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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Chelmsford hospital defamation case ends in settlement and apology for claims in Scientology book

The Chelmsford Private hospital in 1990.
The defamation case over claims, made in Steve Cannane’s book about Scientology, about Chelmsford private hospital, pictured in 1990, has been settled. Photograph: Supplied

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 from the publisher.

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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