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Sep 19, 1989
Newspapers seek to open hearing in Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Sep 13, 1989
Two rebuff questions in Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Sep 12, 1989
Hearing closed for Scientologists — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Aug 23, 1989
Scientology files can be opened, magistrate rules — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
TAMPA — In a forceful pronouncement of press and public rights, a federal magistrate has recommended that four sealed Church of Scientology case files be opened. Scientology lawyer Paul Johnson said the church "respectfully disagrees" with U.S. Magistrate Paul Game Jr.'s report, and will ask a federal judge to review the magistrate's findings. Until a federal judge rules, the files will be sealed, Johnson said. Game's ruling was released Aug. 15 and received by the St Petersburg Times on Tuesday. U.S. ...
Aug 10, 1989
Ex-Member defies gag order, speaks out against Scientology — Associated Press
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Type: Press
Source: Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former member of the Church of Scientology is defying church lawyers and a federal judge by publicly alleging that the church held her captive and committed fraud by promising to cure her mental illness. Margery Wakefield, 41, is prohibited under a 1986 federal court settlement from speaking out against the cult, which has its spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. But she says she is ignoring the gag order so she can expose church practices and warn potential ...
Aug 2, 1989
Ex-Scientologist risks jail to speak against church — Orlando Sentinel
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Type: Press
Author(s): Claire Dezern
Source: Orlando Sentinel
TAMPA — You shouldn't be reading this story. The tale of Margery Wakefield vs. the Church of Scientology is supposed to be a secret. Church officials say so. So does a federal judge. In fact, Wakefield could go to jail for talking about the 12 years she spent as a member of the cult, which has its spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. Wakefield, 41, is talking anyway, braving the threats of Scientology lawyers and testing the patience of a U.S. district judge. ...
Jul 21, 1989
Church demands pay-back / Scientology seeks fine, jail for gag-order violation — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Jul 21, 1989
Scientologists sue woman for talking — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
Jul 11, 1989
Woman reveals Scientology secrets — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Margery Wakefield got $200,000 for settling a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology in 1986. In return, Scientology thought it had bought Ms. Wakefield's perpetual silence. She wasn't supposed to disclose the $200,000 figure. She wasn't supposed to talk about Scientology's lop-secret training techniques. And she wasn't supposed to make claims about alleged hypnosis and Satanism in the church. But Ms. Wakefield's been talking, going on Tampa Bay radio twice recently to discuss just these things. In so doing, she's testing ...
Jun 15, 1989
Church of Scientology argues for keeping court files sealed — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
TAMPA — A newspaper waited too long before asking a judge to open court files that were sealed more than two years ago, attorneys for the Church of Scientology argued Wednesday. "It's unprecedented, this kind of wait," said new York lawyer Michael Lee Hertzberg. He was referring to the 26 months that went by after U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich sealed four lawsuits that were settled with the church in 1986. But at a hearing before federal magistrate Paul Game ...
May 6, 1989
Magistrate to hear Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Oct 25, 1988
Paper wants Scientology documents unsealed — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Stephen Koff
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
TAMPA — The St. Petersburg Times has asked a federal judge to unseal four court files pertaining to the Church of Scientology. The files, which otherwise would be available to the public, were sealed in 1986 by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich at the Scientologists' request. At the time the church was settling four lawsuits against it by former Clearwater Mayor Gabriel Cazares, among others, for undisclosed sums of money. The suits alleged that Scientologists invaded the plaintiffs' privacy and ...
Aug 18, 1986
Scientologists settle 4 suits out of court — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
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Type: Press
Source: Tampa Tribune (Florida)
TAMPA — The Church of Scientology has reached out-of-court settlements in four multimillion-dollar lawsuits but U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sealed the records in all cases. The settlements were reached in cases involving former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares and his wife Maggie; Tanja C. Burden of Las Vegas; former Scientologists Nancy and John McLean of Ontario. Canada; and former Scientologist Margery Wakefield, whose address was unavailable. Tampa attorney Walt Logan, who represented the plaintiffs in all four cases, said ...
Aug 17, 1986
Church of Scientology settles in multimillion-dollar civil suits — Orlando Sentinel
Type: Press
Source: Orlando Sentinel
The Church of Scientology has reached out-of-court settlements in four multimillion-dollar civil suits, but details were ordered sealed by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich. Settlements were reached with former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares, a Democratic candidate for Congress; Tanja Burden of Las Vegas; Nancy McLean of Ontario, Canada; and Margery Wakefield, no address available. Tampa attorney Walt Logan, who represented plaintiffs in all four cases, said the files were sealed Thursday over our objections. The Cazareses sued the church for $1.5 ...
Aug 16, 1986
Cazares, 3 others settle suits against Scientologists — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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May 20, 1986
High court rejects Scientology case — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Dec 17, 1985
Lawsuit creates quandary — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Nov 15, 1985
Appeals court skirts decision on city's sect law — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Lesley Collins
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
CLEARWATER — A federal appeals court ruling doesn't say a word about the constitutionality of a city ordinance regulating charitable solicitations, basically sending it back to a lower court. The opinion issued Wednesday by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals states there hasn't been enough legal record developed by the U.S. District Court in Tampa to warrant a decision on the law's constitutional merits. "It's an interesting opinion because it doesn't decide anything," Scientology attorney Eric Lieberman said Thursday. "Basically ...
Aug 22, 1984
Court puts solicitation law on hold — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Howard French
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
The 11th District Court of Appeal in Atlanta has issued a temporary injunction against Clearwater's charitable-solicitation ordinance, at the request of the Church of Scientology. The order is expected to put the law on the shelf for at least four months. The ruling came only three weeks after a lower federal court in Tampa refused to issue a restraining order against the ordinance, ruling that the city could begin enforcing at least a portion of it, even as the appeals process ...
Aug 3, 1984
Judge upholds enforcement of solicitation law — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Howard French
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich Thursday denied a Church of Scientology request to restrain Clearwater officials from enforcing a charitable solicitations ordinance until after further hearings on the law in a higher court. City officials hailed the decision as added support for their position. But sect attorneys said after the Tampa hearing that they intend to continue their battle to have the ordinance ruled unconstitutional. "The judge also said that if the city should abuse the enforcement of the law, ...
Aug 2, 1984
Scientologist brings his allegations to Clearwater — Clearwater Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Tim Nickens
Source: Clearwater Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology brought a traveling press conference to the steps of Clearwater City Hall Wednesday, and its targets were old foes. Saying that Clearwater "has a chance to pull itself out of a really nasty mess," the church's international president Heber Jentzsch took shots at the city's charitable solicitation ordinance (a measure aimed at the Church of Scientology) and at Michael Flynn, the Boston lawyer who recommended its passage. Reading from a letter addressed to Mayor Kathy ...
Jul 28, 1984
Clearwater law could have national impact — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Jeanne Pugh
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
A new Clearwater law, declared constitutional July 13 by the US. District Court in Tampa, could eventually have an impact on the money-raising practices of nearly all churches and other religious groups in the nation. Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich implied as much in issuing her opinion that the city's revised charitable solicitation ordinance does not violate constitutional guarantees of religious freedom. She described the law as "an issue that I believe is becoming a trend" and noted that it has "far-reaching implications." ...
Jul 14, 1984
Law aimed at cult is upheld by U.S. judge — Clearwater Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Tim Nickens
Source: Clearwater Times (Florida)
TAMPA — In a major victory for the city of Clearwater, a federal judge Friday ruled that the city's revised charitable solicitation ordinance is constitutional. But U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich tied some strings to her decision, and Clearwater may still be months from enforcing the law that was aimed at the Church of Scientology but will affect nonprofit groups of all types. The law seeks to regulate the way religious organizations and other nonprofit groups raise money. Predicting that the ...
May 24, 1984
Scientologists pleased with restraining order — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Howard French
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Church of Scientology spokesman Richard Haworth said Wednesday he is pleased that a second restraining order was issued recently against the city's revised charitable solicitation law. "Once again we have been joined by a coalition of religious groups" in the fight against the ordinance, be said, "and we are pleased they are in the (action) with us." Only a week old, the ordinance became the target of a second restraining order from a federal judge Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge William ...
May 18, 1984
City: Solicitation law will stand test — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Howard French
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Clearwater city commissioners Thursday quietly put their final stamp of approval on a controversial ordinance regulating fundraising efforts by non-profit organizations. The commission's 4-1 vote made what once was an emergency ordinance a standard law and extended the city's battle with the Church of Scientology one more step. Only Commissioner James Berfield voted against the measure, without comment. The law began life as a temporary measure passed March 15, two weeks before U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich ruled against the ...
May 4, 1984
Commission takes steps to extend ordinance aimed at Scientologists — Clearwater Times (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Tim Nickens
Source: Clearwater Times (Florida)
CLEARWATER — The City Commission moved Thursday night to extend the life of an emergency ordinance aimed at the Church of Scientology. It is the same ordinance that a federal court order is preventing the city from enforcing while the ordinance's constitutionality is being challenged by the church. The ordinance, which regulates the way nonprofit groups raise money, was passed March 15. Because of its emergency status, it is scheduled to expire in June, 90 days after it was passed. The ...
Mar 30, 1984
Use 'cured' anti-sect law, city told — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 29, 1984
City to appeal solicitation law ruling — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 29, 1984
Court reject anti-sect law — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
Mar 24, 1984
Ruling due this week on solicitation law — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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