Chelmsford hospital defamation case ends in settlement and apology for claims in Scientology book
by Tory Shepherd from World news | The Guardian on (#6CNTB)
HarperCollins sincerely apologises' to doctor for claims about Sydney private hospital in ABC journalist Steve Cannane's book
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A long-running defamation case sparked by the ABC journalist Steve Cannane's 2016 book on Scientology has ended with a confidential settlement and an apology.
Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia included a range of claims about the use of a controversial psychiatric treatment - deep sleep therapy - at Sydney's Chelmsford private hospital in the 1960s and 70s.
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