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Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Scientology's Education Fronts - Applied Scholastics International • Applied Scholastics

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Dec 13, 1997		Massive corporate fraud by the Church of Scientology in the UK Edit item... Type: Opinion Author(s): Roland Rashleigh-Berry This document will prove the the Church of Scientology in the UK, operating under the company "Church of Scientology Religious Education Colleges Incorporated" (C.O.S.R.E.C.I.), received money to the value of nearly $100,000,000 from another Scientology organisation and that this money then disappeared without trace. This information has been passed on the the police and the UK taxation authorities (called the Inland Revenue over here in the UK) who are taking an interest in the matter since it is both corporate fraud ... Tag(s): Australia • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Church of Scientology Religious Education College Incorporated (COSRECI) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • International Scientology Religious Trust • Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim • Roland Rashleigh-Berry • Tax matter • UK Charity Commission • United Kingdom (UK)
Dec 7, 1997		Church says "nothing mysterious" about deaths — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com, link Edit item... Type: Press Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): Ben Shaw • Brian Anderson • Death • Eric M. Lieberman • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Suicide
Dec 1, 1997		Distrust in Clearwater -- A special report.; Death of a Scientologist Heightens Suspicions in a Florida Town — New York Times More: link Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Douglas Frantz Source: New York Times CLEARWATER, Fla. — Late on a November afternoon two years ago, a 36-year-old Scientologist named Lisa McPherson was involved in a minor traffic accident. She was not injured, but she inexplicably stripped off her clothes and began to walk naked down the street. A paramedic rushed her into an ambulance and asked why she had taken off her clothes. Ms. McPherson replied: "I wanted help. I wanted help." She was taken to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric examination, but several ... Tag(s): AMC Publishing • Anti-psychiatry • Ben Shaw • Bernie McCabe • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Commissions • Cost • Death • Dell Liebreich • Douglas Frantz • Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Introspection Rundown (also, "Baby watch") • Janis K. Johnson-Fitzgerald • Joan Wood • Kennan G. "Ken" Dandar • Laura L. Vaughan • Lawsuit • Lee Fugate • Lisa McPherson • Membership • MV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème) • New York Times • Real estate • Rita Garvey • Royalties, license, trademark, management fees • Scientology's "Clear" state • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Silencing criticism, censorship • Stephen A. Kent • Tax matter • World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 20, 1997		TV [re. Channel 4's Secret Lives] — The Independent (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas Sutcliffe Source: The Independent (UK) Tag(s): Channel 4 (UK) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard (documentary) • The Independent (UK) • Thomas Sutcliffe
Nov 19, 1997		Secret lives: Lafayette Ron Hubbard [video] — Channel 4 (UK) More: transcript, local copy of transcript Edit item... Type: TV Source: Channel 4 (UK) VOICES: "We were saving the world, we were convinced that Hubbard was the returned saviour and that his techniques and his knowledge and his majesty would eventually bring all mankind to an enlightened state and that was what we were doing..." "There were some things about him that I do feel were rather dangerous. I felt so much under his spell that I told my room-mate that if ever I told her that I was going to marry this man, she ... Tag(s): A History of Man (book) • Arthur Jean Cox • Barbara Kaye • Body thetans (BTs) • Channel 4 (UK) • Children, youth • Cost • Cyril Ronald Vosper • Disconnection • E-Meter • Ethics (Scientology) • Excalibur (book) • Forrest J. "Forry" Ackerman • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares • Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong • Hana Eltringham Whitfield • Hypnosis • Income • Jim Dincalci • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lloyd Eshbach • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Mike Goldstein • Operating Thetan (OT) • Operation Goldmine • Operation Snow White • Overboarding • Pamela Kemp • Polly Grubman • Quentin Geoffrey MaCauley Hubbard • Raymond Kemp • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Rhodesia • Robert Vaughn Young • Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • Sara Northrup • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard (documentary) • Sonya Bianca • Suicide • Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) • Virginia Downsborough
Nov 14, 1997		The learning cure // Can L. Ron Hubbard's "study technology" make kids smarter? — L.A. Weekly (California) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Sara Catania Source: L.A. Weekly (California) When you sit down to read, do you find yourself feeling blank or sort of spinny? Squashed, bent or just not there? Sure you do. And here's why: You've gone past a word you don't understand. In fact, the only reason a person gives up studying or becomes confused or unable to learn is because that person went past a word that was misunderstood. At least that's what the followers of the late Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard want you to ... Tag(s): Anne Archer • Applied Scholastics • Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) • Australia • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • California • Children, youth • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Ghana • Hollywood Education and Literacy Project (HELP) • Hungary • Isaac Hayes • John Travolta • L.A. Weekly (California) • Linda Smith • Louisiana • Medical claims • Mexico • Recruitment • Rena Weinberg • Sara Catania • Schools • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Study technology (Study tech) • Teresa Posner • The Way to Happiness (TWTH) • World Literacy Crusade • Zimbabwe
Oct 31, 1997		In her final years, Scientologist spent $175,000 — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: lisamcpherson.org, pqasb.pqarchiver.com Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Lisa McPherson turned to the Church of Scientology in her 20s as she tried to shed the emotional baggage of a rocky youth. By age 36, with a high school education, she was earning a handsome salary as a sales representative in Clearwater. Today, as the church tries to rebut assertions that it caused her sudden death, it also credits Scientology for her successes in life. But McPherson's turnaround came at a financial price. From 1991 until she died in December ... Tag(s): Abortion • AMC Publishing • Auditing • Bankruptcy • Bennetta Slaughter • Bernie McCabe • Brian Anderson • Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre (Dallas) • Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO) • Commissions • Cost • David B. Slaughter • Death • Dell Liebreich • Ethics (Scientology) • Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • International Association of Scientologists (IAS) • Laura L. Vaughan • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Operating Thetan (OT) • Salary • Scientology's "Clear" state • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Security check ("sec check") • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Suicide • Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) • Tax matter • Thomas C. Tobin Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 1, 1997		Special look at the Church of Scientology [exact date unknown] — Lotus magazine Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Eliza Young Source: Lotus magazine Tag(s): Bankruptcy • Body thetans (BTs) • Cost • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Eliza Young • Fair game • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Hard sell • Jeffrey G. "Jeff" Quiros • Joel Sappell • Lawsuit • Los Angeles Times (California) • Lotus magazine • Paul Grosswald • Private investigator(s) • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Recruitment • Robert W. Welkos • Salary • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Sterling Management Systems (SMS) • Workplace recruitment • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Aug 10, 1997		Scientologists win partial court victory — The Guardian (UK) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Source: The Guardian (UK) ON JULY 28, an appeal court in Lyon reduced the sentences of six members of the Scientology movement charged with responsibility for the suicide of one of their followers. The court also ruled that the "Church of Scientology" was entitled to call itself a religion. In so doing, the appeal court gave the movement created by the science-fiction writer Lafayette Ron Hubbard in 1954 a seal of approval it probably did not expect. The court justified its decision by invoking an ... Tag(s): Blackmail • Conviction • Death • France • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Harassment • Legal • Suicide • The Guardian (UK)
Aug 3, 1997		Second opinion // Education is the real issue — Los Angeles Times (California) More: Follow-up: Rebuttal of Ruth McKenna Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Rena Weinberg Source: Los Angeles Times (California) The problems facing schools are too great to ignore the methods of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. RENA WEINBERG, Rena Weinberg is president of the Assn. for Better Living and Education (ABLE), an organization formed to coordinate the use of L. Ron Hubbard's social betterment methods in society The proposal by a teacher to open a charter school in the Sunland-Tujunga area, one which will include among its textbooks some written by L. Ron Hubbard, has become something of a controversy—which ... Tag(s): Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Letter • Los Angeles Times (California) • Rena Weinberg • Ruth McKenna • Scott Harris • Study technology (Study tech)
Jul 24, 1997		Bid for Valley charter school draws scrutiny — Los Angeles Times (California) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Duke Helfand Source: Los Angeles Times (California) Education: L.A. district officials are concerned that organizer's ties to Scientology could raise 1st Amendment questions. A proposed charter school in the east San Fernando Valley is receiving close scrutiny from Los Angeles Unified School District officials who are concerned about the organizer's ties to the Church of Scientology and are questioning whether church teachings would appear in the new public school. Advocates of the Northwest Charter School acknowledge that they want to employ teaching methods developed by Scientology founder L. ... Tag(s): American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) • Applied Scholastics • Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) • Children, youth • Duke Helfand • Evelyn Hoy • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Ian Lyons • Linda Smith • Los Angeles Times (California) • Northwest Charter School • Schools • Study technology (Study tech)
Jun 1, 1997		Did Scientology strike back? — The American Lawyer Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Susan Hansen Source: The American Lawyer When the end finally came for the old Cult Awareness Network, it happened fast. Cynthia Kisser, CAN's executive director, struggled to stay calm as she sat in federal bankruptcy court in Chicago late last October waiting for the auction to begin. Kisser, who had spent the past nine years leading CAN's efforts to inform the public about dangerous cults, had hoped that she wouldn't have to pay much for her group's assets that day. Nor did she want much, she claims ... Tag(s): Anson Shupe • Bankruptcy • Benjamin Hyink • Bill Rambur • Bowles & Moxon • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • Cynthia Kisser • Daniel A. Leipold • David Bardin • David Brown • Deprogramming • Disconnection • Elliot J. Abelson • Eric M. Lieberman • Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF) • Freedom (Scientology magazine) • Gary Beeny • George Robertson • Graham E. Berry • Henrietta Crampton • Herbert L. Rosedale • Infiltration • Jason Scott • Judge John Coughenour • Judge Ronald Barliant • Karin Pouw • Katherine Tonkin • Kendrick L. Moxon • Lawsuit • Leisa Collins (aka Leisa Goodman) • Marcello DiMauro • Margaret Thaler Singer • Mary Steele • Nathaniel Urshan • Nazi labelling • Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) • Operation Snow White • Philip Martino • Priscilla Coates • Protest, picket • Randy Franklin • Rick Ross • Roman Sukley • Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) • Shirley Landa • Steven L. Hayes • Susan Hansen • The American Lawyer • William Rehling
Mar 30, 1997		The true story of a false prophet — Mail on Sunday (UK) Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Russell Miller Source: Mail on Sunday (UK) Tag(s): Anderson Report (Australia) • Australia • Blackfoot Indians • Cecil Rhodes • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Germany • Harassment • Helmut Kohl • Infiltration • John Travolta • John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons • Justice Latey, Sir John • L. Ron Hubbard's credentials • L. Ron Hubbard's death • Lawsuit • Mail on Sunday (UK) • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Membership • Operation Snow White • Overboarding • Private investigator(s) • Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) • Rhodesia • Russell Miller • Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) • Sara Northrup • Scientific American • Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) • Tom Cruise • UK Charity Commission • United Kingdom (UK)
Mar 25, 1997		The Scientology problem — Wall Street Journal More: holysmoke.org, link Edit item... Type: Press Source: Wall Street Journal As no doubt befits a society founded by Pilgrims, America has a long tradition of controversial movements maturing to success, whether Mormons or Christian Scientists or Jehovah's Witnesses. Today, the latest cult forcing itself to our attention is the Church of Scientology. Scientology was founded in the early 1950s by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer. He fashioned a creation myth around Xenu, who froze and transported thetan souls to volcanoes in Teegeeack, now earth. The creed holds that humans ... Tag(s): alt.religion.scientology • Anti-psychiatry • Auditing • Bankruptcy • Cheryl Waldrip • Church of Scientology of California (CSC) • Copyright, trademark, patent • Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) • David Miscavige • Death • Destroying/hiding/falsifying evidences • Douglas Frantz • Eli Lilly • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Fred T. Goldberg Jr. • Germany • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) • Intimidation • Jason Scott • Joan Wood • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard • Mitchell E. Daniels • New York Times • Operation and Transport Corporation, Ltd. (OTC) • Operation Snow White • Prozac (fluoxetine hydrochloride) • Religious Technology Center (RTC) • Richard Behar • Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Switzerland • Tampa Tribune (Florida) • Tax Analysts • Tax matter • Wall Street Journal • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) • xenu.net (aka Operation Clambake)
Mar 1, 1997		Examiner lied, Scientology lawyer says — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): Death • Elliot J. Abelson • Joan Wood • Judge Bob Barker • Lisa McPherson • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Thomas C. Tobin Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 21, 1997		Scientology had woman in isolation — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: groups.google.ca, pqasb.pqarchiver.com Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): David I. Minkoff • Dell Liebreich • Elliot J. Abelson • Introspection Rundown (also, "Baby watch") • Janis K. Johnson-Fitzgerald • Joan Wood • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Monica Pignotti • Robert Vaughn Young • Science of Survival (book) • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Stacy Brooks Young • Thomas C. Tobin • Tone scale Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 14, 1997		Official, Scientology take battle to court — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): Death • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Joan Wood • Judge Bob Barker • Legal • Lisa McPherson • Sandy Weinberg • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Thomas C. Tobin Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 6, 1997		Germany versus Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California) More: link Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Mary Williams Walsh, John-Thor Dahlburg Source: Los Angeles Times (California) Tag(s): Chick Corea • Church of Scientology International (CSI) • Claudia Nolte • Cost • Dustin Hoffman • France • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Freedom (Scientology magazine) • Germany • Gore Vidal • Greece • Hans Ruscheweyh • Heber C. Jentzsch • Helmut Kohl • Helmuth Blöbaum • Infiltration • Italy • John Travolta • John-Thor Dahlburg • Legal • Los Angeles Times (California) • Madeleine Albright • Mary Williams Walsh • Nazi labelling • Oliver Stone • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Real estate • Spain • Suicide • Tom Cruise • United Nations • Ursula Caberta
Feb 2, 1997		Classes for defendants have ties to church — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Craig Pittman Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) • Cost • Craig Pittman • Criminon • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Gabriel "Gabe" Cazares • Impulse Control (aka Criminon) • Joan Wood • Judge Caddell • Judge Stephen Rushing • Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) • Robert Henderson • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • The Way to Happiness (TWTH) Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jan 29, 1997		Church sues medical examiner — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com, link Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): Death • Dell Liebreich • George Rahdert • Joan Wood • Kennan G. "Ken" Dandar • Lawsuit • Lisa McPherson • Sandy Weinberg • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Thomas C. Tobin Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jan 28, 1997		Word War Two — Star magazine Edit item... Type: Press Source: Star magazine Tag(s): Anne Archer • Bertram "Bert" Fields • Chick Corea • Dustin Hoffman • Edgar Winter • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Germany • Goldie Hawn • Helmut Kohl • Isaac Hayes • John Travolta • Juliette Lewis • Karen Black • Kelly Preston • Kirstie Alley • Lisa Marie Presley • Nancy Cartwright • Nazi labelling • Oliver Stone • Priscilla Presley • Ralf Burmester • Star magazine • Tom Cruise • Ursula Caberta • Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Jan 12, 1997		Photo in Scientology paper angers Clearwater mayor — St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Edit item... Type: Press Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Tag(s): Clearwater Academy International (1997 merger of A to Be School, Jefferson Academy, Renaissance Academy) • Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • Rita Garvey • Schools • St. Petersburg Times (Florida) • Thomas C. Tobin • [needtoread] • [needtotag]
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