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Cash needed to pay HQ rent — Chichester Observer (UK)More: link
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Brian Warren Source:
Chichester Observer (UK) Curiousity about a leaflet handed out at The Cross cost a Chichester man more than £6,000. Now Roger Phillips, aged 25, is warning people to stay away from the 'church' of Scientology. And he is furious that credit card companies allow payments of thousands of pounds to the cult. Mr Phillips, a computer programmer, nearly quit his well-paid job to earn £3,000 a year as a full-time Scientologist. He revealed the cult had needed his final payment of £3,200 to pay ...
Apr 21, 1994
Humans are 'thetans' — Chichester Observer (UK)More: link
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Chichester Observer (UK) [Picture / Caption: The founder: L Ron Hubbard.] Scientologists have been active in Chichester for at least 10 years and their English base is in East Grinstead. They stepped up their role in the city after their Portsmouth offices closed a few years ago. The cult was founded in 1950 by American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who had been involved in black magic. Its main beliefs is that humans are 'thetans', clusters of spirits who were banished to Earth ...
Apr 21, 1994
Members 'are all helped' — Chichester Observer (UK)More: link
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Chichester Observer (UK) A Scientology spokesman said it was a "ridiculous exaggeration" to say Mr Phillips had been phoned up to five times a day. Peter Mansell was given full details of the interview with Mr Phillips and his reply was: "The point is for every Roger Phillips or Martin Francis there are literally thousands of people who are more than happy in Scientology. "Scientology has been recognized as a religion by courts and religious scholars all over the world. Just last October the ...
Apr 19, 1994
Cults 'are recruiting ground for paedophiles' — The Times (UK)More: link
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Michael Horsnell Source:
The Times (UK) BRITAIN is home to more than 500 religious cults with an estimated 500,000 believers, many of whose children are subjected to ritual abuse, a conference was told yesterday. The conference at Hull University, organised in response to the Waco siege in Texas last year, was attended by 150 psychologists alarmed at the effects on children of bizarre teachings by the cults. Ritually abused children are subject to prostitution and pornography in the name of religion, it was claimed. The Cults and ...
Apr 15, 1994
Escape route from Scientology 'has never been busier' — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) A HUSBAND and wife team who help Church of Scientology members leave the controversial organisation say they have never been busier after a spate of national coverage surrounding the cult. Bonnie Woods, a former Scientologist, and her husband Richard formed Escape nearly three years ago and operate from their East Grinstead home. The couple claim to have given advice to about 100 former cult members. But the spotlight has been thrown on them and their work by a spate of stories ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — The cult and a private eye — The Argus (UK)More: link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) THIS man is working for the Church of Scientology. But you won't find him hovering on a street corner with a smile and a clipboard. He is an American private detective. Ex-Los Angeles police officer Eugene Ingram was sent to Britain to investigate the alleged theft of confidential documents from Saint Hill in East Grinstead, the national headquarters of the cult. Relatives of one leading anti-Scientology campaigner in Sussex have found Mr Ingram on their doorstep. Clergymen who have attacked the ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Victims who are 'fair game' — The Argus (UK)More: link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) [Transcribed by Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> 21 May 1995 07:35:27 +0100] The Church of Scientology may call itself a religion, but it does not have a reputation for turning the other cheek. For a week last month Jon Atack and his family were subjected to scenes like this outside their home in Cranston Road, East Grinstead. Why? The placard-carrying demonstrators are Scientologists, and they do not like Mr. Atack because he is an outspoken critic of the cult. The police were twice called ...
Apr 12, 1994
The 'religion' with a cross, but without any prayers — The Argus (UK)More: link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) [Picture / Caption: Canon Walker: No tenets of Christianity] THEY call themselves a Church and their symbol is a cross. But the Scientologists' religious image fails to stand up to scrutiny, experts say. The Vicar of Brighton, Canon Dominic Walker, says the sect should not be described as a Church. He said: "Scientology does not have any of the central tenets of Christianity and yet they use a cross as a symbol and their ministers wear clerical collars. "In calling themselves ...
Apr 6, 1994
Cult man's paltry pocket money claim — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
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East Grinstead Observer A SOLICITOR defending a member of the cult Church of Scientology told Mid Sussex Magistrates his client received only £25 a week "pocket money". Russell Owen, 29, of Stonelands, West Hoathly, admitted driving charges of having no insurance and no test certificate, after being stopped by police in September last year. Jim Hinchliffe, defending, said Owen had been insured and had his car tested, but he could not now trace a friend of his who had the documents, and so must ...
Apr 3, 1994
Cult accused of intimidation — The Sunday Times (UK)More: link
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Richard Palmer Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) Police are investigating complaints that private investigators employed by the Church of Scientology, the cult created by L. Ron Hubbard, have intimidated witnesses and plaintiffs in forthcoming court cases. The cult, which claims to have 300,000 members in Britain and 8m worldwide, has attempted to undermine its critics after coming under severe financial pressure in this country. It is anxious to protect its funds which are set to be drained further by a series of expensive civil actions brought by former ...
Apr 1, 1994
Scientology links with rehabilitation group — Big Issue (UK)More: link
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Big Issue (UK) A GROUP which runs a national drug rehabilitation programme and gives regular lectures to schools is closely linked to the controversial Church of Scientology. Narconon, which bases its methods on the teachings of the Church's founder L Ron Hubbard, currently treats a small number of private-paying addicts each year. But it is has recently launched a major expansion programme, and Narconon claims that Tower Hamlet's social services department has paid the £500 per week fee for the three month treatment of ...
Mar 30, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — How a church aimed to sell itself — The Argus (UK)More: link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) In the third part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI reveals the true cost of one man's involvement with the cult. [A small picture of Mr. Bracci is shown, as on previous days.] HARD SELL... two words synonymous with door-to-door salesman, second hand car dealers, and estate agents. Two words you would definitely not expect to find in the vocabulary of any religion. But this is not any religion. It is Scientology. Today, we ...
Mar 29, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Just the worst two years of my life — The Argus (UK)More: link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) IN THE second part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, Argus chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI talks to a man who travelled 3,000 miles to join the Sussex-based cult. [A very small picture of Mr. Bracchi is shown, as in yesterday's article. A large picture, in the center of page 6, is shown of a man wearing a neat denim shirt, labelled: "Above: Nowell Matandirotya. "I feel I was exploited" A smaller picture shows a grim stone mansion, with ...
Mar 28, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Secrets of Saint Hill — The Argus (UK)More: link
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Paul Bracchi Source:
The Argus (UK) Special investigation by chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI [A very small picture of Mr. Bracchi is shown.] [A picture of a man in a long military coat with brass buttons is shown. Below the picture is this title: "A Scientologist out on liberty time in a miliary-style greatcoat."] THEY dress like naval officers. But the uniforms, complete with epaulettes and brass buttons, are not what they seem. These men and women do not belong to the armed services...they are Scientologists. Most of ...
Mar 23, 1994
Cult picket man's home — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
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East Grinstead Observer FOLLOWERS of the cult Church of Scientology have been picketing the house of a former member, who claims the church practices "mind control". Scientologists bearing placards accusing John [should be Jon] Atack of breaking up families and owing the cult money, have demonstrated outside his Cranston Road home six times. "They came on Saturday and the police told them that if they returned they would be arrested," Mr Atack told the Observer. Mr Atack left the cult in 1983, after being ...
Mar 18, 1994
Scientologists picket house — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) POLICE were twice called to disperse pickets from outside the East Grinstead home of an anti-Church of Scientology campaigner. On Sunday, three Scientology members stood outside Jon Atack's house in Cranston Road. Mr Atack said they carried placards proclaiming: Stop destroying families. Get a proper job like the rest of us and Support your own family and stop destroying ours. "They were an absolute nuisance. I was incensed," he said. "They had no answer when I asked them which families I ...
Mar 2, 1994
Cult group hit by television ban / 'Advertising is unacceptable' — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
Mar 2, 1994
Duo vow to expose 'evil cult' / High court gives green light — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
Jan 31, 1994
The prisoners of Saint Hill — The Independent (UK)More: cosmedia.freewinds.cx , link
Jan 28, 1994
Pupils in strip poker shock — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Jan 26, 1994
Evil sex pervert sent to prison // Scientology teacher molested schoolboys — East Grinstead ObserverMore: link
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East Grinstead Observer A pervert teacher at the Scientologists Greenfield School in Forest Row who sexually assaulted young boys has been jailed for five years. Mark Kent, 32, of Lewes Road, Forest Row, molested six teenage schoolboys over a period of seven years and took filthy videos of himself in sex acts with his young victims. Hove Crown Court heard Kent was found to have a videotape shooting scenes from the cult school's fete, interspersed with sickening footage of himself and young boys, and ...
Jan 21, 1994
'Perverted' teacher gets five years — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Dec 9, 1993
Cult prosecuted over safety of commune — The Independent (UK)More: link
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The Independent (UK) THE Church of Scientology, one of Britain's largest cults, is being prosecuted by a local authority for failing to ensure one of its largest communes is safe for human habitation. The Independent has been leaked documents from the church headquarters that show it may have misled safety inspectors over the number of adults and children living in the commune.
The church, founded by L Ron Hubbard, an American science fiction writer, after the Second World War, has its European headquarters in ...
Dec 1, 1993
Fire safety charge — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Aug 13, 1993
Letters to the Editor // The Scientology debate — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) Pinning our hopes on Old Doll Body I READ with interest Denise Harrison's statement of incredulity that a new religion could be the work of a science fiction writer. According to the saying, truth is stranger than fiction, so what about this one? In his early lectures, Ron Hubbard mentioned "Old Doll Body", a mythical figure from the past, who travelled freely in the universe in his flying saucer. In 1964, I was driving up the Turners Hill Road one night ...
May 27, 1993
Chichester Anglican leaders advise youngsters against scientology // Cult church warned off — The News (Chichester, UK)More: link
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Brian Warren Source:
The News (Chichester, UK) Church leaders in the Chichester area have got together to issue a tough warning about scientologists. They are concerned that the cult is increasing Its influence in the district. A warning has been issued by 14 Anglican church leaders from Chichester and Seisey, who are particularly concerned about the curt's attempts to recruit young people. The "church" of scientology has stepped up its presence in Chichester in the last year and has just opened a new centre near the railway station. ...
May 14, 1993
Letters to the editor // Same old line of attack — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) After dabbling... I still say stay away AT OUR monthly meeting held on Monday I asked how many of those who signed the letter from the clergy of East Grinstead (report and Letters, May 7) had visited Saint Hill. Four of us had. Our knowledge of Scientology is not confined to anti-Scientology literature, as Barbara Bradley seems to imply. Speaking for myself, I visited Saint Hill in September 1985. I have dipped into dianetics, which I admit did not interest me ...
May 7, 1993
Stay away from Scientology, warn church leaders — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) CHURCH leaders in East Grinstead have joined forces in an unprecedented condemnation of the Church of Scientology. Nine heads of churches in the town and surrounding areas signed a letter sent to the Courier urging people "not to get involved, either by visiting the new Dianetics centre or by completing the free personality test." Vicar of St Swithon's Church the Reverend Roger Brown told the Courier: "It's confirmation of a long standing position we have had. "So many people move into ...
Apr 23, 1993
'Scientology is my tool to survival' — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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Tom B. Shuster Source:
East Grinstead Courier (UK) SCIENTOLOGY has long been surrounded by controversy. Despite criticism from many, a large number of local people embrace it . This week, the Courier gives a local businessman the chance to explain what it means to him personally. —– AFTER 19 years of living and working in East Grinstead, it never ceases to amaze me to see the mystery that manages to collect around Saint Hill, Scientology and Scientologists. I walk down London Road at various times of the day and ...
Apr 23, 1993
Courier comment — East Grinstead Courier (UK)More: link
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East Grinstead Courier (UK) THE OPENING of the Hubbard Dianetics Bookshop in East Grinstead has caused concern in many quarters of the town because of the links with the Church of Scientology. Two local vicars have spoken out over the move, so has the headmaster of one of the town's secondary schools. They fear the shop will provide a front to encourage people, particularly the young, to take part in "personality testing" undertaken by the scientologists. Feelings ran high among campaigners outside the shop on ...
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