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Jun 13, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Secret of a drugs 'cure' — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) JOHN WOOD wants to tell your children the truth about drugs. He is the UK president of an organisation which claims it has been educating young people about the dangers of addiction for 25 years. It claims that message had been successful, and it claims it can also help those who have already fallen to drugs and drink. In fact, Narconon makes rather a lot of claims, and the group has targeted Sussex with literature and glowing tributes from grateful "clients". ...
Jun 12, 1994
Special investigation: Scientology — Sunday Mail (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marion Scott ,
Stewart Kirkpatrick Source:
Sunday Mail (UK) TEENAGER David McLaren is in hiding, after breaking free from the Scientology cult. "I'm the one who got away," said the brave 18-year-old, who came forward to help Scots girl Christine Forsyth. "I found freedom, now I want Christine to enjoy that same freedom", he said. Last week we told the shocking story of how 24-year-old Christine, from Kirkcaldy, was "tried" for "treason" by the mind-bending cult. HER CRIME WAS SPEAKING TO AN "OUTSIDER". Christine's distraught dad begged the cult to ...
Jun 10, 1994
Scientology: the inside story --- The missing word — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) IT IS portrayed as a typical private school. But the glossy Greenfields brochure, which boasts of academic success and a happy environment for children, does not tell the whole story. One important word is missing from the booklet - Scientology. It is also missing from: * The handbook issued by the Independent Schools Information Service, which describes Greenfields as inter-denominational. * The Independent Schools Yearbook, which it is listed as non-denominational. * The school's 27-page constitution lodged with the Charity Commission. ...
Jun 5, 1994
Cult's cover-up is blown // Anger at Scientology link — Sunday Mail (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marion Scott Source:
Sunday Mail (UK) SCIENTOLOGISTS BANNED the Sunday Mail from their public meeting yesterday. Then they sent helpers with leaflets into the streets to try to fill their empty hall. The Scientologists took secret video film and pictures of Mail journalists who turned up to hear their campaign against psychiatrists and treatments for the mentally ill. Families who attended a "public hearing into psychiatric abuse" organised by the Citizens' Commission for Human Rights turned away horrified when they realised the connection with the Church of ...
May 19, 1994
Declaration of Vicki Aznaran [post-settlement]
May 17, 1994
Tower Hamlets "duped by Scientology rehab group" — Big Issue (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anthony Middleton Source:
Big Issue (UK) NARCONON, THE drug rehabilitation group which has close links with the controversial Church of Scientology, allegedly "duped" Tower Hamlets Council into referring an alcoholic to them. Both the Council and the drug agency which placed the addict on Tower Hamlet's behalf said that they would not be referring anyone else to the group. The Church of Scientology has been consistently criticised by cult watchdogs for its recruitment techniques and financial dealings. Narconon's rehabilitation method is based on the teachings of L. ...
May 4, 1994
Cult faces multi million dollar lawsuit — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Apr 25, 1994
Tom's Scientology secrets exposed! — Woman's Day (Australia)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Greg Sinclair Source:
Woman's Day (Australia) Exclusive A former cult security guard blows apart the star's squeaky clean image with claims of shocking abuse HOLLYWOOD megastar Tom Cruise has been sensationally named in a multi-million dollar lawsuit in the United States alleging receipt of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illicit perks from the controversial Scientology religious cult. The 32-year-old Oscar winner is alleged to have turned a blind eye to the use of slave labour to build him a gym, an apartment and other gifts ...
Apr 22, 1994
Letter // Profit motive behind attack on Scientology — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
East Grinstead Courier (UK) YOUR story Ex-Scientologists to 'Expose' Cult (March 4) completely missed the point. What your readers were not told is that the two Scientology "ex-members" in question have been involved in removing materials from church premises and using these for their own ends. The true story is this. Robin Scott and Ron Lawley engaged in a criminal conspiracy in 1983. In furtherance of' that conspiracy, Scott and others went to Denmark, entered a church using a subterfuge, and stole sacred religious scriptures. ...
Apr 21, 1994
Cash needed to pay HQ rent — Chichester Observer (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Brian Warren Source:
Chichester Observer (UK) Curiousity about a leaflet handed out at The Cross cost a Chichester man more than £6,000. Now Roger Phillips, aged 25, is warning people to stay away from the 'church' of Scientology. And he is furious that credit card companies allow payments of thousands of pounds to the cult. Mr Phillips, a computer programmer, nearly quit his well-paid job to earn £3,000 a year as a full-time Scientologist. He revealed the cult had needed his final payment of £3,200 to pay ...
Apr 21, 1994
Church calls it quits // As Scientology backs away from critics, it may hurt in libel case — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Pressman Source:
Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California) [Picture / Caption: RESOLUTION — "I think the judge just wanted to bring an end to this case," says Graham E. Berry, right, with Gordon J. Calhoun.] For years, the Church of Scientology has been synonymous with bitter litigation battles. But the 40-year-old religious organization, long known for its aggressive legal tactics, threw in the towel recently on a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles that it had been waging against two critics. Besides serving as a legal setback, the action in ...
Apr 15, 1994
Escape route from Scientology 'has never been busier' — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
East Grinstead Courier (UK) A HUSBAND and wife team who help Church of Scientology members leave the controversial organisation say they have never been busier after a spate of national coverage surrounding the cult. Bonnie Woods, a former Scientologist, and her husband Richard formed Escape nearly three years ago and operate from their East Grinstead home. The couple claim to have given advice to about 100 former cult members. But the spotlight has been thrown on them and their work by a spate of stories ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — The cult and a private eye — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) THIS man is working for the Church of Scientology. But you won't find him hovering on a street corner with a smile and a clipboard. He is an American private detective. Ex-Los Angeles police officer Eugene Ingram was sent to Britain to investigate the alleged theft of confidential documents from Saint Hill in East Grinstead, the national headquarters of the cult. Relatives of one leading anti-Scientology campaigner in Sussex have found Mr Ingram on their doorstep. Clergymen who have attacked the ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Victims who are 'fair game' — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) [Transcribed by Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> 21 May 1995 07:35:27 +0100] The Church of Scientology may call itself a religion, but it does not have a reputation for turning the other cheek. For a week last month Jon Atack and his family were subjected to scenes like this outside their home in Cranston Road, East Grinstead. Why? The placard-carrying demonstrators are Scientologists, and they do not like Mr. Atack because he is an outspoken critic of the cult. The police were twice called ...
Apr 1, 1994
Scientology links with rehabilitation group — Big Issue (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anthony Middleton Source:
Big Issue (UK) A GROUP which runs a national drug rehabilitation programme and gives regular lectures to schools is closely linked to the controversial Church of Scientology. Narconon, which bases its methods on the teachings of the Church's founder L Ron Hubbard, currently treats a small number of private-paying addicts each year. But it is has recently launched a major expansion programme, and Narconon claims that Tower Hamlet's social services department has paid the £500 per week fee for the three month treatment of ...
Mar 31, 1994
Scientology suit on PR firm heads for trial — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wayne Garcia Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) For both sides, the relationship between the Church of Scientology and the nation's largest public relations firm, Hill & Knowlton, had been a good one. But that relationship fell apart in 1991, just two days after a cover story in Time magazine blasted Scientology as a cult of greed. Hill & Knowlton dropped Scientology as a client. Lilly and Scientology have been locked in battle over Scientology's campaign to discredit Prozac, an antidepressant drug made by Lilly. Scientology blames Prozac for ...
Mar 30, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — How a church aimed to sell itself — The Argus (UK)More: link
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 ...
Mar 29, 1994
Alberta natives warned about U.S. drug program — Calgary Herald (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bob Beaty Source:
Calgary Herald (Canada) Scientology course 'potentially dangerous,' says Oklahoma report A drug treatment program backed by a controversial church is trying to sell Alberta natives addiction-cure services that medical experts have warned are unsafe and ineffective. As many as 10 Alberta reserves have been approached by Narconon, a U.S.-based program associated with the Church of Scientology. The program — which costs about $18,000 US and prescribes daily saunas and megavitamin doses — has been rejected by a U.S. state board of health because it ...
Mar 29, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Just the worst two years of my life — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) IN THE second part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, Argus chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI talks to a man who travelled 3,000 miles to join the Sussex-based cult. [A very small picture of Mr. Bracchi is shown, as in yesterday's article. A large picture, in the center of page 6, is shown of a man wearing a neat denim shirt, labelled: "Above: Nowell Matandirotya. "I feel I was exploited" A smaller picture shows a grim stone mansion, with ...
Mar 28, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Secrets of Saint Hill — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) Special investigation by chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI [A very small picture of Mr. Bracchi is shown.] [A picture of a man in a long military coat with brass buttons is shown. Below the picture is this title: "A Scientologist out on liberty time in a miliary-style greatcoat."] THEY dress like naval officers. But the uniforms, complete with epaulettes and brass buttons, are not what they seem. These men and women do not belong to the armed services...they are Scientologists. Most of ...
Mar 8, 1994
Affidavit of Hana Eltringham Whitfield
Type: Declaration
Author(s):
Hana Whitfield Tag(s):
Amos Jessup •
Andrew Bagley •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Auditing •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Barbara Bradley •
Blackmail •
Body thetans (BTs) •
Bomb threat •
Cancer •
Carly Swirtz •
Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Corydon vs. Church of Scientology •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
Dead agenting (Black PR, smear campaign) •
Death •
Disconnection •
Eugene "Gene" Denk •
Eugene M. Ingram •
Fair game •
False imprisonment •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Friend vs. Church of Scientology International •
Guillaume Lesevre •
Hana Eltringham Whitfield •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Jack Horner •
Jane Parker •
Jennie Walker •
Jerry Whitfield •
John McMaster •
Jonathan W. Lubell •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne vs. Church of Scientology, et al. •
Kathleen "Kathie" Wasserman (aka Kathie Heard) •
Kendrick L. Moxon •
L. Ron Hubbard •
Legal •
Lyman D. Spurlock •
Marc Yager •
Marcy McShane •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Mary Florence (Flo) Barnett •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Medical claims •
Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) •
Murder •
Norman F. Starkey •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Paulette Cohen •
Potential Trouble Source (PTS) •
Private investigator(s) •
Quentin Geoffrey MaCauley Hubbard •
Raymond "Ray" Mithoff •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Research Foundation (RRF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Roxanne Friend •
Scientology Missions International (SMI) •
Scientology's "Clear" state •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Stephen "Steve" Marlowe •
Sterling Management Systems (SMS) •
Steven Fishman •
Suicide •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Susan Meister •
Timothy Bowles •
Warren L. McShane •
Watchdog Committee (WDC) •
Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch
Mar 7, 1994
Declaration of Vicki Aznaran [pre-settlement]
Type: Declaration
GRAHAM E. BERRY, State Bar No. 128503 GORDON J. CALHOUN, State Bar No. 84509 LEWIS, D'AMATO, BRISBOIS & BISGAARD 221 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1200 Los Angeles, California 90012 Telephone: (213) 250-1800 Attorneys for Defendants UWE GEERTZ, PH.D. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA No. CV 91-6426 HLH (Tx) DECLARATION OF VICKI AZNARAN RE: MOTION FOR COSTS Date: APRIL 4, 1994 Time: 10:00 a.m. Courtroom: 7 CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff, VS. STEVEN FISHMAN and UWE GEERTZ, Defendants. —– ...
Feb 25, 1994
Scientology pulls out of suit against ex-member — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
Feb 4, 1994
Scientology Stories: Lorna Levett
Type: Account
[This appears to be an OCR'ed version of a paper document. I wish to find a copy of the original document in order to fix the typos troughout.] —– To Whom It May Concern To the best of my memory - I, Lorna Levett was a Scientologist from 1961 to 1974, from 1966 to 1974 full time, from 1968 to 1974 a franchise holder and received rewards for being the top recruiter on the planet 1969 to 1970. In late 1969/early ...
Jan 26, 1994
Evil sex pervert sent to prison // Scientology teacher molested schoolboys — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
Type: Press
Source:
East Grinstead Observer A pervert teacher at the Scientologists Greenfield School in Forest Row who sexually assaulted young boys has been jailed for five years. Mark Kent, 32, of Lewes Road, Forest Row, molested six teenage schoolboys over a period of seven years and took filthy videos of himself in sex acts with his young victims. Hove Crown Court heard Kent was found to have a videotape shooting scenes from the cult school's fete, interspersed with sickening footage of himself and young boys, and ...
Jan 26, 1994
Scientology, county settle tax suits — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 23, 1994
Church seeks world conquest, defector says — Albuquerque Journal
Jan 23, 1994
Mountain of mystery / A Scientology sect's underground N.M. archive is an enigma to some neighbors — Albuquerque JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tom Sharpe Source:
Albuquerque Journal TREMENTINA — High in the headwaters of the Rio Trementina, a reclusive sect of the Church of Scientology has established what is described as an archive to preserve for a millennium the words of its founder. In January 1984, the California-based Church of Spiritual Technology — one of the parent church's dozens of spinoffs during its 26-year legal battle with the federal government over tax exemptions — began buying the first of a dozen tracts of land some 50 miles east ...
Jan 23, 1994
Scientology Files — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ned Seaton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) They never broke into church buildings or planted electronic bugs, but for the past 13 years, undercover Clearwater police detectives have investigated the Church of Scientology. They never developed a case against the church that was prosecuted. The work ranged from gathering Scientologists' names to seeking refunds for dissatisfied parishioners. Police once stormed Scientology headquarters after hearing anonymous allegations - unfounded, it turned out - that Scientology children were being strapped to gurneys and given electric shocks. The investigation boils down ...
Jan 1, 1994
Clear Expansion Committees — Church of Scientology International (CSI)
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