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Reference materials Hard sell
11 matching items found between Jan 1990 and Dec 1994. Furthermore, there are 83 matching items for all time not shown.
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Jun 5, 1994
My girl's cult hell — Sunday Mail (UK)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Stewart Kirkpatrick, Marion Scott
Source: Sunday Mail (UK)
A heartbroken father begged the world's biggest cult yesterday: "Let my daughter go." And Eddie Forsyth wept when he learned that daughter Christine had been subjected to a nightmare ordeal at the hands of the Scientologists. A Mail investigation has discovered that the cult's "thought police" branded her a traitor for talking to an outsider. Blond Christine was hauled before a kangaroo court and convicted of "treason". Beans Experts believe she would have been sentenced to hard labour, ordered to wear ...
Mar 30, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — How a church aimed to sell itself — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
In the third part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI reveals the true cost of one man's involvement with the cult. [A small picture of Mr. Bracci is shown, as on previous days.] HARD SELL... two words synonymous with door-to-door salesman, second hand car dealers, and estate agents. Two words you would definitely not expect to find in the vocabulary of any religion. But this is not any religion. It is Scientology. Today, we ...
Sep 17, 1992
'It's immoral, sinister and corrupt' says judge — Chichester Observer (UK)
Aug 30, 1992
Couple's Scientology lesson costly // After forking over thousands of dollars, a few things become clear — Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Kay Stephens
Source: Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
The tale of Jon and Stacy Roberts and the Church of Scientology is the story of a typical couple, in many ways, who were looking for answers. When the financial advice they sought turned into spiritual guidance, the couple began to regret the direction their search had taken. In the process, they gave more than $100,000 to the Church of Scientology and an organization connected with it. Now they want to warn others not to do the same. Jon Roberts filed ...
Apr 29, 1992
La Marche du siècle [French] — France 3
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Aug 8, 1991
Narconon 'bad news': Experts // 'Amateur notions of biology' — Winnipeg Sun
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Type: Press
Author(s): Pat St. Germain, Dawna Dingwall
Source: Winnipeg Sun
If you have a drug problem, Narconon isn't the answer, some experts say. "As far as I'm concerned, it's bad news, and I would not advise anyone to go near it," says UCLA psychiatry professor Dr. Louis West, who has studied the church since 1950, when it was L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics, and not a recognized religion. "If someone needs help, they (Narconon) are taking the time and money away from a program that could actually help them," West said yesterday. ...
Jul 19, 1991
Former member of sect is suing — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Kevin Shinkle
Source: Tampa Tribune (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology is facing another lawsuit in the midst of an expensive nationwide campaign to bolster its image. The sect, which maintains its spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, has spent millions of dollars in recent weeks for advertising in the newspaper USA Today. In the lawsuit, a former sect member claims the church is a fraud; owes him money for counseling services he never used; and has cut him off from his two daughters, who still follow Scientology. ...
May 24, 1991
Scientology: Is it a college or a cult? — Jerusalem Post
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Type: Press
Author(s): Bernard Levine
Source: Jerusalem Post
Have you ever been stopped on Dizengoff by a friendly, earnest young person inviting you to take a free personality lest? Did he or she mention the possibility of learning more about yourself at a special "college?" If the answer is yes, you may well have been stopped by one of Israel's Scientologists. "Osnat" and "Yaron" (not their real names) are two youngsters who did decide to take the test. Osnat, the daughter of an observant Jewish family, was 17 when ...
May 6, 1991
The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power — TIME Magazine
Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Behar
Source: TIME Magazine
By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the world. On the day last June when his parents drove to New York City to claim his body, they were nearly catatonic with grief. The young Russian-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of the Milford Plaza Hotel and bounced off the hood of a stretch limousine. When the police arrived, his fingers were still clutching $171 in ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 13, 1991
Scientologists sued twice this week — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Curtis Krueger
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
The Church of Scientology promised a Michigan man he would achieve "spiritual immortality" - but first, according to a new lawsuit, he had to pay thousands. Clearwater is considered the spiritual headquarters for Scientology, which members say is a religion, but which critics say is a money-making outfit or a cult. It was founded by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer and author of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. When he came to Clearwater, the lawsuit said, he ...
Jun 25, 1990
The Scientology Story: The Selling of a Church // Church Markets Its Gospel With High-Pressure Sales — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s): Joel Sappell, Robert W. Welkos
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Behind the religious trappings, the Church of Scientology is run like a lean, no-nonsense business in which potential members are called "prospects," "raw meat" and "bodies in the shop." Its governing financial policy, written by the late Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is simple and direct: "MAKE MONEY, MAKE MORE MONEY, MAKE OTHERS PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MONEY." The organization uses sophisticated sales tactics to sell a seemingly endless progression of expensive courses, each serving as a prerequisite for the ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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