[Valeska, the Atrium, and Scientology attorneys Jeffrey Steinfeld and Charles Harris]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As we predicted, Scientology has responded to allegations that its ‘religious arbitration’ is a sham by telling a federal court judge that he can’t […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve been telling you about Scientology’s big new initiative aimed at kids, and more keeps reaching us about how it’s going. A new item suggests that Scientology parents are under a lot of pressure […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The New York Post published a fascinating expose of Joanna Vargas, a famous facialist to the stars accused of subjecting workers to Scientology, but the piece didn’t consult experts about those practices. So we […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While Scientology leader David Miscavige’s plans for expansion at the UK headquarters keep running into opposition, he’s got a large structure going up in South Africa. But what is it? Dave usual crows about […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: People who leave Scientology can spend years studying what it was about this abusive group that conditioned and harmed them. But what was it in themselves that made them vulnerable to such a trap? […]