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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Leah Remini on Scientology’s stalking — nothing is going to stop her third season of ‘Aftermath’

 Leah Remini continues her mini-publicity blitz, this time talking with our correspondent Jeffrey Augustine for his latest podcast. We asked Jeffrey for a []

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Scientology TV was launched with a massive ad campaign — is it working?

 It’s been more than two weeks since David Miscavige premiered Scientology TV, a project he’s been working on for years. And not only is he spending a boatload for his TV channel — carried on DirecTV and a mess of apps — but it’s pretty obvious that the church has paid for a truly massive []

Scientology’s secret vaults get their star turn on the new TV network, and it’s nutty!

[Scientology’s time capsules can survive a nuclear holocaust!]

Last night, the show about Scientology’s “Archival Project” aired, giving outsiders a pretty amazing look at some of the inner workings making sure Scientology’s wisdom can survive natural disasters and a nuclear holocaust. []

Leah Remini is still being stalked, and now Scientology has turned to an ex-NYPD detective

 In December, a retired NYPD detective was sitting in a silver minivan with Texas plates when our source, who we’re not going to name, got into a conversation with []

The Ideal Org grift isn’t complete until Scientology’s ‘Birthday Game’ is won

[Denmark Org displays the cup for winning in the EU continent]

Rod Keller continues to take apart David Miscavige’s ‘Ideal Org’ strategy for []

Leah Remini talks ‘Aftermath,’ developing a new show, and more with Chris Shelton

 Chris Shelton has a treat for us today — he talks with Leah Remini! []

Stop interacting with Scientology’s Internet trolls. Here’s proof it can backfire on you badly.

 Please believe us when we say that we really, really never wanted to write a single word about the pathetic Internet trolls known as John Alex Wood and Gemma []

Scientology TV gives viewers a glimpse of the church’s most secret locations — but why?

 Scientology TV is still unwatchable, but since its debut more than a week ago, we’ve enjoyed keeping an eye on the reactions it’s generating on social []

Kirstie Alley goes OT 8, celebrates her ‘confront’ level on Scientology’s cruise ship ‘Freewinds’

[Finally, she’s ready to blast off!]

Kirstie Alley has finally gone OT 8! []

Ginger Sugerman is facing enormous challenges — and here’s how you can help

[Ginger Sugerman, left, and her longtime friend Penny Thomas]

Ginger Sugerman will be making multiple trips in the coming days to her local hospital — which is nearly two hours away by car. She lives in Sylvania, Georgia, a rural spot in the road about halfway between Augusta and Savannah. []