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Feb 28, 1998
Scientologists ask for mediator — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
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Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) A federal mediator is assessing whether the U.S. Department of Justice can help ease tensions involving the Church of Scientology and Clearwater police. The mediator, Ernest Jones, works out of Atlanta with the Justice Department's Community Relations Service. Last week, he met separately in Clearwater with City Manager Mike Roberto, police Chief Sid Klein and Scientology officials. The church has been saying for more than a year that a police investigation into the 1995 death of Scientologist Lisa McPherson amounts to ...
Feb 1, 1998
Scientology in Clearwater: digging in / Scientology in Clearwater — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) She is one of an estimated 3,300 Scientologists who have migrated to Clearwater in the 1990s, the most dramatic period of growth for the church during its 22 years in Clearwater. In addition, the church has said it is "deadly serious" about its plans for the year 2000, which include tripling the size of its Clearwater staff to more than 3,500; launching a local Scientology "university" that would accommodate more than 10,000 students a week; and having "Clearwater known as the ...
Dec 7, 1997
For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com , link
Dec 7, 1997
McPherson investigation should be finished soon — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
Dec 1, 1997
Distrust in Clearwater -- A special report.; Death of a Scientologist Heightens Suspicions in a Florida Town — New York TimesMore: link
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 ...
Oct 31, 1997
In her final years, Scientologist spent $175,000 — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: lisamcpherson.org , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
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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 ...
May 10, 1997
Editorial // A tale of two stories — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
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St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology's version of the circumstances surrounding the death of one of its members always raised more questions than it answered. Now Scientology's top officials cannot even keep their own stories straight, further undermining their credibility. That increases the pressure on Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe to uncover the truth about Lisa McPherson's death. Were Scientology officials right when they insisted McPherson was capable of walking when she was loaded into a van at the church's Fort Harrison Hotel ...
Jan 25, 1997
Editorial / Scientology's bullying — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Jan 24, 1997
Local lawyers, prosecutor defend medical examiner — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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