[David Miscavige changes his mind about banning protests at Saint Hill]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For the second time in a month, Scientology has withdrawn a petition before suffering an embarrassing no vote from a local political body. But […]

[Notorious antisemite Willis Carto spun wild theories about L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: From time to time, we get asked about a curious historical nugget: In the middle of a wild 1990s fight between Holocaust […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Longtime Scientologist and Cobra Kai actor Martin Kove is in the news for some very questionable behavior. And speaking of dubious behavior by Scientologists, we thought we’d update you on some of the court […]

[Joy Villa, right, with reclusive Scientology celebrity Connor Cruise]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On May 14, Joy Villa announced publicly that she’d left Scientology and was turning her attention to exposing the organization’s abuses. She also had access to […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Previously unpublished internal Scientology documents give us a new glimpse behind the scenes as church leaders were freaking out over the Tom Cruise-Brooke Shields feud. And wait until you hear who they sent to […]