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City of Clearwater 1982 Hearings - Church of Scientology: Janie Peterson
May 3, 1982
Poor image plagued church from start — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Unlike some of his colleagues in the Clearwater business community, developer Alan Bomstein doesn't regard the Church of Scientology as a threat to the city's economic future. But he does agree that L. Ron Hubbard's 32-year-old, self-styled "religion" has an image problem. "The Church of Scientology," Bomstein says, "is the classic, textbook example of bad public relations." On the eve of City Commission hearings into church activities, there is little doubt that Scientology is the least popular institution in ...
Apr 20, 1982
Scientology founder's wife loses final high court plea, faces prison — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jim Mann Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court Monday let stand the convictions of two former leaders of the Church of Scientology, rejecting their final efforts to contest the legality of the FBI's search of the church's Los Angeles offices in 1977. The court's action apparently clears the way for Mary Sue Hubbard - the one-time "controller" for the church group and wife of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who was not charged in the case—to begin serving a five-year prison term on a ...
Nov 11, 1981
7 Scientologists drop appeals, face jail terms — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Oct 6, 1981
Court upholds convictions of 9 Scientologists — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Sep 15, 1981
Shake-up of Scientology agency told — Los Angeles Times (California)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Sep 14, 1981
Top Scientology officials removed from Church — New York Times
Sep 12, 1981
Curb Scientology with ordinances, lawyer suggests — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Sep 1, 1981
Scientology: The sickness spreads — Reader's DigestMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Eugene H. Methvin Source:
Reader's Digest Eighteen months ago, the U.S.-based Church of Scientology launched a global—and unsuccessful—campaign to prevent publication of a Reader's Digest report called "Scientology: Anatomy of a Frightening Cult." The church engaged a detective agency to investigate the author, Digest Senior Editor Eugene H. Methvin. Digest offices in a half-dozen nations were picketed or bombarded with nuisance phone calls. In Denmark, South Africa and Australia, the church sued unsuccessfully to prevent publication. In the months since the article appeared, in May 1980, a ...
Jul 29, 1981
Lawyers says he doesn't know where Scientology leader is — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.ca
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tim Smart Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) TAMPA — A former lawyer for Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard said in a sworn statement Tuesday that he never spoke directly with his client during five years of serving as his legal counsel. Sarasota attorney Clyde Wilson Jr. was asked whether he had ever communicated with the elusive Hubbard or his wife Mary Sue, both of whom are defendants in a $16-million damage suit filed by Tonja Burden, a disgruntled ex-member of the church. MISS BURDEN'S St. Petersburg ...
Apr 1, 1981
Writer sues Scientologists — The Advisor
Dec 26, 1980
Scientologists ask judge to step down from case — Clearwater Times (Florida)
Dec 1, 1980
Scientology's war against judges — The American Lawyer
Type: Press
Author(s):
James B. Stewart Source:
The American Lawyer On September 5, 1980, as U.S. District Court Judge Charles Richey was recuperating from two pulmonary embolisms and exhaustion, lawyers for the Church of Scientology and the Justice Department gathered before Judge Aubrey Robinson, Richey's successor in the two-year-old conspiracy case against 11 members of the Church of Scientology. Judge Richey had already convicted and sentenced nine of the original 11 defendants, but the remaining two, recently extradited from England, were about to go on trial. "Particularly from the standpoint of ...
Jul 19, 1980
Former Scientologist opposes moving trial to California — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jun 28, 1980
Scientology suit trial site shifted — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The Church of Scientology has won the first major skirmish in a $1.5-million damage suit brought against it by former Clearwater Mayor Gabriel Cazares and his wife Maggie. Circuit Judge Fred Bryson ruled Friday that there has been so much negative publicity about Scientology in Pinellas County that a fair and impartial jury could not be seated here. He ordered that the trial portion of the Cazares' suit be moved to Daytona Beach. Asked what factors led to his decision, Bryson ...
Jun 28, 1980
U.S. says Scientologists are still lying, cheating — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Charles Stafford Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) WASHINGTON — The government said Friday that agents of the Church of Scientology are still up to their old tricks of lying and cheating. The accusation was the latest round fired in the case of United States vs. Jane Kember and Morris Budlong. The two church leaders are scheduled for trial July 7 on charges involving theft of government documents. Kember and Budlong were indicted with nine other Scientologists in 1978. The nine, including Mary Louise Hubbard, wife of Scientology founder ...
May 1, 1980
Scientology: Anatomy of a frightening cult [Canadian edition] — Reader's DigestMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Eugene H. Methvin Source:
Reader's Digest The faithful inner core serve as thieves, decoys and spies. The shocking story behind one of the most dangerous “religious cults” operating today IN THE late 1940s, pulp writer L. Ron Hubbard declared, “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million, the best way would be to start his own religion.” Hubbard did start his own religion, calling it the “Church of Scientology,” and it has grown into an enterprise today grossing ...
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American Psychiatric Association (APA) •
Anne Rosenblum •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Auditing •
Better Business Bureau (BBB) •
Blackmail •
Canada •
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) •
Commissions •
Communications Course •
Cost •
Dead agenting (Black PR, smear campaign) •
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (book) •
Engram •
Eric McLean •
Eugene H. Methvin •
Fair game •
False imprisonment •
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) •
Field Staff Member (FSM) •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Income •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
Lawsuit •
Margaret Thaler Singer •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Medical claims •
Membership •
Michael J. Flynn •
Michael James Meisner •
Nancy McLean •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operation Snow White •
Potential Trouble Source (PTS) •
Raymond Banoun •
Reader's Digest •
Recruitment •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) •
Salary •
Scientology's "Clear" state •
Suicide •
Threat of physical harm •
Training Routines (TRs) •
U.S. Department of Justice •
World Federation of Mental Health •
[needtotag] Apr 14, 1980
Defector describes Scientology // Scientology at Gilman — Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Terry Colvin Source:
Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California) The Church of Scientology first moved into Riverside County when it opened a mission in Riverside in 1972. Later, it was revealed that the Church had a secret operation at La Quinta, near Indio. Now, from court records, it has been learned the church has established its worldwide command center at Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet. Here is the second of a two parts on the Gilman operation. ''[I do not have the first part of this special Gilman coverage. Of ...
Apr 1, 1980
Hubbard: malevolent or maligned? — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig Roberton Source:
Clearwater 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 files motion to dismiss that case. It also sued Mrs. Van Schaick and others, contending that she is "motivated by malice." Last ...
Feb 7, 1980
Snow White's dirty tricks — The Guardian (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Beresford Source:
The Guardian (UK) DAVID BERESFORD investigates the activities of Scientology's secret intelligence unit whose director is based in Britain IT WAS a familiar beginning to an American public scandal: soon after 7 pm on the night of June 11, 1976, two burglars were caught in the US Court House in Washington DC. In the Watergate tradition frantic attempts were made to localise responsibility. But the cover-up finally cracked and disclosures followed which were to lead, not to the top of the Republican Party, but ...
Jan 26, 1980
The Scientology Papers: The hidden Hubbard — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Jan 25, 1980
The Scientology Papers: Cult order sought to end scientists' criticism — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) A 1977 order from the top level of the Church of Scientology sought to silence criticism of the cult by a New York-based organization dedicated to investigating UFOs and claims of psychic wonders.
Jan 24, 1980
The Scientology Papers: Hubbard still gave orders, records show — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Toronto ON — L. Ron Hubbard, the former science fiction writer who publicly resigned in 1966 from leadership of the Church of Scientology, continued to give orders to its leaders into 1977, a Washington court has been told. Evidence obtained in 1977 in raids on U. S. offices of the cult by the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed there was a detailed program to cover up Mr. Hubbard's involvement in the leadership of Scientology. Called Operation Bulldozer Leak, it was part ...
Jan 22, 1980
The Scientology Papers: Big FBI raid led to conspiracy trial of cult leaders Court hears of spying, theft of government files — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) About 100 agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation learned on July 6, 1977, that they would be participating two days later in an operation unprecedented in the United States. The notification, described two years later in a Washington court room, said the agents would be raiding offices of an organization that some governments, in the United States, Canada and elsewhere, officially classified as a religion — the Church of Scientology.
Jan 22, 1980
The Scientology Papers: Secret Ontario documents found in U.S. cult's files — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Marshall Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Confidential documents from various Ontario Government offices including an attorney-general's communication about police intelligence operations have been found in U.S. Church of Scientology files. The documents were part of the evidence submitted by federal attorneys in the Washington prosecution of U.S. leaders of the cult on charges of conspiring to steal government documents and obstruct justice by cover-ups and by kidnapping an informer. Of 12 indicted, including two in Britain and the informer, nine have been tried, convicted and sentenced by ...
Jan 9, 1980
'Priority' critics of church faced special handling — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 9, 1980
Court tangle gave Scientology its first 'martyrs' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jan 9, 1980
Dispute over tax status goes to court — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , antisectes.net
Jan 9, 1980
Scientology brings 4 years of discord — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 20, 1979
Scientology president is sorry his church harassed reporters — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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