harassment
Scientology policy dictates harassing people through noisy investigations and other tactics.
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April 23, 1985: A public announcement by Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates disavowing any cooperation with Eugene Ingram, longtime Scientology agent, who claimed to have obtained a letter from the LAPD authorizing Ingram to eavesdrop on others.
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March 27, 1998 |
Scientology Looks Into Reporter's Personal Life |
Continuing a long-standing practice, the Church of Scientology again is investigating the personal life of a news reporter. Scientology officials say their lawyers have hired a firm to investigate Joseph Mallia, a Boston Herald reporter who wrote a five-part series that raised questions about church practices. |
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March 19, 1998 |
Boston Herald: Church of Scientology Probes Herald Reporter |
The Church of Scientology, stung by a five-part series in the Boston Herald that raised questions about its practices, has hired a private investigator to delve into the Herald reporter's private life. |
Boston, MA, harassment, Press |
March 4, 1998 |
Boston Herald: Church, Enemies Wage War on Internet Battlefield |
Scientology's lawyers - including prominent Boston attorney Earle C. Cooley - raided and searched the homes of Scientology critics in Virginia, Colorado, and California and seized their computer disks. |
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January 19, 1997 |
Hounded by the Church of Stars and Hype |
Some of Hollywood's biggest names have accused Germany of persecuting the Church of Scientology. But in Britain, the church itself is accused of using dirty tricks to harass its critics. In 1993, leaflets denouncing Bonnie as a "hate campaigner" were handed out and she sued for libel. The church countersued and has since mounted two further actions against them. A private investigator precipitated further proceedings. |
defamation, harassment, Press |
April 18, 1996 |
Scientology Told to Pay Fees in Copyright Suit |
Saying that the Church of Scientology has been playing "fast and loose with the judicial system," a federal appeals court has ordered the religious organization to pay nearly $3 million in attorneys fees to a former member it sued after he formed his own splinter group. |
harassment, lawsuits, Press |
August 26, 1995 |
Scientology critics claim harassment for using Internet: includes interview with Robert Vaughn Young, former Scientology public |
Seattle Times: Scientology critics claim harassment for using Internet: includes interview with Robert Vaughn Young, former Scientology public relations officer. |
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January 3, 1995 |
article about Scientology's harassment of Arnie Lerma |
AP: article about Scientology's harassment of Arnie Lerma |
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December 25, 1994 |
Scientology Fiction: The Church's War Against Its Critics - and Truth |
What had Lerma done to earn the attention of a church he left 16 years ago? He had engaged in freedom of speech. A frequent user of the Internet, Lerma had posted public records - documents from court cases involving Scientology - on the global computer network and on the America Online commercial service. The documents included testimony from former church officials who describe Scientology as a dangerous cult that brainwashes and blackmails its member and harasses defectors and critics. In the church's eyes, Lerma - who once signed a "billion-year contract" to serve Scientology as a member of its quasi-military "Sea Organization" - was now an enemy. |
Arnie Lerma, Fair Game, harassment, Press |
December 29, 1991 |
Founder of est Targeted in Campaign by Scientologists |
Heisig said it was clear from the documents that Scientology was preparing a "media blitz" against Erhard-and that he was going to be a key player, spreading and collecting information that could be used to discredit the est founder.
"The reason, I think it comes down to, is competition," Heisig said. "Since Werner started his est program, he took potential customers ... away from the church." The secret campaign against Erhard would span more than a year and become one of the Church of Scientology's top priorities. |
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July 1, 1991 |
Prozac Controversy Brings Rain Of Harassing Phone Calls |
Gary Post-Tribune: Prozac Controversy Brings Rain Of Harassing Phone Calls |
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May 12, 2006 |
Critic Barb Graham Harassed with "Noisy Investigation" |
Barb Graham's relatives got a call purportedly from an investigator looking into her "terrorist activities". Written Scientology policy directs this kind of "noisy investigation." |
harassment, ARS Week in Review |
April 23, 1985 |
Los Angeles Police - Public Statement Regarding Eugene Ingram's Wiretapping |
A public announcement by Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates disavowing any cooperation with Eugene Ingram, longtime Scientology agent, who claimed to have obtained a letter from the LAPD authorizing Ingram to eavesdrop on others. |
crimes, Documents, Eugene Ingram, harassment, Los Angeles, CA |
March 24, 1984 |
Former Scientologist Fred Stansfield Receives a Death Threat |
Stansfield claims he received a death threat from a Scientologist "friend" on March 24, 1984 (a threat reported to the FBI) |
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October 10, 1972 |
Guardian's Office Weekly Report Directs Attacks on Paulette Cooper |
Scientology Guardian's Office Weekly Intelligent Report notes that Paulette Cooper is "still actively attacking Scientology" and lists three "handling" actions, including giving New York Scientologists orders to "attack her in as many ways as possible"; this item says that action has already been taken on "wide-scale exposure of PC's sex life." |
crimes, Guardian Office, harassment, New York, Paulette Cooper |
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