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Sunday Funnies: A Scientology Advertising Bonanza!

On Sundays, we love to reveal to you the Scientology mailers and fliers that our tipsters have forwarded us during the week. And this time, we have a huge selection of fun stuff to share with you.

As Scientology nears its apocalypse, er, rather, its ginormous celebration of flowing theta when it opens the Super []

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SCIENTOLOGY SUPER POWER IS COMING: OCTOBER 6!

The Tampa Bay Times broke the news Friday night: Finally, after almost 15 years since it first broke ground, Scientology’s “Super Power Building” is set to open on Sunday, October 6.

On Friday the Church of Scientology approached the Clearwater, Florida city council to obtain permits for a grand opening celebration on that date. []

Scientologists Say the Darndest Things In Their Disconnection Letters

We’re still hearing from people about the Church of Scientology’s denials that it forces “disconnection” on members who have been excommunicated (“declared a suppressive person”).

Cindy Plahuta, of Colorado, has a sadly typical story of how she learned about disconnection. After more than 20 years in the church, she became concerned about things she couldn’t ignore []

Scientology is Obsessed with Getting Books in Libraries — Here Are the Real Stats!

Hey, gang. We received a very interesting communication recently from a librarian in Illinois, and we can’t wait for you to read what he sent us.

We’ve heard from librarians several times in the past because of Scientology’s incessant efforts to get the books of L. Ron Hubbard into libraries that generally don’t want them. But []

Episcopal Church Objects to Being Included in Supreme Court Brief Supporting Scientology

After we reported last week that the National Council of Churches had filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Church of Scientology’s petition in the forced-abortion lawsuit of Laura DeCrescenzo, at least one member of the NCC has expressed its disapproval.

Readers of the Underground Bunker reached out to members of the []

In Scientology, When the Prices Kick Up, What Do You Get for the Money?

Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists. She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from Scientology’s International Base in 2005. She spent years working with Scientology’s “tech,” and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this []

THIS IS THE SOUND OF SCIENTOLOGY’S FORCED DISCONNECTION

Sindy Fagen, photo source

In the wake of Leah Remini’s defection, Church of Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw has repeatedly claimed that there is no Scientology policy of forced “disconnection,” which compels a church member to cut off all ties from someone who has been excommunicated (“declared a suppressive person”) — even if it means []

Stop Picking on Scientology! Double-Fisted Wisdom from 1977

Friday afternoon, we shared with you the comedy stylings of The Good Liars, who handed out fliers in Times Square asking people please to stop searching for Shelly Miscavige, who is not missing.

In a similar spirit, we wanted to jump on that theme with both feet, and offer David Miscavige’s outfit even more succor. After []

Jon Atack and a Special Guest Wrestle with Gerry Armstrong’s Legal Scientology Nightmare

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 on Saturdays he’s helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and []

Scientology’s Shelly Miscavige is Not Missing — So Stop Looking for Her!

The genius duo the Good Liars are back, this time with a hilarious send-up about the not missing status of Shelly Miscavige. And after their parody website, Help Will Smith, got torpedoed by the actual Church of Scientology, they’ve come roaring back with a hilarious replacement — Help []