John Marshall
Canadian reporter. See also Scientology in Canada.
Toronto Globe and Mail:
"Cult harassment, spying in Canada documented"
«As reported in the accompanying instalment in a
series of accounts of the U.S. court proceedings, 35
Scientologists were alleged to have participated in
conspiracies to steal government documents and to
obstruct justice. Besides the nine sentenced to jail, 23
people were named as unindicted co-conspirators. Three
others have been indicted and investigations are
continuing in various parts of the United States by
state and federal agencies. Canadian activities have
included the planting of spies with agencies and
individuals considered to be barriers to the progress of
the wealthy world-wide organization. It recently
announced it had purchased $3.5-million worth of
property in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa and Montreal.
Philip McAiney, a Toronto minister of the cult
founded by L. Ron Hubbard, was quoted in
The Globe
and Mail in 1974 as calling my series of articles at
that time "misrepresentation and distortion."
He and Douglas Pearse and Sue Surgeoner, both from
the Toronto Guardian
Office of the organization, disputed a number of the
statements in the articles.» |
Toronto Globe and Mail:
"Secret Ontario documents found in U.S. cult's files"
«A week-long combing of the court files on the
cult's U.S. operations uncovered not only the
information they had somehow obtained from public and
private agencies in Canada, but also references to a
variety of other covert activities in this country.
Letters from Canadian officials to their superiors, and
communications between officers at the international and
U.S. leadership level reveal that:
- Private information has been obtained covertly;
- Front groups have been set up to espouse the
cult's programs or to attack critics;
- Members with cover stories have "penetrated"
other agencies and organizations;
- Dissident Canadian Scientologists have been
followed or watched;
- Efforts have been made to disrupt other
organizations by covert means.
Reports on some of these activities went from Canada
to be circulated to a number of top Scientology
officials.» |
Toronto Globe and Mail:
"Probe of religious sect’s practices sought by ex-members"
«Mrs. Levett has retained her voluminous files, which include factual
policy statements by Mr. Hubbard about controlling the planet from his
floating headquarters, the ship Apollo, as well as directives from
Canadian headquarters in Toronto and information letters about defectors
from various other units. World mental health movements — the late, highly respected
Brock Chisholm
is named as one of the leaders — are labeled as enemies and are linked
to Nazism. more
There are letters identifying ex-members of Scientology and members
fallen from grace, by name and sometimes address, and calling them
homosexuals, drug addicts, "SP" — suppressive
persons — or describing trouble with spouses.
Some of these unlucky people are called "fair game" and "beyond any
consideration for their feelings or wellbeing."
In Ontario, the McLean family
of Sutton — Eric and Nan and sons John and Bruce and the latter’s wife,
Dawn — have the feeling that they have been declared
fair game.» |
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