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Activists find Scientologist French police tried for years to question about 2006 suicide

[Gloria Lopez]

Activists have tracked down a woman French police tried for years to question about the 2006 suicide of a Scientologist — and she’s still working for the movement.

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MASTERSON: Scientology wants Bobette Riales dismissed, others forced into arbitration

[Bobette Riales and the Hollywood Celebrity Centre]

Back on December 13, we broke the news that Scientology was planning to force some of the former Scientologists suing Danny Masterson into “religious arbitration” as a way of killing their lawsuit.

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Wyoming employer settles to prevent trial on forcing worker into Scientology

[Attorney Steven L. Murray]

Back in December 2018, we posted a federal complaint filed by a woman in Wyoming named Julie L. Rohrbacher, who was suing her former employer, Teton Therapy, for trying to force her into Scientology courses.

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If Scientology forced your children to disconnect from you, what would you do?

[Phil Jones and his son Mike]

On Saturday, we posted Skip Young’s update about how he tried to defy Scientology disconnection by flying across the country to see his two grown daughters. It didn’t go well. We got a couple of interesting responses to that, and we wanted you to see this one today. It was submitted by Phil Jones, a pretty familiar name around here.

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Henning Heldt, 1945-2020: Scientology’s 1970s spymaster went to prison for L. Ron Hubbard

 
The Underground Bunker has learned that 1970s Scientology spymaster Henning Heldt, the target of one of the largest raids in FBI history, died Sunday of cancer. He was 74.

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Scientology’s ‘Purif’ detox gets the ‘Reckless Ben’ treatment in video debuting here today

[Michael, left and Ben enlighten us about Scientology]

Who are these guys? That was one of the reactions we had when we saw the dynamite first two videos put out by a couple of young infiltrators who have brought out some of the most fascinating (and hilarious) undercover video from inside Scientology in a long time.

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Does Mexico really need a Scientology ‘Advanced Org’? We’ll soon find out.

 
The seals on the gates of the Palmas Plaza have been removed and work has started again to renovate the former shopping mall into Scientology’s Advanced Org for Latin America. Scientology purchased the building in 2008 and began renovating without permits in 2017. How Scientology convinced officials to issue a permit and remove the seals is unknown. Enrique Vargas del Villar, the Constitutional President of the Municipality of Huixquilucan did not respond to our questions about the permit status.

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Scientology, disconnection, and the worst Christmas ever

[Skip Young and his daughters]

One of our favorite stories of 2016 was the lengthy piece we wrote about Skip Young. At one point, he had worked as an operator for the Church of Scientology while he was a police officer, and he became a footnote in the Snow White Program of the 1970s. Years later, he had been “declared suppressive” by the church, and his adult daughters disconnected from him. Skip now has a startling update for us, as he attempted to reunite with his daughters this past Christmas and… Well, we’ll let him tell the tale.

 
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In the Sea Org, it’s difficult to see Scientology’s incompetence — until you escape

[Sunny Pereira, helping you onto your OT levels.]

While you’re in Scientology, everything related to helping the organization achieve its goals is so important, nothing else is. As a member of the Sea Org, you’re always in an emergency situation, handling one top-priority last-minute must-complete crisis after another, around the clock and with your eternity and the organization’s planetary goals at stake.

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Graham Berry shares a Scientology secret with us that might explain everything

[Graham Berry shares some thoughts on Valerie Haney’s lawsuit]

We’re still getting our feet back under us after a festive holiday, but we thought we might take a look at the current status of the lawsuits facing the Church of Scientology as we start 2020.

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