Scientology’s legacy: A look back from a remarkable new perspective

Val Ross, we can say now, has been a big help to the Underground Bunker for several years. So when she sent us this remembrance of her Scientology past, we didn’t hesitate to show it to you. We think you’ll be as impressed by it as we are.

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We’re in LA for the hearing in Leah Remini’s lawsuit against Scientology

Last week Judge Randolph Hammock issued a tentative ruling regarding Scientology’s attempt to cut down Leah Remini’s defamation and harassment lawsuit that she filed in August.

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The civil case against Scientology and Danny Masterson, laid out in detail

Last month, we told you that the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s victims was about to go through some big changes. The Jane Does suing Masterson and Scientology had submitted a new proposed version of the lawsuit that would add another plaintiff (actress Tricia Vessey), and also add sexual battery allegations against Masterson as well as civil RICO counts as they seek to prove that Scientology is a criminal enterprise.

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Mirriam Francis wants Scientology-shielded father brought to justice: how you can help

For years we’ve been talking to Mirriam Francis, who told her story on Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. She’s seeking justice after being sexually assaulted by her own father in Scientology, something she’s told us or written about for us here at the Bunker numerous times.

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You read about her encounter on a plane, now hear Tammy Synovec’s Scientology saga

Tammy Synovec’s tale about sitting down next to a Scientologist on a flight out of Los Angeles generated a big reaction. For three hours, she had an opportunity she’d been hoping would happen for a long time: To talk to a current Scientologist about the problems she saw when she was a member.

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Scientology has a permit in Austin for this Saturday, but the ‘Ideal Org’ looks unready

What is going on, Dave?

Scientology leader David Miscavige boasted more than a year ago that he was going to open up four new “Ideal Orgs” in the first quarter of 2023, and nothing happened. Then, in November (at the IAS gala) and December (at the New Year’s event) he bragged that the four were definitely going to open in “January and February,” and he made big presentations about where they were: Paris, Mexico City, Chicago, and Austin.

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Mark ‘Warrior’ Plummer, Scientology critic and archivist, 1951-2024

One of the highlights of our 2015 book tour was a stop in Austin, Texas, when we finally got a chance to meet a legend, a former Scientologist who had made a name for himself amassing one of the most comprehensive collections of Scientology archival material anywhere.

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Leah Remini wants an injunction to muzzle Scientology, and now we have the church’s reply

[Leah Remini and Scientology attorney William Forman]

We told you that on Friday, Judge Randolph Hammock told both sides in Leah Remini’s lawsuit against the Church of Scientology to stop burying him in filings ahead of what is now an important January 16 hearing.

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English councillors squirm over question about Scientology abuses

Yesterday, Alexander “Apostate Alex” Barnes-Ross attended (virtually) a meeting of the East Grinstead Town Council, the city where Scientology maintains its UK Headquarters at Saint Hill. Alex spoke up during the period for public questions, and then sent us this account of how it all went down…

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Have you made your Scientology ‘postulates’ for the new year, space cadet?

The Scientology propaganda just keeps coming, and we usually get a kick out of it. Scientology’s messages aimed at its members helps us keep up on what’s going on inside the secretive organization, and it also gives us a glimpse of how this dwindling organization is keeping the lights on.

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