July 2005 Press Release

O.T.O. Scores First Victory

The Australian O.T.O. has now achieved its first victory against some of the people who have made the baseless allegations that we are a satanic cult engaged in murder, child abuse, child sacrifice and cannibalism, and that the Book of the Law advocates these activities.

We challenged two of the authors of this material, Dyson Devine and Vivienne Legg, in a court of law by filing defamation claims against them. Devine and Legg failed to appear at either hearing, but sent in what the court described as an “embarrassing” submission in their defence.

The court found that the two had defamed the O.T.O. as well as individual members of the Order that were named on the Devine/Legg website. O.T.O. is now in the process of having this judgement enforced.

The issue of their religious vilification (with colleague Reina Michaelson) is ongoing, with a directional hearing scheduled for late July. O.T.O. is committed to pursuing this action to the end, as well as focussing on other persons and business entities who have also defamed O.T.O. and vilified Thelema in collaboration with, or subsequent to, the attacks by Michaelson, Devine and Legg.