accuse Scientologists of harassing tactics — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Author(s):
Mark Arax Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) ALTADENA — Residents have expressed fear and outrage over what they describe as harassment and intimidation by supporters of the Church of Scientology's plans to buy a 198-acre former hospital complex in the foothills here. At an emotional Altadena Town Council meeting Tuesday, residents complained of late night phone calls and mass mailings of pamphlets about the church, all aimed at winning community support for a conditional-use permit needed by the church to complete the sale. Council Member Beverly Hurt said ...
Jun 13, 1985
Scientologists try to ease concern on Altadena plans — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Mark Arax Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) ALTADENA — Incorporation papers filed by the Church of Spiritual Technology seemingly contradict public assurances by church officials that their planned training center here will not be used as a base to espouse the tenets of Scientology. Officials of the Church of Spiritual Technology, an affiliate of the Church of Scientology, tried to allay community concerns Tuesday over their plans to buy a 198-acre complex in the Altadena foothills, which was occupied until last year by the La Vina Hospital. During ...
Jun 5, 1985
Researchers question cult techniques — Daily Emerald (Oregon)More: link
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Michael Duncan Source:
Daily Emerald (Oregon) Some extremist religious sects and a number of related self-help therapies employ communication techniques that may over time "alter or impair fundamental information-processing abilities" and may result in severe physical, emotional and mental disorders, a team of University researchers announced at a press conference Tuesday. Authors and research associates Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman released a study titled "Information Disease," presenting findings of a nationwide study on the effects of covert induction and deprogramming. These results are the culmination of four ...
May 30, 1985
Scientology on trial — Willamette WeekMore: link
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Bill Driver Source:
Willamette Week Why a Portland jury awarded $39 million in damages against one of the world's most profitable cults. ONE SUNNY AFTERNOON last week, an elderly man, who looked as though he had probably spent the past few nights sleeping under the stars, stood in the southeast corner of Lownsdale Square in downtown Portland gazing in bewilderment at the scene before him. Several hundred people, many wearing T-shirts proclaiming something about a crusade for religious freedom, gathered around a large stage in the ...
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William W. "Bill" Franks May 26, 1985
The selling of Scientology // Hubbard's motivations revealed in correspondence — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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Fred Leeson Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) Three years after publishing a best-selling book in 1950 about his theories for improving mental health, L. Ron Hubbard, 42, was living in Spain and worrying about money. An idea struck him. Why not present Scientology as a religion, he suggested in a letter written to Helen O'Brien, then the head of an organization for marketing his mental health concepts known as the Hubbard Association of Scientologists. This was the formative stage of the Church of Scientology. Over the next 30 ...
May 24, 1985
Scientologists chorus 'amen' to court criticisms — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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Sura Rubenstein Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A gathering billed as a news conference turned into a rally Wednesday as several hundred Scientologists shouted fervent "amens" to religious spokesmen decrying a $39 million judgment against the Church of Scientology awarded by a Multnomah County jury last week. "I heard a fight was going on in Oregon, and I wanted to get in on it," said the Rev. Everett Sileven, a Baptist minister from Louisville, Neb., who served 157 days in jail because he refused to permit state certification ...
May 24, 1985
Scientology verdict not threat to religion — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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The Oregonian (Portland) The Church of Scientology's lofty claim to be the last outpost between the fragile frontier of religious freedom and the barren wasteland of religious oppression has significantly failed to rally other allegedly threatened religions to defend the embattled stockade. To the claim by Ken Hoden, president of the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles, that "If we, one minority, one religion, are attacked, then all religions are attacked," Rodney Page, who represents 13 Christian denominations as executive director of Ecumenical Ministries ...
May 23, 1985
Rally against huge damage award // Scientologists cast protest as defense of all religion — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Peter H. King Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) PORTLAND, Ore. — Duane Wolcott lives at a Christian church here, earning his keep as a custodian. He decribes his principal occupation, however, as "street evangelist," and it is his belief that this week the mysterious hand of God tossed him a terrific career opportunity. The burly 49-year-old could be found at a park by the Willamette River, happily passing out Christian pamphlets to Scientologists attending a free concert by one of their own, jazz musician Chick Corea. "We feel God ...
May 22, 1985
Powwow amid protest — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) Julie Christofferson Titchbourne, who received a $39 million fraud judgment against the Church of Scientology, listens Monday afternoon as her lawyer, Garry McMurray, explains details of the case in Portland, Ore. On Tuesday, more than 500 Scientologists marched to the capitol in Salem during the fifth day of their verdict protest. The marchers linked arms and sang 'We Shall Overcome' and 'America the Beautiful.'
May 21, 1985
Church member Travolta stands up for Scientology — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of Scientologists, buoyed by an appearance by church member John Travolta, marched downtown yesterday in the third day of protests over a $39 million fraud judgment against their church and its leader. Police Sgt. Jay Decker estimated "a few thousand" Church of Scientology members participated in the demonstration. "There will be more," he predicted, as the week-long series of rallies progresses. Scientologists had been arriving in Portland from across the United States, Europe and Australia since ...
May 21, 1985
Film star joins in Scientology verdict protest — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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Holly Danks Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) Movie star John Travolta, looking tired, tousled and in need of a shave, arrived shortly after midnight Monday in Portland to defend the Church of Scientology and back the growing protest of the $39 million judgment handed down against it last week by a Multnomah County jury. "It's simple," Travolta said after walking into a small conference room on the third floor of the Hilton Hotel and taking a long drink from the water glass placed in front of him. "I've ...
May 21, 1985
Scientologists, other hear protest concert — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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Holly Danks ,
Paul Manley Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) About 2,000 Scientologists and Portland music fans gathered in downtown Portland's Tom McCall Waterfront Park Monday night for a free concert that was billed as part of a crusade for religious freedom. Against a backdrop of the Burnside Bridge and a huge U.S. flag on which the cross of Scientology was superimposed, piano virtuoso Chick Corea and rock musician Frank Stallone performed. Scientologists identifying themselves as having come to Portland from Canada, Britain, Mexico, Germany, France, Australia, Sweden and New Zealand ...
May 21, 1985
Travolta & other Scientologists swarm into Portland to protest — Seattle Post-IntelligencerMore: link
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S.L. Sanger Source:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer PORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands of Scientologists, including actor John Travolta and jazz musician Chick Corea, showed, up in Portland yesterday to rally behind their beleaguered church. Members of the Church of Scientology flew to Portland from all over the United States and as far away as Europe and South America. In Seattle, about 80 Scientologists singing "We Shall Overcome" and protesting what they called an assault on religious freedom gathered last night at the Flag Pavilion in Seattle Center. The Scientologists, ...
May 21, 1985
Travolta joins sect protest of $39 million judgment — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of Scientologists, buoyed by an appearance by church member John Travolta, marched downtown Monday in the third day of protests over a $39 million fraud judgment against their church and its leader. Police Sgt. Jay Decker estimated "a few thousand" Church of Scientology members participated in the demonstration. "There will be more," he predicted, as the weeklong series of rallies and concerts progresses. Scientologists had been arriving in Portland from across the United States, Europe and ...
May 20, 1985
Cleric says $39 million verdict not threat to freedom of religion — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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Sura Rubenstein Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) Local religious spokesmen Saturday disputed statements by Scientologists that a $39 million court judgment against the Church of Scientology represented a threat to freedom of religion. "This is not a freedom of religion issue at all," the Rev. Rodney I. Page, executive director of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, said Saturday of the punitive damages awarded Julie Christofferson Titchbourne, who sued the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, for fraud. "This was a case in which someone's civil rights ...
May 20, 1985
Scientologists protest jury's verdict — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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John Snell Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) An estimated 300 members of the Church of Scientology rallied in downtown Portland Sunday, protesting a $39-million judgment against the church issued by a jury last week. For 90 minutes, the demonstrators, many of whom came to Portland from around the country, carried placards and chanted slogans as they marched around the Multnomah County Courthouse, which was closed Sunday. There were no incidents and no visible police presence during the rally. The protest is expected to continue at least through Monday, ...
May 20, 1985
Scientology church protest draws hundreds to Oregon — New York Times
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New York Times Hundreds of members of the Church of Scientology converged in Portland on Sunday to protest a $39 million fraud judgment against the church.. A jury Friday awarded the judgment to a woman who had been a member of the church for nine months in 1975 and 1976. She testified that church teachings held that Scientology could improve her weak eyesight and raise her intelligence quotient. About 500 members rallied outside the Multnomah County Circuit Court, where the case was decided.
May 20, 1985
Sect protest gathers steam — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) PORTLAND, Ore.—Members of the Church of Scientology converged on Portland on Sunday to protest a $39 million fraud judgment which one church leader called "a slap in the face of the First Amendment." The Rev. John Carmichael, head of the church in Oregon, predicted Sunday morning that the Multnomah County Circuit Court jury award will not stand on appeal. "Major disasters in which hundreds of people are killed don't get $39 million judgments," Carmichael said. In Clearwater, Scientology midday followers gathered ...
May 19, 1985
Busloads of Scientology members protest verdict — Daily NewsMore: link
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Gilbert Bailon Source:
Daily News Pushing a baby stroller towering with blankets, Jennifer Decker of Eagle Rock was among hundreds of Church of Scientology members who boarded buses, planes and trains Saturday bound for Portland, Ore., to protest a $39 million court judgment against the international church. An Oregon jury awarded the multimillion-dollar judgment on Friday to a woman who claimed the church defrauded her, which prompted church president the Rev. Heber Jentzsch to organize the pilgrimage to Portland. Decker was among 200 people who filled ...
May 19, 1985
Local sect members protest jury decision — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
Jack Reynolds Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER—Local members of the Church of Scientology took to the streets Saturday night to protest a $39 million jury award to an Oregon woman who claimed she was defrauded by the sect. Approximately 300 Clearwater Scientologists mounted a candlelight vigil to protest the Portland jury's Friday action in favor of disgruntled former church member Julie Christofferson Titchbourne. The Scientologists paraded from their headquarters at the former Fort Harrison Hotel through downtown Clearwater to the Coachmen Park area, where they listened to ...
May 19, 1985
Scientologists converge on Portland for protest: Thousands to assail award of $39 million to ex-member in suit — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Jan Klunder Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Several thousand members of the Church of Scientology are planning to converge on Portland, Ore., today and Monday to protest a jury's $39-million damage award to a former church member who claimed that she was defrauded out of $3,253 by the group. The Rev. Kathleen Gorgon, president of the Church of Scientology of California, said that several hundred members left Saturday from the church's Hollywood headquarters by car, bus, train and plane to join others from around the world in a ...
May 19, 1985
Scientology jury awards $39 million — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
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Author(s):
Fred Leeson Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A Multnomah County Circuit Court jury awarded $39 million in punitive damages Friday to a Portland woman after finding she was victimized by "wanton misconduct" by the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The verdict was returned in favor of Julie Christofferson Titchbourne, 27, after 2½ days of deliberation and a 10-week trial. One of her lawyers, Ronald L. Wade, said it was the biggest punitive damages verdict in Oregon history. John Carmichael, president of the Church of ...
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