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Dec 26, 1980
Scientologists ask judge to step down from case — Clearwater Times (Florida)
Dec 23, 1980
Church balks at giving up member's file — Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon)
Dec 19, 1980
Scientologists lose appeal / Not religious, Judge rules — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
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Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) MELBOURNE. - A Supreme Court judge in Melbourne ruled yesterday that the Church of the New Faith, practising scientology, was not a religious institution.
The church had asked Mr Justice Crockett to rule that it was a religious institution and not liable to pay State payroll tax.
The church had appealed against the refusal of the Commissioner of Payroll Tax to exempt it from paying payroll tax.
Mr Justice Crockett said an institution did not become religious in character simply because ...
Dec 19, 1980
Scientology religion claim sham, says judge — The Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Prue Innes ,
Aileen Berry Source:
The Age (Australia) The Scientology organisation's claims to be a religion were a sham, a Supreme Court judge said yesterday. Some of its services were grotesque, a mockery of religion, he said.
Mr Justice Crockett made the comments in dismissing an appeal by the organisation, calling itself the Church of the New Faith, against a decision of the Commissioner of Payroll Tax not to grant it exemption from the tax as a religious institution.
The Guardian of the Melbourne Church of Scientology, the Reverend ...
Dec 1, 1980
Scientology's war against judges — The American Lawyer
Type: Press
Author(s):
James B. Stewart Source:
The American Lawyer On September 5, 1980, as U.S. District Court Judge Charles Richey was recuperating from two pulmonary embolisms and exhaustion, lawyers for the Church of Scientology and the Justice Department gathered before Judge Aubrey Robinson, Richey's successor in the two-year-old conspiracy case against 11 members of the Church of Scientology. Judge Richey had already convicted and sentenced nine of the original 11 defendants, but the remaining two, recently extradited from England, were about to go on trial. "Particularly from the standpoint of ...
Nov 1, 1980
Letters // Scientology should not be lauded for maintaining its own property — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.ca
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) In the last few years the Scientologists have dumbfounded me again and again with their incredible attitude on numerous things. Again they are attempting to stretch a story to make their organization look like a benign, kindly angel in the City of Clearwater. I refer to your
Clearwater Times edition of Oct. 22, a story entitled
"Scientologists announce plan to help community," complete with artist's rendering of proposed facelift for the former Bank of Clearwater building purchased by the Scientologists ...
Oct 18, 1980
Daughter of Scientology founder is questioned — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Attorneys for former Clearwater Mayor Gabriel Cazares questioned the daughter of L. Ron Hubbard Friday afternoon in an apparent attempt to ascertain the whereabouts of her elusive father — the founder of Scientology. According to one attorney present at the closed deposition, Diana Horowich testified that she does not know where her father is. The 28-year-old woman, whose bright red hair and round face resemble her father's, said she communicates with the 69-year-old Hubbard by means of messages left at the ...
Oct 13, 1980
Fish to remove backing from group tied to cult — Globe and Mail (Canada)
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Author(s):
John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Toronto ON — Toronto Alderman Susan Fish is going to demand that her name be removed from the list of advisers to Narconon because of its connection with the Church of Scientology. She encountered the addictions-treatment agency a few years ago when she was doing a study of group homes for the city, and, impressed by the material shown her, she agreed to act as an adviser. She said that before agreeing to act as an adviser, she had asked Narconon ...
Sep 29, 1980
5-C MCCS Tapes [partial transcript, with commentaries]
Sep 12, 1980
Churches join Scientology fight // Challenge IRS denial of group's tax-exempt status — Los Angeles Times (California)
Sep 6, 1980
Tarpon commissioner finds Scientology 'positive,' 'ethical' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 5, 1980
Courts clear the way for Scientology probe — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 5, 1980
Sign-waiving Scientology foe courts arrest during demonstration — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Aug 10, 1980
Ex-Scientologists express bitterness — Las Vegas Review JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Sherman R. Frederick Source:
Las Vegas Review Journal Carol Garrity and Dick and Janie Peterson don't call Scientology a church anymore. After dropping about $40,000 in five years into church courses and training, they left the church three weeks ago disillusioned, angry and humiliated. Is Scientology a church? "No!" they answer. "You never hear mention of God or any praying," Dick Peterson said of the church that won tax-exempt status only after a 19-year court battle with the IRS. "It doesn't operate like a church," Garrity added. "It's run ...
Jul 29, 1980
Scientology Church official quits — Las Vegas Review JournalMore: link
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Las Vegas Review Journal The top spokesman for the Church of Scientology in Nevada, Arizona and Utah has defected from the church, causing considerable concern among Scientology officials. Church officials are warned about her knowledge of dubious church activities, which may arouse the interest of the FBI.
Carol Garrity of Las Vegas has gone into seclusion and is shunning all direct contact with the church, a close friend of the former church official said. Garrity could not be reached for comment. Church officials have ...
Jul 28, 1980
Top regional Scientology official quits church — Las Vegas Review Journal
Jul 23, 1980
Appeal court challenges judge in Scientology case — Clearwater Times (Florida)
Jul 19, 1980
Former Scientologist opposes moving trial to California — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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