What Judges say about Scientology - it's EVIL
Arnaldo Lerma
What JUDGES say about Scientology
"Scientology is evil; its techniques are evil; its practice is a
serious threat to the community, medically, morally, and socially; and
its adherents are sadly deluded and often mentally ill... (Scientology
is) the world's largest organization of unqualified persons engaged in
the practice of dangerous techniques which masquerade as mental
therapy."
--Justice Anderson, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
"The government is satisfied that Scientology is socially harmful. It
alienates members of families from each other and attributes squalid
and disgraceful motives to all who oppose it; its authoritarian
principles and practice are a potential menace to the personality and
well being of those so deluded as to become followers; above all, its
methods can be a serious danger to the health of those who submit to
them... There is no power under existing law to prohibit the practice
of Scientology; but the government has concluded that it is so
objectionable that it would be right to take all steps within its
power to curb its growth." --Kenneth Robinson, British Minister of
Health
"The crime committed by these defendants is of a breath and scope
previously unheard of. No building, office, desk, or file was safe
from their snooping and prying. No individual or organization was free
from their despicable conspiratorial minds. The tools of their trade
were miniature transmitters, lock picks, secret codes, forged
credentials and any other device they found necessary to carry out
their conspiratorial schemes."
--Federal prosecutor's memorandum to the judge urging stiff jail
sentences for 9 top leaders of Scientology who had pleaded guilty to
criminal charges
"Scientology is both immoral and socially obnoxious...It is corrupt
sinister and dangerous. It is corrupt because it is based on lies and
deceit and has its real objective money and power for Mr. Hubbard...
It is sinister because it indulges in infamous practices both to its
adherents who do not toe the line unquestionly and to those who
criticize it or oppose it. It is dangerous because it is out to
capture people and to indoctrinate and brainwash them so they become
the unquestioning captives and tools of the cult, withdrawn from
ordinary thought, living, and relationships with others."
--Justice Latey, ruling in the High Court of London
"[The court record is] replete with evidence [that Scientology] is
nothing in reality but a vast enterprise to extract the maximum amount
of money from its adepts by pseudo scientific theories... and to
exercise a kind of blackmail against persons who do not wish to
continue with their sect.... The organization clearly is schizophrenic
and paranoid, and this bizarre combination seems to be a reflection of
its founder, L.Ron Hubbard."
--Judge Breckenridge, Los Angeles Superior Court
"In addition to violating and abusing its own members' civil rights,
the organization over the years with its 'fair game' doctrine has
harassed and abused those persons not in the church whom it perceives
as enemies."
--Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Paul Breckenridge, June 1984, in
the Gerry Armstrong case
"In January 1980, fearing a raid by law enforcement agencies,
Hubbard's representatives ordered the shredding of all documents
showing that Hubbard controlled Scientology organizations, finances,
personnel, or the property at Gilman Hot Springs. In a two week
period, approximately one million pages were shredded pursuant to this
order."
--California appellate court, 2nd. district, 3rd. division, July 29,
1991, B025920 & B038975, Super. Ct. No. C 420153
"It is common knowledge among senior executives of the organization
and it is the policy of CSC that members of the Boards of Directors
are mere figureheads, without authority or control, not for internal
corporate reasons, but rather to vest control in Mr. Hubbard. I have
personal knowledge that in order to carry out this corporate fraud,
organizational executives have engaged in the various unethical
practices including backdating phony Board minutes and forging
signatures."
--Affidavit of Gerry Armstrong, former member
"When a person is subjected to coercive persuasion [as in Scientology]
without his knowledge or consent ...[he may] develop serious and
sometimes irreversible physical and psychiatric disorders, up to and
including schizophrenia, self-mutilation, and suicide."
--California Supreme Court, United States v. Lee [455 U.S. 252,257,258
(1982)*/
"The dispute in this case surrounds Lerma's acquisition and
publication on the Internet of texts that the Church of Scientology
considers sacred and protects heavily from unauthorized disclosure.
Founded by L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology religion attempts to
explain the origin of negative spiritual forces in the world and
advances techniques for improving one's own spiritual well-being.
Scientologists believe that most human problems can be traced to
lingering spirits of an extraterrestrial people massacred by their
ruler, Xenu, over 75 million years ago. These spirits attach
themselves by "clusters" to individuals in the contemporary world,
causing spiritual harm and negatively influencing the lives of their
hosts ". USDJ Judge Leonie Brinkema 4 Oct 96 Memorandum Opinion, RTC
vs Lerma
"...capable of such danger that the public interest demands that
people should know what is going on" LORD DENNING
"It is an organization with medical, social and ethical practices that
are dangerous and harmful," Judge Constandia Angelaki wrote in her
[December 1996] ruling. "It claims to act freely so as to draw members
who subsequently undergo ... brainwashing by dictated ways of thinking
that limit reaction capabilities."
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