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Scientology’s huge investment in Ireland pays off with 50 percent growth!

The new Irish census is in, and Scientology leader David Miscavige must be doing cartwheels.

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New website sets out to document Scientology cancer and other deaths

 
It’s something we’ve been asked many times, and we’ve never really had a good answer for: Do Scientologists die of cancer at higher rates than other people?

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For Memorial Day: Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s farcical first command

 
It’s Memorial Day here in the US, and once again we’re happy to post an excerpt from Chris Owen’s excellent book Ron the War Hero to commemorate L. Ron Hubbard’s war service. Make sure to pick up a copy of the book if you haven’t already.

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Scientology’s latest fundraising brainstorm: Braveheart and big swords!

[Give us your money!]

Here we go again, campers! You know them, Scientology’s ludicrously long fundraising fliers, which come out after a big money-soaked event. And once again, it’s the marks in Toronto who are being featured.

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OH JOY: Scientology has a fundraising survey for you, space pilgrims!

 
At Scientology the fundraising never stops. However, you can imagine that the marks get a little wary after a while when they keep getting invited down for the same speakers and topics before they have to open up their wallets.

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Janis Gilham Grady and Mark Fisher: Taking you into Scientology’s abuses and its past

 
We’ll be at the courthouse today hoping the Danny Masterson retrial jury can deliver some verdicts before the holiday weekend. In the meantime, Janis Gillham Grady and Mark Fisher wanted to tell you about their new video adventure.

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Deborah Rennard fends off ugly accusations by Haleigh Breest in new affidavit

 
In March we told you that Deborah Rennard not only had to guard against an unhinged Tommy Davis, who accosted her in the street during the Paul Haggis-Haleigh Breest trial, but also that Breest had made accusations that Rennard was helping her ex-husband Haggis hide money.

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Bruce Hines: Scientology has always protected abusers and always will

[Dark secrets in the South Tyrol]

[While we have a day off from deliberations at the Danny Masterson retrial, we have this treat to tide us over, the latest vivid narrative from Bruce Hines.]

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Straight Up and Vertical: When is this jury going to deliver a result?

 
After a morning off, deliberations in the Danny Masterson retrial will resume today at 1:30 pm here in Los Angeles. The jury will then have only a little more than two hours to reach a verdict today before the court takes tomorrow off entirely.

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Scientology salutes ‘humanitarian’ couple for donating $33.8 million to building fund

 
Just last week we showed you evidence from Scientology’s own publications that big donors are still turning over huge amounts to church leader David Miscavige’s legal slush fund, the International Association of Scientologists.

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