Measles-free, Scientology’s cruise ship holds its annual ‘Maiden Voyage’ celebration

Sure, go ahead and laugh, you doubters. It’s true that in May Scientology’s cruise ship the Freewinds was a world-wide laughingstock when it was quarantined for a measles case and overnight became the symbol of our dumb era of anti-vaxx panic. And subsequently (and perhaps because of it?) the annual June “Maiden Voyage” week celebrating the anniversary of the ship’s 1988 rechristening was pared down a bit from previous years.

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Scientology continues to use the United Nations as a prop for its propaganda

Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights wound up its annual conference at the United Nations in New York yesterday. It’s a three-day event that brings Scientology allies together to discuss the importance of human rights and continue the process of “safepointing” the church. Associating Scientology with the U.N. is a huge victory in itself for public relations purposes. The possibility of recruiting new allies makes it one of the most important PR events on the Scientology calendar.

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David Miscavige’s pet projects result in constant fundraising pressure

A constant theme of Scientology watching is that we see church members getting hit up for money in so many ways. For their progress up the ‘Bridge to Total Freedom,’ for new (and unnecessary) buildings, for book campaigns, for their status as donors, and on and on.

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Your brain on Scientology: ‘I am the hurricane’

[Another Scientology London success!]

One of the ways David Miscavige has put his own stamp on Scientology since he became its all-powerful leader after founder L. Ron Hubbard’s death in 1986 has been a shift towards the introductory end of the “Bridge to Total Freedom.”

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Tommy Davis is tying the knot in Morocco, and we didn’t get an invite

We still get asked often about Scientology’s former spokesman Tommy Davis, and so we try to give an occasional update about him. This time, we have some happy news.

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Scientology destroyed her family, but this former Sea Org worker has a surprise ending

[Katrina and her mother Yelena, in the Sea Org]

Last year, we finally got to tell the heartbreaking story of Katrina Reyes. About how she had come to Florida from Siberia to join Scientology’s Sea Organization at only 11 years old. About how her mother seemed less concerned with her daughter’s well-being than about finding a husband in the Sea Org and working its long hours. About how Katrina had finally broken away from the Sea Org, and then was thrown out of Scientology and was “disconnected” by her mom.

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Scientology is desperate to get its clutches on your children. Here’s proof.

From time to time, we post mailers from the Church of Scientology that indicate how desperate the organization has become because of declining membership. But this is twice now that we’ve seen this particular mailer go out, targeting children, and the desperation here is off the charts.

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YouTube permanently shutters channel that exposed Scientology’s bigotry

[Abdul Malik Sayyid (Tony) Muhammad]

A researcher who goes by the moniker Independent Scientology News has learned that YouTube rejected his appeal and permanently shut down his channel for posting videos that were “severe violations of our
Community Guidelines on Hate Speech.”

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Scientology is hiring for a drug rehab whose location is a secret

Scientology is keeping a secret: The location of its new Continental Narconon in Australia.

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How Scientology is likely going to come back at the explosive new lawsuits

[A Scientology lawyer scrum]

The Jane Doe lawsuit filed by a powerhouse legal team on Tuesday, accusing the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige of false imprisonment, kidnapping, stalking, libel, slander, human trafficking, labor violations, and negligence, has naturally produced a big media reaction and cheers from ex-Scientologists and longtime Scientology watchers.

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