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Would you buy a used car from this man? Scientology and refunds — a primer

We always enjoy Jeffrey Augustine’s explorations of Scientology’s own internal rules and documents in order to explain how it really works. In this case, he exposes how Scientology is violating the promises it made the IRS regarding refund requests by its members. And if that’s the case, it should put Scientology’s tax exempt status into […]

Countdown to Friday: ‘Scientology’s Dirty Tricks’ on the menu in Sydney

Hey, Sydney, we hear 2,300 of you crammed into the premiere of Going Clear back in June — that’s more than the number of people who admitted to being Scientologists in your country’s last […]

When Scientology makes you a villain, you understand that it rules its members by fear

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than a year on Saturdays he helped us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that […]

Scientology on trial in Belgium: An update from our man in Europe

With a little more than a week before Belgium puts Scientology on trial, our man in Paris, Jonny Jacobsen, gives us an update about a scouting trip he took to get the lay of the […]

Louis Theroux’s ‘My Scientology Movie’: A hilarious take on an unfunny bunch

Louis Theroux at the London premiere of ‘My Scientology Movie’ (Still from interview by Scarlet Howes.)

A couple of years ago, BBC presenter Louis Theroux made an appeal on Twitter for Scientologists to reach out to him for the new film he was making about the church. We couldn’t help rolling our eyes at the time, […]

‘MY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE’: Louis Theroux’s doc premieres tonight at the London Film Festival

More than three years ago, we first heard from producer Simon Chinn that he planned to make a feature film about Scientology that would star Louis Theroux. Since then, the BBC-backed producer hired a director named John Dower, won an Oscar (for Searching for Sugar Man), and tonight will finally reveal what he and Dower […]

Back in London for the next Scientology summit, featuring Russell Miller!

We’re on the move again, and this time it’s a return to London. It was just two months ago that we were here for a talk at Conway Hall with BBC reporter John Sweeney and our publisher, Humfrey Hunter.

Tomorrow, we will be on hand as the BBC-backed “My Scientology Film” with Louis Theroux debuts at […]

That time Scientology’s Sea Org grunts donned cut-offs and bikinis to fake out L. Ron Hubbard

So much has happened since we returned from the last leg of our book tour that we’ve hardly had a chance to look back on the really remarkable things that took place during our trip to places like Minneapolis and Vancouver, […]

L. Ron Hubbard’s regressive homophobia: Can Scientology’s celebrities handle the truth?

Yesterday, former Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder posted a statement about Scientology’s homophobia which not only collected founder L. Ron Hubbard’s statements about homosexuality’s “perversion” but also explained, from his personal experience, how Rinder observed the organization’s baked-in hate for gays and […]

Another minor omen of the coming Scientology apocalypse appears in Florida

About a month ago, our Florida correspondent “L. Wrong” spotted an interesting sight. Outside of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation in Orlando, a “For Rent” sign had sprung up.

We’re actually surprised that more Scientology outlets haven’t gone belly-up, considering the sharp drop in activity at them around the world. But here was some visual evidence […]

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