{"id":125474,"date":"2024-01-05T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=125474"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:41:46","slug":"results-of-steven-katsaris-polygraph-exam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=125474","title":{"rendered":"Results of Steven Katsaris polygraph exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BB-22-d-19<\/p>\n<p>Letterhead of Harman &amp; Shaheen Associates, Inc., San Jose, California<\/p>\n<p>CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: \u2022\u00a0May 3, 1978 \u2022\u00a0No. P-9019<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Timothy Oliver Stoen<br \/>\nAttorney At Law<br \/>\n120 Montgomery Street<br \/>\nSan Francisco, California<\/p>\n<p>On May 2, 1978, Steven A. Katsaris voluntarily came to this office for a polygraph examination. The main issue under consideration involve allegations of sexual molestation made against him by his daughter, Maria Katsaris. Maria is presently with the People&#8217;s Temple Church in Guyana. During Mr. Katsaris&#8217;s attempts to get his daughter away from this church, the allegations of sexual molestation were made by some of the officials of the People&#8217;s Temple Church. No specific, public statements along this line made by Maria Katsaris. Among other charges made against Katsaris by the People&#8217;s Temple Church was the statement that he was involved with a right-wing congressman in a conspiracy to destroy People&#8217;s Temple Church.<\/p>\n<p>During Mr. Katsaris&#8217; pre-test interview, he maintained that he has never made any sexual advances whatsoever toward his daughter, Maria. He also insisted that he has never been involved in any conspiracy with a congressman to destroy People&#8217;s Temple Church.<\/p>\n<p>There were no significant emotional disturbances indicative of deception reflected in Mr. Katsaris&#8217; polygraph charts when he answered &#8220;No&#8221; to the following test questions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Did you ever make any sexual advances toward Maria Katsaris?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you ever try to have sexual intercourse with your daughter, Maria?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you ever sexually fondle any part of Maria&#8217;s body?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you ever plan with any congressman to destroy People&#8217;s Temple Church?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is the opinion of the examiner, based on Katsaris&#8217; polygraph charts, that he is telling the truth on the above-listed questions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Very truly yours,<br \/>\nHarman &amp; Shaheen Associates, Inc.<br \/>\n\/s\/ George W. Harman<br \/>\nGeorge W. Harman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BB-22-d-19 Letterhead of Harman &amp; Shaheen Associates, Inc., San Jose, California CONFIDENTIAL REPORT: \u2022\u00a0May 3, 1978 \u2022\u00a0No. P-9019 Mr. Timothy Oliver Stoen Attorney At Law 120 Montgomery Street San Francisco, California On May 2, 1978, Steven A. Katsaris voluntarily came to this office for a polygraph examination. The main issue under consideration involve allegations of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":88301,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125475,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125474\/revisions\/125475"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}