Thank you Mr. Berry for your wonderful write up on the progress of the campaign against the abuses of the Church of Scientology.
I do think bankrupting the CoS is the best way to end its abuses, however that can be brought about; and this does not infringe in any way on individual members' "religious beliefs," whatever those may be.
With all the rennovations projects the CoS has had underway over the last couple of decades, and knowing how the CoS delays paying its bills, I suspect there are many contractors and small businesses to which the CoS owes money -- both large and small amounts. Each local debt alone may not be that significant compared to the CoS finance reserves; but I suspect that all those debts combined would be a significant sum.
In the past, the "word on the street" was that it was quite dangerous to sue the CoS. Now that so much progress has been made, thanks in large part to your own hard work and courage, this is no longer true.
If all the CoS creditors were to bring civil suits against it for the money they are owed, especially if this happened "all at once," this might be a rather big "flank attack" on the beast. Or maybe hundreds or thousands of little suits, nibbling at the feet of the beast, is better?
As I am not a lawyer, I don't know how this could be coordinated, but perhaps there is a way (similar to the way law firms advertise on TV for victims of mesothelioma, etc. to contact them?) to gather up these potential suits from around the country and file them all at once -- either as a group of coordinated individual suits, or as a class action.
Perhaps victims of Narconon, W.I.S.E, and other front groups -- people who have until now though suing was hopeless, could also be gathered together for a coordinated effort.
You're the lawyer, you'd know what works best, and how best to go about this -- I just wonder if there aren't lots more legitimate lawsuits out there in the world that have yet to be brought, from many different directions.
I do think bankrupting the CoS is the best way to end its abuses, however that can be brought about; and this does not infringe in any way on individual members' "religious beliefs," whatever those may be.
With all the rennovations projects the CoS has had underway over the last couple of decades, and knowing how the CoS delays paying its bills, I suspect there are many contractors and small businesses to which the CoS owes money -- both large and small amounts. Each local debt alone may not be that significant compared to the CoS finance reserves; but I suspect that all those debts combined would be a significant sum.
In the past, the "word on the street" was that it was quite dangerous to sue the CoS. Now that so much progress has been made, thanks in large part to your own hard work and courage, this is no longer true.
If all the CoS creditors were to bring civil suits against it for the money they are owed, especially if this happened "all at once," this might be a rather big "flank attack" on the beast. Or maybe hundreds or thousands of little suits, nibbling at the feet of the beast, is better?
As I am not a lawyer, I don't know how this could be coordinated, but perhaps there is a way (similar to the way law firms advertise on TV for victims of mesothelioma, etc. to contact them?) to gather up these potential suits from around the country and file them all at once -- either as a group of coordinated individual suits, or as a class action.
Perhaps victims of Narconon, W.I.S.E, and other front groups -- people who have until now though suing was hopeless, could also be gathered together for a coordinated effort.
You're the lawyer, you'd know what works best, and how best to go about this -- I just wonder if there aren't lots more legitimate lawsuits out there in the world that have yet to be brought, from many different directions.