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March 18, 2004 Scientology-link group is banned A drug counselling group linked to the controversial Church of Scientology has been banned from Edinburgh University's student union. The organisation called Narconon put up posters about its services on Edinburgh Student Association (EUSA) notice boards without permission. Narconon, Press
January 9, 2004 Sued for Various Reasons A German woman, Vivien Krogmann Lutz, 23, sued her Scientologist parents for, amongst other things, sending her to Saint Hill and destroying her health. She received 35,000 Euros (RM167,000). Press
December 5, 2003 Anti-Psychiatry Display Is Ordered Removed The State of Illinois ordered a group that is an offshoot of the Church of Scientology to remove a display condemning psychiatry from a state office building. The group erected the display with state permission, but was asked to dismantle it after people complained that it spread misinformation and violated the separation between church and state, officials said. CCHR, Chicago, Press
December 2, 2003 Ex-Slatkin Associate Is Sentenced in Scam A former associate of Santa Barbara investment scam artist Reed Slatkin was sentenced to five months in federal custody and five months of home detention for obstructing a federal probe and lying to investigators. Morrow in September sentenced Slatkin to 14 years in federal prison for his scheme, which targeted many members of the Church of Scientology. Press, Reed Slatkin
November 3, 2003 Rehab Facility Draws Gripes Neighbors of an oceanfront drug treatment center in Newport Beach are complaining to City Hall that facility operators are violating the occupancy limit in one house while expanding by renting another home nearby. Neighbors say Narconon's incentive to overcrowd is the $20,000 fee that clients are charged. Los Angeles, Narconon, Press
November 2, 2003 Critics Leary Of Fire Fund's Cruise Plan FDNY officials are worried by the clinic's requirement that firefighters abandon their inhalers and medication. FDNY Deputy Commissioner Francis X. Gribbon told us that Downtown Medical "is not a bona-fide detox program. It should not be a substitute for the medical treatment that our doctors have advised. We don't endorse it." front groups, New York, Press, Purification Rundown, Tom Cruise
September 3, 2003 Los Angeles Times: Reed Slatkin Given 14-Year Prison Term Press
April 10, 2003 Neighbors Worry As Scientology Moves In "I'm not happy they are here," said Tennyson, who lives adjacent to the church. "I think they bring down the value of our homes because they have a cult type of stigma. I moved here because it's a family neighborhood, and that has been taken away." Earl Haugabook, president of the West Tampa Chamber of Commerce, said he is concerned if the church plans to grow in West Tampa. "We want a diversified community with businesses who are going to come in and offer jobs and keep the West Tampa mystique. We don't want West Tampa known as the Scientology capital." Press, Scientology and Society, Tampa, FL
April 6, 2003 Inmates Did Renovation Work At Scientology Church Buffalo's Church of Scientology turned to Erie County prison inmates to help get its new Main Street home ready. Sheriff Patrick M. Gallivan, questioned by The Buffalo News about a government agency providing free labor to a church, removed the prison crew from the building several hours later. Buffalo, NY, Press, Scientology and Society, taxes
March 1, 2003 St. Petersburg Times: Scientologists Establish Missions in their Back Yard Geared toward introducing newcomers to Scientology, five Florida missions mark the first time in the church's 27 years in Clearwater that Scientology overtly will try to recruit Tampa Bay area residents. Organization, practices, Press, Tampa, FL

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May 12, 2006 Polish Scientologists Ordered to Remove Tents When Scientology erected tents in Warsaw's city center to attract new members, city officials ordered them taken down. Press
September 30, 1996 Patrice Vic Trial Begins - Scientology Executive Charged with Manslaughter Trial begins in the death of Patrice Vic. Scientology executive Jean-Jacques Mazier is charged with manslaughter, and 22 other Scientologists also face charges. crimes, deaths, France, Patrice Vic, Press