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[Brian Sheen and his daughter Spring]We’ve written several stories about Brian Sheen, a Florida man who left Scientology many years ago, but who never had a problem with his daughter, Spring, continuing in the organization. But after Spring married into a wealthy Scientology donor family in 2014, she got the order from the church to cut off all contact with her father. Continue reading Disconnected at birth — another infuriating Scientology saga
You have to hand it to Scientology. No matter how much L. Ron Hubbard’s creation is battered and bruised by bad press, shrinking numbers, and ridicule on social media, Scientology never, ever gives up. Continue reading Scientology’s newest infiltration — Rebecca Minkoff and Meghan Fialkoff at Nasdaq!
[George Lang, talking the Scieno talk]Yesterday, a pretty minor political story — the appointment of a Republican township trustee to an open seat in the state House of of Representatives — blew up into something more, thanks to the Church of Scientology and a notorious alt-right figure. Continue reading Is Ohio’s newest legislator a Scientologist? ‘I had him on the cans,’ says our man in Cincy
[Ford Greene]We heard this week from Ford Greene, the California lawyer who was involved in important litigation against the Church of Scientology and who also recently appeared on a special 2-hour episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. He’s also the former two-time mayor of San Anselmo, California. Continue reading Ford Greene responds to Marty Rathbun, and brings up a previous Scientology secret deal
[John Brousseau]If L. Ron Hubbard is responsible for the millions of words that spell out every aspect of Scientology, what, exactly, qualified David Miscavige to take over as church leader after Hubbard died in 1986? Continue reading Tonight on ‘Leah Remini’: Two witnesses detail David Miscavige’s ruthless Scientology takeover
We’re still marveling at the juxtaposition — that the same weekend Leah Remini took home an Emmy award for her A&E series Scientology and the Aftermath, a major hurricane was barreling down on the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida. Continue reading HURRICANE LEAH: ‘The defenses are crumbling. Scientology in Los Angeles is dying.’
Scientology leader David Miscavige continues to push for new Ideal Org openings around the world, and tells his followers that the new orgs will bring in lots of new public to Scientology. That hasn’t happened, and Miscavige has blamed it on a number of reasons — most recently, that the orgs aren’t staffed up enough. But even that excuse is wearing thin. Our Rod Keller finds that with another Ideal Org on the horizon, Scientology has come up with a new formula that it expects will finally make the new Ideal Orgs boom. Continue reading Ideal and Ideal-er: England org coming soon will be Scientology to the max
[Clarissa and Ethan Adams]We continue to be amazed at the effect Leah Remini is producing with her A&E series, Scientology and the Aftermath. As her second season progresses, we’re seeing more and more people speak up about their experiences in Scientology. Continue reading ‘Leah Remini’ show prompting more ‘ranch kids’ to come forward with agonizing family drama
One of the tough things about reporting on the Church of Scientology is that its tax-exempt status allows it to hide much of its financial information from the public. In some countries, however, Scientology and its front groups have to open their books. Among them is the Netherlands, where once again we’re getting a look at the annual financial report from the Narconon drug rehab center there. And just like last year, we’ve asked our resident money man, John P. Capitalist, to go over the numbers… Continue reading Forced to open its books, one overseas Scientology rehab shows that business is grim
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