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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.
September 3, 2008: Former Scientologist Susan Lentsch describes the ordeal of waiting for a visit from her daughter Katherine, who is in the Sea Org, and who has never received the promised three weeks of annual vacation.
Los Angeles, CA in the News
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Creating the Mystique |
Hubbard's image was crafted of truth, distorted by myth. To his followers, L. Ron Hubbard was bigger than life. But it was an image largely of his own making. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge put it bluntly while presiding over a Church of Scientology lawsuit in 1984. Scientology's founder, he said, was "virtually a pathological liar" about his past. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Defining the Theology |
What is Scientology? Not even the vast majority of Scientologists can fully answer the question. No single book comprehensively sets forth Scientology's beliefs. Teachings are revealed to church members through a progression of sometimes secret courses that take years to complete and cost tens of thousands of dollars. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press, teachings and beliefs |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Life With L. Ron Hubbard |
L. Ron Hubbard enjoyed being pampered. He surrounded himself with teen-age followers, whom he indoctrinated, treated like servants and cherished as though they were his own children. He called them the "Commodore's messengers." |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Staking a Claim to Blood Brotherhood |
As L. Ron Hubbard told it, he was 4 years old when a medicine man named "Old Tom" made him a "blood brother" of the Blackfeet Indians of Montana. But one expert on the tribe doesn't buy Hubbard's account. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Final Days |
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard often said that man's most basic drive is that of survival. And when it came to his own, he used whatever was necessary — false identities, cover stories, deception. There is no better illustration of this than the way he secretly controlled the Church of Scientology while hiding from a world he viewed as increasingly hostile. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Making of L. Ron Hubbard |
From a life haunted by emotional and financial troubles, L. Ron Hubbard brought forth Scientology. He achieved godlike status among his followers, and his death has not deterred the church's efforts to reach deeper into society. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Man in Control |
The Church of Scientology today is run by David Miscavige, a high-school dropout who grew up at the knee of the late L. Ron Hubbard and wields power with the iron-fisted approach of his mentor. |
David Miscavige, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Scientology Story - About This Series |
Scientology's largest stronghold is in Hollywood. Eleven of its top leaders — including Hubbard's wife — were jailed for burglarizing the U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies in the 1970s. Within the church, there have been widespread purges and defections. Some former members have filed lawsuits accusing the church of intimidating its critics, breaking up families and using high-pressure sales techniques to separate large sums of money from its followers. |
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September 27, 1986 |
Verdict Is Upheld Against Scientology |
A Los Angeles judge last week rejected a request that he either overturn a $30 million verdict against the Church of Scientology of California or grant a new trial in a suit by former member Larry Wollersheim, who said Scientologists destroyed his business and drove him to the brink of insanity when he left the church after 11 years. |
harassment, Larry Wollersheim, lawsuits, Los Angeles, CA, Press, Scientology and Society |
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September 19, 1986 |
$30-Million Court Fight Lost by Scientology |
In a staggering blow to the Church of Scientology of California, a Superior Court judge Thursday upheld a jury's $30-million damage award to a former church member who said the organization wrecked him mentally and financially. |
disconnection, Fair Game, harassment, Larry Wollersheim, lawsuits, Los Angeles, CA |
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September 3, 2008 |
Update from Susan Lentsch - Still No Visit from her Sea Org Daughter |
Former Scientologist Susan Lentsch describes the ordeal of waiting for a visit from her daughter Katherine, who is in the Sea Org, and who has never received the promised three weeks of annual vacation. |
disconnection, Los Angeles, CA, Open Letters, Portland, OR |
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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 |
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October 6, 1976 |
Michael Meisner Moves to a Scientology-Rented Apartment; Coverup Continues |
Michael Meisner moves into an apartment at 444 South Burlington Street in Los Angeles. The apartment was rented by Paul Poulon (Collections Officer for the Information Bureau); the Guardian's Office wanted to reduce expenses and it was cheaper for Meisner to hide out in an apartment than in hotel rooms. Meisner spends most of his days at local libraries doing research on the security of government buildings, in order to support one of the cover-up stories, _viz._, that he had entered various government buildings to do an expose on the lack of security. Cinty Raymond and Meisner meet approximately twice a week to discuss the ongoing cover-up. |
crimes, Guardian Office, Los Angeles, CA, Michael Meisner |
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