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10 matching items found between Jan 1997 and Dec 1997. Furthermore, there are 618 matching items for all time not shown.
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Dec 7, 1997
Scientologists attack police chief in letter — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
More: link
Nov 6, 1997
Concerns over church of Scientology — BBC News
Type: Press
Author(s): Jane Little
Source: BBC News
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 6, 1997
German court undecided over Scientology — BBC News
Type: Press
Author(s): Janet Barrie
Source: BBC News
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Aug 10, 1997
Scientologists win partial court victory — The Guardian (UK)
More: link
Type: Press
Source: The Guardian (UK)
ON JULY 28, an appeal court in Lyon reduced the sentences of six members of the Scientology movement charged with responsibility for the suicide of one of their followers. The court also ruled that the "Church of Scientology" was entitled to call itself a religion. In so doing, the appeal court gave the movement created by the science-fiction writer Lafayette Ron Hubbard in 1954 a seal of approval it probably did not expect. The court justified its decision by invoking an ...
May 15, 1997
Scientology documents sealed in wrongful death case — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
More: xenu-directory.net
Type: Press
Author(s): Jeffrey Stidham, Cheryl Waldrip
Source: Tampa Tribune (Florida)
TAMPA — A judge in a wrongful death case accusing the Church of Scientology of negligence has temporarily sealed three documents that for three years have been posted on the Internet. The documents — reportedly church instructions on handling members' illnesses — were included among papers filed in a lawsuit that claims a 36-year-old woman died after Scientologists ignored her medical needs. An autopsy found Lisa McPherson died in December 1995 of a blood clot brought on by "severe dehydration and ...
Mar 9, 1997
An ultra-aggressive use of investigators and the courts — New York Times
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Douglas Frantz
Source: New York Times
For years, Scientology has gone to great lengths to defend itself from critics. Often its defense has involved private investigators working for its lawyers. While the use of private investigators is common in the legal profession, some instances involving the church have been unusual. Scientology officials said that the investigators operated within the law and that the tactics were necessary to counter attacks made over the years by Internal Revenue Service agents and the press. "When people stop spreading lies about ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 6, 1997
Nightmare on the Net — Denver Westword News
Type: Press
Author(s): Alan Prendergast
Source: Denver Westword News
A web of intrigue surrounds the high-stakes legal brawl between FACTnet and the Church of Scientology. Strange things happen around Lawrence Wollersheim. His businesses collapse. His Boulder apartment gets raided by federal marshals, his computers seized. When college students offer to help him rebuild his computer bulletin-board system, they receive threatening phone calls–anonymous voices urging them to stay away from Larry. A California judge who presided over a lawsuit in which Wollersheim was the plaintiff told reporters he'd encountered a lot ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Feb 14, 1997
Official, Scientology take battle to court — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Feb 6, 1997
Germany versus Scientology — Los Angeles Times (California)
More: link
Jan 27, 1997
U.S. criticizes Germany on Scientology — Washington Post
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