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- "Mental Health" Hotline a Blind Lead - A toll-free number which appeared for several hours on Fox News in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon offered "mental health assistance." Viewers were not told that the phone number was a Church of Scientology call center.
www.sptimes.com/News/091501/Worldandnation/_Mental_health__hotli.shtml
- At Home: Critics Public and Private Keep Pressure on Scientology - Scientology leaders say they want peace. They say they want to stay out of court. But with both foes at home and foes abroad, that goal may be elusive.
www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/At_home__Critics_publ.html
- Church Behavior? - Editorial. In the Jesse Prince case, the Church of Scientology proved once again just how far it would go to investigate, smear, intimidate, and--if possible--destroy critics.
www.sptimes.com/News/052601/Opinion/Church_behavior.shtml
- Church Pays Those it Reviled - Circuit court judge says that the Clearwater police "are coming very dangerously close to becoming a private security force for the Church of Scientology." Scientology spokesman paints all critics as criminals.
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- Church Pleads Innocent to Criminal Charges - The Church of Scientology requests a jury trial in the case of member Lisa McPherson, who died in 1995.
www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120198/Church_pleads_innocen.html
- Church's Complaints Take Buses off Road - Scientologists say side panels on the buses carried ads attacking their church, violating state law.
www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120998/Church_s_complaints_t.html
- Church, Critics May Share Path - A permit mix-up results in Scientology and its protesters both claiming the right to use a sidewalk near the Fort Harrison Hotel this weekend.
www.sptimes.com/NorthPinellas/120398/Church__critics_may_s.html
- Commentary: Scientology's New Tack - Church of Scientology officials now admit they made a mistake in the case of the Lisa McPherson, who died in the organization's care, but questions remain.
www.sptimes.com/Commentary/112098/Scientology_s_new_tac.html
- Former Scientologist Shares Familiar Tale of Force-feeding - Church officials say the Denmark man's allegations lack credibility in a case similar to that of Lisa McPherson.
www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120598/Former_Scientologist_.html
- German Visitor Takes on Scientology - German official Ursula Caberta reports that in her country, Scientology is viewed as "a new kind of political extremism."
www.sptimes.com/News/072600/NorthPinellas/German_visitor_takes_.shtml
- High Profile Couple Never Pairs Church and State - Greta Van Susteren and her husband, John Coale, rub shoulders with notables in the nation's capital, they involve themselves in controversial legal cases, they like Florida living. But you rarely hear them speak of their religion, Scientology.
www.sptimes.com/Floridian/121398/High_profile_couple_n.html
- Internet is Battleground in Foes' War of Information - Around the clock, from Norway, the Netherlands, Australia and every corner of the United States, the critics of Scientology discuss the controversial organization and its practices.
www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Internet_is_battlegro.html
- Judge Rejects Church Argument - Circuit Court judge rules that religious practice is not the issue in Lisa McPherson's death, pointing out that Scientology does not forbid medical care. Therefore the Church of Scientology's involvement is not protected by the Constitution.
www.sptimes.com/News/040800/TampaBay/Judge_rejects_church_.shtml
- Judge Releases McPherson Autopsy Photos - The Church of Scientology tried to prevent publication of photos from Lisa McPherson's autopsy, but the Second District Court of Appeal ordered that the photos be released to the public.
www.sptimes.com/News/072100/TampaBay/Judge_releases_McPher.shtml
- McPherson Relatives Lead Protest - Protesters gather in a somber ceremony outside the Fort Harrison Hotel, where Lisa McPherson spent her final days.
www.sptimes.com/SouthPinellas/120698/McPherson_relatives_l2.html
- Police Work for Scientology - Editorial says that it is unlikely that off-duty uniformed Clearwater police officers paid by the Church of Scientology could remain objective when incidents occur between the church and protesters.
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- PSTA Aims to Avoid Ad Flap - The transit agency is examining its policies after anti-Scientology ads were posted on county buses in December, sparking a legal debate.
www.sptimes.com/News/12899/NorthPinellas/PSTA_aims_to_avoid_ad.html
- Public Service Ads Banned from Buses - The transit authority limits ads to "commercial transactions" after anti-Scientology messages draw church protest.
www.sptimes.com/News/22599/NorthPinellas/Public_service_ads_ba.html
- Scientologists Buy Red Cross Building - The Church of Scientology has completed the latest in a series of land purchases that will help clear the way for its downtown expansion project.
www.sptimes.com/News/122998/NorthPinellas/Scientologists_buy_Re.html
- Scientology Critic Won't Face Retrial - Trial of a critic of Scientology on a misdemeanor charge ends in a hung jury due to worries that he was set up by the Church of Scientology. The prosecutors then dropped the charges.
www.sptimes.com/News/052601/TampaBay/Scientology_critic_wo.shtml
- Scientology on the World Wide Web - A collection of links to pro and con sites.
www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Scientology_on_the_Wo.html
- Scientology Promises Long Fight - The church will vigorously battle charges in the Lisa McPherson case, an attorney says.
www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/121698/Scientology_promises_.html
- Scientology Told to Release Notes on Late Member - A judge gives the church a delay so it can fight for the privacy of a practice it compares to confession.
www.sptimes.com/News/31699/TampaBay/Scientology_told_to_r.html
- State Takes Middle Road Against Scientology - Colleagues of State Attorney Bernie McCabe say charging the church, not the members, and deciding against a manslaughter charge walks the line between acting too harshly and too weakly.
www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/112398/State_takes_middle_ro.html
- The Man Behind Scientology - David Miscavige, the seldom-seen leader of the church, comes forth in his first newspaper interview to talk of a more peaceful time for Scientology.
www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart1.html
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