Is Scientology breaking the law?

Allegations of fraud by Scientology

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From: [email protected] (Gordon Campbell)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Re: Family Torn Apart by Scientology
Date: 20 Apr 1995 22:31:44 -0300

My sister-in-law's husbadn is a veterinarian. That's how the Scieno's got to him. Through a front company that provides management consulting services based on Hubbard tech. Naturally, they're _extremely_ expensive. The big problem is that their clients are also fiercely loyal.

The family (a large, devoutly Catholic one) banded together to "do something about this". This strategy started out as individual family members calling up Sis and trying to talk some sense into her. These calls, more often then not, degenerated into very acrimonious shouting matches. Around Easter, it escalated into unannounced group visits to Sis. I was invited, as a well-informed in-law, to visit number two. The group consisted of another sister, Mom & I and it did not go well. We spent the entire afternoon (Good Friday, no less) in a more-or-less extended shouting match with the two of them. They sincerely hated having me along, because I'd picked up so much critical information. The info from the LA Times series was the only thing that phased them. They hadn't heard about Xenu yet.

Over the course of the afternoon, we were each offered the chance to talk to Brother-in-law's "counsellor" (handler) in California. Mom declined, but I gleefully accepted. I was amazed at this person. I wish I could remember her name, but she had an answer for _almost_ everything I asked her. When I asked her to explain Xenu and the Marcabs to me, she got very huffy, said she had no time to deal with an "obvious Suppressive" and asked to speak to Brother-in-law again. We left shortly after.

A few family meetings were organized shortly after, but very little has been accomplished. Things had been quiet on this front until last Christmas when the entire family was presented with a Scientology booklet (chock full of little quotes from Ron). In a very bad scene, all of the booklets were returned to them.

For most of the time that they've been involved, the two of them have been the most least talked-about members of the family. To the point of most of the family cutting off most communication with them. They're just getting back into calling them "just to chat", now.

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