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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, former London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross had the opportunity to speak about Scientology’s abuses with two councillors in East Grinstead, the English town where Scientology has its UK headquarters. And he explains how their reaction was better than he expected. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading What Alex Barnes-Ross told East Grinstead councillors about Scientology abuses
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last time, Val Ross told us about spying at the FBI after its raid on Scientology in 1977. She’s working on a subsequent installment, but in the meantime sent us this look at what she’s going through right now, with lessons for what the church does with its older adherents. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading What awaits you at the end of Scientology’s long, arduous journey
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Bruce Hines has another great narrative for us, with an extreme example of how Scientology’s obsession with secrecy resulted in inane (and very expensive) projects. ALSO: New judge sets a hearing in Leah Remini’s lawsuit [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s obsession with secrecy is in its DNA, and it results in absurdities
[David Miscavige sent Judge Randolph Hammock packing]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Judge Randolph Hammock clearly didn’t want to give up the Leah Remini lawsuit after producing a 37-page ruling for it. But after initially resisting being removed, he ultimately agreed that Scientology leader David Miscavige could send him packing without any reason at all. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Leah Remini lawsuit will get a new judge after David Miscavige challenge
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology finally put out a press release about its Paris ‘Ideal Org’ opening, including photos of leader David Miscavige. But was he actually there on that day? Alex Barnes-Ross doesn’t think so, and we look at photographic evidence which suggests he may be right. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology says that David Miscavige did attend the Paris opening
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It was a bombshell in Leah Remini’s lawsuit in December, repeated last week by the LA Times: A Scientology lawyer is accused of tampering with the criminal case of a man named Armando Garcia in order to smear Leah Remini. Now, for the first time, Garcia himself is talking. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology said Leah Remini inspired his ‘crime.’ Now he’s talking.
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology opened an ‘Ideal Org’ in Paris yesterday, and Brit journalist Jonny Jacobsen was on the scene. So were Alex Barnes-Ross and Pete Griffiths, who spoke to us in our weekly podcast along with Mark Bunker on the latest on Scientology’s takeover of Clearwater, Florida! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading David Miscavige a no-show as Scientology opens ‘Ideal Org’ in dreary corner of Paris
[The view yesterday, with ribbon in place!]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology will open another ‘Ideal Org’ today, and this time in Paris, in a country that has traditionally been harsh to the organization. Will leader David Miscavige dare to show up for the ceremony? We have Alex Barnes-Ross and Pete Griffiths on the scene reporting live! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading OOH LA LA: Scientology opens its ‘Ideal Org’ in Paris today and we’re on the scene!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Want to get a good sense of what Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s acting abilities were like? We want your impressions of the legendary Hubbard charisma on display in a resurfaced film from Ron’s heyday. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Resurfaced video: An afternoon in 1963 with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard
Among Scientology’s sneaky front groups, one of the most insidious is WISE, the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises. Continue reading Need a job, thetan? Scientology’s sneaky business front has your listings
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