Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]
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Is David Miscavige boarding up orgs in anticipation of inauguration riots?

[Inauguration day: More “planetary bullbait”?]

Our readers continue to send in updates about the state of orgs around the US, some of which are boarded up. (Orgs overseas appear unaffected.) In our previous updates, we noted that Scientology churches were either partially or fully boarded up in New York, DC, Dallas, Mountain View, Detroit, Pasadena, San []

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Does Shelly Miscavige know it’s Christmas 2020?

 Two years ago we decided that on Christmas Day it would be a good time to review what we knew about the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige, wife to Scientology’s leader David Miscavige, who vanished from Scientology’s Gold Base in summer 2005. We wondered if Shelly, kept hidden in a remote mountain compound, even knew it []

Whoops. Letter shows Scientology gave Jane Doe #1 permission to sue Danny Masterson in 2004

[“IJC” Mike Ellis and Danny Masterson]

Last week we told you that it had happened again, and Jane Doe #1’s real name had inadvertently been included in court documents, this time by her own attorneys. Also, for some reason when her lawyers had filed a sworn declaration written by her last week, they not only filed []

Political dupe of the day: KC councilman helps Scientology front group with ‘murder’ signs

 In 1980, Scientology was in big trouble. A 1977 FBI raid had resulted in 11 top Scientology officials being convicted of conspiracy as documents and testimony proved that the church had engaged in a years-long infiltration of the US and other governments, and had broken into sensitive offices and stole documents by the []

‘Tears of joy’: Scientology boasts that leader David Miscavige attended Clearwater event

 Our thanks to the tipster who sent us scans of the new Source magazine, Scientology’s in-house publication for its Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida.

And besides the usual drivel about promoting the high-level and expensive processes at Flag, this issue contained a surprise: Evidence that leader David Miscavige made a recent appearance at a Flag []

The Underground Bunker’s 2020 Scientology year-in-review starts today!

 Oh, this fucking year. []

Scientology social media: Planetary conquest still on track even as orgs are boarded up

 It’s another social media Sunday here in the Bunker, and we once again thank our source who lets us in on what Scientologists are telling each other as their planetary takeover proceeds at record speed. []

Secrets of Scientology ‘Super Power’: The best testimonial we’ve seen yet

 Nearly nine years ago, we first spilled major secrets from Scientology’s giant “Super Power Building.” []

Oof: Jane Doe #1’s own attorneys flubbed and ID’d her and her IP address in court documents

 For the second time Jane Doe #1’s real identity has been included in a court document in the lawsuit against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology. Like last time, it has taken at least a week to fix this error, but this time it was so much []

Tom Cruise rant reminds Tom DeVocht: Miscavige eyed Cruise as high Scientology official

[Tom DeVocht and Tom Cruise]

You’ve heard from Mike Rinder and from Leah Remini about Tom Cruise’s Covid rant that is the talk of social []