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Aug 28, 1989
Special Report // Hubbard: Prophet or snake-oil salesman? — Daily Tribune (Oakland County, Michigan)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Julie Edgar
Source: Daily Tribune (Oakland County, Michigan)
Was Lafayette Ron Hubbard, founder of Dianetics and the inspiration behind the Church of Scientology, a profoundly gifted man destined for sainthood? Or was he a fraud who routinely lied about his accomplishments in order to bilk millions from his followers? Even after his death in 1986 at the age of 75, Hubbard's writings on Scientology — often slightly updated versions of earlier "discoveries" — continue to be published and some two million followers remain faithful. The media, too, continues to ...
Jul 21, 1989
Torts / Scientology church liable for injuries from coercive religious practices — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
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Jul 20, 1989
$30-million award in Scientology case cut — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Jul 19, 1989
Larry Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California — Daily Appellate Report
Jul 6, 1989
Scientology faces new charges of harassment — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)
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Jul 6, 1989
Scientology organizations — Newkirk Herald Journal (Oklahoma)
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Jun 23, 1989
United States v. Franks S. Zolin — Daily Appellate Report
Jun 7, 1989
Taxation // Deductions are denied for payments made to receive religious services — Daily Appellate Report
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Source: Daily Appellate Report
TAXATION Deductions Are Denied for Payments Made to Receive Religious Services Cite as 89 Daily Journal D.A.R. 7177 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus HERNANDEZ v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT No. 87-963. Argued November 28, 1988—Decided June 6,1989* The Church of Scientology (Church) provides "auditing" sessions designed to increase members' spiritual awareness and training comes at which participants study the tenets of the faith and seek to attain ...
Dec 23, 1988
Common ground for religions: money — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Dec 22, 1988
Dozens of groups operate under auspices of Church of Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Operating under auspices of the Church of Scientology are dozens of groups, many of them separate legal entities. Untangling Scientology's lines of organizations can be difficult; even the sect's own charts that have been used in court cases are complex. Here are some of Scientology's organizations. Flag Service Organization — The legal name of Scientology's Clearwater operation, which serves as the sect's spiritual headquarters. Before 1981 the organization was part of the Church of Scientology of California, and Pinellas County officials ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Dec 22, 1988
Scientology church faces new claims of harassment — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
The year was 1976, one year after the Church of Scientology had secretly moved its spiritual headquarters to Clearwater, and Mayor Gabe Cazares was complaining too loudly for the church's comfort. So, as documents seized by the FBI would later show, the church's Clearwater office devised a scheme to "ruin Mayor Gabriel Cazares' political career by spreading scandal about his sex life." Church officials came up with ways to get Cazares' school records, birth records, anything — from checking with the ...
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May 27, 1988
Scientology gets appeal on tax case — Washington Times
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Source: Washington Times
The Supreme Court Monday expanded its study of whether payments made to the Church of Scientology by members may be claimed as federal income tax deductions. The justices, who last month agreed to review the issue, added other test cases and appeals to their study of the Scientology appeal and are expected to make a ruling next year. Their decision will determine whether fees for educational services of the Church of Scientology can be considerd deductible contributions. Scientologists call the payments ...
May 26, 1988
Cult to pay taxes // US court confirms Church of Scientology is a profit making organisation — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
THE church of Scientology has been ruled a profit making organisation. In the Supreme Court, Washington DC, last Monday, the cult was refused leave to appeal against a 1984 tax exempt ruling and must now pay $1.2 million back taxes for 1970 to 1972 and $287,614 in penalties for late filing. This will come as a severe blow to the church which has been fighting the Internal Revenue Service since the late 1960's to keep its tax exemption status. The United ...
May 17, 1988
Church of Scientology loses appeal on tax-exempt ruling — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle (California)
The Supreme Court refused yesterday to review the federal government's decision to strip the controversial Church of Scientology of California of its tax-exempt status from 1970 through 1972. The justices, without comment, rejected the church's appeal of a ruling by a federal appeals court. The court, however, will consider a similar issue next term in connection with another case it has agreed to hear, involving whether Scientologists may deduct from their taxable income money spent on spiritual awareness courses. A spokesman ...
Apr 22, 1988
Tax decisions and rulings // Court decisions // Charitable contributions---Scientologist's payments for auditing held deductible — Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (Washington, D.C.)
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Source: Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (Washington, D.C.)
* Fixed fees paid by member of Church of Scientology for auditing and training rituals are deductible as charitable contributions. (CA 2; Miner, J.; Foley v. Commissioner, No. 86-4026, 4/19/88; Newman, J., dissents) Facts: As members of the Church of Scientology, the taxpayers participate in the rituals of auditing and training, which are the central religious experiences of Scientology. Auditing is a one-to-one encounter between the participant and a church staff member, called an auditor, designed to raise the spiritual awareness ...
Mar 3, 1988
Debate over sect fades — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Author(s): Debbie Long
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — In 1975 the Church of Scientology, cloaked in secrecy, made this waterfront city its international headquarters. A lengthy outcry ensued when the public became aware the sect — under another name — bought a Clearwater landmark, the Fort Harrison Hotel. The Scientologists subsequently bought many other parcels of downtown Clearwater property, posting guards to keep the curious at bay. When the public and press asked questions about the aims of the Church of Scientology, sect leaders became mum about ...
Nov 11, 1987
Scientologists lose bid for IRS records — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): David G. Savage
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, rejecting an appeal filed by the Church of Scientology of California to obtain government tax records, ruled Tuesday that the public has no right to get information kept by the Internal Revenue Service. The tax agency "has no duty under the Freedom of Information Act" to disclose internal records, even if names and other confidential information could be easily deleted, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist said. Civil rights attorneys denounced the unanimous decision, saying the ruling ...
Aug 14, 1987
Churches' tax-exempt status being scrutinized — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — Filling rows of a hearing room as if they were waiting for the service to begin, some 25 Pentecostal ministers from as far as Jacksonville came on Thursday to watch their brethren do battle with the property appraiser. To Pinellas Property Appraiser Ron Schultz, it is the proof that they still deserve the exemption. Rev. W.S. Craig, pastor of the Apostolic United Pentecostal Church in St. Petersburg, said he went for 31 years without having to justify to the ...
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Jul 30, 1987
Court ruling could affect local Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jul 29, 1987
Scientologists' loss of tax-exempt status upheld by U.S. court — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Kim Murphy
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
Concluding that L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology of California, had "unfettered control" over millions of dollars in church assets, a federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the revocation of the church's tax-exempt status. In a ruling that rejected nearly every argument the church had raised, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said there is evidence that the late church founder held millions of dollars of church funds in private trust funds, Swiss bank accounts and in a ...
Apr 21, 1987
Scientologists must post $60 million bond — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Deborah Hastings
Source: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to exempt the Church of Scientology of California from posting a bond of up to $60 million while the church appeals a Los Angeles jury award. The organization contends the bond payment will drive it into bankruptcy. Without comment, the high court rejected the Scientology case, which sought to void state law requiring the church to post bond while it appeals a $30 million damages award to former Scientologist Larry Wollersheim, who claimed the church ...
Apr 21, 1987
Scientology appeal rejected — Daily News
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Source: Daily News
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that could force the Church Scientology of California to post a $60 million bond — an amount the church said would bankrupt it — to appeal a judgment against it. The court refused to hear arguments in the case, brought by the church seeking review of a California appeals court ruling. "We feel it's a grave injustice,” said Kathleen Thorn, president of the Church of Scientology of California. She refused to ...
Apr 21, 1987
Supreme court turns down Scientology plea / Way cleared for former member to start seizing church assets to satisfy award of $30 million — Los Angeles Times (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): David G. Savage, Joel Sappell
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
The Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed pleas by the Church of Scientology of California for relief from having to post a bond of up to $60 million to guard its assets against seizure while it appeals a huge Los Angeles jury award. Scientology lawyers have argued that payment of the bond would plunge the church into bankruptcy. But the state court judge who presided over the jury trial contends that the controversial organization's claims of poverty are untrue. The Supreme Court's ...
Dec 6, 1986
Church of Scientology of California v. Gerald Armstrong: Mutual release of all claims and settlement agreement
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Dec 1, 1986
NAACP joins Scientology church in court battle — Jet (magazine)
Aug 13, 1986
Margery Wakefield vs. Church of Scientology of California, Inc.: Settlement agreement
Aug 12, 1986
'Expert' turns bad trial into bad verdict — Journal-American
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Type: Press
Author(s): Ron Arnold
Source: Journal-American
Why do I have to spend so much time defending religions I don't belong to? I didn't really want a scrapbook of columns sticking up for persecuted Jews, Evangelical Christians, Muslims, Taoists, Native American Shamanists, Moonies and Scientologists, among others. The question that troubles me most, though, is why do I have to defend them from our own government? The reason, of course, is that I don't want the First Amendment repealed. And a Los Angeles jury did just that July ...
Jul 31, 1986
Sect's purchase ousts tenants — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Lesley Collins
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology paid $4.6 million Friday for a 200-unit Skycrest apartment complex to house its growing staff. The church now owns 11 pieces of property — five of which are used as dormitories. And while sect staff members are getting new lodgings, residents at Hacienda Gardens Apartments, 551 N. Saturn Ave., are being shown the door. They can stay at the complex until their current leases expire — but no longer. "We purchased it to provide additional ...
Jul 23, 1986
Ex-Scientologist wins $30 million in church suit — Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Liz Mullen
Source: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (California)
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded $30 million to a former Scientologist, who claimed the church's religious practice of "auditing" caused him to suffer a nervous breakdown. Larry Wollersheim, 37, who was a member of the church for 11 years, was awarded $5 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages by the 12-member jury. The trial started last February. "It's a tremendous verdict for human rights," said Leta Schlosser, Wollersheim's attorney. The Church of Scientology, she added, ...
Jul 23, 1986
Man is awarded $30-million in lawsuit against Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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