News - 1998

1998 news stories (newspapers and newsmagazines) about the OTS, sorted by outlet.

Associated Press

• "Spanish cops arrest sect leader". Associated Press. 8 January 1998 – via Cult Education Institute.
(might be "cult" leader"?)

El País

• Ordaz, Pablo (18 January 1998). "La líder de la secta de Tenerife recaudó 300 millones entre sus fieles" [Tenerife cult leader raised 300 million from her followers]. El País (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.

L'Express

Paris, France

• Gaetner, Gilles (16 July 1998). "Les sacrifiés du Temple solaire" [The sacrifices of the Solar Temple]. L'Express (in French). Paris. ISSN 0014-5270.

L'Hebdo

• Audétat, Michel (22 January 1998). "La Crypte de Roger Facon" [La Crypt by Roger Facon]. L'Hebdo (in Swiss French). No. 4. Lausanne. p. 75. ISSN 1013-0691 – via Scriptorium.

Historia

• Braitberg, Jean-Moïse (May-June 1998). "Des sectes s'auto-proclament héritières du Temple" [Cults claim to be heirs to the Temple]. Historia (in French) – prevensectes.me.

L'Illustré

• Bédat, Arnaud (7 January 1998). "Grace de Monaco membre du Temple solaire? Les dessous d'un scoop bidon" [Grace of Monaco a member of the Solar Temple? Behind the scenes of a bogus scoop]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. pp. 22–24. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium. *COVER*
• Bédat, Arnaud (7 January 1998). "David Cohen, le journaliste anglais a l'origine du «scoop»: «Nous n'avons pas tout verifie»" [David Cohen, the English journalist behind the "scoop": "We haven't verified everything"]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. p. 23. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Bédat, Arnaud (7 January 1998). "Monaco-Templiers: Les liaisons dangereuses" [Monaco-Templars: Dangerous liaisons]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. p. 24. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Bédat, Arnaud (4 February 1998). "Jean Vuarnet: Il retrouve son amour de jeunesse" [Jean Vuarnet: Reunited with his childhood sweetheart]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. pp. 34–37. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Hamel, Ian (1 July 1998). "Faussement accusé d'être membre de l'OTS: «Depuis deux ans, ma vie est un enfer»" [Falsely accused of being a member of the OTS: "For two years, my life has been hell"]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. pp. 26–27. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Hamel, Ian (9 September 1998). "L'homme de la semaine: Jean-François Mayer: "Découvrir une nouvelle secte, c'est comme explorer une île déserte"" [The man of the week: Jean-François Mayer: "Discovering a new cult is like exploring a desert island"]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). No. 37. Lausanne. pp. 10–13. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Pillard, Daniel (25 November 1998). "Halte à la démagogie" [Stop the demagoguery]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. p. 5. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Raposo, Isidore (25 November 1998). "Michel Tabachnik revit à Copenhague: «Les Danois m'ont sauvé»!" [Michel Tabachnik lives again in Copenhagen: "The Danes saved me!"]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. pp. 18–21. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium. *COVER*
• Jaton, Rosemarie (16 December 1998). "OTS: Prouvez-le-nous!" [OTS: Prove it!]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. p. 102. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.
• Rossier, L. (23 December 1998). "Un laxisme inquiétant" [A worrying laxity]. L'Illustré (in Swiss French). Lausanne. p. 94. ISSN 1420-5165 – via Scriptorium.

Maclean's

• Clark, Andrew (18 January 1999). "How cults captivate: A series explores pseudo-prophets' power". Maclean's. Toronto. Vol 112, no. 3. p. 54. ISSN 0024-9262 – via Internet Archive.

Le Matin

• Juillerat, Roger (5 January 1998). "Grace et l'OTS: où sont les indices?" [Grace and OTS: where are the clues?]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). No. 5. Lausanne. p. 15 – via Scriptorium.
• Juillerat, Roger (5 January 1998). "«Jamais entendu parler»" ["Never heard of them"]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). No. 5. Lausanne. p. 15 – via Scriptorium.
• Juillerat, Roger (5 January 1998). "Les autres sont morts..." [The others are dead...]. Le Matin (in Swiss French). No. 5. Lausanne. p. 15 – via Scriptorium.

Le Monde

• Francillon, Claude (19 November 1998). "L'instruction du « suicide » de l'Ordre du Temple solaire est close" [The investigation into the "suicide" of the Order of the Solar Temple is closed]. Le Monde (in French). Paris. ISSN 0395-2037.

Le Parisien

• B., S. (30 May 1998). "Les Témoins de Jéhovah perdent leur procès" [Jehovah's Witnesses lose their case]. Le Parisien (in French). ISSN 0767-3558.*M*
• "Non-lieu pour le massacre de Cheiry" [Cheiry massacre case dismissed]. Le Parisien (in French). 27 August 1998. ISSN 0767-3558.

Phénomèna

• "X La police de Santa Cruz de..." [X The Santa Cruz police...]. Phénomèna (in French). No. 38. Aix-en-Provence. 1998. p. 20. ISSN 1157-4704.

La Presse

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• "Jean-François Mayer, chasseur de sectes" [Jean-François Mayer, cult hunter]. La Presse (in Canadian French). Year 115, no. 32. Montreal. 20 November 1998. p. A4. ISSN 0317-9249 – via BAnQ numérique.

Le Soir

• Alves, Jose (9 January 1998). "Une secte issue de l'Ordre du Temple solaire suicide collectif evite aux Canaries" [Order of the Solar Temple cult mass suicide avoided in the Canaries]. Le Soir (in French).

Le Temps

• Dubouloz, Catherine (10 June 1998). "Genève. Le canton se donne des armes juridiques pour lutter contre les dérives sectaires" [Geneva. The canton acquires legal weapons to combat sectarian aberrations]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. *M*
• Fabbri, Sandrine (20 June 1998). "Stephan Müller: «A Zurich, l'art n'a jamais d'incidences politiques»" [Stephan Müller: "In Zurich, art never has political implications]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. *M*
• Meuwly, Myriam (26 June 1998). "Gens: Pierre Margot, Sherlock à l'Uni" [People: Pierre Margot, Sherlock at the Uni]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. *M*
• Dubouloz, Catherine (9 July 1998). "Genève: le combat obstiné de François Bellanger contre les dérives sectaires" [Geneva: François Bellanger's stubborn fight against sectarian aberrations]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. *M*
• Kaufmann, Anne (5 August 1998). "Genève-Vaud. «J'ai choisi le dialogue avec les sectes car il faudra bien trouver les moyens de vivre ensemble»" [Geneva-Vaud. "I chose dialogue with the cults because we have to find ways of living together"]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. *M*
• Besson, Sylvain (1 September 1998). "Sectes: le retour de la raison, par Sylvain Besson" [Cults: the return of reason, by Sylvain Besson]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). ISSN 1423-3967. *M*
• Boinet, Thierry (16 November 1998). "L'enquête sur le drame du Temple solaire est bouclée" [The investigation into the Solar Temple tragedy is closed]. Le Temps (in Swiss French). Associated Press. ISSN 1423-3967.

TIME

• Usher, Rod (19 January 1998). "Near-Death Experience". TIME. Vol. 151, no. 3. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. *M*

TV8

• "Le droit de savoir" [The right to know]. TV8 (in Swiss French). No. 34. 20 August 1998. p. 33 – via Scriptorium.

UPI

• "EP seeks to monitor cult activities". UPI. 14 July 1998.