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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: RE: Big Suprise
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nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)

>COPS PROBE SCIENTOLOGY OFFICIAL   (Tampa Tribune Oct. 19, 1995)
>
>Young woman says church guard followed her, said he would kill her
>
>by Cheryl Waldrip
>Tribune Staff Writer
>
>CLEARWATER - A young Mexican woman came to town thinking she would 
>receive free classes if she joined Church of Scientology staff.
>   But last month she told police a tale of deception, overwork and 
>verbal abuse after fleeing a Scientology security guard who threatened to 
>kill her for breaking her "billion year contract."
>   Police interviewed the guard, Bill Johnson, whom they identified as 
>the head of security for the church's service organization.
>   "He said that at one point he did say something to her about killing 
>her if she did not leave the country," Detective Tom Miller said in his 
>report.
>   The State Attorney's Office is reviewing whether to file charges in 
>the Sept. 28 incident. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, which 
>issues visas, also is investigating.
>   Johnson's lawyer, Paul Johnson of Tampa, who also represents the 
>church, said his client never chased 22-year-old Naxielly Sofia
>Perez-Morales.
>   When he told her he would kill her, "it was an expression; it was not 
>a threat," Paul Johnson said.
>   Police said the guard told them he followed Perez to tell her she owed 
>the church money for breaking her contract and that she was violating her 
>visa.
>   "He said he was upset and began calling her obscenities," Miller write.
> Perez could not be located for comment.]
>   According to police, Perez got into Scientology through a Dianetics 
>course in Mexico. Police said Perez gave the following account of her 
>encounters with the church:
>   She was promised free classes for joining the church's staff. Instead 
>she was put to work remodeling the former Clearwater Bank building into 
>Scientology offices, where she injured herself. The report does not 
>specify how.
>   She told police she was repeatedly ridiculed for not working fast 
>enough, and, though she worked form 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. as a maid at the 
>Fort Harrison Hotel -- the church's headquarters -- she was often asked 
>to work more.
>   After an unrelated medical "attack," Perez left the church and lived 
>with a Scientology friend. On Sept. 28, the friend wanted to show Fort 
>Harrison to another friend and brought Perez to watch their children.
>   Perez said she was spotted by her former supervisor, who called
>security. The guard, bill Johnson, began yelling about her owing money 
>for courses and escorted her outside. He followed her down the 
>street, calling her vulgar names.
>   "You're a suppressive," he said, "you denigrated the church, we're 
>going to kill you! You will be dead!"
>   Frightened and crying, she ducked into the Clearwater Martial Arts 
>Academy. The guard attempted to follow her inside, but the business owner 
>stopped him.
>   Brian Anderson of the church's legal affairs office issued a written 
>statement Wednesday night in response to questions from the Tampa 
>Tribune. His answers did not address Perez' allegations.
>   The statement said Perez left the church in June after three months. 
>Her "religious worker" visa expired in August and she was advised to 
>return to Mexico.
 
   This kind of sh*t was going on when I was there.  Things never
   change in the cult.
   
            +--------------------------------------+
           Rev. Dennis L Erlich  * * the inFormer * *
      dennis.l.erlich@support.com  +  inForm@primenet.com
                           "tar baby"