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Aftermath Foundation billboard pulled down, and ClearChannel isn’t saying why

[Phil Jones and his newest billboard on Monday morning.]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We talked to Aftermath Foundation board members Phil Jones and Claire Headley last night, who said they still weren’t getting any answers from ClearChannel about their []

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They’ve done it again! Billboard goes up adjacent to Scientology HQ in Los Angeles

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Phil Jones and friends have done it again, putting up a billboard this morning near Scientology’s HQ in Los Angeles, this time to benefit the Aftermath Foundation. In today’s post, he explains how this []

You’ve just been through Scientology’s Wall of Fire: It’s time to party!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We know you’re hearing grim things about Scientology’s prospects these days, with dwindling membership, damning lawsuits, and terrible press, but it’s also true that Scientology never gives up. And here’s a glimpse of life []

East Grinstead councillor resigns amid Scientology controversy: A connection?

[Was Councillor John Dabell fed up with Mayor Visser’s Scientology entanglement?]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For a few months we’ve been helping document the chaos that seems to have gripped an English town where Scientology has its UK headquarters, []

Heber Jentzsch is 88, but Scientology still makes this surprising claim about him

[Heber Jentzsch at Maiden Voyage in 2006]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, Val Ross gave us another fascinating glimpse into her life in Scientology, and she brought up a legendary figure she knew: Heber Jentzsch. That led readers to []

Is it another un-Ideal weekend for Scientology? What gives, Dave?

 We can still hear the roaring from the crowd, cheering their dear leader, David Miscavige, who told his followers in November and December that he would have the Paris Ideal Org open in January, and three more were coming by February in Austin, Chicago and Mexico []

PODCAST: Emails show which local politician was trying to stop IAS protest for Scientology

[Apostate Alex has the goods on Dick Sweatman]

Well, we’ve done it again. We’ve gone and collaborated with Apostate Alex and we think you’re going to like the []

East Grinstead council gets an earful about Scientology, whether it wants it or not

[Zooming with the burghers of Scientologyville]

Fallout from last November’s protests of Scientology’s “IAS gala” continues to produce interesting results in East Grinstead, England, the burg that is the site of Saint Hill, Scientology’s UK headquarters, and where founder L. Ron Hubbard oversaw Scientology’s golden age between 1959 and []

VIDEO: Apostate Alex’s MP calls for government investigation of Scientology!

Alexander Barnes-Ross continues to produce results, and this time he has a remarkable update: His meddling with Scientology’s affairs has resulted in an MP calling for an investigation of the Church in []

English councillors squirm over question about Scientology abuses

 Yesterday, Alexander “Apostate Alex” Barnes-Ross attended (virtually) a meeting of the East Grinstead Town Council, the city where Scientology maintains its UK Headquarters at Saint Hill. Alex spoke up during the period for public questions, and then sent us this account of how it all went []