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TRUTH ABOUT ROBERT S. MINTON Leader of an Anti-Religious Hate Group As a director and the main financial backer of an anti-religious hate group, Robert Minton has blatantly lied to the American public and the media about the Church of Scientology, its members, its goals and actions. We protest this effort to smear, malign and now subject our members to violence. Proclaiming himself to be a “free speech advocate”, Minton can’t stand to let others enjoy the same free speech rights and has resorted to violence on several occasions. A year ago, Minton appeared out of nowhere to hand out millions of dollars to individuals found by federal courts to have been engaged in unlawful activities against the Church of Scientology. Members of our Church pointed out publicly at that time that Minton was unstable, had been institutionalized in the past and was on psychiatric medication. A warning was issued that he could explode into violence at any time. Minton confined our fears a few weeks ago when, accompanied by a married woman, Stacy Young, he appeared with a shotgun and fired at three Scientologists who were engaging in a peaceful demonstration. Minton repeatedly lied to the media and has tried to destroy our religious beliefs and practices. Minton is a hypocrite. Minton’s present of a $260,000 home to Mrs. Young, a married woman not his wife, was NOT a humanitarian act - as he claimed to the press while denying their affair -- but apparently part of a scheme to lure her away from her husband. Yet, he has now publicly abandoned his own wife and children for Ms. Young. When his hatemongering against our parishioners was given prominence in the Boston media, our church was repeatedly vandalized. We said then that he was a trigger’s width from an outburst of psychotic violence. His violence struck this recently. Reeking of alcohol, Minton turned up outside the Church of Scientology on 10/9/98 carrying picket signs and started abusing staff and parishioners. When two Scientologists tried to stop him, he thrust his sign into the face of one, knocking off his glasses. He finally smashed a stick over the head of the second, who was taken to hospital. Robert Minton has failed to conduct himself decently toward members of our church. He has instead chosen to lie to the media and public and create hatred and violence. He has demonstrated that truth has no place on his agenda. Mr. Minton, of Sandown, New Hampshire has paid to create an atmosphere of intolerance against our religion. His religious bigotry, hatred and violence must Stop. Free Speech &
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