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	CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY v. UNITED STATES
		In its complaint, plaintiff Church of Spiritual Technology ("CST") states that it is a church of the Scientology religion.
		RTC supervises CSI and subordinate churches of Scientology.
		CST contends, for example, that it was prevented at one point from adding certain information to the record, and that the final determination was based on information not made available to it.
	www.xenu.net /archive/oca/irslegal/130790.html (2243 words)

	CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY v. UNITED STATES
		The IRS found that CST was operated for the benefit of the private interests of the founder of the religion of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, up until his death, and that subsequently it was operated for the substantial non-exempt purpose of aiding other Scientology organizations in their marketing of Scientology services and publications.
		CST refused on the grounds that it did not have access to them, and that the tapes were in any case irrelevant to CST's tax-exempt status.
		CST represents that it is a religious corporation organized to accomplish the activities of a church.
	www.xenu.net /archive/oca/irslegal/290692.html (14773 words)

	The Church of Scientology
		Paralleling the RTC is the Church of Spiritual Technology created in 1982 to receive the bulk of Hubbard's estate, especially his many writings, and to preserve those writings for posterity.
		It is the church's belief that artists can have a special role to play in utilizing their skills to elevate culture, and the church has a special role in assisting artists improve their ability to communicate with the public.
		The church also moved in 1984 to unite its membership in the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) for the specific purpose of ensuring continuation in the spirit of the Creed of the Church of Scientology, which calls for equal right and religious freedom for all people.
	www.americanreligion.org /books/scientology.html (1356 words)

	CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY Plaintiff, v
		CST refused on the grounds that it did not have access to them, and that the tapes were in any case irrelevant to CST's tax-exempt status.
		CST denies that it refused to cooperate, but agrees that it sent a letter in protest to the IRS on June 24, 1988, because an IRS agent had interviewed Vicki Aznaran, formerly the Inspector General of RTC, n33 without first informing anyone from CST.
		CST is not a church, n36 therefore it must try [*731] to qualify as a religious organization.
	www.fzint.net /rhilton/CST.htm (16864 words)

	CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY v. UNITED STATES
		The IRS found that CST was operated for the benefit of the private interests of the founder of the religion of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, up until his death, and that subsequently it was operated for the substantial non-exempt purpose of aiding other Scientology organizations in their marketing of Scientology services and publications.
		CST represents that it is a religious corporation organized to accomplish the activities of a church.
		Although CST has repeatedly declared that it does not "voluntarily" recognize the authority of the Scientology hierarchy and thus is ecclesiastically independent of it, the statement is virtually meaningless in the context of this litigation.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /~dst/Cowen/essays/irslegal/290692.html (14773 words)

	CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY v. UNITED STATES
		CST stated that its application was "not a group application" and should be considered solely on the basis of information furnished by it.
		CST must carry the burden of proof as to the government's error in the administrative record as filed, and "all insufficient or contradictory evidence must be resolved against [CST]." St. John's Orphanage, Inc. v.
		CST alleges that the Commercialism Submission is the only "subsequent submission" made to the IRS that addresses commercialism, thus establishing that the IRS was referring to that set of documents in the final adverse ruling, and thus treated it as part of the record.
	www-2.cs.cmu.edu /~dst/Cowen/essays/irslegal/021089.html (2729 words)

	Scientology's CST - Church of Spiritual Technology
		In early 1989, the Church of Scientology, through it's Church of Spiritual Technology arm, proposed to the BLM to acquire certain BLM lands to allow it to, among other things, extend the runway at its Trementina Base.
		The CST did NOT own the lands traded to the BLM until the BLM had agreed, in principle, to the exchange and therefore the land traded to the BLM was not the land improved by the CST via the construction of the vault, runway and residential facilities.
		The CST paid for an appraisal and a "cultural inventory" of the lands, the BLM agreed to the trade and the land was then purchased and traded to the BLM, with the actual transfer of the land to the BLM occurring on August 24, 1992.
	www.lermanet.com /CST/index.htm (780 words)

	Church of Spiritual Technology — freezone.najbjerg.info
		LRH founded at that time the Religious Technology Centre (RTC) which was given all Trademarks and the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST), which were to receive all copyrights.
		There were some conditions that had to be fulfilled before the Church of Spiritual Technology was to be given the Tech, and before that happened the Church of Spiritual Technology was naturally a target for SP's.
		This is also the first time I know of where we scientologists were informed of the Church of Spiritual Technology, as it is mentioned in the folder that we were given at the "The War is Over" event.
	freezone.najbjerg.info /church-of-spiritual-technology (650 words)

	Church of Spiritual Technology: IRS Approved
		This is not an official site of either the Church of Spiritual Technology, the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Treasury Department, Scientology, or any Scientology organization, and is not approved or sanctioned by any of them.
		This is a public service educational news and information site about the strange relationships between the corporation known as Church of Spiritual Technology (doing business as the "L. Ron Hubbard Library"), and the United States government.
		Meade "Ygor" Emory is the tax and probate mastermind who created the "Church" of Spiritual Technology (CST), then weaseled when it was exposed and he was asked about it.
	www.sc-i-r-s-ology.pair.com (420 words)

	CST Legal Papers 02 Articles of Incorporation
		"CST is not a church...CST represents that it is a religious corporation organized to accomplish the activities of a church.
		The name "Church of Spiritual Technology" is a fraud, since it is a CORPORATION and NOT a church.
		To foster and enhance the spiritual welfare of its followers, which shall be deemed to be Scientologists throughout the world.
	www.skeptictank.org /clp5.htm (800 words)

	Scientology --- CST Legal Papers. The very name "Church of Spiritual Technology" is a fraud.
		CST Legal Papers 13 Mitchell vs. CST Appeal The most recent legal battle in the saga of CST: the same Stephen Mitchell, along with a Kathleen Carey, are engaged in a libel suit against CST which they have now appealed after it was dismissed by Judge Frances Rothschild in Los Angeles Superior Court.
		ARTICLE I The Church The corporation shall accomplish its purposes through and by means of the operations and activities of a church known as the "Church of Spiritual Technology" and hereinafter referred to as "the Church".
		It is the belief of the Church that Scientology is the organization of the fundamentals of existence into axioms and workable technologies in the tradition of the exact sciences for resolving problems of life and thought and for the freedom of the human spirit.
	www.holysmoke.org /cos/cst.htm (17050 words)

	Scientology defaults
		According to the foundation, the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) was named as a defendant in the lawsuit in October, through an amendment to the original suit which was issued in July, 1997.
		The CST did not file legal motions or respond in any way, resulting in a default in the lawsuit on February 2, 1998.
		The reasons behind CST's failure to act are unknown, says the Public Research Foundation, but it may be connected with the organization's secrecy.
	www.factnet.org /Scientology/default190.html (321 words)

	IRS - Church of Scientology Secret Sweetheart Deal: irs-cos.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The church was waging an all out war against the IRS, and it is my belief that the IRS caved into the pressure from the church to grant it exemption.
		Church of Spiritual Technology denied exemption in court in 1989
		Church of Spiritual Technology denied exemption in court in 1992 (CoST is a corporation of Scientology).
	www.lisamcpherson.org /cos/irs-cos.htm (508 words)

	International Freezone Association
		Part of ensuring this was done was the establishment of a church to act as a custodian for the technology so that it was not altered or perverted resulting in less or no results through misunderstanding and misapplication.
		That a scientologist is a person, whether an accepted member of the ‘official’ church or not, who practices and uses the philosophy and technology of scientology to the best of their ability.
		It is independently operated by independent scientologists, not associated with the official church, who are exercising their right to free religious expression and practice and is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Church of Scientology™, its affiliates, corporations management organisations, groups, CST or the RTC.
	internationalfreezone.net /news.shtml (3855 words)

	Church of Spiritual Technology runs COS. costirs.htm
		church's [**48] continued refusal to cooperate with a request to produce LRH for a deposition.
		CST denies that it refused to cooperate, but agrees that it sent a letter in protest to the IRS on June 24, 1988, because an IRS agent had interviewed Vicki Aznaran,
		Although CST is entitled to minimize its own taxes, it would be a misuse of I.R.C. 501(c)(3) if its primary raison d'etre was to shield the income of other organizations from tax.
	www.skeptictank.org /hs/costirs.htm (16561 words)

	A Place in the Desert for New Mexico's Most Exclusive Circles
		The church tried to persuade station KRQE not to air its report last week about the aerial signposts marking a Scientology compound that includes a huge vault "built into a mountainside," the station said on its Web site.
		For starters, the interlocking circles and diamonds match the logo of the Church of Spiritual Technology, which had the vault constructed in a mesa in the late 1980s.
		The church maintains two other vaults in California to preserve Hubbard's materials and words, according to Hines and another longtime staff member who also quit a couple of years ago, Chuck Beatty of Pittsburgh.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/26/AR2005112601065_pf.html (821 words)

	Operation Clambake present: Scientology Court Files
		CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF SAN FRANCISCO; Church of Scientology of California et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants.
		CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF PORTLAND and Church of Scientology Mission of Davis, petitioners
		CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF PORTLAND and Church of Scientology, Mission of Davis, Appellants
	www.xenu.net /archive/CourtFiles (3140 words)

	Church Scriptures Get High-Tech Protection - Los Angeles Times
		Using state-of-the art technology, the movement has spent more than $15 million to protect Hubbard's original writings, tape-recorded lectures and filmed treatises from natural and man-made calamities, including nuclear holocaust.
		In charge of the preservation task is the Church of Spiritual Technology, which functions as archivist for Hubbard's works.
		According to Church of Spiritual Technology documents, the New Mexico site has a 670-foot tunnel with two deep vaults at the end.
	www.latimes.com /la-scientologysided062490,0,4570116.story (506 words)

	Profile of the Church of Spiritual Technology - 1992 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Articles of Incorporation require that CST have three such Special Directors, and further requires that they be lawyers in order to ensure that CST takes no action to jeopardize its tax-exempt status.
		CST trustees are also required to remain actively involved in giving and receiving Scientology services.
		She was also at the same time a Director, the President, and a shareholder of Author Services, Inc. ("ASI"), a Scientology organization.
	home.earthlink.net /~snefru/loose-ends/cst/1992.html (347 words)

	Over 10,000 Copyrights owned by Church of Spiritual Technology (CST)
		CST owns every copyright having anything to do with Scientology or Dianetics, over 10,000 or them, and that is largly what makes it the richest and most powerful organization in the Scientology empire.
		Since there is a good deal of evidence that, in at least some cases, this is an intentional ploy to deceive bookbuyers, we felt it more prudent to leave the records as they are until a complete reconciliation can be done.
		This was likely planned that way, since everything we have found about CST demonstrates an almost unbelieveable effort to keep its ownership and control over Scientology and the intellectual property assets, if not CST's very existence, as hidden and secret as possible.
	www.sc-i-r-s-ology.pair.com /copyrights/copyrightsindex.html (577 words)

	Down the Rabbit Hole - The Church of Spiritual Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Even for the Church of Scientology, notorious for its labyrinthine corporate structure and administrative shell games, the Church of Spiritual Technology stands out.
		If this were a mere shell corporation, it would be forgiveable to leave CST wrapped in the obscurity its founders craved.
		But for some, it represents a body of unanswered questions, any one of which could prove to be the Rosetta Stone for comprehending the true power structure within the cult.
	www.wwwaif.net /loose-ends/cst/index.htm (156 words)

	Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard and Church of Scientology - Information on Scientology
		Your mental and spiritual well-being are the foundation of all the success and happiness you want in life.
		Scientology churches and missions and community programs have effective drug education, drug prevention and drug rehabilitation technologies, to combat the effects of drugs on a personal and societal level.
		In a technological society it is crucial that a person is able to study and learn anything, and be able to accomplish results with what he or she has learned.
	www.exactscientology.net (1073 words)

	Scientology church’s mark inscribed in N.M. desert scrub (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Scientology church’s mark inscribed in N.M. desert scrub
		McNairn did not respond to messages requesting comment ; an employee said that McNairn was traveling last week, and that no one else from the church would be able to comment.
		Opinions expressed by readers do not necessarily reflect the views of the management and staff of the Santa Fe New Mexican.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/35633.html (863 words)

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