Press
Press in the News
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June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Creating the Mystique |
Hubbard's image was crafted of truth, distorted by myth. To his followers, L. Ron Hubbard was bigger than life. But it was an image largely of his own making. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge put it bluntly while presiding over a Church of Scientology lawsuit in 1984. Scientology's founder, he said, was "virtually a pathological liar" about his past. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Defining the Theology |
What is Scientology? Not even the vast majority of Scientologists can fully answer the question. No single book comprehensively sets forth Scientology's beliefs. Teachings are revealed to church members through a progression of sometimes secret courses that take years to complete and cost tens of thousands of dollars. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press, teachings and beliefs |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Life With L. Ron Hubbard |
L. Ron Hubbard enjoyed being pampered. He surrounded himself with teen-age followers, whom he indoctrinated, treated like servants and cherished as though they were his own children. He called them the "Commodore's messengers." |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: Staking a Claim to Blood Brotherhood |
As L. Ron Hubbard told it, he was 4 years old when a medicine man named "Old Tom" made him a "blood brother" of the Blackfeet Indians of Montana. But one expert on the tribe doesn't buy Hubbard's account. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Final Days |
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard often said that man's most basic drive is that of survival. And when it came to his own, he used whatever was necessary — false identities, cover stories, deception. There is no better illustration of this than the way he secretly controlled the Church of Scientology while hiding from a world he viewed as increasingly hostile. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Making of L. Ron Hubbard |
From a life haunted by emotional and financial troubles, L. Ron Hubbard brought forth Scientology. He achieved godlike status among his followers, and his death has not deterred the church's efforts to reach deeper into society. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Man in Control |
The Church of Scientology today is run by David Miscavige, a high-school dropout who grew up at the knee of the late L. Ron Hubbard and wields power with the iron-fisted approach of his mentor. |
David Miscavige, Los Angeles, CA, Press |
June 24, 1990 |
Los Angeles Times: The Scientology Story - About This Series |
Scientology's largest stronghold is in Hollywood. Eleven of its top leaders — including Hubbard's wife — were jailed for burglarizing the U.S. Justice Department and other federal agencies in the 1970s. Within the church, there have been widespread purges and defections. Some former members have filed lawsuits accusing the church of intimidating its critics, breaking up families and using high-pressure sales techniques to separate large sums of money from its followers. |
Los Angeles, CA, Press |
April 18, 1990 |
Ruling On Scientology Case Favors IRS |
The Church of Scientology should hand over stacks of financial documents to the Internal Revenue Service, which is studying whether to deny the organization tax-exempt status, a federal magistrate says. The IRS says it has information indicating the Clearwater-based Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization has been involved in commercial operations that should be taxed. The inquiry concerns 1985, 1986 and 1987. |
IRS, lawsuits, Press, taxes |
April 15, 1990 |
Hubbard Hot-Author Status Called Illusion |
Scientology's orchestration of best sellers, say former Scientologists, is merely a public relations means to a larger end. The goal is to establish an identity for Hubbard other than as the founder of a controversial religious movement. His broadened appeal can then be used to recruit new members into the Church of Scientology. The church uses two businesses to peddle its books, Author Services Inc., a Hollywood literary agency, sells the rights to publish Hubbard's works to Bridge Publications Inc., a Los Angeles company. |
L. Ron Hubbard, Press |
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