After critical ‘Aftermath’ episodes, Clearwater police chief denies favoring Scientology

We’re going to guess that the Clearwater Police Department was inundated with angry calls and messages from the public after the last two episodes of Leah Remini’s A&E series, Scientology and the Aftermath. How else to explain the extraordinary step that Clearwater Police Chief Daniel Slaughter took yesterday, posting a video to the department’s Facebook page to explain how his force was being unfairly criticized.

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The presidential candidate, the controversial guru, the Scientology lawyer — and us!

[Tulsi Gabbard, Chris Butler, and Anthony Glassman. Not pictured: Your proprietor]

We had a fun surprise last night when we realized that Hawaiian media has been buzzing about a story that had a slight connection to, well, us.

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NFL great Marshall Faulk plugs Scientology front group on Fox News

NFL Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk handed Scientology its most visible public boost in a long time yesterday by appearing on the Fox News morning program “Fox & Friends” to plug the Church of Scientology’s front group Foundation for a Drug-Free World ahead of this weekend’s Super Bowl game.

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Former members of the Lisa McPherson Trust reflect on Tuesday’s ‘Aftermath’ episode

[Bob Minton and Stacy Brooks]

Tuesday night’s Scientology and the Aftermath episode was another stunner, and contained surprises even for some of us jaded, longtime Scientology Watchers.

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Scientology targets Disney with anti-‘Aftermath’ rally, attendees number in the tens

Monday night, a group calling itself the “Los Angeles Faith Coalition” sent out notices that it was going to have an “emergency press conference” and protest to be held outside of Disney’s studios in Burbank on Tuesday afternoon.

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Accused rapist Danny Masterson hangs out with pal Ashton Kutcher at Scientology wedding

More than two years ago the Los Angeles Police Department began an investigation into the allegations of three former Scientologists and a fourth woman who say that they were violently raped by Scientologist actor Danny Masterson between 2001 and 2004. Since April 2017, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has been preparing a case and waiting for DA Jackie Lacey to make a decision whether to file charges.

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Scientology wants you to bring your kids to its creepy ‘mecca’ in Florida — it’s an adventure!

[Anton gets Super Power]

Thanks to Rasha, we have the latest copy of Source magazine, which the Church of Scientology puts out to advertise the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida to its members. In general, this issue is a lot of rah-rah repetition of the stuff you’ve heard a million times before. But one article really stood out from the rest and we thought you’d like to see it.

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Oh, come on: Scientology ‘detox’ quackery now being touted for miraculous cures

Rod Keller brings us more nuttiness from Scientology’s rank and file…

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Lucas Catton: ‘Narconon and the Church of Scientology are committing fraud daily’

[Lucas Catton]

In 2013, Lucas Catton self-published ‘Have You Told All,’ a remarkable book about his experience as the president of Scientology’s flagship drug rehab center, Narconon Arrowhead. He also appeared in an episode of the former investigative news program Rock Center, and he showed up here at the Bunker in several stories. Since then, he pulled his book from sale and has largely gone quiet. But he knew we were interested in excerpting his book for our Scientology Lit series, and he sent us a statement, which we’ve included after the excerpt.

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Scientology’s ‘grass roots’ social media effort is actually led by its most mediocre spokesman

[Ed Parkin in 2016]

Chuck Beatty remembers Ed Parkin as his fellow inmate, his bunkmate, and his jailer.

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