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Mar 1, 1998
Powerful church targets fortunes, souls of recruits — Boston HeraldMore: rickross.com , apologeticsindex.org
Feb 8, 1998
Scientology got blame for French suicide — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Jan 1, 1998
Purification: Liver damage — I. F. Magazine
Dec 7, 1997
For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com , link
Nov 1, 1997
Advance in the eastern frontier — Stern (magazine)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bettine Sengling Source:
Stern (magazine) The business-minded Scientology strategists are conquering Russia with psycho-programs and management courses — and they seek access to politics and the military Oh, what a wonderful day, Marina thinks it's great to write up her sins. Anna has learned that aspirin ruins her brain. And Vladimir, an old man with thick glasses, can explain what ethics is by using building blocks. That's how it is with Scientologists, everybody has a little bit of success every day in the evening at 5:30 ...
Sep 1, 1997
Special look at the Church of Scientology [exact date unknown] — Lotus magazine
Jul 29, 1997
French court cuts sentence of a Scientology church leader — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) LYONS, France — A French appeals court reduced the sentence Monday for a Church of Scientology leader convicted of involuntary homicide in the suicide of a member. The case centered on the March 1988 suicide of Patrice Vic, 31, who jumped out a window. Prosecutors said Vic was under pressure from the church to take a $5,000 "purification treatment," including daily saunas and a diet low in sugar and high in vitamins. The lower court said in November that Jean-Jacques Mazier ...
Apr 10, 1997
Making your own decision about Scientology — Woroni (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lara Meney Source:
Woroni (Australia) The Church of Scientology responds to the article
"Cult of Personality" which appeared in the last issue of Woroni The anonymous author of the article on Scientology in the last Woroni of March 20, 1997, at least got a few things right: the description and definition of Scientology, the aims of Scientology, that it is a religion and a Church. However, journalistic accountability having been thrown to the wind, there followed a mixture of opinion and fiction. Objectivity died with ...
Feb 6, 1997
Germany versus Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Nov 28, 1996
The Big Story: The S-Files — ITVMore: transcript , partial transcript
Type: TV
Author(s):
Dermot Murnaghan Source:
ITV Title "The S Files" [S as in Scientology Logo] [Presenter Dermot Murnaghan (DM henceforth) no relation to any other DM] Tonight we're going to expose serious financial crime in one of the Scientology cult's most successful operations in Britain. We show how they cooked the books, made false statements to obtain bank loans, and changed invoices to fiddle their VAT. [Extract from "Trust" ad] This advert for the Church of Scientology was recently shown on cable TV. It was a major ...
Nov 23, 1996
French Scientologist sentenced after church member's suicide — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Craig R. Whitney Source:
New York Times The founder and former head of the Church of Scientology in Lyons was convicted of fraud and involuntary homicide today in the death of a church member who committed suicide after going heavily into debt to pay the sect for counseling sessions.
A French tribunal sentenced the defendant, Jean-Jacques Mazier, to serve 18 months in prison, with an additional 18 months suspended, and fined him $100,000.
The eight-day trial, in the first week of October, also examined charges of fraud, attempted ...
Oct 2, 1996
Scientology is fighting for its future in France — International Herald TribuneMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Barry James Source:
International Herald Tribune PARIS: The Church of Scientology is battling charges in a Lyon courtroom that it is a manipulative and fraudulent cult that practices false medicine and hounded one of its followers to his death.
The case could derail the sect's campaign to be accepted as a mainstream faith in several European countries. Last week, it began beaming satellite television advertisements to Britain, its biggest recruiting ground in Europe, despite not being recognized there as a bona fide religion. The advertisements stress a ...
Aug 19, 1996
John's Secret Powers: 'Travolta Cured Me' — New Weekly (Australia)
Type: Press
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New Weekly (Australia) The star of Phenomenon claims the movie is close to real life and says he can cure people with his bare hands — but is it just cult fiction? In John Travolta's latest movie, Phenomenon , the once disco-dancing star plays an ordinary man who is miraculously given supernatural abilities. It sounds like fantasy — but in real life John believes he, too, has weird powers. Behind that famous smile, the 42-year-old gentle family man is an obsessive cult follower who claims ...
Mar 15, 1996
International Management Executive Committee [IMEC] Executive Directive [ED] 2039 [Field Staff Member Award Program] — Church of Scientology International (CSI)
Feb 21, 1996
International Management Executive Committee [IMEC] Executive Directive [ED] 2025 [Clear Expansion Committee] — Church of Scientology International (CSI)
Mar 31, 1995
Why Kathy won't come home — The Independent (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tim Kelsey Source:
The Independent (UK) Two weeks ago, a man was cleared of trying to abduct Kathleen Wilson after he said he was saving her from a cult that had brainwashed her. Kathy doesn't see it that way. At the garage on the road into East Grinstead, the cashier smiles. "Scientologists?" he says. "You'll find them on the way into Turner's Hill. Just follow the road round. "It's a religious sect," he adds, politely. "Ah, yes," I say. "I'm afraid so," he replies. It isn't far. ...
Jun 13, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Secret of a drugs 'cure' — The Argus (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) JOHN WOOD wants to tell your children the truth about drugs. He is the UK president of an organisation which claims it has been educating young people about the dangers of addiction for 25 years. It claims that message had been successful, and it claims it can also help those who have already fallen to drugs and drink. In fact, Narconon makes rather a lot of claims, and the group has targeted Sussex with literature and glowing tributes from grateful "clients". ...
Apr 3, 1994
Inside the cults of mind control - — Sunday Age (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Gary Tippet Source:
Sunday Age (Australia) Louise Samways has spent the past decade investigating the many mind-control techniques of Australia's cults, gurus and personal development courses. She is also familiar with their tactics to keep critics quiet. The brick that slammed through the psychologist's car windscreen recently was a reminder that there are other, older methods of persuasion. She was frightened: "I'd like to hope it was just schoolkids playing stupid games, but when these things come one on top of the other, I don't think I'm ...
Jan 31, 1994
The prisoners of Saint Hill — The Independent (UK)More: cosmedia.freewinds.cx , link
Jan 26, 1994
Woman claims she set library ablaze 'because books are evil' / Fire guts Carpinteria facility that recently underwent a $75,000 renovation — Santa Barbara News-Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
Pamela Lopez-Johnson Source:
Santa Barbara News-Press While being handcuffed before dawn Tuesday, Linda Haggard allegedly told authorities she set a fire that gutted the Carpinteria Library because "books are evil."
Haggard, 31, a geology major at UCSB since 1983, was found outside the newly renovated library by Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies called to the scene of the 4:15 a.m. blaze.
Haggard admitted setting the fire, according to sheriff's Detective Bruce Pixley.
"Yeah, I lit the fire," Haggard said, according to Pixley. When asked why, she replied ...
Oct 28, 1993
Scientology has $297-million growth plan — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Dahl Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) A new six-story training and counseling center is planned for Clearwater. WASHINGTON — Hoping to expand to "every city on earth," the Church of Scientology plans to spend $185-million during the next five years to renovate and acquire properties, plus another $112-million on a campaign to spread its message around the world. The Scientologists' spiritual headquarters in Clearwater would get the biggest chunk of construction money over the next few years, the Church of Scientology said in documents filed with the ...
Sep 1, 1993
Catch a rising star — Premiere (magazine)More: link
May 17, 1993
Church members file suit against professor, officials — Daily Bruin (University of California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nancy Hsu Source:
Daily Bruin (University of California) Two UCLA extension students in the Church of Scientology have filed suit against UCLA professor Louis Jolyon West, the Board of Regents and Chancellor Charles Young for allegedly using taxpayer money to fund anti-religious activities.
The university has yet to respond to the suit filed last month with the Santa Monica Superior Court.
John Van Dyke and Mario Majorski charge that, while on the University of California payroll, West used his position to organize anti-religious seminars and two groups that target ...
Mar 1, 1993
The life and death of Mr Motivala [exact date unknown] — Private Eye (UK)More: link
Jan 14, 1993
Disco boss bans group in cult fear — The Advertiser (Finchley, UK)
Sep 15, 1992
Kirstie's secret sweatbox diet More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Claire Thomas Shocking way Cheers gal shaped up for the [?] Star melts off 35 lb on bizarre sect's red-hot program She roasted 4 hours a day and fasted on water & vitamins KOOKY Kirstie Alley used her own special version of a bizarre diet concocted by the Scientology sect to slim down before hosting the Emmy Awards, says a source close to the Cheers star. For four weeks, hefty Kirstie drank gallons of water laced with vitamin B3 and spent four hours ...
Apr 29, 1992
La Marche du siècle [French] — France 3More: Part 2 , Part 3
Dec 17, 1991
Narconon decision draws fire — Daily OklahomanMore: link
Dec 15, 1991
Drug center may be forced to leave tribal site — The OklahomanMore: link
Dec 14, 1991
Board denies certification for Narconon — The Oklahoman
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