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297 matching items found between Jan 1985 and Dec 1989. Furthermore, there are 3177 matching items for all time not shown.
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Apr 27, 1985
Ex-Scientologist testifies of 'insulation' effort — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
The Church of Scientology started making plans in 1980 to "insulate" church founder L. Ron Hubbard from legal attack and to protect his secret church-related income in advance of his disappearance from public view, a former Scientologist testified Friday. Laurel J. Sullivan, who used to work on Hubbard's personal staff, said she learned in February 1980 that Hubbard planned to go into hiding. She said she was assigned to a special mission "to insulate L. Ron Hubbard and his income lines ...
Apr 26, 1985
Witness says Scientology founder veiled income — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
A former personal secretary to L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology, told a Portland jury Thursday about a secret system Hubbard used in the 1970s for collecting personal income from church organizations. Laurel J. Sullivan, who said she worked closely with Hubbard until he disappeared from public view in 1980, also testified that Hubbard held managerial control over numerous Scientology organizations despite his publicly announced "retirement" from church management in 1966. Contrary to a 1972 church policy ...
Apr 19, 1985
Witness says judge probed — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
A Portland judge who presided over a fraud trial involving the Church of Scientology in 1979 was the target of a covert operation by the church aimed at learning his attitudes about drug usage and sexual promiscuity, a former Scientologist testified Thursday. Martin L. Samuels, former head of the church in Portland, also testified that he and other church officials lied in the 1979 trial and that one reluctant ex-Scientologist was paid either $5,000 or $7,000 to testify on behalf of ...
Apr 17, 1985
Court hears final Scientology tape — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
Jurors in the Church of Scientology fraud trial Tuesday listened to the last of five hours of surreptitiously-taped conversations in which a former Scientologist talked about a plan to "transform" church leadership by filing suit to take managerial control. "I think both of us want the organization to be transformed into something decent," Gerald D. Armstrong told a Scientologist who was involved in the effort to discredit Armstrong as a court witness by making tapes of the conversations without Armstrong's knowledge. ...
Apr 13, 1985
Two tapes not played at cult trial — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
Attorneys for the Church of Scientology finished their cross-examination of a former Scientologist Friday without attempting to use the last two of four surreptitiously recorded videotapes made for the purpose of discrediting him. The latter tapes, made in Los Angeles In November 1984 without the knowledge of Gerald D. Armstrong, a church critic who appeared on them, were delivered to Multnomah Circuit Judge Donald H. Londer Friday. Londer had learned of the existence of the tapes Thursday and ordered them produced ...
Apr 12, 1985
New secret tapes revealed in lawsuit — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
The existence of two more surreptitiously made videotapes involving conversations of a former member of the Church of Scientology was revealed in court Thursday, one day after church lawyers said they had no knowledge of any more such tapes. The new tapes bring to four the number of meetings in which the former Scientologist, who has attacked the church, was videotaped without his knowledge during meetings with church members who led him to believe they were trying to reform church practices. ...
Apr 11, 1985
Scientology trial jury views surreptiously made videotapes — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
The Church of Scientology struck back Wednesday against a former member who testified against the church by playing to a Portland jury videotapes, made surreptitiously, in which the man discussed placing phony documents in church files. Multnomah Circuit Judge Donald H. Londer allowed the 108 minutes of tapes, made in a Los Angeles park last November, to be played to the jury as evidence of bias on the part of Gerald D. Armstrong against the church. "I can create documents with ...
Apr 9, 1985
Cult deprogrammer must pay Scientology attorney's fees — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
LOS ANGELES (AP)—A cult deprogrammer who violated a woman's civil rights by holding her captive 38 days in 1979 was ordered Monday to pay attorney's fees to the Church of Scientology. U.S. District Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. also imposed sanctions against Ted Patrick of San Diego because he allegedly impeded discovery actions in the civil suit, heard in 1984, by his failure to turn over videotapes promptly. Byrne did not describe the sanctions or disclose the amount of fees being ...
Apr 9, 1985
Lawyers hassle at Scientology trial — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
Lawyers in the long-running Scientology fraud trial in Portland traded accusations Monday during an unusual day in which no testimony was presented to the jurors. Jurors were confined to a small room down the hall while Multnomah County Circuit Judge Donald H. Londer waded through a series of legal issues, including complaints against each other from attorneys leading each side of the case. Garry P. McMurry, representing a Portland woman suing the Church of Scientology for fraud arising from her involvement ...
Apr 2, 1985
Hubbard's absence leads to dismissal of Scientology suit — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Author(s): William Overend
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
A Los Angeles federal judge dismissed Monday a $2-million libel suit by the Church of Scientology of California against a Boston lawyer because of the failure of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to appear at a court-ordered deposition. Lawyers for the Church of Scientology had argued that they had no way of contacting Hubbard, who was last seen in public in 1980 while living in the Hemet area. Hubbard, 74, had been ordered to appear for a deposition in Los Angeles ...
Apr 2, 1985
Hubbard's failure to appear leads to lawsuit's dismissal — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Apr 2, 1985
Judge dismisses $2-million suit by Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Apr 2, 1985
Scientology libel suit dismissed — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
LOS ANGELES — A U.S. District Court judge Monday dismissed a $2 million libel suit by the Church of Scientology, of California against a Boston lawyer because of the failure of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard to appear at a court-ordered deposition. Lawyers for the Church of Scientology had argued that they had no way of contacting Hubbard, who was last seen in public in 1980 while living near Hemet, 70 miles east of Los Angeles. Hubbard, 74, had been ordered ...
Apr 2, 1985
Witness tells of income of Scientology founder — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
A former Scientologist who said he helped manage L. Ron Hubbard's bank accounts testified Monday that the Scientology founder collected income of $200,000 to $1 million per week during a six-month period in 1982. Howard D. Schoemer, who left the Church of Scientology in December 1982, told a Multnomah County Circuit Court jury that the money was routed to Hubbard through Author Services Inc., a corporation that "supposedly had nothing to do with the church." Schoemer said the income to Hubbard ...
Mar 28, 1985
Jury told of Scientology 'attack' policy — The Oregonian (Portland)
Mar 26, 1985
Affidavit attacks Flynn's strategy — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 21, 1985
Ex-Scientology executive says church investigated plaintiff — The Oregonian (Portland)
Mar 21, 1985
Hubbard fails to show up — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 20, 1985
Former Scientology official tells of stress on money — The Oregonian (Portland)
Mar 12, 1985
Scientology suit goes to trial for second time — The Oregonian (Portland)
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Author(s): Fred Leeson
Source: The Oregonian (Portland)
A young woman who once won and then lost more than $2 million in damages against the Church of Scientology in Portland started a second legal attack Monday on grounds that Scientologists defrauded her during nine months in 1975 and 1976. Julie Christofferson Titchbourne, who began her involvement with the church when she was 17, is asking a Multnomah County Circuit Court jury to return $3,253 she paid for courses and books and to award punitive damages as high as $42 ...
Mar 1, 1985
Drug Aid Available At Low Or No Cost — Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 1985
Suburbanites salute Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Feb 12, 1985
U.S. granted access to some Scientology papers — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Myrna Oliver
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
The U.S. government won access Monday to six sealed letters and memos concerning the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and failed in its attempt to see 11 others. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. had placed the 17 items under seal in June at the end of a civil trial in which he absolved former church archivist Gerald Armstrong of taking documents belonging to the organization. He sealed the items largely because they involved ...
Feb 4, 1985
Instrument of trust creating the International Publication Trust
Jan 25, 1985
Scientology wins round in legal fight [article missing] — Calgary Herald (Canada)
Jan 11, 1985
Advertisement: Scientologists are in the forefront of mental health reform — Los Angeles Times (California)
Jan 1, 1985
Scientology — CBC
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