Who is Gerard Renna?

Who is Gerard Renna? Fair Game

http://www.bu.edu/arion/Scientology.pdf

Zinj -- You can lead a Clam to Reason, but you Can't Make him Think

Subject: Re: Who is Gerard Renna?
From: Zinj <zinjifar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:18:39 -0700

http://www.xenu.net/archive/WIR/wir6-16.html

Bob Minton filed a complaint this week against Scientology, accusing them of harassment in violation of the temporary restraining order issued by Judge Pennick.

"On February 21, 2001, the Court placed the Respondent on six months of probation under the supervision of the Salvation Army. On or about May 17, 2001, Ben Shaw, acting in his capacity as a member, officer, agent, servant, or employee of the Petitioner, sent to the Salvation Army Correctional Services in Clearwater, Florida, a letter. This letter suggested to the Salvation Army Correctional Services as well as to the Court that the Respondent was in violation of his probation by aiding and abetting H. Keith Henson in failing to appear for sentencing before a state court in California, either by causing, aiding, advising or encouraging H. Keith Henson not to appear for sentencing. Subsequent to receipt of this same letter, the Respondent's probation officer at the Salvation Army presented him with the letter and advised the Respondent that the allegation in the letter would not constitute a violation of probation and therefore no further action would be taken on these allegations by the Salvation Army.

"Gerard Renna, identified as Director of Special Affairs for the Petitioner's Church of Scientology in Boston, acted in his capacity as a member, officer, agent, servant, or employee of the Petitioner in composing and causing to be sent two letters, the first dated May 9, 2001, and addressed to J. Scott Currier, Chief of Police in Sandown, New Hampshire, and the second dated May 24, 2001, and addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and copied to the Boston Police Department and Chief of Police J. Scott Currier. In the letter of May 9, 2001, Gerard Renna states in part to Chief of Police J. Scott Currier, 'As Mr. Minton is known to have guns, I have also enclosed a copy of his six-month probation order for your information.' At the time this same letter was sent, Gerard Renna knew or had reason to know that Chief of Police J. Scott Currier, as a law enforcement officer in New Hampshire, had no authority or jurisdiction to enforce a probation order from the State of Florida. At the time this same letter was sent, Gerard Renna knew or had reason to know from a review of the probation order that possession of firearms was not a violation of the Respondent's probationary conditions. Renna refers to an enclosed 'letter sent to Minton's probation officer regarding violation of his probation by assisting Henson,' and further states, 'Minton lives in New Hampshire and Boston and that it is likely, due to his arrogance for the law, that he might harbor this fugitive of the United States at his home.'

"Each act of sending of these letters to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Chief of Police of Sandown, New Hampshire, the Boston Police Department, and the Salvation Army Correctional Services constituted harassment by the Petitioner against the Respondent as that term was contemplated in Temporary Injunction Number Two. An effective deterrent to such continued harassment and abuse by the Petitioner would be for the Court to terminate the Respondent's probation, or alternatively to modify and clarify condition 5 of the Respondent's probation by allowing the Respondent to keep and possess such firearms as he owned."

Scientology responded to the accusation in a filing with the court.

"On its face, Mr. Minton's allegations of harassment, and his resultant claim that the Church has violated the injunction and therefore committed an indirect criminal contempt, are patently frivolous. The purported harassment, as set forth in Mr. Mutton's motion, consists of sending a letter written by a representative of the Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization to Mr. Minton's probation officer and the sending of a letter by an employee of the Church of Scientology of Boston, to a New Hampshire police department, and sending a letter, by the same employee of the Church of Scientology of Boston, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, submitting information about an apparent probation violation of the conditions of Mr. Minton's probation. Mr. Minton's claim that any or all of these acts violate the injunction is absurd for at least the following reasons:

"The mailing of letters to probation officers or law enforcement agencies, alleging violations of a court order is on its face free speech that is protected by the Florida and United States constitutions. It is ridiculous to contemplate whether Mr. Minton would also claim a violation of the injunction if the Church had sent similar letters to a newspaper, or posted the same allegations against him on the Internet, or conveyed the same information on picket signs.

"The 'acts of harassment' prohibited by the Court's injunction clearly relate to harassment in the context of direct interaction between the parties subject to the injunction in connection with picketing and demonstrations. Neither the Church of Scientology of Boston nor its employees are subject to the terns of the Court's injunction."

Zinj -- You can lead a Clam to Reason, but you Can't Make him Think

<hr> Subject: Re: Who is Gerard Renna?
From: Zinj <zinjifar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:20:15 -0700

http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/unionleader-shotgun-072898.htm

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<hr> Subject: Re: Who is Gerard Renna?
From: Zinj <zinjifar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:26:36 -0700

This is a list of every individual who was listed as completing OT VIII (any variation: OT VIII, New OT VIII, OT VIII Expanded) in any issue of Freewinds.

* Gerard Renna *

Way to make it go right Gerry!

Zinj -- You can lead a Clam to Reason, but you Can't Make him Think

<hr> Subject: Re: Who is Gerard Renna?
From: Zinj <zinjifar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:31:14 -0700

http://news.scientology.org/mag/boston/page21.htm

Before I became aware of Scientology, I wasn=3Ft doing well. I was making the =3Fwrong=3F type of friends and my life was heading in the wrong direction. Scientology helped me turn things around. Today, I am a successful businessman. I know where I would have been without Scientology. Scientology saved my life!

=3F Gerard Renna Businessman

-- You can lead a Clam to Reason, but you Can't Make him Think

<hr> Subject: Re: Who is Gerard Renna?
From: Zinj <zinjifar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:41:05 -0700

I'm not sure where the 'offending' reference is in here, but I'm sure it's there somewhere.

Good stuff in any case:

http://www2.thecia.net/users/rnewman/scientology/home.html

Zinj -- You can lead a Clam to Reason, but you Can't Make him Think

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