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May 11, 1982
Scientologists decline to call witnesses, say hearings are a 'circus' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com
May 11, 1982
Sect lawyer calls hearings 'a Roman Circus,' walks out — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bill Prescott Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Calling Clearwater's public hearings on the Church of Scientology a "Roman Circus," the sect's lawyer walked out on the proceedings Monday. "The Church of Scientology has been embarrassed and scandalized," said Tampa attorney Paul B. Johnson before leaving. In a brief presentation as Monday's session began, Johnson chastised city commissioners for what he said was their lack of objectivity. He also questioned the selection of Boston attorney Michael Flynn as the city's consultant and the credibility of "handpicked" witnesses Flynn provided. ...
May 9, 1982
Witnesses tell of break-ins, conpiracy — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Girardi Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) In a story of international intrigue, a former senior executive of the Church of Scientology testified Saturday about a worldwide sect network involving infiltrations, conspiracies and smuggling. Scott Mayer, 38, told Clearwater city commissioners "I have personal experiences of all of these," in the forth day of the city's Scientology hearings, where legal consultant Michael Flynn paraded seven of his most damaging witnesses. Commissioners heard also from a former Guardian Office worker who said she used the sect's "confessional files" during ...
May 8, 1982
Aboard church ship / Father doubts story of how daughter died — Lodi News-Sentinel (California)More: news.google.ca
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Lodi News-Sentinel (California) CLEARWATER. Fla. (UPI) — The father of a young girl who was killed in 1971 aboard a ship owned by the Church of Scientology in Morocco said Friday he doesn't believe the church officials who told him his daughter committed suicide. George Meister, testifying before the City Council, said he flew to Morocco and was shown a photograph of his bloodied daughter Susan and was told by church officials she had been found shot to death with a long-barreled .22-caliber pistol, ...
May 8, 1982
City of Clearwater 1982 Hearings - Church of Scientology: Janie Peterson
May 8, 1982
Scientology critics parade to hearings — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Six more witnesses denounced the Church of Scientology and its practices Friday during public hearings on the organization. For the third straight day, the critical testimony was a mixture of information concerning Scientology's Clearwater operations and church activities elsewhere. City commissioners, who are having the hearings, heard from: * Casey Kelly, 23, who joined Scientology to crusade against "war," "crime" and "insanity" but later became disenchanted with long hours and low pay as a church employee here. * Rosie ...
May 8, 1982
Sect witnesses recount fear, deception, 'suicide' — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Girardi Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) Teen-ager David Ray testified Friday he had a spectacular start with the Church of Scientology in California, but quickly became a rebel trapped in The Fort Harrison Hotel, relegated to cleaning rooms and stomping garbage. Casey Kelly, 23, testifying for the second day, said he "wasn't a very good Scientologist," either. "One thing you don't do in Scientology is joke around, so obviously I didn't make out very well," he quipped. Like one other witness called in the third day of ...
May 3, 1982
Poor image plagued church from start — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , link
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Harwood Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Unlike some of his colleagues in the Clearwater business community, developer Alan Bomstein doesn't regard the Church of Scientology as a threat to the city's economic future. But he does agree that L. Ron Hubbard's 32-year-old, self-styled "religion" has an image problem. "The Church of Scientology," Bomstein says, "is the classic, textbook example of bad public relations." On the eve of City Commission hearings into church activities, there is little doubt that Scientology is the least popular institution in ...
Apr 4, 1982
'Lee' recounts sect horrors — Clearwater Sun (Florida)More: link , scientology-lies.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Girardi Source:
Clearwater Sun (Florida) As the woman they called "Lee" spoke from the church pulpit, the crowd, estimated at 1,000 was deathly quiet, hanging on every word. For most, it was the first time they had heard about the alleged goings-on within the Church of Scientology. They listened, somewhat in awe, as the 34-year-old Wisconsin woman recounted methodically her 12 years in the church. Then, as she spoke more passionately about the past two years, they heard of her emotional and physical struggle to break ...
Apr 2, 1982
Woman tells of Scientologists trying to exorcise 'demons' — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: news.google.com , news.google.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kerry J. Northrup Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — A crowd estimated at 1,000 persons packed Clearwater's Trinity Presbyterian Church on Thursday night to hear a woman who clams to be a former Scientologist describe practices designed to exorcist demons. Refusing to identify herself other than as "Lee," the 34-year old Wisconsin woman told the audience that she had been a Scientologist for 12 years and had actively pursued secret exorcising procedures, part of the time at the organization's Clearwater headquarters. She said she was eventually ostracized for ...
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