Today in Scientology -- November 23rd
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Trying to bend manager' minds
November 23, 1987, Jeremy Main, Fortune, CNN
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69878/index.htm
The Los Angeles-based church has moved into management consulting
through WISE, a nonprofit organization, and Sterling Management, a
consulting firm. According to Jentzch, Volkswagen is a client of WISE.
Waving to a massive collection of gilt-edged volumes on his office
shelves, Jentzsch says Scientology has developed "brand-new technology"
that provides answers to business and economic problems that no one
else has.
Tags: EST, Heber Jentzsch, Lawrence Wollersheim, Margaret Singer, Richard
Ofshe, Sterling Management, Synanon, Werner Erhard, WISE
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Spanish officials question, free some 30 Scientologists
November 23, 1988, Stephen Koff, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51428409.html?dids=51428409:51428409&FMT=FT
About 30 Scientologists were released from Spanish detention Tuesday
after questioning about alleged criminal acts, but the sect's
highest-ranking leader apparently was still under arrest.
The Rev. Heber Jentzsch, president of the Church of Scientology
International, was rounded up Sunday with dozens of other members
attending a conference in Madrid. Until questioned by Judge Jose Maria
Vasquez Honrubia, he will not be released or formally charged, Spanish
officials said.
Tags: Bomb threat, Heber Jentzsch, Hill & Knowlton, Lauri Fitz, Richard
Haworth, Spain
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State takes middle road against Scientology
November 23, 1998, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/36255094.html?FMT=FT&dids=36255094:36255094&FMTS=ABS:FT
The Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization Inc. was charged
with abuse and/or neglect of a disabled adult and practicing medicine
without a license.
Though serious, the lawyers said, the charges carry less emotion than
manslaughter and less of a stigma for Scientology than if church
members faced individual charges that could put them in prison. Because
the Scientology entity was charged corporately, no single person faces
prosecution or punishment.
"They probably determined that this is the charge that can be best
proved, most easily proved, as opposed to manslaughter," said Michael
Cheek, a veteran criminal defense lawyer in Clearwater.
"I think Bernie realized that the church, in all probability, was going
to fight vociferously if a church member was charged," said criminal
defense lawyer Denis DeVlaming, a law school classmate of McCabe's.
Tags: Bernie McCabe, Denis DeVlaming, IRS, Lisa McPherson
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Scientologists' gifts to police provoke rethink
November 23, 2006, Sandra Laville, Special report, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1954673,00.html
An internal review of the hospitality policy of City of London police
was ordered yesterday after revelations that officers had been
accepting invitations, dinners and gifts from the Church of Scientology
worth thousands of pounds.
Details of how the religious movement appeared to be cultivating
officers in the force were revealed in a freedom of information inquiry
made by the Guardian.
Tags: Police, UK
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The Church of Scientology: An Apology
November 23, 2007, ShowBiz, Daily Express
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/26644/The-Church-of-Scientology-An-Apology
Tags: Andrew Morton
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