Page 1 of 1:
⇑ Latest
↑ Later
Earlier ↓
Earliest ⇓
Jeremy Perkins: A Scientology Family Tragedy
Jul 14, 2007
Religious mind games — The Australian
Jul 10, 2007
A Scientology double-murder — Seven Network
Nov 2, 2006
'48 Hours' questions role of Scientology in murder, Scientologists question CBS ethics — CBS News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Brian Montopoli Source:
CBS News On Saturday, "48 Hours" ran a story about the 2003 murder of Elli Perkins, a murder that her 28-year-old son Jeremy confessed to committing. Jeremy had been hallucinating and behaving erratically before his mother's death, but his parents, devout Scientologists, resisted giving him psychiatric treatment. As "48 Hours" notes, "[s]ome pro-Scientology materials declare that psychiatrists are not only useless, but evil – their medications nothing but poisons." The Perkins' opted to medicate their son primarily with vitamins. The Scientology community was ...
Oct 28, 2006
Scientology - A question of faith // Did a mother's faith contribute to her murder? — CBS NewsMore: video.google.com
Type: Press
Source:
CBS News (CBS) There was never a question who committed the murder of Elli Perkins on March 13, 2003. As correspondent Peter Van Sant reports, within hours, police had a confession. His jeans drenched in blood, 28-year-old Jeremy Perkins had just stabbed his mother 77 times. Weeks later, in a recorded interview, Jeremy told a psychiatrist what was going through his mind. "My mom, I thought she was out to get me," he said. "Like sometimes she’d be totally normal and then she’d ...
Oct 27, 2006
Scientology schizo // His mom's religion said, no meds. That edict may have cost her life. — New York Post
Type: Press
Author(s):
Linda Stasi Source:
New York Post Perhaps it's less of a stretch for Scientologists to believe that aliens arrived here in a spaceship, exploded, and stuck bits of their souls on us, than it is for other religions to believe there was a talking, burning bush or a savior who walked on water. All religions believe they are the, er, gospel truth. Most religions, however, have withstood the test of some time and were not created by a science fiction writer. Scientology, which now claims to have ...
Mar 29, 2006
Scientology foes blast Cruise in ad — MSNBC
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jeannette Walls Source:
MSNBC The battle between Tom Cruise and Scientology and its foes is heating up. Cruise and Scientology have been in the news lately because of an allegedly censored “South Park” parody of the religion — and now Scientology and the “Top Gun” star are being blamed for a woman’s death. “Thanks, Tom Cruise and the Church of Scientology, for your expert advice on mental health,” blasts an ad in LA Weekly. The ad goes on to say that a woman was killed ...
Jun 30, 2005
The press vs. Scientology — Salon
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Strupp Source:
Salon After years of conflict, the church and the media seem to have reached a truce. Is it because Scientology has become less confrontational — or because the press is scared? For anyone interested in the Church of Scientology, the May 6, 1991, issue of Time magazine remains a milestone in news coverage. For those who back the church, it ran an outrageously biased account that eventually led to a libel suit by the church — later dismissed — and prompted Scientology ...
Jan 30, 2005
Englightenment's Dark Side — Buffalo News
Mar 14, 2003
Son arrested in woman's fatal stabbing — Buffalo News
Type: Press
Author(s):
T. J. Pignataro Source:
Buffalo News An argument that exploded Thursday morning ended in the death of an Amherst woman who was stabbed by her 28-year-old son, police said. The body of Elli Perkins, 54, was discovered on a bedroom floor of her home in the 1400 block of Hopkins Road about 10:30 a.m., Amherst Police Chief John J. Moslow said. She had been stabbed several times in the chest, police said. An autopsy is being conducted. Jeremy M. Perkins was arraigned late Thursday before Amherst Town ...
Page 1 of 1 :
⇑ Latest
↑ Later
Earlier ↓
Earliest ⇓
Permalink