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Dec 22, 1993
Church assets are set at $400 million — Glendale News-Press (California)
Dec 22, 1993
Petition bares Scientology assets — Sacramento Bee (California)
Oct 24, 1993
IRS examined Scientology dollars, not dogma — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Dahl Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) When the IRS granted tax exemptions to the church, it did so mainly on the basis of what Scientology did with its money. WASHINGTON — It might be easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than for the IRS to judge the merits of a religion. So when it comes to considering tax exemptions, the agency sticks to what it knows: money. For the Church of Scientology, which won a series of tax exemptions earlier this ...
Oct 14, 1993
Scientologists granted tax exemption by the U.S. — New York TimesMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Labaton Source:
New York Times WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 — The Government said today that it had agreed to grant a tax exemption to the Church of Scientology and more than 150 of its related corporations, ending one of the longest-running tax disputes in American history. "This puts an end to what has been an historic war," said Marty Rathbun, president of a Scientology organization that received a tax exemption. "It's like the Palestinians and the Israelis shaking hands." Officials at the Internal Revenue Service and the ...
Oct 13, 1993
Church of Scientology gets status of tax-free — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jim Newton Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) After decades of feuding, the Internal Revenue Service has granted the Church of Scientology and more than 150 of its corporate entities tax-exempt status, ruling that they are charitable, religious organizations entitled to be free from federal income taxes. Marty Rathbun, president of one of the Scientology organizations that received the tax exemptions, said the government sent 30 exemption letters to Scientology groups earlier this month. All told, the exemptions apply to 153 corporate entities, said Rathbun, who is the president ...
Aug 18, 1993
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library): Form 1023 filing More: PDF: Master index
Type: Document
[Transcription of the meaningful parts of the 1023 form as submitted by the Church of Spiritual Technology to the IRS. For the complete document, see PDFs] [...] Church of Spiritual Technology 419 Larchmont, Suite 162 Los Angeles, CA 90004-3013 Form 1023 [...] [b]Part I, Question 8 – Previous Exemption Application[/b] Church of Spiritual Technology ("CST") filed an application for recognition of its tax exemption under section 501(c)(3) on August 24, 1983. That application was denied by an adverse ruling dated July ...
Jun 23, 1993
Declaration of Margery Wakefield More: groups.google.com
Type: Affidavit
DECLARATION OF MARGERY WAKEFIELD I, Margery Wakefield, having personal knowledge of the following, hereby declare: 1. I was a member of the Church of Scientology of California from October of 1968 until February of 1980. I joined the Church in Los Angeles, California, where I was primarily based although I also took courses and/or worked at Church organizations in St. Louis, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida. 2. While in Scientology I progressed to the level of OT 3 (an ...
Jun 14, 1993
Church's litany of lawsuits — The National Law JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Andrew Blum Source:
The National Law Journal Scientology's leaders say the best defense is a good offense. DID THE CHURCH of Scientology kill a judge's dog during a trial? Did the judge, who is now dead, think church members did? Did that lead him to be prejudiced, and bias the jury against the church? These and other issues are part of an intense battle by the church's litigation machine to overturn what remains of a $30 million verdict won in 1986 by former church member Larry Wollersheim. Mr. ...
Sep 12, 1992
Church of Scientology fined $250,000 for espionage — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Mar 24, 1992
Larry Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
Nov 11, 1991
Church of Spiritual Technology vs. United States: Declaration of Sherman D. Lenske
Nov 10, 1991
Church of Spiritual Technology vs. United States: Declaration of Lyman Spurlock
Jun 22, 1991
Letters // Scientologists unfairly attack Prozac — Tampa Tribune (Florida)More: link
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Tampa Tribune (Florida) The June 1 letter on Prozac by Doug Johnston is another example of the campaign of misinformation that Scientologists are spreading on Prozac and other treatments prescribed by psychiatrists. Johnston refers to research carried out by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. Hubbard initiated his "research" with the premises that all psychiatric treatment is damaging to all patients and that psychological problems can be dealt with only by training the mind to forget, using a form of self-hypnosis. He conveniently ...
May 1, 1991
Scientology church builds Humboldt vault — Lumberjack (Humboldt State University, Arcata, California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jack Durham Source:
Lumberjack (Humboldt State University, Arcata, California) On a 3,000-acre ranch in rural Humboldt County, devotees of Church of Scientology-founder L. Ron Hubbard are building a 375-foot-long underground vault. The vault is being built on the Sunset View Ranch in Petrolia, a small town located about 20 miles south of Ferndale, by the Church of Spiritual Technology (COST). COST is linked to the controversial Church of Scientology, whose operations, according to court documents, include a lack of financial records, public policy violations, deceptive practices and the maintenance of ...
Apr 22, 1991
Scientology's war of retribution on deep-sleep therapy — The Age (Australia)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jo Chandler ,
Jacqui MacDonald Source:
The Age (Australia) Internal documents from the Church of Scientology, the parent organisation of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, indicate that behind the church's public battle to expose abuses of psychiatric patients lies a hidden plan of retribution. The documents contain evidence that some Australian Scientologists apparently have remained committed to a 30-year-old doctrine of revenge and intimidation against people the church describes as enemies. And while church members in Australia have been speaking out against psychiatric abuse, courts in the United States ...
Apr 19, 1991
Medical flap // Anti-depression drug of Eli Lilly loses sales after attack by sect — Wall Street JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas M. Burton Source:
Wall Street Journal Scientologists Claim Prozac Induces Murder or Suicide, Though Evidence Is Scant Campaign Dismays Doctors INDIANAPOLIS—L. Ron Hubbard, the late founder of the Church of Scientology, long harbored a profound and obsessive hatred for psychiatrists, who, he declared, were "chosen as a vehicle to undermine and destroy the West!" Five years after Mr. Hubbard's death, Scientologists are still waging war on psychiatry. The quasi-religious/ business/ paramilitary organization's latest target is Prozac, the nation's top-selling medicine for severe depression. The group is calling ...
Jun 25, 1990
The Scientology Story: The Selling of a Church // Shoring Up Its Religious Profile — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Sappell ,
Robert W. Welkos Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) The church has adopted the terminology and trappings of traditional theologies. But the IRS is not convinced. Since its founding some 35 years ago by the late science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology has worked hard to shore up its religious profile for the public, the courts and the Internal Revenue Service. In the old days, for example, those who purchased Hubbard's Scientology courses were called "students." Today, they are "parishioners." The group's "franchises" have become "missions." And Hubbard's teachings, ...
Feb 4, 1990
Scientologists, IRS in dispute over millions — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Curtis Krueger Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The IRS, which earlier took on the Scientologists in Washington and Los Angeles, now has brought its court battle to federal court in Tampa. Its target is Scientology's worldwide spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. Scientologists vehemently disagree, calling the IRS corrupt and accusing it of pursuing a vendetta against Scientology. ``We feel the federal government should investigate illegal drug running in Florida and should investigate money laundering in Florida banks,`` said spokesman Humberto Fontana. Scientologists also are in court with Pinellas County ...
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