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Monday, November 26, 2012

Ex-Scientology Official: Church Spent Millions to Cover Up Death

Recently filed court papers allege the Church of Scientology spent up to $30 million on perks to influence judges and attorneys in the wake of church member Lisa McPherson's death in 1995.

A former Church of Scientology official claims the organization spent up to $30 million to cover up the 1995 death of Lisa McPherson in Clearwater, according to an ABC Action News reports. The Tampa attorney who represented McPherson's family after she died, told the news station he has sworn statements from Scientology's former No. 2 in charge, Marty Rathbun, alleging that the church spent lavishly on perks to try to influence judges and attorneys in the McPherson case. Attorney Ken Dandar is now being sued by the Church of Scientology, which says Dandar failed to adhere to a settlement agreement from the McPherson wrongful death suit that said he would never again represent someone suing Scientology, the Tampa Bay Times reports. The …

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

What Clearwater's Saying: Scientology Sign at Local Business

A Clearwater Patch story about downtown shop owner's Scientology sign sparked quite a response from our readers. Have you weighed in yet?

Monday's Clearwater Patch story about a local shop owner's Scientology sign sparked quite a response from our readers. Patch reported that Travis Wilkinson, owner of Berry Beautiful Salon and Spa, intends to place a sign in front of his business stating “Notice: this is one of the only spas in downtown Clearwater not owned by a Scientologist." Wilkinson, a Southern Baptist, says it's "hurtful" that people think he's a Scientologist and that customers often think his business is associated with the church simply because it's located downtown. The story had more than 70 comments as of Tuesday evening and had even gotten national attention, appearing on the AOL homepage. AOL is Patch's parent company. Comments ranged from a conversation about…

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Jason Bartolone

10:31 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012

Update: Owner Travis Wilkinson is starting a business coalition and will offer similar signs to members: http://patch.com/A-y2XV   more ›

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