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[Bob Duggan, illustration by Chad Essley]In case you didn’t notice it, we were actually pretty gobsmacked by a photo that we showed you last week. That photo provided the first hard evidence of something we’d been hearing for quite some time — that the richest Scientologists in the world, Bob and Trish Duggan, were splitting up. Continue reading DID BOB BLOW? Evidence that Scientology may have lost its biggest donor of all time
[Vitkovic, mid-massacre]On December 8, 1987 — 30 years ago today — a 22-year-old man named Frank Vitkovic went looking for a former friend he wanted to kill. Continue reading A grim anniversary that should remind us Scientology has no business ‘testing’ anyone
Like anything else in Scientology, how children are treated is governed by a huge number of policies and reports, and in this series we’re looking at documents that show how children were treated under the ideas of L. Ron Hubbard. We’re fortunate that one man has done so much to collect huge numbers of such documents — Mark “Warrior” Plummer, who left Scientology in 1983, and is pretty legendary for the collection of church materials he’s amassed. Also helping us is Sunny Pereira, who spent several weeks working with Mark to pull out key documents for us to discuss. Continue reading KID CORPS: When Scientology’s Sea Org parents were told to stop wasting time on their kids
[Scientology mobilizing against a 1986 court case in Los Angeles]Yesterday, historian Chris Owen reminded us of a government raid on Scientology that has largely been forgotten. Today, he discusses the lessons to be learned when, after that raid, Scientology once again beat the rap. (Also, make sure you didn’t miss our second story yesterday, about the latest Danny Masterson news.) Continue reading Why is it so hard for governments to crack down on the Church of Scientology?
Yashar Ali’s excellent reporting at the Huffington Post bore fruit today when it emerged that Netflix will be writing actor Danny Masterson’s character out of The Ranch, a comedy series he has starred in along with former That ’70s Show co-star Ashton Kutcher. Continue reading Danny Masterson fired from minor TV show, still no word from glacial D.A.’s office about rapes
Historian Chris Owen is back with a stunning and detailed look at how Scientology beat the rap in a government crackdown you probably haven’t heard of. Today, he dives into the spying and sabotage that Scientology is so well known for, and tomorrow, the lessons learned in this experience which help explain why governments have a hard time tackling the Scientology problem. Continue reading The raid on Scientology you probably haven’t heard about — and how the church beat the rap
We continue to explore L. Ron Hubbard’s statements about sex and children since Leah Remini made that subject such a part of the second season of her series, Scientology and the Aftermath. Continue reading Yes, L. Ron Hubbard wrote even more about children and sex, and we need to talk about it
[Steven Mango, YouTuber and former Scientologist]In 2014, friend to the Underground Bunker and Chicago Fire actor Christian Stolte convinced SAG-AFTRA, the actors’ union, to stop taking ads from Scientology. And now, Rod Keller catches up with Steven Mango, who has picked up that baton. Continue reading Scientology loses another outlet for attracting young acting talent in Hollywood
Jeffrey Augustine is once again keeping us up to date on Scientology’s financial documents. In this case, he has new figures on how much just one of many Scientology’s entities is worth, according to newly available tax documents. Continue reading DOX: Scientology’s pricey Florida ‘spiritual mecca’ keeps up its value in latest tax records
On Tuesday, we told you about a very disturbing 1952 L. Ron Hubbard lecture where he described, in strange Scientology jargon, the sexual abuse and killing of young boys that a Scientologist might be hiding in his past. Continue reading How L. Ron Hubbard used ‘past lives’ to set a trap for Scientologists
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