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Apr 14, 2002
Reader Views // . . . Improving Society — Orlando Sentinel
Type: Press
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Orlando Sentinel As a Scientologist, I was encouraged by Mayor Glenda Hood's op-ed piece regarding Leadership Florida's initiative, "Faces of Florida," which she co-chairs and whose goal is to curtail prejudice. As a new religion, Scientology has come up against discrimination from time to time. Discriminating against a religion is not a new activity for prejudiced individuals. Having a group such as Faces of Florida promoting communication between citizens of diverse backgrounds whether they be religious, racial or geographic will certainly improve our ...
Mar 8, 1997
Bomb defused at Church of Scientology in France — Orlando Sentinel
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Orlando Sentinel NANTES, FRANCE — A member of the Church of Scientology found and defused a powerful bomb Friday in a church in the western town of Angers, police said. Police said the device, concealed in a sports bag, was found in the entry hall shortly after the Scientology church opened for the day. The church member who found the bomb carried it to a nearby park and defused it. An invesigator described the device as "made to kill and very powerful." There ...
Nov 1, 1996
Time magazine to settle Church of Scientology suit — Orlando Sentinel
Type: Press
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Orlando Sentinel NEW YORK — Time magazine has agreed to settle a lawsuit by a member of the Church of Scientology who accused the magazine of libeling him in a 1991 article about the controversial church's activities. Under the settlement reached this week, the magazine agreed to publish a statement in next week's issue indicating it did not intend to suggest that Michael Baybak, the church member who brought the suit, had violated any law or regulation.
Jul 16, 1995
Couple files $542,000 suit against church — Orlando Sentinel
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Perez Source:
Orlando Sentinel The Suit Alleges The Church Of Scientology Violated Several State Laws And Led The Couple On An Emotional Roller Coaster. TAVARES — Samuel Williams' and Janet Miller's odyssey with the Church of Scientology began in 1986 and ended in less than a year. But the Lake County couple's struggle to recover from the experience is nearing 10 years. Their civil suit, which is seeking to recover $542,000 the former husband and wife from Leesburg spent on what they say were bogus ...
Jun 13, 1992
Scientologists don't like professor's anti-cult work — Orlando Sentinel
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Orlando Sentinel Two members of the Church of Scientology have charged that a professor at UCLA has wrongly used his position and state funds to take part in anti-religious activities. They refer specifically to the professor's participation in two anti-cult organizations, the Cult Awareness Network and the American Family Foundation. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles by UCLA extension students Mario Magorski and John Van Dyke, members of the Church of Scientology. They allege that the professor, Louis ...
Oct 4, 1990
Scientology church wins Volunteer Award — Orlando Sentinel
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Orlando Sentinel The Church of Scientology was recently awarded the Church Volunteer of the Year for its efforts in helping to clean up Orange Blossom Trail. Nelson Betancourt accepted the trophy on behalf of the church, which was also honored for its activities on the restoration project at the old Amtrak Station on Sligh Boulevard. The award was given by The Clean-up Orlando program.
Aug 2, 1989
Ex-Scientologist risks jail to speak against church — Orlando SentinelMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Claire Dezern Source:
Orlando Sentinel TAMPA — You shouldn't be reading this story. The tale of Margery Wakefield vs. the Church of Scientology is supposed to be a secret. Church officials say so. So does a federal judge. In fact, Wakefield could go to jail for talking about the 12 years she spent as a member of the cult, which has its spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. Wakefield, 41, is talking anyway, braving the threats of Scientology lawyers and testing the patience of a U.S. district judge. ...
Tag(s):
Auditing •
Bill Daugherty •
Body thetans (BTs) •
Brainwashing •
Children, youth •
Cost •
Craig Dezern •
Cult Awareness Network (CAN) (earlier form, Citizen's Freedom Foundation) •
Cynthia Kisser •
False imprisonment •
Ford Greene •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Hypnosis •
Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
Lawsuit •
Margery Wakefield •
Medical claims •
Mental illness •
Moonies •
Orlando Sentinel •
Paul B. Johnson •
Release contract, form, waiver •
Settlement •
Silencing criticism, censorship •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
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 ...
Aug 17, 1986
Church of Scientology settles in multimillion-dollar civil suits — Orlando Sentinel
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Orlando Sentinel The Church of Scientology has reached out-of-court settlements in four multimillion-dollar civil suits, but details were ordered sealed by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich. Settlements were reached with former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares, a Democratic candidate for Congress; Tanja Burden of Las Vegas; Nancy McLean of Ontario, Canada; and Margery Wakefield, no address available. Tampa attorney Walt Logan, who represented plaintiffs in all four cases, said the files were sealed Thursday over our objections. The Cazareses sued the church for $1.5 ...
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 ...
Jun 21, 1983
Judge bars couple from dropping part of Scientology suit — Orlando SentinelMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Maya Bell Source:
Orlando Sentinel DAYTONA BEACH — The former mayor of Clearwater and his wife cannot drop just a part of a lawsuit they filed against the Church of Scientology, a Volusia County circuit judge ruled Monday. Citing case law, Judge Robert Durden said Gabriel Cazares and his wife Margaret must drop all or none of the three-count suit filed in circuit court against the controversial church. Arguing against partial dismissal of the suit, church lawyers accused the Cazares' attorneys of trying to drop the ...
May 21, 1983
Judge says he believes church founder is alive — Orlando SentinelMore: link
Type: Press
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Orlando Sentinel RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A Superior Court Judge said Friday he is "convinced" that Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is alive, despite claims he is dead or mentally incompetent. Judge David Hennigan said he was not sure the author was alive until he read a seven-page legal declaration from Hubbard saying he keeps his whereabouts a secret because his life has been threatened. "I am not a missing person," Hubbard said in the declaration. "I am in seclusion of my ...
Feb 20, 1983
Church founder breaks 15-year silence — Orlando Sentinel
Feb 2, 1983
Trial challenges liability of church — Orlando Sentinel
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