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Copies of cult book puzzle publisher — The Sunday Times (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Charles Oulton Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) THE PUBLISHERS of a new book on the founder of the Church of Scientology are this weekend attempting to discover how a copy was obtained by the religious cult shortly before it sought an injunction to prevent publication. A woman member of the cult was arrested last week after she collected seven photocopies of the proof of the biography — Bare Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard — from a copying shop in East Grinstead, Sussex, where the ...
Sep 29, 1987
Scientology suit lacking fraud facts, judge says — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Sappell Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled that there is insufficient evidence in a $1-billion lawsuit against the Church of Scientology to support charges that two corporations helped the religion's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, plunder church coffers. The action last Friday by Judge Norman R. Dowds undercut a key portion of the class-action lawsuit, filed in December by a group of disaffected church members who claim to represent 400 ex-Scientologists. The suit alleged that a profit-making firm run by high-ranking ...
Sep 13, 1987
Scientology has had little changes, book's author says — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 13, 1987
Scientology lawyer threatens lawsuit — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 1, 1987
Thugs tried to stop me exposing evil cult // --- says Scientology follower who quit after 22 years More: link
Type: Press
THE author of a book that allegedly blows the whistle on the bizarre founder of the Church of Scientology says he has been terrorized by cult fanatics seeking to suppress the shocking exposé. "They've sent out thugs to intimidate me, threatened my family, tried to bribe us and even tried to jail the publisher," says Bent Corydon, author of L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah Or Madman? (Lyle Stuart). Corydon, a loyal disciple of Hubbard and his cult for nearly 22 years, now ...
Aug 9, 1987
[Advertisement] L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Promotion
Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) L. Ron Hubbard wrote the 1950 bestseller Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Health . It inspired a layman-oriented mental health movement which developed into Scientology, the most profitable of the money-making new religions. Hubbard was a bigamist who masterminded Watergate-style break-ins. He surrounded himself with adoring teenyboppers, uniformed in mini-skirts, bikini tops and high-heeled boots. He smoked opium and regarded himself as the successor to Aleister Crowley, self-proclaimed "Beast 666." These are but some of the facts about the man uncovered ...
Aug 4, 1987
New hassle over Scientology book — New York PostMore: link
Type: Press
Source:
New York Post HIGH on summer reading lists, at least for members of the Church of Scientology, is Bent Corydon's "L. Ron Hubbard — Messiah or Madman?" This is the book L. Ron Hubbard Jr. was co-writing before the church reportedly paid him $250,000 to stop feeding information to Corydon. Corydon went ahead by himself, and Scientologists have been so anxious to get advance copies of his expose about the late church founder, says a spokeswoman for publishers Lyle Stuart Inc., that they were ...
Jun 21, 1987
Hubbard's 7th 'Voyage' is an awful trip — Orlando Sentinel
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Kilsheimer Source:
Orlando Sentinel The late L. Ron Hubbard was a respectable science fiction writer in the 1940s and '50s. He published a number of stories in Astounding Stories, the magazine in which some of SF's leading lights, such as Frank Herbert, Issac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, published their early works. In the mid-1950s, however, Hubbard turned his mind in on itself and developed the self-help doctrine of Dianetics, which later developed into the cult religion Scientology. After more than two decades out of science ...
Apr 27, 1987
Panorama: Road to Total Freedom — BBC NewsMore: transcript
Type: TV
Source:
BBC News Description of video is in italics. VO=VOICEOVER shot of Church of Scientology, Los Angeles; apparently group of ex-members VOICEOVER: The Church of Scientology, one of the largest and richest new religious movements, is being sued for a billion dollars by former members for fraud and breach of trust. They regard Scientology as a dangerous cult. group of Scientologists VO: Yet the church goes on expanding, making converts and claiming it is "The Road to Total Freedom". ''"Panorama" opening credits; while music ...
Tag(s):
Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Assault •
Auditing •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
BBC News •
Blackmail •
Body thetans (BTs) •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Cost •
Cyril Ronald Vosper •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
Dede Reisdorf •
Deprogramming •
Dianetics •
Disconnection •
Don Larson •
Doreen Lea Gillham •
E-Meter •
Extortion •
Fair game •
Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States •
Frank Notaro •
Franklin Freedman •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Front groups •
Hana Eltringham Whitfield •
Harassment •
Harold Clarke •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Inurement •
Jeffrey A. Dubron •
Jerry Whitfield •
John Travolta •
Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. •
Ken Hoden •
Kidnapping •
L. Ron Hubbard •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
L. Ron Hubbard's death •
Lawrence Levy •
Lawsuit •
Louis Jolyon West •
Ludis Birss •
Mary Clarke •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
MV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème) •
Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) •
Nazi labelling •
Norman F. Starkey •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Private investigator(s) •
Protest, picket •
Recruitment •
Religious cloaking •
Religious Research Foundation (RRF) •
Ruth Clarke •
Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) •
Scientology's "Clear" state •
Scott Mayer •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Thea Greenberg •
Threat •
Training Routines (TRs) •
United Kingdom (UK) •
Valerie Stansfield •
Wog •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) Apr 16, 1987
$26 million in assets left by Scientology founder — San Francisco Chronicle (California)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
San Francisco Chronicle (California) Associated Press San Luis Obispo L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology founder and author who died last year, left more than $26 million in assets excluding trust funds, according to documents filed by his executor. Total assets listed in the inventory amount to $26,305,706. They include "$25 million even" in copyright and trademark materials and $1,305,706 in oil, gas and business investments, said attorney Charles Ogle of Morro Bay. The estate documents were prepared in Los Angeles by Norman F. Starkey, the ...
Apr 16, 1987
L. Ron Hubbard estate valued at $26 million — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) SAN LUIS OBISPO — L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology founder and author who died last year, left more than $26 million in assets, excluding trust funds, according to documents filed by the executor of his estate. Total assets listed in the inventory amount to $26,305,706. They include "$25 million even" in copyright and trademark materials and $1,305,706 in oil, gas and business investments, said attorney Charles Ogle of Morro Bay. The estate documents were prepared in Los Angeles by Norman F. ...
Feb 21, 1987
Filing delay granted to estate of Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 1, 1987
6 ex-Scientologists file $1-billion suit over funds, secrets — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Former members of the Church of Scientology filed a $1-billion class-action lawsuit against the organization Wednesday, accusing its late founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and a cadre of his most trusted aides of plundering church coffers, intimidating critics and breaching the confidentiality of sacred confessional folders. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court at a time when the church had hoped that its legal wars with its critics had been put largely to rest. Two weeks ago, the organization reached ...
Jan 1, 1987
Advertisement: Purification of mind and body — Whole Life Monthly
Jan 1, 1987
Bare-faced messiah: The true story of L. Ron Hubbard
Jan 1, 1987
Bare-faced messiah: The true story of L. Ron Hubbard / Chapter 1 A Dubious Prodigy
Jan 1, 1987
Bare-faced messiah: The true story of L. Ron Hubbard / Chapter 2 Whither did he Wander?
Jan 1, 1987
Bare-faced messiah: The true story of L. Ron Hubbard / Chapter 7 Black Magic and Betty
Jan 1, 1987
L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or madman (book) — Lyle Stuart Inc.More: search.barnesandnoble.com , clambake.org
Jan 1, 1987
Scientology hit with suit for $1 billion — Tampa Tribune (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Source:
Tampa Tribune (Florida) LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 400 current and former Scientologists filed a $1 billion suit against the church Wednesday, alleging efforts to compromise or pay off two Florida judges and siphon $100 million to foreign bank accounts. The class action filed by attorney Lawrence Levy contends Church officials or their representatives committed fraud and breached fiduciary duties. It says information obtained during purportedly confidential "auditing" sessions with a lie detector-like device is used "for purposes of blackmail and extortion." The ...
Jan 1, 1987
Servicing and caring for the public / Issues for the Flag Land Base — Church of Scientology International (CSI)
Sep 30, 1986
Church building archive depository — Las Vegas Daily OpticMore: groups.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Helen Muller Source:
Las Vegas Daily Optic A 300-foot horizontal tunnel is being drilled into a mountain east of Las Vegas to house church documents. The Los Angeles-based Church of Spiritual Technology, which is affiliated with the Church of Scientology, has been working on the project for two years. On a remote, 3,600 acre ranch near Trementina, 14-17 men are preparing the site for a tunneling machine, said CST ranch manager Russ Bellin. Although about a dozen of the workers have been hired locally, the construction is under ...
Aug 27, 1986
The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews // Interview with Kima Douglas
Type: Press
Kima Douglas was very much a typical Scientologist during her years in the Church, from 1968 to 1980: she was young, English-speaking, well-educated and totally committed. She was well-qualified to join L. Ron Hubbard's naval élite, the Sea Org, which had been founded in 1967. Her past nursing experience in her home country of Rhodesia was discovered at a time when Hubbard's health was rapidly deteriorating and for seven years, from 1973 to 1980, she became a unique combination of nurse, ...
Apr 9, 1986
Certificate of amendment of articles of incorporation of Church of Spiritual Technology (Filed May 13, 1986)
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [A history of controversy] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) A History of Controversy As anyone who follows the news knows, Scientology has been involved in a series of controversial cases, many of them involving vengeful church actions against its critics. (More on this below.) Although the church always paints itself as the victim, its critics suggest that Scientology hasn't been persecuted from the outside, but rather is the victim of warped and misplaced priorities inside the church. The critics — and there are more than the church is willing to ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [Hubbard's "Freedom" army] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) [Picture / Caption: Commander Hubbard ] ''[L. Ron Hubbard] has now moved on to his next level of ... research. This level is beyond anything any of us has ever imagined. It is a level, in fact, done in an exterior state, completely exterior from the body. In this level ... the body is nothing more than an impediment, an encumbrance to any further gain. ... Thus, at 2000 hours, Friday, the 24th of January, A.D. [1986], L. Ron Hubbard discarded the ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [L.A.'s most conspicuous "cult"?] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) L.A.'s Most Conspicuous "Cult"? Scientology is certainly no stranger to attention, and when the reclusive L. Ron Hubbard died of a stroke at his San Luis Obispo ranch, the bright light of public scrutiny was again cast upon his progeny. But despite the walls of defense evident at Scientology headquarters, the church has, ironically, done everything in its power to keep its product, if not its parishioners, in the public eye. For in the 35 years since Hubbard founded Scientology, basing ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [Money problems] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) MONEY PROBLEMS AS NOTED IN THE MAIN ARTICLE, the one subject church leaders would not discuss in detail is money — notably, how much the church takes in and where it specifically goes. With 40,000 members in L.A alone, some of them spending tens of thousands on auditing, the sums can clearly be large. A 1974 internal memo indicated the church grossed $24 million that year; former Scientologists have put the current gross at $100 million, a figure that cannot be ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [The minutement at the ready] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) The Minutemen at the Ready [A 'suppressive person' is] Fair Game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by a Scientologist without discipline of the Scientologist [sic]. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed. —L. Ron Hubbard [Picture / Caption: "Minutemen" line courthouse halls. ] On February 15, six police officers stood near the door of Leo Baeck Temple, awaiting the confrontation. They had been called by leaders of Freedom for All in Religion (FAIR), a group ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [Therapy as religion] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) Therapy as Religion Though the Berendo Street headquarters is the hub of Scientology activity in Los Angeles, the church's showplace is its Celebrity Center at Franklin and Bronson. A grand gothic chateau built for William Randolph Hearst in the 1920s, this complex of Scientology offices and apartments has retained much of its charm, replete with garden grounds and flowing fountains The idyllic setting is reinforced as you enter the mansion's foyer. The walls are lined with original art, and music from ...
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