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Scientology email claims massive new construction plans by year end

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology leader David Miscavige opened four long-delayed ‘Ideal Org’ projects in quick succession, but many more are stuck in their fundraising phases. Now, a new email suggests that Dave is about to kick things […]

Scientology says that David Miscavige did attend the Paris opening

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology finally put out a press release about its Paris ‘Ideal Org’ opening, including photos of leader David Miscavige. But was he actually there on that day? Alex Barnes-Ross doesn’t think so, and we […]

David Miscavige a no-show as Scientology opens ‘Ideal Org’ in dreary corner of Paris

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology opened an ‘Ideal Org’ in Paris yesterday, and Brit journalist Jonny Jacobsen was on the scene. So were Alex Barnes-Ross and Pete Griffiths, who spoke to us in our weekly podcast along with […]

Make room, Long Islanders: Scientology’s Gatsbys are moving in!

We want to thank all the readers who forwarded us the news out of Long Island this week after a business publication there broke the story that Scientology had plunked down $15.2 million for a 62,500-square-foot office building in […]

The most ideal part of Scientology’s new Ideal Orgs? They’re ready for Ron’s return!

Now that the dust has settled on David Miscavige’s whirlwind tour that had him opening three Scientology ‘Ideal Orgs’ in only nine days, in Austin, Mexico City, and Chicago, we thought we’d spend a moment to focus not so much on his grand opening parties outside these new buildings as on what’s […]

Scientology gushes about David Miscavige’s ‘Ideal’ appearance in Austin

Before Scientology’s Austin “Ideal Org” becomes, like the other 64 Ideal Orgs that came before it, an afterthought, we’re giving one more look at its Saturday grand opening, this time with a glance at Scientology’s own version of what […]

David Miscavige went to ‘Crazy Town’ at Scientology’s Austin Ideal Org opening!

Yesterday, Scientology leader David Miscavige made his triumphant return to the “Ideal Org” program by showing up to open the new org in Austin, Texas. And what did he talk about? He talked about crazy […]

Lawrence Wright weighs in on Scientology opening Austin ‘Ideal Org’ in his town

This afternoon, in the fair city of Austin, Texas, Scientology leader David Miscavige is scheduled to resume his “Ideal Org” project with the first grand opening of a new facility in four […]

Ribbon watch: Will Austin outsprint Paris for Scientology ‘Ideal’ glory?

It’s like Kremlinology over here as we attempt to read the tea leaves and figure out where Scientology leader David Miscavige is going to have his next “Ideal Org” grand opening and make another of his very rare public […]

Former Scientology spy goes to spy on future Scientology ‘Ideal Org’

[Patty made a trip to Beantown for us.]

We hope you remember our podcast episode with Patty Moher, who told us about her history spying for Scientology, as well as her subsequent fun visit to Scientology’s moribund New Haven “Ideal Org” project. We had so much fun with that excursion, she went on […]

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