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We’re still recovering from our big series on Lisa McPherson. In the meantime, Jeffrey Augustine sent over a copy of his latest podcast, a continuation of his conversation with Jesse Prince. Continue reading Jeffrey Augustine: Part two of his conversation with Jesse Prince
We’re very glad to be done with our series about Lisa McPherson, who died 20 years ago yesterday. But after paying such close attention to Scientology’s grimmest of scandals, we thought we owed you a laugh today. Continue reading Postscript: How David Miscavige spun the death of Lisa McPherson
What Laura Arrunada, Lisa McPherson’s final caretaker, saw in Room 174 of the Fort Harrison Hotel in the last three days of Lisa’s life was so upsetting, Marty Rathbun made her reports disappear. Continue reading Twenty years ago today: The final hours of Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life
Inside the room there was hardly anything other than a bed and the person being given the silent treatment. Outside the room, there was someone watching to make sure that the door stayed closed and the person inside didn’t get out. Continue reading How Scientology ‘caretakers’ could stand by and watch Lisa McPherson deteriorate
[David Miscavige, captain of a legal fiction]
Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine is back, and this time he digs into the way Scientology changes its story, depending on who it’s trying to threaten or hoodwink. Take it away, Jeff! Continue reading Augustine: How Scientology changes its story to fit what it’s trying to get away with
On Monday, the Legoland California theme park invited actress Jenna Elfman to preside over its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony and thanked her by donating $10,000 to the charity of her choice. Elfman, a longtime and ardent Scientologist, asked Legoland to donate the money to Youth for Human Rights, a Scientology front group that uses a 1948 United Nations declaration as a way to spread its influence with young people around the world. Continue reading Hey, Legoland: A former Scientology youth explains what your money will buy
Our friend and fellow journalist Mark Ebner alerted us last night to a fairly mindblowing statement posted on Twitter on Monday afternoon. The Legoland theme park in Carlsbad, California announced that it is donating $10,000 to the Scientology front group Youth for Human Rights, and in the name of actress Jenna Elfman. Continue reading Legoland theme park donates $10,000 to Scientology front on behalf of Jenna Elfman
Twenty years ago today, the new weekly edition of the Phoenix New Times featured a man named Rick Ross on its cover, and a byline that was printed there for the first time: “By Tony Ortega.” Continue reading Where it all began for us: Rick Ross, David Koresh, and the Church of Scientology
Our man in Europe, Jonny Jacobsen, finally found some time in his busy schedule covering the Scientology prosecution in Belgium to give us his thoughts about the other big story this week — the Moscow court’s decision to ban the church. Like us, Jonny has his concerns about the way Russia goes about its opposition to Hubbardism. Continue reading Jonny Jacobsen: Why the Moscow ban on Scientology may be built on shaky foundations
A number of our readers noticed that Scientology has been putting out gushing news about its unstoppable “expansion” in press releases that show up in the oddest places, like in a piece masquerading as a story that showed up in Digital Journal and in Jim Cramer’s news website The Street. We have to wonder at the people who might take such claims of Scientology’s growth seriously. Continue reading Scientology’s apocalyptic ‘expansion’: A hint at the real story in a Brighton shiny moment
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