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Blogs
September 12, 2012
Scientology Chooses an Odd Time to Open a "National Affairs" Office in DC
Today at 6 pm, Scientology will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a building in Washington DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood. For the last couple of years, Scientology has opened "Ideal Orgs" -- fancy, superfluous new churches in cities around the world in an expensive ploy to make it look like the ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2012
Voice Readers Raise Thousands For Couple That Refused to Spy for Scientology
We've always been suckers for the final scene of It's a Wonderful Life. No matter how many times we see it, we tear up at the sight of George Bailey's friends coming to his aid in his time of need, proving to him that he really is the richest man in town. Over the last couple of days, we watched so ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2012
The Voice Reads Maureen Orth's Story about Scientology in Vanity Fair
See also our Voice Exclusive: Paul Haggis reacts to Scientology's attack on Nazanin Boniadi We managed to find a copy of the new Vanity Fair today, and we've read Maureen Orth's story, "What Katie Didn't Know," about Tom Cruise and his Scientology-approved search for a new wife. As advertised, the ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2012
Scientology's Idea of a Rollicking Sermon: Watch This Gem From 1984
Here at Scientology Watching Central, we often get asked, is Scientology really a religion? In general, we tend not to get into a debate about that -- Scientology calls itself a "church," so we do the same. We find that it only makes the organization's alleged abuses -- including ripping apart famil ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Scientology's Concentration Camp for Its Executives: The Prisoners, Past and Present
This weekend, we published a two-part story about the rather amazing 32-year Scientology career of John Brousseau, whose adventures included driving for L. Ron Hubbard, spending time in the Sea Org's prison program the RPF, and working in the Cruise household with Tom and Katie Holmes. What seemed ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2012
Watch Mimi Faust Talk about Losing Her Mother to Scientology
One of our tipsters put together for us this portion of Monday night's Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta that features Mimi Faust talking about her mother choosing Scientology over her own children. In this scene, you see her dealing with what is still deeply felt trauma over being abandoned at only 13 years ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2012
"Tom Cruise Worships David Miscavige Like a God": The John Brousseau Story, Part Two
Yesterday, we published the first part of our conversation with John Brousseau, a 32-year veteran of Scientology's "Sea Org" who escaped from the church's International Base east of Los Angeles in 2010. In our first part, Brousseau described his work in the Tom Cruise household with Katie Holmes an ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2012
"Tom Cruise Worships David Miscavige Like a God": A Scientology Insider Gives First Full-Length Interview to the Voice
I've spoken to John Brousseau numerous times over the past couple of years. In 2011, I reported about the photographs he smuggled out of Scientology's International Base east of Los Angeles which documented the work he did customizing a motorcycle, a Ford Excursion, and an airplane hangar for Tom Cr ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2012
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's Split Becomes an Advertisement (Also, Guide to Our Scientology Archives!)
Southampton, England-based P&O Cruises put this advertisement in a newspaper somewhere, and it was naturally posted to the web. We can't decide, however, if P&O understood just how brilliant its advertisement is, as it not only riffs on Tom Cruise's name, but it also recalls one of Scientology's b ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2012
Breaking Away from the Church of Scientology: Reading Marty Rathbun's Manifesto
Between 2004 and 2007, Scientology experienced several defections by high-ranking executives who later wrote books about breaking away from what they characterized as a dangerous and pathological organization. But for many of us who watch Scientology, it is one defector in particular whose story we ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2012
SCIENTOLOGY CRUMBLING: An Entire Church Mission Defects as David Miscavige Faces Leadership Crisis
For several years, we've been reporting about a crisis in Scientology as key members of the church -- including some of its highest-ranking former executives -- have left the organization and spoken out about its abuses. One by one, longtime, loyal Scientologists have announced that they are fed up ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2012
SCIENTOLOGY ABANDONED BY L. RON HUBBARD'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND DAVID MISCAVIGE'S FATHER
Multiple sources are telling the Voice that Scientology's International Base in California has experienced stunning new defections -- Roanne Leake, who is L. Ron Hubbard's granddaughter, has "blown" the base, which was her home for more than 20 years. But just as shocking, at about the same time, th ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
How a Scientologist Loses Faith in His Church: A Case Study
One of the reasons Debbie Cook's infamous New Year's Eve e-mail had such a huge effect was that it provided a look from inside at what was tearing apart the Church of Scientology. Cook's e-mail spelled out in high relief what ex-Scientologists had been telling us were the issues causing so many lo ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Nancy Cartwright and Karen Black Announced For 'Writers of the Future' Gala -- a Direct Response to the Voice?
Last week, we brought you several moments from Scientology's big L. Ron Hubbard birthday event that was held on March 10 in Clearwater, Florida. Here's another few minutes from that celebration that we alluded to earlier, during which church leader David Miscavige uses the church's "Writers of the F ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Mike Rinder on "The Hole," Indoctrination, Confessions, and His Ultimate Escape
For years, Mike Rinder was the Church of Scientology's chief spokesman and executive director of the Office of Special Affairs, its intelligence wing. In 2007, his defection was among the most surprising in an exodus of high-ranking officials from the church. Since then, he's given several interview ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
VIDEO: Proof that L. Ron Hubbard Was the Most Awesome Human Being Ever
Just a few weeks after the Scientologists at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida experienced it for themselves, here it is: video from this year's L. Ron Hubbard birthday event. On March 13, LRH would have turned 101 years old (if he hadn't so wisely dropped his meat body in 1986 to research hig ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Scientology's Concentration Camp: Where Can Miscavige Put "The Hole" Now?
As we wait for the next development in the Church of Scientology's lawsuit against its former employee, Debbie Cook, we continue to think about something the church told ABC for its recent Nightline story on the case... "In a letter to ABC News, a lawyer for the Church of Scientology flat out denie ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2012
Scientology 451: Commenters of the Week!
We used the news from Russia this week as an excuse to mix up a shaker of vodka martinis. After quite a few glasses garnished with olives, we got a bit lightheaded, but we never felt the desire to ban L. Ron Hubbard's books. This was a strange week of Scientology news around the world, but we kept ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2012
FBI Investigation of Scientology: Already Over Before We Even Heard of It
In February 2011, the New Yorker published Lawrence Wright's superb 24,000-word piece about director Paul Haggis and the Church of Scientology, "The Apostate." One of the most interesting things in the story was a revelation that made news all on its own: Wright reported that the FBI was investiga ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
Happy Birthday, L. Ron Hubbard! Here's Our Surprise Gift For Scientology's Founder
On this day in 1911, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born in Tilden, Nebraska. If Hubbard had not wisely discarded his 74-year-old meat body in January, 1986 in order to research new levels of OT somewhere else in the galaxy, he'd be a really wrinkly 101 years old today. Where is Ron today? According ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Scientology's Writers of the Future Contest: Troubling Ties to Abuse in the Church
On the eve of L. Ron Hubbard's 101st birthday, we have a story which brings together several themes we've been dealing with here lately -- Scientology's alleged abuses, its "secular" front groups, and its attempts to promote the reputation of its founder. In February, I noticed an interesting blog ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2012
Scientology Counterattack: Commenters of the Week!
There's been so much enturbulation in the underground bunker lately, it's been hell on the cats, who just want to catch up on their sleep. So we installed one of those kitty hi-rises this week and it was an instant hit. The little carnivores are remaining more calm in their tiny carpeted condos whil ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Scientology's Secret Behind "Ideal Orgs" Revealed At Last
David Miscavige opened yet another "Ideal Org" this weekend, showing up to cut the ribbon at the new Church of Scientology in Florence, Kentucky (servicing the Cincinnati area). As you can see in the photo to the right, Miscavige showed up long enough to open the new building Saturday, which is jus ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
SCIENTOLOGY'S DISGRACE: AN OPEN LETTER TO TOM CRUISE
Dear Tom, It's time for you to start talking publicly about Scientology again. Your religion is in serious trouble. In 2005, you ended a longtime policy of not talking about the church by suddenly bringing it up in interviews. Most memorable, of course, was the way you challenged Matt Lauer, tell ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2012
Scientology Half-Cocked: Commenters of the Week!
It's been another blast of a week here at the underground bunker, where we keep an eye on all things Scientology related. We started off the week by marveling at the "thrill" of Scientology fundraising in our regular weekend feature, Sunday Funnies. On Monday, we collected a few dozen of ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Scientology vs Marty Rathbun: An Unfair Fight?
Last summer, we brought you extensive coverage of Scientology's bizarre siege of a South Texas home. A goon squad calling itself the "Squirrel Busters" claimed to be a documentary crew making a film about former high-ranking church executive Marty Rathbun. The intimidation squad even managed to get ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
The Strange Death of Flo Barnett, Mother-in-Law to Scientology Leader David Miscavige
We were stunned when Debrah Kitchings said it: in the 26 years since she investigated the odd death of Mary Florence "Flo" Barnett for the Los Angeles County Coroner, she has not once been asked by a reporter about what she remembers of the case. Only once in that time, she says, was she ever aske ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
How Scientology Spied on Tom Cruise
Three former Church of Scientology officials tell the Voice that for years -- at least between 1991 and 2005 -- church leader David Miscavige kept a close watch on Tom Cruise with the use of a man named Michael Doven, who served as Cruise's personal assistant. For much of that time, 1991 to 2001, C ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2012
Scientology: Secrets of the Super Power Building
The Voice has obtained hundreds of new renderings of Scientology's Super Power Building in Clearwater, Florida, as well as a comprehensive collection of its architectural drawings. [Go here for our primer: What is Scientology? Update: More renderings of the building's odder features. And we reveal p ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2012
Scientology in Turmoil: Debbie Cook's E-Mail, Annotated
Since news broke Sunday of Debbie Cook's stunning e-mail, sent to thousands of her fellow Scientologists, word of a serious rift inside the church has been appearing in many news outlets, particularly in Europe. In the meantime, we provided additional depth and context about Debbie Cook, her career, ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Scientology in Crisis: Debbie Cook's Transformation from Enforcer to Whistleblower
Debbie Cook and her husband Wayne Baumgarten, Christmas 2010Most of the press reporting on Debbie Cook so far has focused on her past as a high-ranking executive in the Church of Scientology and her sudden transformation this week into a whistleblower trying to rally her fellow church members ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2012
Scientology in 2012: Mark Bunker and Mike Rinder Give Us a Preview of Enturbulation To Come
The new year has already started with a bombshell, but we wanted to get a longer view of how 2012 might turn out for Scientology watching. So we asked a couple of far-seeing church observers to give us their thoughts. We have some fascinating prognostication from Mark Bunker, whose film Knowledge R ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2011
Martin Bashir Compares Newt Gingrich to Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, and more in our Thursday Stats Roundup!
It's that time of the week, when Scientology workers scramble to get their statistics turned in. And with the Thursday 2pm deadline looming, we like to do the same, rounding up the church's stats for the past week. First up, a little political humor... Yesterday, Martin Bashir did a bit of editor ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Scientology Leader David Miscavige Digs Israel; BONUS: Black People are Cool! (UPDATED)
The Voice was leaked a copy of Scientology's latest gala -- its October meeting of the International Association of Scientologists -- which took place in the UK, near L. Ron Hubbard's legendary home, Saint Hill Manor. At three hours long, it's an interminable amount of time to watch diminuti ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2011
Valeska Paris Receives Threat from Scientology Attorneys; And More on her Time on the Freewinds
Valeska Paris and DeclanLast week, we wrote about Valeska Paris, the Swiss-born Australian woman who says that from 1996 to 2007, she was held against her will on Scientology's private cruise ship, the Freewinds. She says that Scientology leader David Miscavige moved her to the ship in 1996 ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2011
Scientology's Cruise Ship as Prison: The Voice Interviews Valeska Paris (UPDATED and CORRECTED)
NEW: Valeska's sister Melissa Paris tells her own story of imprisonment and unpaid, underaged labor in Scientology's Sea Org. ALSO: Our interview with Ramana Dienes-Browning, who knew Valeska Paris on the Freewinds and has her own story of hellish treatment. ALSO: A slideshow of Scientology celeb ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2011
Scientology's Grand Scheme of Greed Was Kickstarted by the 9/11 Attacks -- St. Pete Times
It's here -- part 3 of the new St. Petersburg Times blockbuster series about the extreme pressure Scientology puts on its members to donate money. And we're thrilled to see this video of Synthia Fagen anchoring the report about the International Association of Scientologists and its constant beggin ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Scientology Leader David Miscavige Fed Gourmet Meals Every Few Hours: Australian TV
Interesting Scientology news coming out of Australia in this piece which aired during what were the wee hours here for us this morning. Australia's Bryan Seymour has produced some of that country's biggest scoops about Scientology in recent years, and he has a diverting item in this Today Tonight ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2011
Scientology Apotheosis: Commenters of the Week!
Well, this was a week we've been looking forward to for some time here in the underground bunker. And now that we've finally finished our big countdown, there's a slight feeling of letdown here at Scientology-watching central. Even the cats are listless. But let's look back at a week that was. We s ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 2: David Miscavige
On August 5, we started a countdown that will give credit -- or blame -- to the people who have contributed most to the sad current state of Scientology. From its greatest expansion in the 1980s, the church is a shell of what it once was and is mired in countless controversies around the world. Some ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 3: Marty Rathbun
On August 5, we started a countdown that will give credit -- or blame -- to the people who have contributed most to the sad current state of Scientology. From its greatest expansion in the 1980s, the church is a shell of what it once was and is mired in countless controversies around the worl ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Scientology Overseas: More Bad News in Australia, Israel, and the UK
Chris Guider, the latest Scientology executive to leave and say that David Miscavige gets slappyReporter Steve Cannane e-mailed this morning to alert us to a story on Lateline, a program on Australia's ABC network. The piece describes the defection of yet another Scientology executive who say ... More >>
Blogs
September 4, 2011
Scientology Never Forgets: A Telemarketing Holiday Miracle
"I'm a little bit out of the loop on that."Fellow Scientology watchers, for this holiday Sunday I have a little nugget I thought you might find interesting. I'll be curious to see, in the comments, how significant you find this item -- just a fun diversion, or maybe a bit more portentious? A ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Scientology's 'Martin Luther' Nails Up His Disputation: Marty Rathbun's Open Letter to his Texas Neighbors [UPDATED]
Rathbun and his wife Monique: Cluing in the neighborsUpdated after the jump: Video from this morning of Scientology's goon squad filming Rathbun's house from a paddle boat! Surveillance never looked so unseaworthy. Somehow, Marty Rathbun continues to outdo himself at his blog, "Moving On Up ... More >>
Books
June 8, 2011
Inside Scientology Promises a Lot, and Delivers
David Miscavige Has Much to Worry About
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Tom Cruise Was Secretly Videotaped So Scientology Leader David Miscavige Could Regale Party Guests?
David Miscavige, regaling party guests with Tom Cruise's secrets?Mark Bunker (Wise Beard Man) pointed us to something remarkable over at Marty Rathbun's blog. Rathbun is a former high-level member of Scientology who defected and is now providing some of the most damning statements against hi ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2010
Anderson Cooper's Epic Scientology Smackdown, Part 2
More squabbling about Scientology leader David Miscavige smacking people around, followed by denials, etc. Honestly, this is getting tiresome, and we're only halfway into this thing. Only one really good moment emerged in last night's broadcast. In order to refute the claims of former Scie ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2009
The Eight Days of Scientology: A Christmas Carol for Our Enturbulated Times!
We thought 2008 was rough on Scientology, but this year has been even worse. So, in order to send some holiday cheer to COB* and the gang, we point you to this wonderful holiday ditty produced by the folks at Headzup.tv *That's Scieno-slang for "Chairman of the Board", a/k/a L. Ron Hubbard's min ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2009
'Tom Cruise Told Me to Talk to a Bottle': Life at Scientology's Secret Headquarters
The author of a new book on Scientology reveals to the Village Voice details of his experience being "audited" by Tom Cruise, who asked him to talk to a book, a bottle, and an ashtray for hours at a time in order to perfect his "upper indoctrination." Marc Headley's remarkable account of his ... More >>
News
June 24, 2008
Scientology's Crushing Defeat
A previously unpublished saga of an $8 million check
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