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The Region / [U.S. Supreme Court has granted the Church of Scientology's appeal...] — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Jan 1, 1987
Scientologists sue church for $1-billion — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 30, 1986
Scientology verdict returned — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 6, 1986
Church of Scientology of California v. Gerald Armstrong: Mutual release of all claims and settlement agreement More: gerryarmstrong.org
Jun 14, 1986
Scientology 'purification' rite used by anti-addiction centres — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lindsay Scotton Source:
Toronto Star (Canada) A controversial "purification" regime used by the Church of Scientology to advance members' spiritual enlightenment is also being used by
Narconon , a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, and is being offered at a Toronto health clinic. The
"Purification Rundown" used by Narconon and the Lafayette Health Centre uses large vitamin dosages, exercise and long hours in the sauna to "cleanse" the body of accumulated impurities, according to Narconon officials and the health centre's director. Costs of the treatment offered ...
May 31, 1986
Prosecutor cites Kattar crime ties; family, friends tell different story — Lawrence-Eagle-TribuneMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Foley Source:
Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune BOSTON — Assistant U.S. Attorney Brackett B. Denniston said Methuen businessman George Kattar is tied to an organized crime family in Providence, R.I., and was given permission by "La Cosa Nostra" to murder a key government witness against him. His friends said, however, that Kattar is not a violent man. U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Cohen listened to both sides yesterday at a hearing to decide whether Kattar could be released on bail or held to protect the community. Judge Cohen ...
May 30, 1986
Two men charged in Scientology scam — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) BOSTON — FBI agents on Wednesday arrested a New Hampshire man and a disbarred lawyer on charges of extorting $33,000 from the Church of Scientology by offering false information about a scheme to steal $2 million from the church. George T. Kattar, 67, of Meredith, N.H. formerly of Methuen, Mass., was held without bail pending a detention hearing today. Harvey Brower, 49, of Swampscott, Mass., a former lawyer turned writer, was released on $50,000 bail. According to an indictment issued by ...
May 29, 1986
$100G Scientology 'scam' // Feds charge 2 with Mob connections — Boston HeraldMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jim MacLaughlin Source:
Boston Herald A DISBARRED lawyer with Mob connections and a Methuen man linked to organized crime were arrested yesterday and charged with trying to bilk the Church of Scientology out of $100,000, said officials. The alleged scam netted Harvey Brower, 49, of Swampscott, and George T. Kattar, 67, of Methuen, $33,333 before they were arrested by FBI agents, said the US. Attorney's office. The two were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston May 23 and charged with fraud, extortion and other ...
May 29, 1986
Brower: 'A magnet for trouble' — Lawrence-Eagle-TribuneMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Susan Forrest Source:
Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune BOSTON — Harvey Brower, in his own words, is a magnet for trouble. Once a lawyer, college professor and classical musician, the 49-year-old Brower now has a 45-year jail sentence hanging over his head. "I seem to attract trouble like a magnet," he said after his arraignment in U.S. District Court on charges of defrauding the Church of Scientology. Despite his trouble, Brower seemed unsinkable yesterday as he reeled off one-liners and chain-smoked cigarettes with an Eagle-Tribune reporter in the ninth-floor ...
May 29, 1986
Ex-lawyer, N.H. man charged in plan to bilk Church of Scientology — Boston GlobeMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
William F. Doherty Source:
Boston Globe FBI agents yesterday arrested a New Hampshire man and a disbarred lawyer on charges of extorting $33,000 from the Church of Scientology by offering false information about a scheme to steal $2 million from the church. George T. Kattar, 67, of Meredith, N.H., formerly of Methuen, was held without bail pending a detention hearing tomorrow. Harvey Brower, 49, of Swampscott, a former lawyer turned writer, was released on $50,000 bail. According to an indictment issued by a federal grand jury in ...
May 29, 1986
Kattar jailed; prosecution says it fears for witnesses — Lawrence-Eagle-TribuneMore: link
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Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune BOSTON — George Kattar and Harvey Brower arrived in court together and sat side by side, but only Brower left the courtroom a free man after their arraignments yesterday. Kattar was led away by U.S. marshals and jailed after prosecutors said he threatened to kill a witness. The 67-year-old retired Methuen businessman was refused bail by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Cohen. Brower, 49, of Swampscott, was released without bail. Kattar and Brower pleaded innocent in US. District Court to charges ...
May 29, 1986
Was church cheated or part of a larger plot? — Lawrence-Eagle-TribuneMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Van Osdol Source:
Lawrence-Eagle-Tribune Four years ago, two men walked into a New York bank and tried to cash a $2 million check drawn on the Bank of New England account of L. Ron Hubbard, the head of the Church of Scientology. The bank refused to cash the check after it could not verify the signature. Since then, the church has been on the warpath to find out who forged their now-dead founder's check. It offered a $100,000 reward, bought full-page advertisements in the country's ...
May 20, 1986
High court rejects Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Apr 29, 1986
Lower court can ban publication of Scientology hearing, judge rules — Toronto Star (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Rick Haliechuk Source:
Toronto Star (Canada) An Ontario Supreme Court judge says a lower court can ban publication of the hearing of a Scientologist who is pleading guilty of possessing a stolen document. Mr. Justice David Watt yesterday sent the case of Kathleen Lepp back to Provincial Court, but to a different judge than the one who ruled in January he lacked authority to issue the ban. Lepp, other current and former members of the church and the church itself are facing a variety of criminal charges. ...
Apr 19, 1986
Park Ridge showdown parents protest firing of Montessori teachers — Chicago Sun Times
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Chicago Sun Times Scientologists and opponents of cults waged a war of leaflets last night as more than 100 angry parents confronted two representatives of a Park Ridge Montessori school that fired five teachers in a furor over teaching materials. Claiming their children had been traumatized by the abrupt firings, some parents threatened a breach-of-contract lawsuit. Parents said two-thirds of the more than 200 students at the school were withdrawn because the teachers were fired when they refused to use books designed by the ...
Mar 4, 1986
Charges in deprogramming — Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Feb 14, 1986
In God's name / Legal umbrella shields money-making religious groups from authorities — Santa Barbara News-Press
Jan 29, 1986
L. Ron Hubbard dies of stroke; founder of Church of Scientology — New York TimesMore: nytimes.com
Jan 5, 1986
Lawyer seeks publication ban in Church of Scientology case — Toronto Star (Canada)
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Toronto Star (Canada) The Church of Scientology and some of its members who were charged after a raid on its headquarters are asking for a publication ban on a guilty plea by one of the co-accused. Kathleen Lepp, 37, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, charged with possession of stolen property, appeared in Provincial Court at old city hall Friday. Defence counsel Clay Ruby, on behalf of the church and other lawyers representing some of the co-accused, asked Judge Robert Dnieper to impose a ban on the proceedings ...
Dec 14, 1985
OPP Scientology raid finally nets guilty plea — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Murray Campbell Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Nearly three years after the largest police raid in Ontario history, the provincial Government has finally won a guilty plea from a member of the Church of Scientology of Toronto. Nanna Anderson, 39, a former church member, pleaded guilty in Provincial Court yesterday to possession of stolen goods, photocopies of material from the files of the Ontario Medical Association. Judge Lorenzo DiCecco granted Miss Anderson an absolute discharge, which means she will not have a criminal record. The charge carries a ...
Oct 16, 1985
Scientology president fights legal controls as 'gas-chamber therapy' — Advertiser (Australia)
Jul 17, 1985
Church doesn't win legal fees court says Scientologists can't collect from Clearwater mayor — Orlando Sentinel
Type: Press
Author(s):
Al Truesdell Source:
Orlando Sentinel DAYTONA BEACH — The Church of Scientology is not entitled to collect legal fees of $740,000 from the former mayor of Clearwater and his wife who filed and later dropped a lawsuit against the organization, an appeal court ruled Tuesday. Ruling without comment, the 5th District Court of Appeal upheld a lower court decision in the case involving Gabriel and Margaret Cazares. Volusia Circuit Judge Robert Miller said last August the church had failed to prove that the $1.5 million lawsuit ...
Jan 25, 1985
Scientology wins round in legal fight [article missing] — Calgary Herald (Canada)
Dec 21, 1984
Scientology papers opened, resealed — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Dec 21, 1984
[Untitled article about California lawsuit] — Los Angeles Times (California)
Dec 20, 1984
19 people charged in Scientology case (Police, provincial employees included) / Police, provincial employees included — Globe and Mail (Canada)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Murray Campbell Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) The 19 people charged in connection with an investigation of the Church of Scientology of Toronto include employees of the Ontario Provincial Police, Metro Toronto Police, the RCMP and the Ministry of the Attorney-General, according to information the OPP has sworn before a justice of the peace. And the alleged stolen documents the church is charged with possessing include photocopies of files belonging to legal firms, the Canadian Mental Health Association, the Ontario Medical Association, the College of Physicians and Surgeons ...
Dec 20, 1984
Canadian authorities charge Scientologists — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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 ...
Nov 22, 1984
Federal judge seals sect documents — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Nov 21, 1984
Judgement reserved in Scientology case — Toronto Star (Canada)
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