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Reference materials 146 Queen Victoria Street London United Kingdom (UK)Duckworth's Mill @ Old Chester Road Trafford Greater Manchester United Kingdom (UK)Royal Fleet Hotel @ 12 Morice Square // Plymouth // South West England // United Kingdom (UK)123 Moor Green Lane Birmingham West Midlands United Kingdom (UK)
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Aug 3, 1994
Press watchdog backs Observer // Sex pervert was a cult teacher — East Grinstead Observer
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Observer
BRITAIN'S newspaper industry watchdog, The Press Complaints Commission has dismissed a complaint by the Scientology movement against the East Grinstead Observer. The cult tried to stop us telling our huge following of readers that an evil sex pervert who preyed on schoolboys at the cult-backed Greenfields school was a Scientology teacher. The cult accused us of inaccurate and misleading reporting following a court case earlier this year, when cultist Mark Kent was jailed for five years for serious sex offences. The ...
Jul 15, 1994
Second snub for Saint Hill — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): David Thompson
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
ST JOHN Ambulance is refusing to accept donations from the Church of Scientology. The announcement is another rebuff for the cult after Queen Victoria Hospital, and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital also turned down proceeds from the cult's recent Saint Hill summer fete. John Mills, communications director of the volunteer organisation's London head office, said flatly: "We do not want to give credibility to an organisation of which we do not approve. It could bring the good name of St John ...
Jun 29, 1994
'Evil cult stole my brother!' // Scientologists accused of wrecking family life — East Grinstead Observer
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Observer
A GRIEF-stricken man has accused East Grinstead's sinister Scientology cult of stealing his brother from his family. Heartbroken John Phelan says his brother Tony is now a virtual prisoner of the organisation, slammed by a British judge as "corrupt immoral brainwashers." This week officials at the cult's European HQ Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, refused to discuss the case with the Observer. Now the anguished Phelan family have threatened to step up their campaign against the Church of Scientology, unless Tony ...
Jun 24, 1994
Now other groups back off cult's fete — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
CONTROVERSY this week continued to cloud tomorrow's Saint Hill summer fete. Other groups have now denied links with the Church of Scientology event after Queen Victoria Hospital last week refused to accept cult money from the proceeds. Advertisements and flyers pushed through East Grinstead letter boxes say the fete, with John Travolta topping the bill, will be opened by Radio Mercury. But the station's programme director, Martin Campbell, denied it would attend the event at the organisation's headquarters. He stressed: "Radio ...
Jun 17, 1994
Letters // Hospital says: We don't want anything to do with them // High price on this kind of salvation — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Scientologists and QVH Hospital says: We don't want anything to do with them WE HAVE noted, with some concern, an advertisement by the Church of Scientology for an event purporting to raise money for our hospital. This advertisement appeared without our knowledge or permission. We have written to this organisation asking them not to use our name in any way. Through this letter we would like to make clear that we have no relationship whatsoever with this organisation and will not ...
Jun 17, 1994
QVH snubs Saint Hill — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): David Thompson
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
A SUMMER fete has sparked controversy between the Queen Victoria Hospital and the Church of Scientology. Hospital chiefs are seething over advertisements and flyers handed out to promote the event at the cult's Saint Hill headquarters which say money raised would go to the world-famous burns unit. But chairman of the hospital's trust, Jeffrey Park, told the Courier: "We would not accept the money." The hospital, he said, was "extremely annoyed" and "appalled" by the advertisements. Mr Park added: "We discussed ...
Jun 13, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Secret of a drugs 'cure' — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
JOHN WOOD wants to tell your children the truth about drugs. He is the UK president of an organisation which claims it has been educating young people about the dangers of addiction for 25 years. It claims that message had been successful, and it claims it can also help those who have already fallen to drugs and drink. In fact, Narconon makes rather a lot of claims, and the group has targeted Sussex with literature and glowing tributes from grateful "clients". ...
Jun 12, 1994
Special investigation: Scientology — Sunday Mail (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Marion Scott, Stewart Kirkpatrick
Source: Sunday Mail (UK)
TEENAGER David McLaren is in hiding, after breaking free from the Scientology cult. "I'm the one who got away," said the brave 18-year-old, who came forward to help Scots girl Christine Forsyth. "I found freedom, now I want Christine to enjoy that same freedom", he said. Last week we told the shocking story of how 24-year-old Christine, from Kirkcaldy, was "tried" for "treason" by the mind-bending cult. HER CRIME WAS SPEAKING TO AN "OUTSIDER". Christine's distraught dad begged the cult to ...
Jun 10, 1994
Scientology: the inside story --- The missing word — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
IT IS portrayed as a typical private school. But the glossy Greenfields brochure, which boasts of academic success and a happy environment for children, does not tell the whole story. One important word is missing from the booklet - Scientology. It is also missing from: * The handbook issued by the Independent Schools Information Service, which describes Greenfields as inter-denominational. * The Independent Schools Yearbook, which it is listed as non-denominational. * The school's 27-page constitution lodged with the Charity Commission. ...
Jun 5, 1994
Cult's cover-up is blown // Anger at Scientology link — Sunday Mail (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Marion Scott
Source: Sunday Mail (UK)
SCIENTOLOGISTS BANNED the Sunday Mail from their public meeting yesterday. Then they sent helpers with leaflets into the streets to try to fill their empty hall. The Scientologists took secret video film and pictures of Mail journalists who turned up to hear their campaign against psychiatrists and treatments for the mentally ill. Families who attended a "public hearing into psychiatric abuse" organised by the Citizens' Commission for Human Rights turned away horrified when they realised the connection with the Church of ...
May 17, 1994
Tower Hamlets "duped by Scientology rehab group" — Big Issue (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Anthony Middleton
Source: Big Issue (UK)
NARCONON, THE drug rehabilitation group which has close links with the controversial Church of Scientology, allegedly "duped" Tower Hamlets Council into referring an alcoholic to them. Both the Council and the drug agency which placed the addict on Tower Hamlet's behalf said that they would not be referring anyone else to the group. The Church of Scientology has been consistently criticised by cult watchdogs for its recruitment techniques and financial dealings. Narconon's rehabilitation method is based on the teachings of L. ...
May 5, 1994
Rector fights cults — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
A leading Chichester churchman has declared war on the sinister cults besieging the city with their "mind-control" tactics. Richard Griffiths, the rector of St Pancras, is bringing the country's leading experts to Chichester for a pioneering programme of cult awareness seminars. Starting on May 10, the seminars will look at the dangers of Scientology, occultism, New Age and ritual magic. The Rev Griffiths said: "We are concerned about cult activities in Chichester, particularly Scientology, and we feel that people ought to ...
May 4, 1994
Cult faces multi million dollar lawsuit — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Apr 29, 1994
'Brainwashed' / Bristol man to sue cult for over £10,000 — Bristol Journal (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Emily Compston
Source: Bristol Journal (UK)
A BRISTOL man is suing an organisation which he claims taught him to lie and reject his family, whilst charging him over £7,000 for the pleasure. John Simpson, aged 24, (not his real name) is a former member of the controversial cult of the Church of Scientology or Dianetics, as it is otherwise known. He finally 'escaped' last month after seven months in the group. If you had quizzed him last year about his involvement with Scientology, he would probably have ...
Apr 22, 1994
Cult probe backlash [incomplete] — The Times (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Alison Utley
Source: The Times (UK)
Security was stepped up at Hull University this week when psychologists met to discuss the growth of cults and their mind-control techniques. Conference organiser Barry Hart admits he was not expecting the outburst he received from groups such as the Scientologists. "They said our conference was prejudiced," Dr Hart said. "I am prejudiced against destructive and damaging cults, but I certainly didn't expect this backlash." Liberal peer Lord McNair wrote to Hull University's vice chancellor claiming that the conference was an ...
Apr 22, 1994
I harassed no one, says private eye — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
AN AMERICAN private eye working in East Grinstead has denied harassing residents. Eugene Ingram, 48, from California, has been investigating documents allegedly stolen from the Church of Scientology UK base at Saint Hill. During the past month he has approached some 150 people across the south east. Speaking exclusively to the Courier about his work, Mr Ingram said: "Apart from a couple of exceptions, everytime I've seen allegations of harassment there's no name to go along with it." "The question is ...
Apr 22, 1994
Letter // Profit motive behind attack on Scientology — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
YOUR story Ex-Scientologists to 'Expose' Cult (March 4) completely missed the point. What your readers were not told is that the two Scientology "ex-members" in question have been involved in removing materials from church premises and using these for their own ends. The true story is this. Robin Scott and Ron Lawley engaged in a criminal conspiracy in 1983. In furtherance of' that conspiracy, Scott and others went to Denmark, entered a church using a subterfuge, and stole sacred religious scriptures. ...
Apr 21, 1994
Cash needed to pay HQ rent — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Brian Warren
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
Curiousity about a leaflet handed out at The Cross cost a Chichester man more than £6,000. Now Roger Phillips, aged 25, is warning people to stay away from the 'church' of Scientology. And he is furious that credit card companies allow payments of thousands of pounds to the cult. Mr Phillips, a computer programmer, nearly quit his well-paid job to earn £3,000 a year as a full-time Scientologist. He revealed the cult had needed his final payment of £3,200 to pay ...
Apr 21, 1994
Humans are 'thetans' — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
[Picture / Caption: The founder: L Ron Hubbard.] Scientologists have been active in Chichester for at least 10 years and their English base is in East Grinstead. They stepped up their role in the city after their Portsmouth offices closed a few years ago. The cult was founded in 1950 by American science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who had been involved in black magic. Its main beliefs is that humans are 'thetans', clusters of spirits who were banished to Earth ...
Apr 21, 1994
Members 'are all helped' — Chichester Observer (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: Chichester Observer (UK)
A Scientology spokesman said it was a "ridiculous exaggeration" to say Mr Phillips had been phoned up to five times a day. Peter Mansell was given full details of the interview with Mr Phillips and his reply was: "The point is for every Roger Phillips or Martin Francis there are literally thousands of people who are more than happy in Scientology. "Scientology has been recognized as a religion by courts and religious scholars all over the world. Just last October the ...
Apr 19, 1994
Cults 'are recruiting ground for paedophiles' — The Times (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Michael Horsnell
Source: The Times (UK)
BRITAIN is home to more than 500 religious cults with an estimated 500,000 believers, many of whose children are subjected to ritual abuse, a conference was told yesterday. The conference at Hull University, organised in response to the Waco siege in Texas last year, was attended by 150 psychologists alarmed at the effects on children of bizarre teachings by the cults. Ritually abused children are subject to prostitution and pornography in the name of religion, it was claimed. The Cults and ...
Apr 15, 1994
Escape route from Scientology 'has never been busier' — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
A HUSBAND and wife team who help Church of Scientology members leave the controversial organisation say they have never been busier after a spate of national coverage surrounding the cult. Bonnie Woods, a former Scientologist, and her husband Richard formed Escape nearly three years ago and operate from their East Grinstead home. The couple claim to have given advice to about 100 former cult members. But the spotlight has been thrown on them and their work by a spate of stories ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — The cult and a private eye — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
THIS man is working for the Church of Scientology. But you won't find him hovering on a street corner with a smile and a clipboard. He is an American private detective. Ex-Los Angeles police officer Eugene Ingram was sent to Britain to investigate the alleged theft of confidential documents from Saint Hill in East Grinstead, the national headquarters of the cult. Relatives of one leading anti-Scientology campaigner in Sussex have found Mr Ingram on their doorstep. Clergymen who have attacked the ...
Apr 12, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Victims who are 'fair game' — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
[Transcribed by Anonymous <nowhere@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> 21 May 1995 07:35:27 +0100] The Church of Scientology may call itself a religion, but it does not have a reputation for turning the other cheek. For a week last month Jon Atack and his family were subjected to scenes like this outside their home in Cranston Road, East Grinstead. Why? The placard-carrying demonstrators are Scientologists, and they do not like Mr. Atack because he is an outspoken critic of the cult. The police were twice called ...
Apr 12, 1994
The 'religion' with a cross, but without any prayers — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
[Picture / Caption: Canon Walker: No tenets of Christianity] THEY call themselves a Church and their symbol is a cross. But the Scientologists' religious image fails to stand up to scrutiny, experts say. The Vicar of Brighton, Canon Dominic Walker, says the sect should not be described as a Church. He said: "Scientology does not have any of the central tenets of Christianity and yet they use a cross as a symbol and their ministers wear clerical collars. "In calling themselves ...
Apr 6, 1994
Cult man's paltry pocket money claim — East Grinstead Observer
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Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Observer
A SOLICITOR defending a member of the cult Church of Scientology told Mid Sussex Magistrates his client received only £25 a week "pocket money". Russell Owen, 29, of Stonelands, West Hoathly, admitted driving charges of having no insurance and no test certificate, after being stopped by police in September last year. Jim Hinchliffe, defending, said Owen had been insured and had his car tested, but he could not now trace a friend of his who had the documents, and so must ...
Apr 3, 1994
Cult accused of intimidation — The Sunday Times (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Palmer
Source: The Sunday Times (UK)
Police are investigating complaints that private investigators employed by the Church of Scientology, the cult created by L. Ron Hubbard, have intimidated witnesses and plaintiffs in forthcoming court cases. The cult, which claims to have 300,000 members in Britain and 8m worldwide, has attempted to undermine its critics after coming under severe financial pressure in this country. It is anxious to protect its funds which are set to be drained further by a series of expensive civil actions brought by former ...
Apr 1, 1994
Scientology links with rehabilitation group — Big Issue (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Anthony Middleton
Source: Big Issue (UK)
A GROUP which runs a national drug rehabilitation programme and gives regular lectures to schools is closely linked to the controversial Church of Scientology. Narconon, which bases its methods on the teachings of the Church's founder L Ron Hubbard, currently treats a small number of private-paying addicts each year. But it is has recently launched a major expansion programme, and Narconon claims that Tower Hamlet's social services department has paid the £500 per week fee for the three month treatment of ...
Mar 30, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — How a church aimed to sell itself — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
In the third part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI reveals the true cost of one man's involvement with the cult. [A small picture of Mr. Bracci is shown, as on previous days.] HARD SELL... two words synonymous with door-to-door salesman, second hand car dealers, and estate agents. Two words you would definitely not expect to find in the vocabulary of any religion. But this is not any religion. It is Scientology. Today, we ...
Mar 29, 1994
Scientology: the inside story — Just the worst two years of my life — The Argus (UK)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Paul Bracchi
Source: The Argus (UK)
IN THE second part of his special investigation into the Church of Scientology, Argus chief reporter PAUL BRACCHI talks to a man who travelled 3,000 miles to join the Sussex-based cult. [A very small picture of Mr. Bracchi is shown, as in yesterday's article. A large picture, in the center of page 6, is shown of a man wearing a neat denim shirt, labelled: "Above: Nowell Matandirotya. "I feel I was exploited" A smaller picture shows a grim stone mansion, with ...
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