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Mark ‘Warrior’ Plummer, Scientology critic and archivist, 1951-2024

One of the highlights of our 2015 book tour was a stop in Austin, Texas, when we finally got a chance to meet a legend, a former Scientologist who had made a name for himself amassing one of the most comprehensive collections of Scientology archival material anywhere.

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Leah Remini wants an injunction to muzzle Scientology, and now we have the church’s reply

[Leah Remini and Scientology attorney William Forman]

We told you that on Friday, Judge Randolph Hammock told both sides in Leah Remini’s lawsuit against the Church of Scientology to stop burying him in filings ahead of what is now an important January 16 hearing.

Continue reading Leah Remini wants an injunction to muzzle Scientology, and now we have the church’s reply

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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 down…

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Have you made your Scientology ‘postulates’ for the new year, space cadet?

 
The Scientology propaganda just keeps coming, and we usually get a kick out of it. Scientology’s messages aimed at its members helps us keep up on what’s going on inside the secretive organization, and it also gives us a glimpse of how this dwindling organization is keeping the lights on.

Continue reading Have you made your Scientology ‘postulates’ for the new year, space cadet?

Another January 6 anniversary brings new footage and lots of memories

Judge is fed up with sniping between legal teams for Scientology and Leah Remini

[Leah Remini and Judge Randolph Hammock]

We’ve been telling you how after Leah Remini filed her August 2 lawsuit against Scientology for what she says is a yearslong campaign of harassment, Scientology hit back with a motion to strike much of the lawsuit’s material.

Continue reading Judge is fed up with sniping between legal teams for Scientology and Leah Remini

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