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Garcias ask for reconsideration on judge’s error: ‘We never agreed that Scientology is a religion’

On March 13, Tampa federal Judge James D. Whittemore granted the Church of Scientology’s motion to compel Luis and Rocio Garcia to submit to Scientology’s internal arbitration scheme, which essentially ended the Garcias’ lawsuit against the church. The Garcias, who live in Irvine, California, had sued the church for fraud, contending that donations they’d given []

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L. Ron Hubbard’s Navy record: Chris Owen critiques the ‘Business Insider’ story

One of the great results of Lawrence Wright’s New Yorker article on Paul Haggis and Scientology, which grew into his book Going Clear, was that he got the Church of Scientology to turn over a huge amount of documentation of L. Ron Hubbard’s life.

In that trove turned out to be a number of records concerning []

Read the police report on the spies who kept tabs on the father of Scientology’s leader

We have it, Underground Bunker readers, and now we want your help combing through the documents. We have the police report of Dwayne Powell, who was stopped with his son Daniel during an operation to spy on Ron Miscavige Sr, father to Scientology leader David Miscavige []

Jenna Miscavige Hill on her uncle spying on her grandfather: The arrogance is astonishing

SEE ALSO: ‘LET HIM DIE’: Our initial post on the Powells, with Dwayne Powell’s indictment and court docketSEE ALSO: Read the police report on the spies who kept tabs on the father of Scientology’s leader

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported the news that spies allegedly hired by Scientology leader David Miscavige to follow his []

‘Let him die’: Scientology leader David Miscavige had private eyes watching his father, say police

SEE ALSO: Jenna Miscavige Hill on her uncle spying on her father: The arrogance is astonishingSEE ALSO: Read the police report on the spies who kept tabs on the father of Scientology’s leader

Los Angeles Times reporter Kim Christensen landed a bombshell Wednesday night with his story about a police report which shows that Scientology leader []

Geoffrey Lewis, 1935-2015, a consummate character actor and an OT 5 Scientologist

Geoffrey Lewis, the bucolic character actor known best for the 1970s Clint Eastwood movies he appeared in, died in his son Miles’s arms Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest during a morning workout. He was 79 years []

25 of the biggest lies told by L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology

One of the Bunker’s great contributors, Jeffrey Augustine, has put together for us a list of the biggest whoppers told by Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and a couple of canards thrown around by the church itself. We think you’re going to enjoy the collection Jeffrey put together for []

Mike Rowe uses Facebook to rip Scientology over the treatment of his friend Spanky Taylor

On Sunday night Mike Rowe, the former Dirty Jobs host and current star of CNN’s Somebody’s Gotta Do It, used his Facebook page to vent over the treatment of Spanky Taylor that’s described in Alex Gibney’s documentary about Scientology, Going Clear. Spanky was one of eight former Church of Scientology members who appeared in the []

Saturday Night Live’s genius spoof of Scientology: Lyrics and images

A very happy Easter to our readers, whether you celebrate the holiday or not. In case you missed the excitement last night, Saturday Night Live aired a pitch-perfect parody of Scientology’s 1990 video “We Stand Tall” which was featured prominently in Alex Gibney’s documentary Going Clear.

Gibney’s film aired on HBO Sunday night and has []

‘Going Clear’ subject Tom DeVocht visited by Burbank PD after suspicious anonymous tip

We’ve been reporting that some of the ex-Scientologists who took part in Alex Gibney’s film Going Clear have been experiencing a sharp increase in the amount of surveillance and harassment they normally have to put up with.

Perhaps no one has experienced more suspicious activity recently than Tom DeVocht, a former church executive who was close []