indicates articles I particularly recommend. For
general critical
information on Scientology, see Operation Clambake.Up: Martin Poulter > Scientology Criticism > UK Media Archive
"Our policy is to build up family relationships."
-a Scientology spokesman commenting on Scientologist Helen Day's disconnection from her parents
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indicates articles I particularly recommend. For
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information on Scientology, see Operation Clambake.
| SOURCE: | DATE: | STORY: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 03/Mar/1995 | Scientologists end secrecy on Internet | |
| Computing | 04/Mar/1995 | Scientology Church copyright bid fails | |
| Times | 09/Mar/1995 | Rescuer denies sect kidnapping | |
| Daily Telegraph | 09/Mar/1995 | Sect member thwarted kidnapper | |
| Independent | 09/Mar/1995 | Man accused of kidnap attempt at cult's castle | |
| Independent | 10/Mar/1995 | Cult member denies her mind was controlled: Court gets rare and detailed insight into world of Scientology | Report from the Kathleen Wilson case. |
| Sunday Sun (Newcastle) | 13/Mar/1995 | You broke my heart, says dad | Kathleen Wilson's father speaks out about her Scientology membership. |
| Middlesborough Evening Gazette | 13/Mar/1995 | Kidnap bid is denied | |
| Sunday Sun (Newcastle) | 14/Mar/1995 | Snatch court case brings cult girl and mum back together | Details of the court case arising from Stephen Cooper's attempt to kidnap Kathleen Wilson, including claims that Kathleen was working 11-hours a day for 33 pounds a week. |
| Middlesborough Evening Gazette | 15/Mar/1995 | Ex-flatmate cleared of kidnap bid | |
| Daily Telegraph | 15/Mar/1995 | Friend cleared of Scientology kidnapping/Verdict dashes cult hopes of ending sinister image | |
| Independent | 15/Mar/1995 | Cult rescue bid was no kidnap, jury decides | |
| Daily Mail | 15/Mar/1995 | Friend who tried to rescue girl from cult is cleared of kidnap | |
| BBC 1 (TV) | 16/Mar/1995 | Good Morning with Anne and Nick | Breakfast TV interview with Stephen Cooper |
| Daily Mail | 16/Mar/1995 | Sad mother who waits for her lost daughter | Interview with Margaret Wilson about her attempts to get her daughter Kathleen out of Scientology. |
| New Scientist | 18/Mar/1995 | Netropolitan (regular column) | Brief note about the emergence of Ron Newman's page on the alt.religion.scientology battle. |
| Sunday Sun (Newcastle) | 19/Mar/1995 | (not known) | Interviews with Stephen Cooper and Kathleen Wilson about their court case. |
| Observer | 19/Mar/1995 | "They made her sign up for a billion years. What kind of people are they?" | Interview with Stephen Cooper about his attempted kidnap of Kathleen Wilson. |
| Sunday Mail (Scotland) | 28/Mar/1995 | The cult wants to teach our children | |
| Internet and Comms Today | 01/Apr/1995 | alt.religion.scientology goes bezerk | Joel Furr on the Erlich raid. |
| .net | 01/Apr/1995 | Cult wars rage in Cyberspace | |
| Evening Argus (Brighton) | 04/Apr/1995 | Cult and a Right Winger | International Association of Scientologists member Tom Marcellus and his Holocaust denial. |
| New Scientist | 19/Apr/1995 | Netropolitan (regular column) | Scientology "outs" the secret identity of its critic TarlaStar |
| Independent | 31/Apr/1995 | Why Kathy won't come home | Interview with Kathleen Wilson |
| Daily Mail | 02/May/1995 | Will Kathy ever come home? | Interviews with Kathleen Wilson, her mother and with Stephen Cooper, the friend who tried to kidnap her from Saint Hill. |
| Sunday Telegraph | 14/May/1995 | Germany calling | Minister Norbert Blum and his attacks on the organisation. |
| The Net (BBC 2) | 15/May/1995 | Scientology versus the Internet | Background to the raid on Dennis Erlich's home and the ensuing court case. Includes interviews with Helena Kobrin, Tom Klemesrud, Dennis Erlich and Shari Steele of the EFF. |
| Kent Today | 20/May/1995 | Talk to me, plea by cult girl's mum | An alleged disconnection |
| Guardian | 20/May/1995 | Tenants fight Scientologists | About a Scientologist-run property scam in Berlin |
| Daily Mail | 29/May/1995 | Our little boy lost: Grandparents in Legal Battle for the right to see two-year-old Sam | |
| Daily Telegraph | 14/June/1995 | Soldier stole "to pay sect" | Brett Parker stole £15,000 to pay for Scientology courses. |
| The Net (BBC 2) | 03/July/1995 | Anonymity | Report on the closure of the Penet anonymous remailer in Finland, which was prompted by attacks from Scientology. Includes an interview with the owner of the remailer, Julf Helsingus. |
| Guardian | 12/July/1995 | Scientologists take legal action over television investigations | The scientologists respond to the undercover reporting done by Ali Braund for the Big Story documentary. |
| Big Story (ITV) | 13/July/1995 | Inside the Cult | This report mixes interviews (with high-level defectors and independent researchers) with footage obtained by taking a hidden camera into the Poole mission and into Saint Hill. |
| Bournemouth Evening Echo | 13/July/1995 | Making a FUSS over Scientology | Families Under Scientology Stress is launched, and its local branch mounts a picket of the Scientology mission. |
| East Grinstead Courier | 14/July/1995 | New pressure group under fire from cult | Harassment of the Families Under Scientology Stress group |
| Tonbridge Courier | 14/July/1995 | We live in fear | Harassment of Richard and Judy Price |
| East Grinstead Observer | 16/July/1995 | Scientology film team targeted by vandals | Cars belonging to makers of "The Big Story" are vandalised |
| The Observer | 16/July/1995 | Vandals target Scientology film team | |
| UK Press Gazette | 17/July/1995 | [not known] | A bid by the cult to prevent the broadcast of a Big Story TV programme by placing it sub judice is refused by the Attorney General. |
| Evening Standard | 21/July/1995 | Putting on the writs | Scientology's Campaign for Reform of Media Abuses |
| Independent | 15/Aug/1995 | Scientology's secret scriptures are revealed on the Internet | |
| Guardian | 17/Aug/1995 | Scientologists fight on | |
| Sunday Sun (Newcastle) | 20/Aug/1995 | (not known) | Kathleen Wilson's marriage to a fellow Scientologist and continuing trouble with the rest of her family. |
| New Scientist | 31/Aug/1995 | Netropolitan (regular column) | Mention of the Internet's war against Scientology, with recommended links. |
| Independent | 04/Sep/1995 | Warning: Prince Xenu could destroy the 'net! | |
| UK Press Gazette | 25/Sept/1995 | Scientology's Court Case Thrown out by Magistrates | The cult's attempt to prosecute undercover journalist Ali Braund, her producer and 20/20 television are dismissed as an abuse of process. |
| Observer | 01/Oct/1995 | Law of the Wires | |
| Times | 25/Oct/1995 | Scientologists step up campaign against net critics | Report on threats of legal action against netizens |
| Week on the Web (BBC World Service) | 31/Oct/1995 | (Lead item) | Interview with Martin Poulter about legal threats made against him. |
| Hype Webzine, University of East Anglia | 12/Nov/1995 | Scientology takes on the 'net | Background to the ruckus on alt.religion.scientology. This webzine received a threat of legal action from Helena Kobrin. |