View source for Scientology's bullying - 1997-01-25

<div class="hnews hentry item">[[File:f15.png]] '''<span class="url entry-title">[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/16996973.html?FMT=FT&dids=16996973:16996973&FMTS=ABS:FT Scientology's bullying]</span>''' <span class="updated">January 25, 1997</span>, <span class="author vcard">Editorial, <span class="org organization-name">St. Petersburg Times</span></span>
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<span class="entry-content">The Church of Scientology is its own worst enemy. It spends considerable effort renovating its [[:Category:Clearwater|Clearwater]] properties, sponsoring holiday festivals and pleading to be accepted in the community it secretly invaded two decades ago. Then it resorts to intimidation and pretends to be above the law when serious questions are raised about the death of one of its members. Those old habits undercut the more recent efforts toward community acceptance.

The [[:Category:Florida Department of Law Enforcement|Florida Department of Law Enforcement]], Clearwater police and [[:Category:Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney|Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney]] [[:Category:Bernie McCabe|Bernie McCabe]] are investigating the death of [[:Category:Lisa McPherson|Lisa McPherson]], who was a member of the Church of Scientology for 18 years before she died in December [[:Category:1995|1995]].

When Pinellas-Pasco [[:Category:Medical|Medical]] Examiner [[:Category:Joan Wood|Joan Wood]] publicly discussed her office's findings, a lawyer for the Church of Scientology called her a "hateful liar." That does not sound like an organization eager to help find the truth.</span>
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