The city council investigated Cof$ in 1982 and disconnection was known about then.
The actual conduct of the Church of Scientology adopted as written corporate policy, by the Church, includes the following:
1.burglary;
2.larceny;
3.infiltration;
4.smear campaigns;
5.extortion;
6.blackmail;
7.frame-ups;
8.deceptive sales and recruitment policies;
9.deceptive use of legal releases and bonds;
10.suppression of free speech and association;
11.deviation from acceptable standards of medical practice and educational requirements;
12.use of tax exempt funds for unlawful purposes;
13.overtly fraudulent policies designed to extract large sums of money from unwitting and uninformed individuals;
14.extortionate and/or improper use of highly personal information fraudulently procured from individuals based on false promises of confidentiality;
15.the use of unlawful and covertly harassive means to prevent individuals who have been defrauded from obtaining legal redress;
16.and the use of overtly fraudulent policies such as the "minister's mock up" and "religious image check sheet" to present a "religious front" to the public while actually engaged in the business of unlicensed psychotherapy for the purpose of making money.
http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/cwfinalreport.html#summary_of_evidence-o
The actual conduct of the Church of Scientology adopted as written corporate policy, by the Church, includes the following:
1.burglary;
2.larceny;
3.infiltration;
4.smear campaigns;
5.extortion;
6.blackmail;
7.frame-ups;
8.deceptive sales and recruitment policies;
9.deceptive use of legal releases and bonds;
10.suppression of free speech and association;
11.deviation from acceptable standards of medical practice and educational requirements;
12.use of tax exempt funds for unlawful purposes;
13.overtly fraudulent policies designed to extract large sums of money from unwitting and uninformed individuals;
14.extortionate and/or improper use of highly personal information fraudulently procured from individuals based on false promises of confidentiality;
15.the use of unlawful and covertly harassive means to prevent individuals who have been defrauded from obtaining legal redress;
16.and the use of overtly fraudulent policies such as the "minister's mock up" and "religious image check sheet" to present a "religious front" to the public while actually engaged in the business of unlicensed psychotherapy for the purpose of making money.
http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/cwfinalreport.html#summary_of_evidence-o