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Wyoming employer settles to prevent trial on forcing worker into Scientology

[Attorney Steven L. Murray]

Back in December 2018, we posted a federal complaint filed by a woman in Wyoming named Julie L. Rohrbacher, who was suing her former employer, Teton Therapy, for trying to force her into Scientology []

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If Scientology forced your children to disconnect from you, what would you do?

[Phil Jones and his son Mike]

On Saturday, we posted Skip Young’s update about how he tried to defy Scientology disconnection by flying across the country to see his two grown daughters. It didn’t go well. We got a couple of interesting responses to that, and we wanted you to see this one today. It was []

Henning Heldt, 1945-2020: Scientology’s 1970s spymaster went to prison for L. Ron Hubbard

 The Underground Bunker has learned that 1970s Scientology spymaster Henning Heldt, the target of one of the largest raids in FBI history, died Sunday of cancer. He was []

Scientology’s ‘Purif’ detox gets the ‘Reckless Ben’ treatment in video debuting here today

[Michael, left and Ben enlighten us about Scientology]

Who are these guys? That was one of the reactions we had when we saw the dynamite first two videos put out by a couple of young infiltrators who have brought out some of the most fascinating (and hilarious) undercover video from inside Scientology in a long []

Does Mexico really need a Scientology ‘Advanced Org’? We’ll soon find out.

 The seals on the gates of the Palmas Plaza have been removed and work has started again to renovate the former shopping mall into Scientology’s Advanced Org for Latin America. Scientology purchased the building in 2008 and began renovating without permits in 2017. How Scientology convinced officials to issue a permit and remove the seals []

Scientology, disconnection, and the worst Christmas ever

[Skip Young and his daughters]

One of our favorite stories of 2016 was the lengthy piece we wrote about Skip Young. At one point, he had worked as an operator for the Church of Scientology while he was a police officer, and he became a footnote in the Snow White Program of the 1970s. Years later, []

In the Sea Org, it’s difficult to see Scientology’s incompetence — until you escape

[Sunny Pereira, helping you onto your OT levels.]

While you’re in Scientology, everything related to helping the organization achieve its goals is so important, nothing else is. As a member of the Sea Org, you’re always in an emergency situation, handling one top-priority last-minute must-complete crisis after another, around the clock and with your eternity and []

Graham Berry shares a Scientology secret with us that might explain everything

[Graham Berry shares some thoughts on Valerie Haney’s lawsuit]

We’re still getting our feet back under us after a festive holiday, but we thought we might take a look at the current status of the lawsuits facing the Church of Scientology as we start []

Mike Rinder: What the Church of Scientology has coming in 2020

 [Don’t miss the announcement we made at midnight about this year’s HowdyCon!]

Like in previous years, we’re curious to hear from Scientology’s top former spokesman and Leah Remini’s ‘Aftermath’ co-star Mike Rinder about his thoughts on the state of Scientology as we enter a new []

Scientology watchers, start making your plans for HowdyCon 2020 in St. Louis!

 Happy New Year, Underground Bunker readers! Here we are at the beginning of another year of Scientology watching — but we want you to think ahead to the warmer days of late spring and consider joining us for our annual []