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[Valerie Haney]New court documents indicate that the Church of Scientology has asked for an emergency “ex parte” hearing on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court so that it can ask that Valerie Haney’s lawsuit alleging kidnapping and slander be stayed so the church can force her to take her grievances to an internal Scientology arbitration panel instead. Continue reading Scientology asks for emergency hearing Monday to force Valerie Haney into ‘arbitration’
[The unstoppable Phil and Willie Jones]Our thanks this holiday season to Phil Jones for sending us this dispatch from the frozen north… Continue reading Phil and Willie check up on a Scientology eyesore, and a prisoner of The Hole resurfaces
[Hubbard in the 1950s]While we were going through various L. Ron Hubbard lectures looking for fun items for our “Source Code” feature, we ran into something pretty wild that we wanted to share with you. Continue reading ‘Have you got a head?’ — Listen in to Scientology as a wacky group experience
Monday night, the Washington Post uncorked a stunning investigation based on a whistleblower’s confidential report to the IRS. The report, written by a former employee of a subsidiary of the Mormon church, claimed that the church has, in violation of its tax exempt status, amassed a fortune of $100 billion. And instead of making expenditures of that money for charitable purposes, it’s been using the money to bolster the church’s for-profit enterprises. Continue reading Why the IRS will likely do nothing about Mormon and Scientology illegal slush funds
So you’ve been spying undercover for the Church of Scientology for years. Decades, in fact. You’ve infiltrated squirrel groups and anti-Scientology protests for the church’s spy wing, the Office of Special Affairs (OSA). You’ve even infiltrated psychiatric facilities in order to feed information to Scientology’s most unhinged front group, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. Continue reading The Scientology spy who wants desperately to come in from the cold
Scientology leader David Miscavige welcomed in the new decade Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles as the church, per its usual custom, celebrated New Year’s Eve a couple of weeks early so it could be filmed and then shown at its facilities around the world on the evening of December 31. Continue reading Scientology celebrated New Year’s Eve on Saturday, and once again we had someone there
Scientology has a new article from front group CCHR, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights. For years Scientology has courted the United Nations as it fights attempts by governments to tax, regulate, or prosecute the church. In August we reported that a Scientology front group was granted Special Consultative Status by the UN. Continue reading Scientology trying to use its UN connections to fight its favorite bogeyman, psychiatry
[Kelly Preston, Hubbardite]We want to thank Karen de la Carriere for digging out of her huge collection some pure, unadulterated apex-Scientology nostalgia for us all to see. Continue reading Glam for Xenu: When Scientology celebrities ruled the world
[Plaintiffs: Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Chrissie Carnell Bixler]The Church of Scientology has notified three women, each of them former Scientologists who say they were raped by Scientologist actor Danny Masterson and have sued the actor and the church, that it plans to derail their lawsuit and force them into Scientology’s brand of internal arbitration, citing contracts they signed as members years and even decades ago. Continue reading Scientology will try to force Danny Masterson accusers into its internal ‘arbitration’
We have interacted with many journalists around the world doing our work here at the Underground Bunker covering Scientology stories. Journalists who have come to get their questions answered, and others who have generously helped us with tips or documents, or just story suggestions. Scientology is an arcane and difficult subject to cover, and in the small fraternity of reporters who dive into it, we’ve enjoyed many professional exchanges with exceptional people. Continue reading Pete Combs, 1959-2019: A reporter who believed in the power of digging for the truth
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