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Aug 27, 1986
Scientology-linked group sponsors student contest — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
Maggie Erickson Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — A local school student council could win $5,000 in a contest — if the school follows the offical guidelines outlined in Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's book "The Way to Happiness." At least one Pinellas school principal received a flier advertising the contest sponsored nationally by the Concerned Businessmen's Association of America, an organization that has been tied to the Church of Scientology. School principals are asked to fill out a request form to enter their school in the ...
Aug 23, 1986
[The Danish High Court awarded the Church of Scientology ...] — Weekly Challenger (Florida)More: link
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Weekly Challenger (Florida) The Danish High Court awarded the Church of Scientology in Denmark over 1.4 million Danish Kroner in damages against three apostate members from England. The damages award, one of the highest amounts ever awarded in a Danish court, was the result of a case brought against former church members for their involvement in the theft of sacred upper level church Scriptures from the church in Denmark. In December 1983, Robin Scott returned to Denmark and was subsequently arrested and taken to ...
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 ...
Aug 13, 1986
Margery Wakefield vs. Church of Scientology of California, Inc.: Settlement agreement
Aug 12, 1986
'Expert' turns bad trial into bad verdict — Journal-AmericanMore: link
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Author(s):
Ron Arnold Source:
Journal-American Why do I have to spend so much time defending religions I don't belong to? I didn't really want a scrapbook of columns sticking up for persecuted Jews, Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Taoists, Native American Shamanists, Moonies and Scientologists, among others. The question that troubles me most, though, is why do I have to defend them from our own government? The reason, of course, is that I don't want the First Amendment repealed. And a Los Angeles jury did just that July ...
Aug 9, 1986
Scientology tenets not trade secrets, U.S. court rules — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Church of Scientology's confidential teachings are not protected by California trade secrets law, dealing a blow to the organization's hard-fought campaign to block former members from operating rival churches where courses are offered at a fraction of the cost. In its unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the state law protects economic, but not religious, secrets. The ruling represents a second major setback in less ...
Aug 1, 1986
Scientology investigated foe, lawyer says — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Jul 31, 1986
Sect's purchase ousts tenants — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Author(s):
Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology paid $4.6 million Friday for a 200-unit Skycrest apartment complex to house its growing staff. The church now owns 11 pieces of property — five of which are used as dormitories. And while sect staff members are getting new lodgings, residents at Hacienda Gardens Apartments, 551 N. Saturn Ave., are being shown the door. They can stay at the complex until their current leases expire — but no longer. "We purchased it to provide additional ...
Jul 24, 1986
Scientology members protest $30-million damage award to ex-follower — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Jerry Belcher Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Hundreds of Scientologists were alternately exhorted and entertained Wednesday in the Los Angeles Civic Center during a highly organized protest against a $30-million jury award, which they claimed threatens the freedom, not only of their church, but of all religions in this country. The daytime turnout for the protest peaked shortly before noon, with about 850 members of the Church of Scientology marching in front of the Los Angeles County Courthouse on North Hill Street, bearing signs such as "Religious Beliefs ...
Jul 23, 1986
Ex-Scientologist wins $30 million in church suit — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)More: link
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Liz Mullen Source:
Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California) A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $30 million to a former Scientologist, who claimed the church's religious practice of "auditing" caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown. Larry Wollersheim, 37, who was a member of the church for 11 years, was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages by the 12-member jury. The trial started last February. "It's a tremendous verdict for human rights," said Leta Schlosser, Wollersheim's attorney. The Church of Scientology, she added, ...
Jul 23, 1986
Man is awarded $30-million in lawsuit against Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
Jun 22, 1986
Embattled Scientology boat moved to marina — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Annette Drolet Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — Part of its cabin had to be removed to make the journey manageable. But the Diana was on the move again Friday, this time bound for a Tarpon Springs marina. The Church of Scientology relocated its yacht dubbed Diana after obtaining a civil court order to take possession of the 53-foot ketch, valued at $40,000. The Scientologists contend in a lawsuit that a Clearwater boat repair-restoration shop kept the vessel "without reason" and planned to destroy, conceal or take ...
Jun 14, 1986
Scientology 'purification' rite used by anti-addiction centres — Toronto Star (Canada)
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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 ...
Jun 7, 1986
Followers singing the praises of Scientology – literally — Clearwater Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
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Wilma Norton Source:
Clearwater Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Call this music cassette The L. Ron Shuffle . A celebrity group of L. Ron Hubbard's followers — including John Travolta, Chick Corea, Karen Black, Leif Garrett and Sylvester Stallone's brother Frank — have put together a pop-music cassette of 10 songs whose lyrics and music are said to have been written by the Scientology founder before his death. The cassettes have been mailed to more than 600 "various local people in Clearwater," Scientology spokesman Ludwig Alpers said, and will ...
Jun 7, 1986
Scientology tunes heading to area homes — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Lesley Collins Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) CLEARWATER — Could the composing abilities of the late L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, nudge Madonna and Billy Ocean out of the top-20 in pop music? Some 600 Clearwater residents will have the chance to decide. Parishioners at the Fort Harrison Hotel, the sect's Clearwater headquarters, have forked out the money to mail out more than 600 cassette tapes that contain Hubbard's musical statement on what Scientology is all about. "The Road to Freedom" cassette — with ...
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
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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
Ex-lawyer, N.H. man charged in plan to bilk Church of Scientology — Boston GlobeMore: link
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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 20, 1986
High court rejects Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
May 14, 1986
2 charges dismissed in Scientology suit — New York Times
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New York Times A judge has dismissed two key charges in a $25 million fraud suit brought by Larry Wollersheim, a former Scientologist who asserted the church wrecked him emotionally and financially with lies and harassment. The judge, Ronald Swearinger of Superior Court, threw out Mr. Wollersheim's claims of fraud and misrepresentation, two of the four causes of action in a 1980 civil suit that is now in its 12th week of trial. Mr. Wollersheim's attorney, Charles O'Reilly, said Judge Swearinger ruled Monday that ...
May 11, 1986
Travolta lauds Scientology — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
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Clearwater Sun (Florida) [Picture / Caption: JOHN TRAVOLTA . . . supports sect] LOS ANGELES — Actor John Travolta showed up in court to support the Church of Scientology, and told reporters, "It's been the reason I've been able to survive Hollywood." The organization is fighting a Superior Court lawsuit by former member Larry Wollersheim, who accused it of fraud and claimed it destroyed him financially and mentally.
May 4, 1986
Certificate of amendment of articles of incorporation of Church of Scientology International (Filed May 13, 1986)
Apr 29, 1986
Lower court can ban publication of Scientology hearing, judge rules — Toronto Star (Canada)
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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 18, 1986
Letters // Scientology: defenders and detractors [re. "Inside Scientology — Finally"] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
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L.A. Weekly (California) There and Back Again
Dear Editor: Re:
"Scientology: The Other Side of the Looking Glass" [
L.A. Weekly , April 4-10]. I guess it's too much to expect a difficult thing like total truth to be approached in your newspaper. You do pretty well with the movie schedules, not bad with the nightclub billings either. But why do you have to mess up with something that counts, something that has saved lives, salvaged marriages, made people happier and more able — something ...
Apr 18, 1986
Teachers fired in Scientology fuss tell stand — Chicago Sun Times
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Phillip J. O'Connor Source:
Chicago Sun Times Susan and Robert Volenec were out of work and their two children were out of school yesterday after an uproar at a Park Ridge Montessori facility over books designed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The parents were among six teachers fired Wednesday by Janet Bowes, founder and director of Children's Learning World, 2703 W. Sibley, after they refused to use books designed by Hubbard. The school had nine teachers and one of the fired teachers returned yesterday, a ...
Apr 17, 1986
6 teachers balk, fired over Scientology book — Chicago Sun Times
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Author(s):
Jim Quinlan Source:
Chicago Sun Times Six teachers at a Park Ridge Montessori school were fired yesterday after refusing to use books designed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, school officials said. Janet Bowes, founder and director of the Children's Learning World, 2703 W. Sibley, said the teachers were dismissed "strictly" because they violated their contracts. She said the school, which has 215 students, was not introducing any religious studies to the curriculum. "This is strictly a secular matter," Bowes said. "I'm the leader of ...
Apr 11, 1986
Advertisement: What do these individuals have in common? — L.A. Weekly (California)
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [A history of controversy] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
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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 [Breach of faith?] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
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Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) Breach of Faith? One particular church policy has been partially at the root of the fear and anger: Scientology's alleged use of personal information in members' "confidential" Pre-Clear (PC) folders information confessed during auditing. There is substantial evidence that this information has been culled, perhaps to pressure members either into staying in the church or into not criticizing the church if they do leave. Although Hoden denies such practices ("In all my years here, I have never known of any such ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [Hubbard's "Freedom" army] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
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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 ...
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