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May 6, 1982
Walters: 'They'll take the Kool-Aid' — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Girardi Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The Fort Harrison Hotel in downtown Clearwater could be the scene of another Jonestown-type mass suicide when Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard dies, a former high-ranking church official said Wednesday. Edward Walters, the first witness called during Clearwater's public hearings into Scientology practices, said under oath that many Scientologists are "addicted" to Hubbard the way members of the People's Temple were to their leader, the Rev. Jim Jones. "If Hubbard decides to leave this planet he'll take the others with him—they ...
Dec 23, 1980
Church balks at giving up member's file — Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon)
Apr 5, 1980
For some it was hard to forsake Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com , news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) On Dec. 13, former Scientologist LaVenda Van Schaick filed a $200-million class-action lawsuit against the Church of Scientology in Federal Court in Boston, contending that the church falsely promises to improve the lives of its members. Since then, 10 other ex-Scientologists have filed affidavits in support of the suit, giving a glimpse of life within Scientology. The church has filed a motion to dismiss that case. It also sued Mrs. Van Schaick and others, contending that she is "motivated by malice." ...
Apr 4, 1980
Suit: Church promised much, delivered little — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Apr 3, 1980
Ex-Scientologists ordered to turn over documents — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Mar 7, 1980
Affidavit of Silvana Garritano More: link
Type: Affidavit
AFFIDAVIT OF SILVANA GARRITANO I was introduced to Scientology in October, 1977, when I went to the New York Church to take a "Communications Course". The "registrar" (a euphemism for salesman) was Jerry Indursky. He told me that my problem was a lack of assertiveness, that I did not speak up for myself. Indursky promised me Scientology would remedy that problem and I would emerge from the Communications Course a happier, more successful person because I could stand up for myself. ...
Tag(s):
Auditing •
Bart Dobin •
Big League Sales Closing Techniques (book) •
Blackmail •
Children, youth •
Church of Scientology of California (CSC) •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Communications Course •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Cost •
Estates Project Force (EPF) •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Gradation chart •
Hacienda Serena @ 49875 Avenida Obregon La Quinta CA United States •
Hard sell •
Income •
Inurement •
Jerry Indursky •
Max Goodman •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") •
Recruitment •
Registrar (also, to "reg") •
Religious cloaking •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Salary •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Silvana Garritano •
Slave labor •
Statistics (Stats) •
Watchdog Committee (WDC) •
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) Mar 5, 1980
Affidavit of Marjorie Hansen More: link
Type: Affidavit
AFFIDAVIT OF MARJORIE HANSEN I, Marjorie Hansen of Hanover, Massachusetts depose and state as follows: On or about April 16, 1978, I was walking on Boylston Street in Boston when I was approached by a man named Kevin, who asked me if I would consent to taking a "Personality Survey". Kevin stated that he was working on the survey for some college courses he was taking. He then led me to a building on Beacon Street which I later found out ...
Mar 4, 1980
Affidavit of James Gervais [exact date unknown, circa March 1980 assumed] More: link
Type: Affidavit
AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES GERVAIS I, James Gervais, state the following under the pains and penalties of perjury: 1. My introduction to Scientology was in July of 1973, when many representations were made to me concerning the benefits of "auditing" and Scientology. 2. The following representations were made to me relative to benefits allegedly provided by Scientology and "auditing". a) raise my IQ; b) cure diseases and mental illness; c) solve drug problems and other personal problems; d) stabilize and promote familial ...
Mar 1, 1980
Affidavit of Anne Rosenblum [exact date unknown, circa March 1980 assumed] More: link
Type: Affidavit
AFFIDAVIT OF ANNE ROSENBLUM In December, 1972, after my first semester of college (in the state of Washington), I was introduced to Scientology when another Scientologist encouraged me to take a "Personality Test" at the Portland "Org". I was given a poor evaluation on the test. I later learned, however, that it is a customary practice of the "Church" to give one a poor evaluation on the test in order to induce the person into Scientology processing. The Scientologists also told ...
Tag(s):
Anne Rosenblum •
Auditing •
Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International @ 5930 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles CA United States •
Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO) •
Committee of Evidence ("Comm Ev") •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Disconnection •
Estates Project Force (EPF) •
Ethics (Scientology) •
Excalibur (ship) •
False imprisonment •
Former Bank of Clearwater building @ 500 Cleveland Street Clearwater FL United States •
Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Freeloader's debt •
Income •
Medical claims •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Overboarding •
Overt, withhold •
Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") •
Potential Trouble Source (PTS) •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Release contract, form, waiver •
Rock Slam (R/S) •
Rock-Slam Project •
Salary •
Scientology's "dynamics" •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Staff Status ? (Scientology courses) •
Statistics (Stats) •
Success stories ("wins") •
Suicide •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Threat •
Threat of physical harm •
[needtotag] Jul 25, 1979
Scientologists' suit seeks return of seized papers — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) RIVERSIDE (AP) —The Church of Scientology has filed suit to retrieve documents seized in a sheriff's raid on the church's Riverside Mission and to quash a search warrant used in the June 13 raid. "The seizure," said Christopher Ashworth, a Los Angeles attorney representing the church, "was offensive to the Fourth Amendment rights of citizens who were part of the church." The suit contends: — That most of the information used in support of the warrant was more than a year ...
May 19, 1977
Scientology big: Claim — The Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Geoff Easdown Source:
The Herald (Australia) By Herald reporter Geoff Easdown who was tested today by Mrs Elaine Allen, Victoria's first registered minister of the Church of Scientology. Scientology is operating in a bigger way than before it was banned in 1965, its first officially recognised minister in Victoria claimed today. Controversial files are still kept on those who seek counselling from its ministers. The controversial E-meter is again in use. At the Church of Scientology, 724 Inkerman Rd., Caulfield, I was given an E-meter test today ...
Sep 27, 1976
INFO RE: [MISS X] More: link
Type: Document
27 Sept 76 INFO RE: [MISS X] 1. [MISS X]s auditing folders start in July, 1963 at St. Hill UK where she was on the SHSBC. She was being run on Gr. 6 processing et that time. During this auditing she R/Sed on Jane Kember, LRH, Herbie Parkshouse, and Fred Hare. 2. [MISS X] has been in Scientology since at least 1952. She attended the Doctorate Course in Philadelphia at that time. While at the PDC she was promiscuous: She slept ...
Jun 1, 1974
Scientology group moves as controversy continues — Calgary Herald (Canada)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Calgary Herald (Canada) Charges and counter-charges continued to fly as Calgary Scientologists moved out of their premises at 529 17th Ave. S.W. late Friday night. Landlord Franz Dopf told The Herald the group had been served with a notice to leave because other tenants complained of excessive noise, but Rev. Harvey Schmiedeke, a Scientology spokesman, said the move was caused by a need for more space. "We simply agreed to move." He did not say where the group intends to relocate. Mr. Schmiedeke charged ...
Apr 27, 1974
Scientology's new face // A query in the street to start you talking — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ian Hicks Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) "Scientology is a religion which deals with the increase of awareness of the spirit and the achievement of higher spiritual standards." The Reverend Mrs Helen Pickett, of the Church of Scientology, April, 1974. "Scientology is evil; its techniques evil; its practice a serious threat to the community medically, morally and socially; and its adherents sadly deluded and often mentally ill." The Victorian Anderson Report on scientology, October, 1965. "How many shoes do you have on your feet?" '''Scientology worker at George ...
Mar 7, 1974
Counterattack: The response to criticism [last of a series] — St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)
Type: Press
Author(s):
James E. Adams ,
Elaine Viets Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) "We are not a law enforcement agency. BUT we will become interested in the crimes of people who seek to stop us ... If you leave us alone, we will leave you alone." - L. Ron Hubbard Founder of the Church of Scientology The Church of Scientology does not turn the other cheek. Said Emily Watson, the church's national public affairs representative: "We tried doing that for years, but the attacks kept growing ...." Two attacks to which she referred were ...
Oct 1, 1973
The Awful Truth About Scientology — The RealistMore: ep.tc
Type: Press
Source:
The Realist [Reproduced here with express permission of Paul Krassner — Publisher of The Realist. Thank you! Transcribed from scanned pages at The Realist Project Archive .] Although many people have had some brief acquaintance with Scientology, very few have gotten into the subject far enough to find out what it is really all about. It is a subject which doesn't easily lend itself to study. The courses are many and tend to become quite expensive, not only in terms of money, ...
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 02 The confessionals — Tower Publications, Inc.
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 10 The Suppressives — Tower Publications, Inc.
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 12 The World of Scientology — Tower Publications, Inc.
Dec 1, 1969
The Tragi-Farce of Scientology — Queen (magazine)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paulette Cooper Source:
Queen (magazine) If you think you have problems with Scientology in England, you should see what's happening in the States. Here, they pass out their leaflets on the street corners of some of the most pukka neighbourhoods, urging innocent bystanders to try out Scientology. Those who have accepted the invitation have found themselves in one of their many dingy headquarters, listening to a dull lecture on Scientology, followed by a film of equal merit on its leader, L. Ron Hubbard. Those who didn't ...
Feb 10, 1969
[Placeholder for a news article presumably from Sun, cited in "Scandal of Scientology", Chapter 10] — The Sun (UK)
Oct 8, 1968
Skeleton in the Hubbard — Herald (Australia)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Herald (Australia) A meeting of six people in a Noble Park house is hardly a dramatic resurgence. But the cult gained one objective — publicity. The cult invited police and State Cabinet Ministers to the meeting. None attended. Scientology is banned in Victoria, and the State Government has made it clear it will act to prevent any revival of the cult. The practice of Scientology is banned under the Psychological Practices Act, and the Crown Law Department, following Sunday's meeting, is considering whether ...
Mar 6, 1967
House of Commons / Official report / Parliamentary debates
Dec 22, 1965
Scientology files seized in raid — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Oct 6, 1965
Report calls for ban on scientology — The Australian
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