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Man wins $5 million in deprogramming suit // Mother had tried to wrest son away from Bellevue church

Title: Man wins $5 million in deprogramming suit // Mother had tried to wrest son away from Bellevue church
Date: Saturday, 30 September 1995
Publisher: Seattle Times
Author: Jennifer Bjorhus
Main source: community.seattletimes.nwsource.com

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A 23-year-old Seattle-area man was awarded nearly $5 million yesterday for civil-rights violations that occurred when religious "deprogrammers" took him from his home and tried to persuade him to leave the United Pentecostal Church. Federal-court jurors delivered their verdict yesterday after deliberating eight hours, ending a trial that began when Jason Scott sued deprogrammer Rick Ross, Ross' associates and Cult Awareness Network (CAN), a Chicago-based group that monitors cults. Scott's mother, Kathy Tonkin, contacted CAN in 1991 when she became worried ... [Read the rest at community.seattletimes.nwsource.com]