Bennetta Slaughter
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Bennetta Slaughter is a prominent member of the Church of Scientology and current head of several of its organizations, including Applied Scholastics (itself a subsidiary of Scientology's Association for Better Living and Education, Gung Ho Groups, Citizens for a Better Clearwater, and many more. Slaughter is Scientology Patron Meritorious, meaning she's donated more than a quarter of a million dollars to the International Association of Scientologists. [1] She was also the head of AMC Publishing (a company producing marketing material for the insurance industry) until 2002.
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[edit] The Lisa McPherson Incident
In 1995, Slaughter received much criticism over the Lisa McPherson wrongful death lawsuit, a news story which made worldwide headlines. According to the Lisa McPherson trust, a group of Scientologists went to the Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater and took McPherson back to Scientology's Fort Harrison Hotel (against her physician's wishes) where she subsequently died, covered in unexplained bruises and insect bites. [1] According to Slaughter's own court testimony, McPherson officially listed Slaughter as "next of kin" on her medical record, and Slaughter was the only person Lisa identified to be contacted in case of an emergency. [2]
From an article in the March 9, 1997 issue of the Tampa Tribune: [2]
"I think she got sick and she died," said Bennetta Slaughter, a Scientologist who said she was McPherson's friend and supervisor at AMC Publishing. "There's nothing else there."
According to slatkinfraud.com (a site critical of the Church of Scientology), Slaughter also tried to frustrate the efforts of prominent Scientology critic Bob Minton to set up a foundation to help Scientology victims. After Minton announced plans to name his group after Lisa McPherson, Slaughter quickly registered The Lisa McPherson Foundation, The Lisa Foundation, Friends of Lisa McPherson Foundation, and the Lisa McPherson Educational Foundation. Her actions were against the wishes of Lisa's family, who support Minton's organization, the Lisa McPherson trust. [3]
[edit] Aftermath
In 2002, Slaughter was appointed as CEO of Applied Scholastics, a Scientology-related organisation in St. Louis, Missouri. [3]
In 2004, the owners of AMC sold the company to Post Capital Partners LLC, a New York-based private investment firm, and Roscoe C. Smith III, a publishing industry veteran. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ http://lisatrust.bogie.nl/Media/ots.htm
- ^ http://www.lisamcpherson.org/slaughter.htm
- ^ The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 21.3.2002, by Arthur Charity: Villa Gesu Will House Teachers Of Group With Scientology Link
[edit] Links
- Bennetta Slaughter and John Carmichael visit Scientology critic Jeff Lee [5]
