ENQUIRY INTO THE PRACTICE AND EFFECTS OF SCIENTOLOGY

Report by Sir John Foster, K.B.E., Q.C., M.P.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. THE BACKGROUND TO THE ENQUIRY
  • (a) The Press
  • (b) Parliament
  • (c) Enquiries into Scientology abroad
    • (i) Australia
    • (ii) New Zealand
    • (iii) Canada
    • (iv) South Africa
    • (v) Rhodesia
• 2. FORM AND SCOPE OF THE ENQUIRY
  • (a) Principles
  • (b) Practice
• 3. WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?
  • (a) The Founder
  • (b) Organisation in the United Kingdom
  • (c) Finances
• 4. THE THEORIES OF SCIENTOLOGY
  • (a) Content
  • (b) Classification
• 5. THE PRACTICES OF SCIENTOLOGY
  • (a) Recruitment
  • (b) Contract
  • (c) Processing
  • (d) Children
• 6. THE EFFECTS OF SCIENTOLOGY ON ITS FOLLOWERS
• 7. SCIENTOLOGY AND ITS ENEMIES
• 8. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SCIENTOLOGY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
  • (a) By Government Departments
  • (b) By local authorities
  • (c) In the private sector
• 9. SCIENTOLOGY AND THE LAW
  • (a) Therapy and claims to cure
  • (b) The privileged position of religious bodies
  • (c) Miscellaneous
• Appendices
  • I. Bibliographies
  • II. Glossary of Scientology terms
  • III. Correspondence with the Home Office