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What Scientology itself says about the way it’s going to change how your mind works

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. For more than three years he’s been helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on […]

As he predicted, Pastor Willy Rice gets the Scientology ‘Fair Game’ treatment

[Scientology never fails to take cheap shots with photos]

Last month, when Clearwater, Florida’s Pastor Willy Rice notified his congregation at Calvary Church that Leah Remini was planning on filming an episode of A&E’s Scientology and the Aftermath at his church, he warned his flock that the Church of Scientology had a history of attacking its […]

Celebrity battle lines: Michael Peña’s wife asks Scientologists to ‘Stand with Daniel Masterson’

[Michael Peña and Brie Shaffer]

One sign that Leah Remini is really getting to David Miscavige and the Church of Scientology became very obvious this week. Our commenters have been talking about it for days — a Change.org petition started by a 13-year-old Indian boy, Ram Sharma, calling for the cancellation of A&E’s series, Leah Remini: […]

Mirriam & Saina from ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath’ — The LAPD has let us down

Don’t know about you, but after last night’s episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, we were left feeling a bit up in the air. If you remember, at the opening of the episode, we were reminded that at the end of last season, Mike and Leah were talking about meeting with attorneys to […]

Leah Remini goes there: Child molestation in Scientology for tonight’s ‘Aftermath’ premiere

We hope you’re looking forward to tonight’s premiere of the second season of A&E’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. But you should know, if past episodes of this series have left you emotionally battered, you’re in for a real roller coaster ride […]

Fair Play: Before Leah Remini takes another whack, here’s a word from Scientology itself

Tomorrow, Leah Remini and Mike Rinder launch season two of Scientology and the Aftermath with an episode which is going to eclipse everything they’ve done before. (Yes, we’ve seen it, and we’re going to tell you more about it tomorrow morning.) Once again, social media will be swamped with people expressing shock at what they’re […]

The island nation that is proving to be a refuge for the Church of Scientology

Rod Keller helps us keep an eye on Scientology overseas, and he has this report for us about […]

Garcia case update: Has Judge Whittemore managed to fill a Scientology arbitrating panel?

There are new court filings in the Garcia fraud lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, and two new dates to put on your calendar. […]

Leah Remini calls for federal action: Here’s the frustrating reason the IRS may not answer

As the start of the second season of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath approaches on Tuesday, media and public interest is ramping way up. Leah has promised that the second season will focus on “the abusive practices of Scientology — sexual abuse and physical abuse,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. […]

Bogus court documents, compliant search engines, and Scientology-style rehabs

[Per Wickstrom, illo by Chad Essley]

Yesterday The Hollywood Reporter provided a curtain-raiser for season two of Leah Remini’s A&E series with a couple of interesting articles. Seth Abramovitch wrote a new profile of Leah, and Gary Baum posted a disturbing story about how information critical of Per Wickstrom’s Narconon-style rehabs in Michigan was the subject […]

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