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Aylsworth Crawford Greene III (born December 21, 1952) is an American attorney from San Anselmo specializing in litigation against cults. December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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San Anselmo is a town located in Marin County, California, in the western United States. ...
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Education
Ford Greene began studying law at the New College of California Law School in 1978. He was admitted to The State Bar of California in 1983. New College of California is a small San Francisco-based liberal arts college founded in 1971. ...
1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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Unification Church membership He joined the Unification Church in 1974 after his sister Catherine had joined, and walked out in July 1975 after eight months. The Unification Church is a new religious movement started by Sun Myung Moon in Korea in the 1940s. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
Deprogramming activities From 1976 to 1978, he deprogrammed Moonies, including the Prince of Tahiti. He failed to deprogram his own sister, who is still in the organisation. Map of French Polynesia Map of Tahiti and Moorea Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean at . ...
Litigating against cults In Molko v. Holy Spirit Assn. [1], Greene represented two former members of the Unification Church, David Molko and Tracy Leal. Ruling on appeal, the California Supreme Court found that religious organizations may be sued for fraud if they use deception to recruit members - the members of the Unification Church who recruited Molko had lied when he asked if their community had a religious affiliation. The Supreme Court declined to review, and the case was settled. The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. ...
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In State of Colorado v. Whelan and Brandyberry, Greene successfully used a "choice of evils" defense in a criminal prosecution of a "deprogrammer" against charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment. Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
False imprisonment is a tort, and possibly a crime, wherein a person is intentionally confined without legal authority. ...
In Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology of California, he was part of a team (with Charles B. O’Reilly of Marina Del Rey, Daniel A. Leipold of Santa Ana, and Craig J. Stein of Los Angeles) that represented former Scientologist Lawrence A. Wollersheim and successfully sued for emotional distress. It resulted in a $2.5 million judgement that grew into a $8.7 million payout due to accumulated interest after over 20 years of litigation. [2] Lawrence A. Wollersheim is an ex-Scientologist. ...
Emotional distress may refer to: Law of torts: Intentional infliction of emotional distress Negligent infliction of emotional distress Medicine: Stress (medicine) see also List of emotions Category: ...
In Bertolucci v. Ananda Church of Self Realization, he won a $1.625 million jury verdict for fraud, coercion and sexual exploitation.
Free speech activism Greene has been in a controversy about a sign with liberal nessages next to his law office. After San Anselmo police pulled down his sign in 2003, Greene sued the city. After a new sign ordinance was passed limiting the size of signs to 6 square feet, Greene put up 16 small signs together to form a large one. A court declined to stop this, deciding that the town could only limit the size, not the number of signs. Greene later settled the dispute, by agreeing to use only half the space for messages. [1] [2]
Politics Greene was an unsuccessful candidate for the San Anselmo Town Council in 2005; he came 300 votes short of being elected. [3]
Sources - ^ Sign of the Cult-Buster, SF Weekly, October 5, 2005
- ^ Town, lawyer settle sign dispute, Marin Independent Journal, October 20, 2005
- ^ Sparks fly as town picks new council member, Marin Independent Journal, October 19, 2006
Awards - Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year award, 2003 (by the organization Trial Lawyers for Public Justice) for his success in the Wollersheim case, lost to Tony Serra. [3]
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J. Tony Serra is an American attorney, activist and tax resister. ...
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A cult-watching group (CWG) is an organized or grass-roots assemblage of people who observe and comment on the largely marginal, often unpopular new religious movements which are often labeled cults. These groups generally fall into the following categories: anti-cult (movement) - Accuses NRMs of using mind control to...
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