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Scientologists try to ease concern on Altadena plans — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Mark Arax Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) ALTADENA — Incorporation papers filed by the Church of Spiritual Technology seemingly contradict public assurances by church officials that their planned training center here will not be used as a base to espouse the tenets of Scientology. Officials of the Church of Spiritual Technology, an affiliate of the Church of Scientology, tried to allay community concerns Tuesday over their plans to buy a 198-acre complex in the Altadena foothills, which was occupied until last year by the La Vina Hospital. During ...
May 30, 1985
Scientology on trial — Willamette WeekMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bill Driver Source:
Willamette Week Why a Portland jury awarded $39 million in damages against one of the world's most profitable cults. ONE SUNNY AFTERNOON last week, an elderly man, who looked as though he had probably spent the past few nights sleeping under the stars, stood in the southeast corner of Lownsdale Square in downtown Portland gazing in bewilderment at the scene before him. Several hundred people, many wearing T-shirts proclaiming something about a crusade for religious freedom, gathered around a large stage in the ...
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Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Assets •
Bill Driver •
Blackmail •
Church of Scientology Mission of Davis •
Church of Scientology of California (CSC) •
Communications Course •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Delphi Schools, Inc. •
Disconnection •
E-Meter •
Earle C. Cooley •
Edward "Eddie" Walters •
Fair game •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Garry P. McMurry •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Howard "Homer" D. Schomer •
Income •
Inurement •
Judge Donald H. Londer •
Judge Robert P. Jones •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
Laurel J. Sullivan (née Watson) •
Lawsuit •
Margaret Thaler Singer •
Mark Segal •
Martin L. Samuels •
Medical claims •
Mission Corporate Category Sort out (MCCS) •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Pat Flanagan •
Perjury •
Protest, picket •
Refunds •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Research Foundation (RRF) •
Ronald L. Wade •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Salary •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Sequoia University of California •
SOR Services (UK) •
Statistics (Stats) •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Timothy Bowles •
Training Routines (TRs) •
Willamette Week •
William W. "Bill" Franks Apr 19, 1985
Witness says judge probed — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fred Leeson Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A Portland judge who presided over a fraud trial involving the Church of Scientology in 1979 was the target of a covert operation by the church aimed at learning his attitudes about drug usage and sexual promiscuity, a former Scientologist testified Thursday. Martin L. Samuels, former head of the church in Portland, also testified that he and other church officials lied in the 1979 trial and that one reluctant ex-Scientologist was paid either $5,000 or $7,000 to testify on behalf of ...
Mar 28, 1985
Jury told of Scientology 'attack' policy — The Oregonian (Portland)
Mar 27, 1985
Covert action claim made in testimony — The Oregonian (Portland)
Dec 2, 1984
Sect will ask court to quash warrant — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The Church of Scientology of Toronto will petition the Supreme Court of Ontario Monday asking that
a search warrant executed last year be quashed, although the Ontario Provincial Police have already used it to raid the sect's headquarters and seize 14 million documents. Investigators armed with the warrant raided the sect's Toronto headquarters in March 1983 and seized 904 boxes of papers and documents believed to substantiate suspected sect fraud, conspiracy, breaking and entering and theft, according to the warrant ...
Oct 28, 1984
Sinking the Master Mariner — The Sunday Times (UK)More: link , reprint in The Weekend Australian
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Barnes Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) "Corrupt, sinister and dangerous" were the words used to describe the Church of Scientology in a judgment given by Mr Justice Latey this summer. He also referred to it as "immoral and socially obnoxious". But who controls the Church now? A major Sunday Times Magazine investigation into the activities of the cult in America and Britain has uncovered a disturbing and extraordinary story — the takeover of the organisation by a small band of youthful fanatics following the disappearance of the ...
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Advanced Ability Center •
Alan Walters •
Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Assets •
Auditing •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Battlefield Earth •
Bent Corydon •
Blackmail •
Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) •
California •
Cause Resurgence Rundown aka "Running Program" •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Cost •
David Mayo •
David Miscavige •
Diane Voegeding •
Edward "Eddie" Walters •
False imprisonment •
Florida •
Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
Hard sell •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Howard "Homer" D. Schomer •
Income •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Inurement •
Jay Hurwitz •
John Barnes •
Judge Ben Krentzman •
Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. •
Justice Latey, Sir John •
Kathleen "Kathy" Gorgon •
Kenneth McFarlane •
Laurel J. Sullivan (née Watson) •
Lawsuit •
Lee Lawrence •
Lyman D. Spurlock •
Marc Yager •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
Michael "Mike" Garside •
Michael J. Flynn •
Mission Holders Conference •
New Era Publications International, ApS (NEPI) •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Registrar (also, to "reg") •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Research Foundation (RRF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Richard N. Aznaran •
Ron's Journal 38 •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Slave labor •
Southern Land Development and Leasing Corporation (SLDLC) •
Stephen "Steve" Marlowe •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Tax matter •
The Sunday Times (UK) •
The Weekend Australian •
Tonja C. Burden •
Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran •
Warren L. McShane •
Wendell Reynolds •
William W. "Bill" Franks Sep 3, 1984
Lawyer says Church of Scientology is waging campaign to 'frame' him — New York TimesMore: link , Reprint in Sarasota Herald-Tribune , cs.cmu.edu
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Lindsey Source:
New York Times LOS ANGELES — Michael J. Flynn, a Boston lawyer, was piloting a light aircraft toward South Bend, Ind., in October 1979 when its engine quit mysteriously at 8,500 feet. After making an emergency landing, he said he found several quarts of water in the fuel tank. Since then, Mr. Flynn, who has led a legal battle against the Church of Scientology, a group that has long been the subject of Government investigations, says he has been followed by as many as ...
Jul 24, 1984
The cult of evil [incomplete] — Daily Mail (UK)More: link
Jul 20, 1984
Insights // Did Scientology defraud members? — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) Is it the beginning of the end for the Church of Scientology? In the past senior church officials have refused to discuss the inner workings of L. Ron Hubbard's empire, but according to a recent story in the New York Times , disillusionment with Hubbard and a power struggle within the organization have prompted several church officials to meet with police investigators and testify against Scientology in a number of court cases. At a trial that just ended in Los Angeles County ...
Jul 11, 1984
Scientology chief got millions, ex-aides say — New York TimesMore: link , nytimes.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Lindsey Source:
New York Times Former officials of the Church of Scientology say they helped L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive founder of the cult-like organization, to secretly divert more than $100 million from the church into foreign bank accounts he controlled. The organization, long a subject of investigations in this country, Britain, France, Australia, South Africa, Spain and elsewhere, has maintained that Mr. Hubbard cut his ties to it in the mid-1970's, that he has received only a token consulting fee of $35,000 annually since then ...
Jul 5, 1984
Disaffected Scientologists strike out on own — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The Church of Scientology has lost thousands of adherents in recent years due to an internal revolt by members who embrace the teachings of founder L. Ron Hubbard but question many policies of the mother organization. Disillusioned Scientologists—still practicing the tenets of Dianetics and Scientology—have splintered from the Church of Scientology to form their own organizations such as the Clear Center, the Council for Spiritual Intregrity, Advanced Abilities Center and the Revitalization Center. Such assemblages offer Scientology and Dianetics-related courses to ...
Jun 23, 1984
Sect ruling 'beginning of the end' — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Lawyers who for years have engaged the Church of Scientology in legal battles said Friday that a Los Angeles County Superior court decision handed down this week heralds "the beginning of the end of Scientology." "The walls are collapsing and the truth is finally coining out," Boston attorney Michael Flynn said of the "landmark ruling" of Judge Paul G. Breckenridge. The California judge late Thursday exonerated a former sect member charged with stealing thousands of Scientology documents. But a sect attorney ...
Jun 20, 1984
Church of Scientology of California vs. Gerald Armstrong: Decision — Superior Court of the state of California
Type: Document
Source:
Superior Court of the state of California In this matter heretofore taken under submission, the Court announces its intended decision as follows: As to the tort causes of action, plaintiff, and plaintiff in intervention are to take nothing, and the defendant is entitled to Judgment and costs. As to the equitable actions, the court finds that neither plaintiff has clean hands, and that at least as of this time, are not entitled to the immediate return of any document or objects previously retained by the court clerk. All ...
Jun 15, 1984
Canadian court told religion protects cult — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) TORONTO—A search warrant used to raid the Church of Scientology's headquarters here should be quashed because sect members could not commit a fraud while practicing their faith, the Clearwater-based organization's lawyer told the Ontario Supreme Court. Clayton Ruby said the Church of Scientology is protected by the guarantee of freedom of religion under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Ontario Provincial Police used the search warrant to seize more than 200,000 documents from the group's Toronto headquarters in March ...
Jun 9, 1984
Sect trial ordered to continue — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) TORONTO—The church of Scientology of Toronto was commanded Friday to move ahead with its case in Ontario Supreme Court proceedings unprecedented in Canadian history. The sect's reason for being in court—a civil motion questioning the legality of a police search warrant—has been usurped by arguments about religion and parishioner/priest confidentiality. Originally, the sect requested the hearing before Justice John Osler asking that he quash the March 4, 1983, Ontario Provincial Police warrant because, the sect said, the document was based on ...
Jun 7, 1984
Scientology compared to Catholicism — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) TORONTO—A lawyer representing the Church Scientology likened the 34-year-old sect to the Roman Catholic Church during hearing Wednesday in Ontario Supreme Court. Arguing that the Ontario Provincial Police had no right to seize Scientology files during a raid on the sect's Toronto mission last year, Clayton Ruby told the court that Scientology should be given the same respect and protection afforded established religions. "Should a new church be (treated differently) because its doctrines are not as well-known?" Ruby asked Justice John ...
Jun 2, 1984
Scientology: 'auditing' the 'engram' — Seattle Post-IntelligencerMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John McCoy Source:
Seattle Post-Intelligencer The basic premise of the Church of Scientology is that humans can realize their full potential only if they clear away negative memories. The means of doing so were presented by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard in the best-selling book "Dianencs," which he wrote in 1950. Hubbard argued that by a process of counseling ("auditing"), negative memories ("engrams") could be erased. Auditing involves the use of an E-meter, a sort of lie detector on which, the subject holds two tin ...
Jun 2, 1984
Sect will ask court to quash warrant — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The Church of Scientology of Toronto will petition the Supreme Court of Ontario Monday asking that a search warrant executed last year be quashed, although the Ontario Provincial Police have already used it to raid the sect's headquarters and seize 14 million documents. Investigators armed with the warrant raided the sect's Toronto headquarters in March 1983 and seized 904 boxes of papers and documents believed to substantiate suspected sect fraud, conspiracy, breaking and entering and theft, according to the warrant and ...
May 6, 1984
For some, Scientology delivers the answers — Sacramento Bee (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Dale Maharidge Source:
Sacramento Bee (California) Whereas other religions may hold out promise of salvation, founder Hubbard offers immediate solution to problems Joann Harvey paused when asked why she took her life's savings of $45,000 and turned it over to the Sacramento Church of Scientology. "That's an interesting question," she said with a sigh. "Being in Scientology gave me an anchor point. The philosophy works. I know it." Harvey was nearing middle age and undergoing marital problems when she discovered Scientology. Sacramento businessman Don Pearson, on the ...
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Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Auditing •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Cost •
Dale Maharidge •
David Miscavige •
Donald Pearson •
E-Meter •
Engram •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Joann Harvey •
Kathleen "Kathy" Gorgon •
Lyman D. Spurlock •
Medical claims •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Sacramento Bee (California) •
Scientology's "Clear" state •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Stephen "Steve" Marlowe •
Weapons •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) Apr 12, 1984
Police release transcript of Scientologist's statement — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Clearwater police Monday released a transcript of a tape-recorded statement made last month by Daniel Cotrino, a New York Scientologist who be had been held against his will at the sect's 210 S. Fort Harrison Ave. headquarters. The transcript indicates the 30-year-old Cotrino, a Scientologist for 11 years, was frightened and angry at the time he made the statement. It is also clear that Cotrino did make the statements he later accused police of fabricating. The transcript of the tape was ...
Mar 14, 1984
Scientologist's tape to get review — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
May 31, 1983
Scientology defectors charge 'dirty tricks' in Boston — Boston Globe
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ben Bradlee Jr. Source:
Boston Globe Robert Dardano and Warren Friske were trusted members of the Boston mission of the Church of Scientology in the mid-1970s when they say they were recruited to join a group of other church members intent on carrying out "dirty tricks" against critics and others deemed enemies of the church in this area. The activities of the group included break-ins, the theft of documents, harassment and misrepresentation, according to sworn testimony by Dardano in Florida last year and affidavits from him and ...
Apr 12, 1983
Scientology suit allowed to go to trial // 4 former members charge church made false claims to them — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Dan Morain Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A federal judge opened the way Monday for four former Scientologists to sue the church for fraud over a variety of claims including promises that it could prevent colds, raise intelligence and solve obesity. Attorneys for the disillusioned Scientologists hailed the ruling, saying that it will open the way for other former church members to bring their complaints of fraud before juries. U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall ruled that while Scientology is a religion, many of the claims it makes ...
May 11, 1982
16 witnesses unlock sect's closed society — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bill Prescott Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The 16 witnesses who testified in Clearwater's public hearings on Church of Scientology activities provided the first-hand information city officials will use if they decide to design ordinances to regulate the sect. Boston attorney Michael Flynn, who gathered the witnesses, said he questioned them extensively about their Scientology experiences and people they knew in the sect. He confirmed that information through other witnesses and contacts inside the church, he said. If they had not been in the sect, Flynn said, "I'd ...
May 9, 1982
Ex-Scientologists describe illegal activities — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Why, Robert Dardano was asked, had he done it — why had he participated with other Scientologists in burglaries and theft of documents and smear campaigns against the church's perceived enemies? Because he was convinced, the slender, soft-spoken Dardano told Clearwater city commissioners, "that Scientology was going to save the planet and free the world. "That we were right and everyone else was wrong," Dardano, a 31-year-old Boston resident, was one of eight witnesses to testify Saturday during commission ...
May 9, 1982
Witnesses tell of break-ins, conpiracy — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Girardi Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) In a story of international intrigue, a former senior executive of the Church of Scientology testified Saturday about a worldwide sect network involving infiltrations, conspiracies and smuggling. Scott Mayer, 38, told Clearwater city commissioners "I have personal experiences of all of these," in the forth day of the city's Scientology hearings, where legal consultant Michael Flynn paraded seven of his most damaging witnesses. Commissioners heard also from a former Guardian Office worker who said she used the sect's "confessional files" during ...
May 8, 1982
City of Clearwater 1982 Hearings - Church of Scientology: Janie Peterson
May 8, 1982
City of Clearwater 1982 Hearings - Church of Scientology: LaVenda Van Schaick
May 8, 1982
Scientology critics parade to hearings — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Six more witnesses denounced the Church of Scientology and its practices Friday during public hearings on the organization. For the third straight day, the critical testimony was a mixture of information concerning Scientology's Clearwater operations and church activities elsewhere. City commissioners, who are having the hearings, heard from: * Casey Kelly, 23, who joined Scientology to crusade against "war," "crime" and "insanity" but later became disenchanted with long hours and low pay as a church employee here. * Rosie ...
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