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You’ve seen us mention Charlie Wakley numerous times. The product of a Scientology family, Charlie has emerged as a notable fixture at Scientology’s London Ideal Org. He shows up frequently in the org’s promotional materials and videos. It’s his job to give the impression that Scientology is exploding in popularity in London. It isn’t, but he succeeds, at least, in appearing to be the org’s tireless cheerleader and its mascot. Continue reading Scientology’s secret weapon to get its clutches on your children
Copenhagen has done it again. Just when if feels like it couldn’t get any more miserable in this terrible modern world we live in, and the news is so grim we try not to catch sight of the national news, along come our Danish friends to remind us that things could always be worse: we could be Scientologists! Continue reading Scientology is the coolest religion on earth, video proves
[Coalition member Veronica Rodriguez (in yellow) and friends meet with Assembly member Ed Chau]The Conscience Coalition is continuing to organize against SB 276, a bill that would require California health officials to monitor doctors and schools that have more than usual rates of medical exemptions from required childhood vaccines. Members are being asked to contact or visit their legislators to oppose the bill. Continue reading Scientologist-led anti-vaxx ‘Conscience Coalition’ is off to a humble start
[Robert Lindsay, Lord Balniel]Fifty years ago this summer, Scientology mounted a lengthy and concentrated campaign to take over Britain’s National Association of Mental Health (NAMH). Driven by L. Ron Hubbard’s paranoid belief that he and Scientology were being targeted by a supposed global psychiatric conspiracy, Scientologists attempted to infiltrate the NAMH ahead of its annual leadership elections and take over the organisation. It was a vivid demonstration of Hubbard’s hatred of psychiatry and his followers’ willingness to put his anti-psychiatric agenda into practice. Continue reading Out of sight, out of MIND: How Scientology tried & failed to destroy psychiatry in the UK
Scientology front group CCHR recently published an article opposing a new drug to treat tardive dyskinesia (TD). They’re a little late to the party, as Ingrezza was approved by the FDA in 2017 to treat adults for the side effects of some antipsychotic medications. Patients on these medicines may develop TD, involuntary jerking motions of the face. Continue reading Scientology finds a friendly physician to help out in its attack on an effective drug
[Jonathan and Jessica Davitt and their Austin home]One of the consequences of Scientology’s toxic “disconnection” policy is that the people who are affected can go years between any news at all about the loved ones who have cut them out of their lives. Continue reading Scientologists in Texas neighborhood battle turn out to include Lori Hodgson’s daughter
[Daniel Abeles as the Great Thetan]As much as we enjoyed George Pendle’s book about Jack Parsons, Strange Angel, we don’t have CBS All Access and so we haven’t been keeping up on the television adaptation. Continue reading ‘Strange Angel’ goes there, teases Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard at season end
[It’s convention season for Scientology!]“Doing it all simultaneously.” This cryptic slogan showed up at an “Ideal Org Convention” for Canada last week. But it’s becoming clear that this is a message that is being sent to all Scientologists around the world. So what does it mean? Continue reading Miscavige changes course: All remaining Scientology orgs to go ‘Ideal’ at the same time
As the Church of Scientology continues to hemorrhage membership, its losses in income and labor are increasingly hard to replace with new members. As the Bunker has been documenting, the church is spending a lot of its resources not so much on bringing in new people but instead desperately trying to convince former members to come back. Continue reading Driving people away (and begging them back) was built into Scientology from the start
Actor Jason Dohring may still be recovering from his Veronica Mars character Logan Echolls being blown up at the end of the show’s recently-released fourth season, but perhaps now the Scientology actor will gain some notoriety for another reason. Continue reading Scientology uses actor Jason Dohring as bait in what ends up as a false imprisonment case
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