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Aug 12, 1986
'Expert' turns bad trial into bad verdict — Journal-American
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Type: Press
Author(s): Ron Arnold
Source: Journal-American
Why do I have to spend so much time defending religions I don't belong to? I didn't really want a scrapbook of columns sticking up for persecuted Jews, Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Taoists, Native American Shamanists, Moonies and Scientologists, among others. The question that troubles me most, though, is why do I have to defend them from our own government? The reason, of course, is that I don't want the First Amendment repealed. And a Los Angeles jury did just that July ...
Aug 9, 1986
Scientology tenets not trade secrets, U.S. court rules — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Church of Scientology's confidential teachings are not protected by California trade secrets law, dealing a blow to the organization's hard-fought campaign to block former members from operating rival churches where courses are offered at a fraction of the cost. In its unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the state law protects economic, but not religious, secrets. The ruling represents a second major setback in less ...
Aug 1, 1986
Scientology investigated foe, lawyer says — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Jul 31, 1986
Sect's purchase ousts tenants — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Lesley Collins
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology paid $4.6 million Friday for a 200-unit Skycrest apartment complex to house its growing staff. The church now owns 11 pieces of property — five of which are used as dormitories. And while sect staff members are getting new lodgings, residents at Hacienda Gardens Apartments, 551 N. Saturn Ave., are being shown the door. They can stay at the complex until their current leases expire — but no longer. "We purchased it to provide additional ...
Jul 24, 1986
Scientology members protest $30-million damage award to ex-follower — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Jerry Belcher
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Hundreds of Scientologists were alternately exhorted and entertained Wednesday in the Los Angeles Civic Center during a highly organized protest against a $30-million jury award, which they claimed threatens the freedom, not only of their church, but of all religions in this country. The daytime turnout for the protest peaked shortly before noon, with about 850 members of the Church of Scientology marching in front of the Los Angeles County Courthouse on North Hill Street, bearing signs such as "Religious Beliefs ...
Jul 23, 1986
Ex-Scientologist wins $30 million in church suit — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Liz Mullen
Source: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $30 million to a former Scientologist, who claimed the church's religious practice of "auditing" caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown. Larry Wollersheim, 37, who was a member of the church for 11 years, was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages by the 12-member jury. The trial started last February. "It's a tremendous verdict for human rights," said Leta Schlosser, Wollersheim's attorney. The Church of Scientology, she added, ...
Jul 23, 1986
Man is awarded $30-million in lawsuit against Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Jul 23, 1986
Scientologists must pay $30 million to critical ex-member — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Joel Sappell, Robert W. Welkos
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury Tuesday awarded $30 million in damages to a former member of the Church of Scientology who said the organization intentionally drove him to the edge of insanity and ruined him financially for criticizing the group. The 12-0 verdict in favor of Larry Wollersheim brought gasps from the Scientologists who packed Judge Ronald Swearinger's court-room, as they had throughout the bitterly contested five-month-long trial. Some sobbed. Wollersheim was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 ...
Jul 10, 1986
Hubbard, Cazares in the news — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
The Cult Awareness Network, a Chicago-based organization dedicated to "alerting the world to the danger of destructive cults," has an interesting item in its latest newsletter about a Montessori school in Illinois using books by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The item, based on an article in the Chicago Sun-Times, said the school's founder, a Scientologist, fired six of her teachers because they refused to use the books. "I'm the leader, and I call the shots," Janet Bowes is quoted ...
Jun 22, 1986
Embattled Scientology boat moved to marina — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Annette Drolet
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — Part of its cabin had to be removed to make the journey manageable. But the Diana was on the move again Friday, this time bound for a Tarpon Springs marina. The Church of Scientology relocated its yacht dubbed Diana after obtaining a civil court order to take possession of the 53-foot ketch, valued at $40,000. The Scientologists contend in a lawsuit that a Clearwater boat repair-restoration shop kept the vessel "without reason" and planned to destroy, conceal or take ...
Jun 14, 1986
Scientology 'purification' rite used by anti-addiction centres — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Lindsay Scotton
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
A controversial "purification" regime used by the Church of Scientology to advance members' spiritual enlightenment is also being used by Narconon, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, and is being offered at a Toronto health clinic. The "Purification Rundown" used by Narconon and the Lafayette Health Centre uses large vitamin dosages, exercise and long hours in the sauna to "cleanse" the body of accumulated impurities, according to Narconon officials and the health centre's director. Costs of the treatment offered ...
Jun 7, 1986
Boy, 2, in critical condition — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Susan Snyder
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — One of two children who nearly drowned in unrelated accidents Thursday remained hospitalized Friday in critical condition. Beau Jacob Karnovsky, 2, went nearly 15 minutes without breathing after falling into a swimming pool Thursday. He remained in critical condition Friday at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, officials said. The toddler fell into eight feet of water around 5 p.m. in an unattended pool behind the Sand Castle Motel, 200 N. Osceola Ave., while being watched by a 16-year-old ...
Jun 7, 1986
Followers singing the praises of Scientology – literally — Clearwater Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Wilma Norton
Source: Clearwater Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — Call this music cassette The L. Ron Shuffle. A celebrity group of L. Ron Hubbard's followers — including John Travolta, Chick Corea, Karen Black, Leif Garrett and Sylvester Stallone's brother Frank — have put together a pop-music cassette of 10 songs whose lyrics and music are said to have been written by the Scientology founder before his death. The cassettes have been mailed to more than 600 "various local people in Clearwater," Scientology spokesman Ludwig Alpers said, and will ...
Jun 7, 1986
Scientology tunes heading to area homes — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Lesley Collins
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — Could the composing abilities of the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, nudge Madonna and Billy Ocean out of the top-20 in pop music? Some 600 Clearwater residents will have the chance to decide. Parishioners at the Fort Harrison Hotel, the sect's Clearwater headquarters, have forked out the money to mail out more than 600 cassette tapes that contain Hubbard's musical statement on what Scientology is all about. "The Road to Freedom" cassette — with ...
Jun 6, 1986
Boy falls in pool, is in critical condition — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
A 2-year-old boy was in critical condition Thursday night after he fell into a swimming pool at a Church of Scientology center in Clearwater. Beau Jacob Karnovsky was breathing with the help of a life support system when he was taken to Morton Plant Hospital. He was in critical condition at 7:30 p.m. when he was transferred to All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, said a nursing supervisor. The child was in the care of a babysitter Thursday afternoon when he ...
Jun 6, 1986
Two-year-old boy nearly drowned — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Scott Marshall
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — A 2-year-old boy nearly drowned Thursday afternoon at a motel used by members of the Church of Scientology, Clearwater police said. Beau Jacob Karnovsky, 2, was in critical condition in the intensive care unit at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg late Thursday night, a nursing supervisor said. He had been sustained on life-support systems after being rushed to Morton F. Plant Hospital, Cooper said. The boy was in a pool at the Sand Castle Motel, 200 N. Osceola ...
Jun 3, 1986
What's the scam? // Trying to bilk the Scientologists — Boston Phoenix
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Type: Press
Author(s): Jim Schuh
Source: Boston Phoenix
Back on the morning of June 7, 1982, a man walked into the New York branch of the Middle East Bank on the 25th floor of a Madison Avenue office building and tried to deposit a $2 million check. The man, a native of the United Arab Emirates, left without completing the transaction. The check, written on an E.F. Hutton money-market account handled by the Bank of New England, was a forgery. Although attempted bank fraud of that ilk is not ...
May 31, 1986
Prosecutor cites Kattar crime ties; family, friends tell different story — Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
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Type: Press
Author(s): Michael Foley
Source: Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
BOSTON — Assistant U.S. Attorney Brackett B. Denniston said Methuen businessman George Kattar is tied to an organized crime family in Providence, R.I., and was given permission by "La Cosa Nostra" to murder a key government witness against him. His friends said, however, that Kattar is not a violent man. U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Cohen listened to both sides yesterday at a hearing to decide whether Kattar could be released on bail or held to protect the community. Judge Cohen ...
May 30, 1986
Two men charged in Scientology scam — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
BOSTON — FBI agents on Wednesday arrested a New Hampshire man and a disbarred lawyer on charges of extorting $33,000 from the Church of Scientology by offering false information about a scheme to steal $2 million from the church. George T. Kattar, 67, of Meredith, N.H. formerly of Methuen, Mass., was held without bail pending a detention hearing today. Harvey Brower, 49, of Swampscott, Mass., a former lawyer turned writer, was released on $50,000 bail. According to an indictment issued by ...
May 29, 1986
$100G Scientology 'scam' // Feds charge 2 with Mob connections — Boston Herald
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Type: Press
Author(s): Jim MacLaughlin
Source: Boston Herald
A DISBARRED lawyer with Mob connections and a Methuen man linked to organized crime were arrested yesterday and charged with trying to bilk the Church of Scientology out of $100,000, said officials. The alleged scam netted Harvey Brower, 49, of Swampscott, and George T. Kattar, 67, of Methuen, $33,333 before they were arrested by FBI agents, said the US. Attorney's office. The two were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston May 23 and charged with fraud, extortion and other ...
May 29, 1986
Brower: 'A magnet for trouble' — Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
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Type: Press
Author(s): Susan Forrest
Source: Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
BOSTON — Harvey Brower, in his own words, is a magnet for trouble. Once a lawyer, college professor and classical musician, the 49-year-old Brower now has a 45-year jail sentence hanging over his head. "I seem to attract trouble like a magnet," he said after his arraignment in U.S. District Court on charges of defrauding the Church of Scientology. Despite his trouble, Brower seemed unsinkable yesterday as he reeled off one-liners and chain-smoked cigarettes with an Eagle-Tribune reporter in the ninth-floor ...
May 29, 1986
Ex-lawyer, N.H. man charged in plan to bilk Church of Scientology — Boston Globe
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Type: Press
Author(s): William F. Doherty
Source: Boston Globe
FBI agents yesterday arrested a New Hampshire man and a disbarred lawyer on charges of extorting $33,000 from the Church of Scientology by offering false information about a scheme to steal $2 million from the church. George T. Kattar, 67, of Meredith, N.H., formerly of Methuen, was held without bail pending a detention hearing tomorrow. Harvey Brower, 49, of Swampscott, a former lawyer turned writer, was released on $50,000 bail. According to an indictment issued by a federal grand jury in ...
May 29, 1986
Kattar jailed; prosecution says it fears for witnesses — Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
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Source: Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
BOSTON — George Kattar and Harvey Brower arrived in court together and sat side by side, but only Brower left the courtroom a free man after their arraignments yesterday. Kattar was led away by U.S. marshals and jailed after prosecutors said he threatened to kill a witness. The 67-year-old retired Methuen businessman was refused bail by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Cohen. Brower, 49, of Swampscott, was released without bail. Kattar and Brower pleaded innocent in US. District Court to charges ...
May 29, 1986
Was church cheated or part of a larger plot? — Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Van Osdol
Source: Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune
Four years ago, two men walked into a New York bank and tried to cash a $2 million check drawn on the Bank of New England account of L. Ron Hubbard, the head of the Church of Scientology. The bank refused to cash the check after it could not verify the signature. Since then, the church has been on the warpath to find out who forged their now-dead founder's check. It offered a $100,000 reward, bought full-page advertisements in the country's ...
May 20, 1986
High court rejects Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
May 14, 1986
2 charges dismissed in Scientology suit — New York Times
Type: Press
Source: New York Times
A judge has dismissed two key charges in a $25 million fraud suit brought by Larry Wollersheim, a former Scientologist who asserted the church wrecked him emotionally and financially with lies and harassment. The judge, Ronald Swearinger of Superior Court, threw out Mr. Wollersheim's claims of fraud and misrepresentation, two of the four causes of action in a 1980 civil suit that is now in its 12th week of trial. Mr. Wollersheim's attorney, Charles O'Reilly, said Judge Swearinger ruled Monday that ...
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May 11, 1986
Travolta lauds Scientology — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
[Picture / Caption: JOHN TRAVOLTA . . . supports sect] LOS ANGELES — Actor John Travolta showed up in court to support the Church of Scientology, and told reporters, "It's been the reason I've been able to survive Hollywood." The organization is fighting a Superior Court lawsuit by former member Larry Wollersheim, who accused it of fraud and claimed it destroyed him financially and mentally.
May 10, 1986
Lid to blow on church's own volcano — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Lesley Collins
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — First there was Mount Vesuvius, then Mount St. Helens. And now — Mount Fort Harrison. The Church of Scientology's Clearwater headquarters is the site of an "active" volcano set to ooze molten lava — albeit the imitation kind — from a 20-foot fabrication towering above the hotel courtyard at 210 S. Fort Harrison Ave. Mount Fort Harrison, set to spew its stuff around 9:30 p.m. today, is the grand finale of the sect's anniversary celebration of the publication of ...
May 4, 1986
Certificate of amendment of articles of incorporation of Church of Scientology International (Filed May 13, 1986)
Apr 29, 1986
Lower court can ban publication of Scientology hearing, judge rules — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s): Rick Haliechuk
Source: Toronto Star (Canada)
An Ontario Supreme Court judge says a lower court can ban publication of the hearing of a Scientologist who is pleading guilty of possessing a stolen document. Mr. Justice David Watt yesterday sent the case of Kathleen Lepp back to Provincial Court, but to a different judge than the one who ruled in January he lacked authority to issue the ban. Lepp, other current and former members of the church and the church itself are facing a variety of criminal charges. ...
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