A TIME magazine feature, byline Michael S. Serrill, published 24 October 1994, reporting an unnamed investigative estimate that the Order of the Solar Temple may have amassed as much as 93 million dollars.
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Tier 2: a TIME magazine feature, byline Michael S. Serrill, published 24 October 1994, weeks after 53 members of the Order of the Solar Temple died across Switzerland and Quebec, read directly. It states that investigators suggested the cult may have amassed as much as 93 million dollars, without naming which country's or agency's investigators produced the estimate. A major newsmagazine's contemporaneous reporting, not a named government disclosure or an audited figure. Citation
AuthorMichael S. Serrill
PublisherTIME
Publication Year1994
URLhttps://time.com/archive/6726214/remains-of-the-day/
Source Typemagazine feature
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- New Religious Movements, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
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