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Oct 28, 1984
Sinking the Master Mariner — The Sunday Times (UK)More: link , reprint in The Weekend Australian
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Barnes Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) "Corrupt, sinister and dangerous" were the words used to describe the Church of Scientology in a judgment given by Mr Justice Latey this summer. He also referred to it as "immoral and socially obnoxious". But who controls the Church now? A major Sunday Times Magazine investigation into the activities of the cult in America and Britain has uncovered a disturbing and extraordinary story — the takeover of the organisation by a small band of youthful fanatics following the disappearance of the ...
Tag(s):
Advanced Ability Center •
Alan Walters •
Annie M. Tidman (aka Annie Broeker aka Annie Logan aka Lisa Mitchell) •
Apollo (formerly, "Royal Scot Man"; often misspelled "Royal Scotman", "Royal Scotsman") •
Assets •
Auditing •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Battlefield Earth •
Bent Corydon •
Blackmail •
Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) •
California •
Cause Resurgence Rundown aka "Running Program" •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Cost •
David Mayo •
David Miscavige •
Diane Voegeding •
Edward "Eddie" Walters •
False imprisonment •
Florida •
Fort Harrison Hotel (also, Flag Land Base) @ 210 South Fort Harrison Avenue Clearwater FL United States •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Golden Era Productions •
Hard sell •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Howard "Homer" D. Schomer •
Income •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
Inurement •
Jay Hurwitz •
John Barnes •
Judge Ben Krentzman •
Judge Paul G. Breckenridge Jr. •
Justice Latey, Sir John •
Kathleen "Kathy" Gorgon •
Kenneth McFarlane •
Laurel J. Sullivan (née Watson) •
Lawsuit •
Lee Lawrence •
Lyman D. Spurlock •
Marc Yager •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
Michael "Mike" Garside •
Michael J. Flynn •
Mission Holders Conference •
New Era Publications International, ApS (NEPI) •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Patrick D. "Pat" Broeker (aka Mike Mitchell) •
Registrar (also, to "reg") •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Research Foundation (RRF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Richard N. Aznaran •
Ron's Journal 38 •
Ronald "Nibs" Edward DeWolf (L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.) •
Saint Hill Manor @ East Grinstead (UK) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Slave labor •
Southern Land Development and Leasing Corporation (SLDLC) •
Stephen "Steve" Marlowe •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Tax matter •
The Sunday Times (UK) •
The Weekend Australian •
Tonja C. Burden •
Vicki J. (McRae) Aznaran •
Warren L. McShane •
Wendell Reynolds •
William W. "Bill" Franks
Aug 24, 1984
Sect repaying disgruntled members — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The Church of Scientology has begun reimbursement of money to a number of current and former members who claimed refunds were owed them for services not delivered when they took courses in Clearwater, a California attorney said Thursday. California attorney David Jordan, himself a former Scientologist, said about $160,000 has been repaid 14 of his clients in recent months, and another 19 persons with claims totaling about $240,000 should be paid within 30 days. Jordan also represents another 237 current and ...
Aug 10, 1984
Treasury agents said probing sect — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) The United States Treasury Department's Criminal Investigations Division has mounted an in-depth investigation into the activities of the Clearwater-based Church of Scientology, the Clearwater Sun has learned. In the past several weeks, Treasury agents have traveled across the United States interviewing a number of former Scientologists—including some who held positions of immense power and influence in the worldwide sect prior to their defection, sources said. Spokesmen for the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service in Tampa and Los Angeles, citing Department ...
Jul 14, 1984
Sect info gathered here spurs probes — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Several former high-ranking Church of Scientology officials have provided state, federal and municipal law enforcement investigators with detailed information regarding the Clearwater-based sect's alleged criminal activities in the Tampa Bay area, the Clearwater Sun has learned. Although the same testimony provided to investigators in Clearwater has furthered large-scale criminal investigations in Canada and resulted in court rulings against the sect in California, no similar action has been implemented in the Clearwater area, a seven-month Sun inquiry has determined. And Gerald Armstrong, ...
Jul 11, 1984
Scientology chief got millions, ex-aides say — New York TimesMore: link , nytimes.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Lindsey Source:
New York Times Former officials of the Church of Scientology say they helped L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive founder of the cult-like organization, to secretly divert more than $100 million from the church into foreign bank accounts he controlled. The organization, long a subject of investigations in this country, Britain, France, Australia, South Africa, Spain and elsewhere, has maintained that Mr. Hubbard cut his ties to it in the mid-1970's, that he has received only a token consulting fee of $35,000 annually since then ...
May 12, 1984
Flynn says millions funneled from sect — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
George-Wayne Shelor Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) LOS ANGELES—Court-sealed tapes reveal that Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard used a myriad of corporations to funnel millions of dollars from the sect into his personal bank account in Liechtenstein, a lawyer representing a man accused of taking thousands of documents and tapes from the church charged in Superior Court here Friday. Michael Flynn, who represents former Scientologist Gerald Armstrong, said the tape recordings of a Sept. 29, 1980, meeting between Hubbard's personal lawyer and legal officials of the ...
Sep 27, 1983
Former Scientologists charge church harassed them for money — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jun 13, 1983
[The founder and spiritual leader of the Church of Scientology diverted millions of dollars in church funds] — UPI
Type: Press
Source:
UPI The founder and spiritual leader of the Church of Scientology diverted millions of dollars in church funds into his own personal accounts, it was reported Sunday. L. Ron Hubbard, the reclusive leader of the Clearwater-based church, used a "dummy" foreign corporation as a funnel for the funds, the St. Petersburg Times said in a copyright story. Church officials denied the charges. But the newspaper said court files in the United States and Canada show Hubbard collected money worldwide through the Religious ...
Jun 12, 1983
Scientology funds made Hubbard rich, files show — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 29, 1980
5-C MCCS Tapes [partial transcript, with commentaries]
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