Scientology Lies

December 1, 1981: Gerald Armstrong leaves Church of Scientology, taking with him about 2 percent of the accumulated biographical documents he collected as L. Ron Hubbard's archivist.

January 7, 1982: The Religious Technology Center is founded in Los Angeles.

May 7, 1982: Clearwater Commission Hearings on Scientology: Casey Kelly, Rosie Pace, David Ray, Ernest & Adelle Hartwell, and George Meister testify.

September 13, 1981: Church of Scientology executive director international Bill Franks announces that Guardian Jane Kember replaced and Guardian's Office reorganized. States that Mary Sue Hubbard resigned office "about a year ago" and that L. Ron Hubbard has served Church only as a consultant since 1966.

August 13, 1982: Notice of appeal filed by Cooper in Cooper v. Church of Scientology of New York, et al. Supreme Court of State of New York, County New York (index 6732/72).

October 17, 1982: The infamous Mission Holders' Conference is held in San Francisco, attended by owners of Scientology franchises from all over the country. Some Scientologists are declared [expelled] on the spot, without the procedure (a Comm Ev) required by Scientology policy - one was declared for refusing to move to a different seat. Mission holders are given extremely high quotas for sending new recruits to orgs every week. They are told that missions of enforcement-officer Scientologists will be sent to their franchises and that they will have to pay $15,000 a day to cover the cost. They are required to write up extensive lists of their sins and threatened with prosecution and jail time. "We weren't allowed to move, go to the bathroom, or speak unless spoken to," recalled Bent Corydon. "There were only 15 of them and there were 100 of us. If we had gone for them, there was no way they could have controlled us. But we were terrorised. Right at the beginning, three mission holders were randomly picked out and expelled right there and then, their lives finished."

September 24, 1982: Second Paulette Cooper deposition in Boston.

August 9, 1982: Judgement entered in Cooper v. Church of Scientology of New York, et al.: Supreme Court of State of New York, County New York (index 6732/72): Summary judgement against Cooper (statute of limitations), complaint dismissed, no costs.

September 11, 1979: Church of Scientology of Boston writes to attorney Michael Flynn about the Lavenda Van Schaick case. It says that they would be willing to refund about half of the money Van Schaick paid, and suggests that she should not sue for the rest of the funds because she had an extensive drug history, had "three abortions", had "attempted suicide", had severe mental problems, and had signed an agreement never to sue the Church of Scientology or the Hubbards.