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From: Tom Klemesrud
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00

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Scientology leader named defendant in suit

By THOMAS C. TOBIN
St. Petersburg Times
December 15, 1999 

TAMPA -- In a ruling Tuesday that stunned the Church of Scientology and
its attorneys, a Hillsborough County judge allowed Scientology's
worldwide
leader, David Miscavige, to be named as a defendant in a lawsuit over
the
1995 death of church member Lisa McPherson. 

Miscavige's authority in Scientology is limited to ecclesiastical
matters,
according to church officials. But the lawsuit, filed by McPherson's
family in 1997, has been amended to say that he "totally controls" and
"micro-manages all of Scientology," and that his ecclesiastical role is
part of an elaborate set-up to shield Scientology and its leaders from
liability. 

The lawsuit also says Miscavige's subordinates informed him of
McPherson's
deteriorating condition and were acting on his orders as she became
psychotic and was "imprisoned" for 17 days while in the care of
Scientology staffers in Clearwater. 

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