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70 matching items found between Jan 1999 and Dec 1999. Furthermore, there are 3404 matching items for all time not shown.
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Dec 15, 1999
Scientology leader named defendant in suit — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 8, 1999
When can a church be accused of a crime? — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Howard Troxler
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
There is a story about lawyers that involves a flower pot falling off a high ledge. A passer-by sues, claiming he was injured. The defense lawyer answers: First, it wasn't our pot. Second, if it was, it didn't fall. Third, if it fell, it didn't hit you. Fourth, if it hit you, you weren't hurt. This "flower pot strategy" is being employed by both sides in the current criminal case against a corporation of the Church of Scientology. Both sides' arguments ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Dec 7, 1999
Belief called irrelevant in death — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
The Church of Scientology in Clearwater cannot rely on religious grounds to escape prosecution in the death of one of its members, Pinellas-Pasco prosecutors argued in a strongly worded document filed Monday. The document referred to the church's Clearwater entity as "a multifaceted non-profit corporation" that "engages in extensive revenue sharing activity" and generates "tremendous cash flow." The wording aims to undercut an argument by church lawyers that Scientology staffers were giving "spiritual assistance" to parishioner Lisa McPherson when she died ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Dec 6, 1999
Letters To The Editor // Scientology -- news article omits reason church has been targeted — Seattle Times
Type: Press
Source: Seattle Times
Your Nov. 15 article about Scientologists in a case in Marseille, France ("Former Scientology leader guilty of fraud in France," World digest), omits the larger picture, which includes why Scientologists have been targeted. The article also did not mention the disappearance of the court files in this trial. Documents critical to the defense were among the files destroyed, and the president of the Marseille court admitted that court personnel were responsible for it. There is also no question about Scientology's religiosity ...
Dec 2, 1999
Scientology hires top Clearwater law firm — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
The church selects Johnson Blakely to represent it on a number of local issues. CLEARWATER – The Church of Scientology has hired Clearwater's most prominent and well-connected law firm to represent it on a wide range of issues, yet another indicator of Scientology's increasing acceptance into Clearwater's civic circles. Church officials reached an agreement for legal services on Tuesday with the firm of Johnson Blakely Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns. The account will be handled by Ed Armstrong, a partner in ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 28, 1999
John Travolta's alien nation — Washington Post
Nov 24, 1999
Scientology prompts review of death case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Nov 17, 1999
DECISION OF THE CHARITY COMMISSONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES MADE ON 17TH NOVEMBER 1999 — UK Charity Commission
More: charity-commission.gov.uk
Type: Document
Source: UK Charity Commission
[...] 2. Conclusion The Commissioners having considered the full legal and factual case and supporting documents (including expert evidence) which had been put to them by CoS and having considered and reviewed the relevant law, taking into account the principles embodied in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the Commissioners concluded that CoS is not established as a charity and accordingly is not registrable as such. In so determining the Commissioners concluded as follows -: CoS is not charitable as ...
Nov 16, 1999
Foe of Scientology plans move to area — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Robert Minton intends to buy property in downtown Clearwater. Meanwhile, a restraining order against him is extended to Nov. 29. The Church of Scientology came to court Monday hoping its No. 1 enemy, Robert S. Minton, would never again be allowed near church properties in Clearwater. Instead, church officials learned that Minton, a 53-year-old New England millionaire, plans to be much too close for their comfort. Clearwater lawyer Denis de Vlaming told Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Thomas E. Penick Jr. that Minton ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 16, 1999
Scientology leader jailed for fraud // Group denounces French trial as inquisition — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): Jon Henley
Source: The Guardian (UK)
In another blow to the controversial Church of Scientology's battle to be recognised as a religion rather than a sect, a French court yesterday found one of its former leaders guilty of fraud and sentenced him to six months in prison. Xavier Delamare, a former regional Scientology leader in south-east France, was given a further 18 month suspended sentence by the Marseille court while four other members accused of fraud, violence and illegally practising medicine were given suspended sentences of six ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 10, 1999
Sect loses battle to become a charity // Scientology 'is not a religion' — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): James Meek
Source: The Guardian (UK)
The controversial Church of Scientology had its application to be recognised as a religion turned down yesterday. After more than three years' deliberation, the Charity Commissioners rejected the organisation's claim saying that it did not qualify because it was not a religion and did not benefit the public. Critics of Scientology portray the organisation as a wacky cult that brainwashes individuals and exists to make money. But adherents say such hostility amounts to religious persecution and that Scientology puts them on ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 6, 1999
Police no longer monitoring Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Oct 22, 1999
U.S. bill would chide Germany for refusal to recognize Scientology — National Post
Oct 14, 1999
The Finger: HOLY HUBBARDITE! — New Times Los Angeles
Oct 9, 1999
World briefing // Russia: Scientology loses license — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Michael Wines
Source: New York Times
RUSSIA: SCIENTOLOGY LOSES LICENSE – A Moscow city court has revoked the license of the Church of Scientology, saying the organization violated registration laws, and perhaps tax laws, by listing bogus founders of the sect's local branch. Tax police raided the sect's center this year. Scientology officials said the revocation, which was applauded by the Russian Orthodox Church, was politically driven. Michael Wines (NYT)
Sep 20, 1999
Scientology trial opens in France — BBC News
Sep 16, 1999
Gibbering clones the future of Usenet? — The Australian
Type: Press
Author(s): Daniel Rutter
Source: The Australian
Imagine, if you will, a public forum where anybody can stand on a soapbox and speak, and everyone can listen to any of the speakers they choose. What you're imagining is, more or less, Usenet. Usenet is an enormous collection of publicly accessible fora where you can post and read messages about more or less everything anyone talks about. Some postings are brilliant, some are less brilliant, some are inane, some are utterly unfathomable. But everyone with Internet access can have ...
Item contributed by: Zhent (Anonymous)
Sep 9, 1999
Files destroyed in Scientology case — The Guardian (UK)
Sep 9, 1999
Loss of Scientology files studied — New York Times
Sep 9, 1999
Scientology faces French ban — BBC News
Sep 9, 1999
Scientology's revenge — New Times Los Angeles
Sep 1, 1999
Virtual Book Burning — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s): Mike Romano
Source: Wired
When A Piece of Blue Sky, a book critical of the Church of Scientology, suddenly disappeared from Amazon.com's online catalog early this year, newsgroups such as alt.religion.scientology buzzed with conspiracy theories. Then, in June, Amazon.co.uk, the online bookseller's British division, expunged a controversial book, The Committee, which implicates David Trimble, head of the Ulster Unionist Party, in atrocities against Catholics. Amazon's decision to remove two books from its online list demonstrates the perils of balancing a billion-dollar book business with a ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 20, 1999
Scientology expansion raises parking question — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
One Clearwater official says the church need not provide parking until its building is nearly complete, but others disagree. CLEARWATER — The foundation has been poured and two towering white cranes reach into the downtown sky. Construction is well under way on a 370,000-square-foot Church of Scientology building that will take two years to build. When it opens, Scientology expects to have doubled its uniformed staff to 2,000. It also projects that the number of Scientology parishioners visiting Clearwater will increase ...
Aug 19, 1999
Cruise-ing the Scientology connection — Eye Weekly
Type: Press
Author(s): Bruce LaBruce
Source: Eye Weekly
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 19, 1999
Scientology pitch plays prime-time cable — NOW Magazine
Aug 13, 1999
Valley women misidentified selves at Scientology event — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
More: link
Type: Press
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
Two San Jacinto Valley women posed as two other women Saturday during a grand opening program at the Church of Scientology's Golden Era film studio in Gilman Hot Springs. Kathleen Racela, an emergency room nurse at Hemet Valley Medical Center, and Patty Duffy, a nurse in a Hemet physician's office, gave a reporter other names when interviewed at the grand opening. They have not publicly explained why they identified themselves as two other nurses at the hospital: Teri Pino and Debb ...
Aug 9, 1999
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Aug 8, 1999
Scientologists throw a party for film studio opening — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Laurie Koch Thrower
Source: Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)
The promise of a free dinner in an estate-like atmosphere, plus live entertainment, were enough to entice Barbara Moke to spend her Saturday evening behind the gates of Church of Scientology's newest film studio. Moke, a volunteer at the Hemet Police Department, said her office received an invitation to the opening of The Castle, the sprawling film studio operated by Golden Era Productions in Gilman Hot Springs. "This is the perfect place for a party," she said, while partaking of the ...
Aug 7, 1999
Scientology project gets foundation — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Thomas C. Tobin
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Workers today will pour the base for the Ministerial Training and Counseling Center, which is expected to be the largest building in downtown Clearwater. CLEARWATER — A massive foundation will be constructed beginning early this morning for what is expected to be the largest building downtown. The Church of Scientology and its contractor, Beers Construction Co. of Tampa, have coordinated an 18-hour task that will involve more than 500 construction workers, 130 mixing trucks, 1,200 truckloads of high-strength concrete from six ...
Aug 5, 1999
Battlefield Travolta — NOW Magazine
More: groups.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Enzo Di Matteo
Source: NOW Magazine
Scientology's biggest star comes to Canada to make a movie that will bring church's values and villains to a theatre near you Members of the Church of Scientology were in Yorkville this past holiday weekend, questionnaires in hand, to collect opinions about the church from passersby. It's been a difficult couple of years for Scientology, which is trying to polish its fringe image as it awaits word from Revenue Canada about its application for charitable status. But positive PR may be ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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