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Aug 18, 2012
Former president of Narconon Oklahoma now calls it "watered-down version of introductory Scientology" — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
A week ago, we reported that a former "employee" at Scientology's flagship drug treatment center in Oklahoma – Narconon Arrowhead – told us that the controversial center was delivering Scientology training rather than drug education, and that its officials have been concerned for years that its state certification was "extremely vulnerable." (The center is currently under investigation by local and state agencies for four deaths that have occurred there, three since last October.) We didn't name that source, but now, he's ...
Jun 13, 2011
'Inside Scientology' promises a lot, and delivers: David Miscavige has much to worry about — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Next month, Janet Reitman's book Inside Scientology will hit bookshelves, and the world of Scientology-watching, and for Scientology itself, will never be the same. Subtitled The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, Reitman's book delivers all it promises, and it promises a lot. "It has been my goal to write the first objective modern history of the Church of Scientology," Reitman proclaims in her introduction. "It is the goal of Inside Scientology to translate [L. Ron Hubbard's arcane] language and separate ...
May 11, 2011
Scientology operation against Washington Post reporter Richard Leiby exposed — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
After the jump, Leiby's ex-wife, Theresa Defino, responds to Marty Rathbun's allegation that she 'caved' to Scientology in its anti-Leiby efforts. Marty Rathbun has done it again. The top former Scientology figure who left the "church" in 2004 has been gradually releasing damaging information about the organization at his blog, "Moving On Up a Little Higher." Rathbun is working with several other defectors who left in recent years, some of them with ties to Scientology's covert operations wing, the Office ...
Mar 16, 2011
Why Celebrities Love Scientology — AOL Moviefone
More: blogs.villagevoice.com
Type: Blog
Author(s): Gabrielle Dunn, Tony Ortega
Source: AOL Moviefone
Over the weekend, notorious Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard celebrated what would have been his 100th birthday. The former science-fiction writer (born March 13, 1911) founded the religion Scientology in 1952 as a successor to his self-help series, 'Dianetics.' Since then, Scientology has gone mainstream with the aid of big-name celebrity believers like Tom Cruise and John Travolta. But while Scientology's association with movie stars has gained it publicity, it's also revealed outlandish, dangerous and cult-ish aspects that leave many wondering ...
Item contributed by: Sponge
Nov 30, 2010
Scientology "Dark Ops" program exposed, says former top official — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Former high-level Scientologist Marty Rathbun revealed fascinating material yesterday on his blog: he claims that it's evidence of a detailed "dark ops" program launched in 2006 by Scientology to destroy a woman named Tory Christman, who had left the organization several years earlier. I know Christman well. In 1999 2001, I wrote a lengthy story about her defection, which had gained notoriety because she announced it in an online forum, where for months she had been doing battle with Scientology's critics. ...
Oct 8, 2010
Daniel Montalvo, 19, leaves Scientology, which convinces LA sheriff to jail him for it — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
An amazing story is hitting the Internet today of 19-year-old Daniel Montalvo, a lifelong Scientologist who decided to leave the wacky cabal, only to find himself arrested by LA sheriff's deputies and facing prison time for it. The tale comes courtesy of Marty Rathbun, formerly one of the highest officials in Scientology who defected and has kept up a withering takedown of the "church" on his blog. Rathbun writes for fellow ex-Scientologists, so there's a lot of jargon and coded references ...
Sep 3, 2010
Another ex-Scientologist publishes damning tell-all — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Adding to Scientology's woes, some of the people who have been making defections in recent years are turning around and writing damning tell-alls. Regular publishers won't touch these books — even though some of them are actually very well written — so the authors have had to go the self-published route. Last year's killer I-escaped-from-Scientology narrative was put out by Marc Headley. His Blown for Good made for a gripping read, about a low-level grunt who spent years at Scientology's secret ...
May 7, 2010
Tom Cruise was secretly videotaped so Scientology leader David Miscavige could regale party guests? — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
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 his former employer. We had heard earlier from Jason Beghe that one of Rathbun's roles was to provide "auditing" to Tom Cruise. And now, Rathbun is speaking out about it. Rathbun says that Scientology leader David Miscavige ordered that Rathbun's private counseling sessions with Cruise ...
Apr 8, 2010
Aaron Saxton, Scientology enforcer, stops by for a chat — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Yesterday, we were visited by Aaron Saxton, who is in town visiting friends. Saxton is a former Scientologist, and his Orwellian tales of being one of the Sea Org's ruthless enforcers during the 1990s are part of a national scandal that has become big news in Australia. In November, an Australian senator with the unlikely name of Nick Xenophon stunned his colleagues and the nation with a surprising speech filled with allegations of abuse by Scientology and calling for a federal ...
Mar 25, 2010
Anderson Cooper plans latest misguided slam on Scientology — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
The Wrap is reporting that Anderson Cooper will begin a four-day CNN special series Monday titled Scientology: A History of Violence. This is becoming a drumbeat now, after the St. Pete Times's excellent series last year revealed that Scientology's diminutive leader, David Miscavige, allegedly gets slappy with his employees. Now, unfortunately, the bigs are starting to weigh in – New York Times recently, and now Anderson Cooper, with what is increasingly a misguided approach to Scientology. Yes, as Cooper will no ...
Nov 4, 2009
'Tom Cruise told me to talk to a bottle': Life at Scientology's secret headquarters — Village Voice
Nov 2, 2009
Proof that Scientology Works! — Village Voice
Oct 25, 2009
'Crash' director Paul Haggis ditches Scientology — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
"I am only ashamed that I waited this many months to act. I hereby resign my membership in the Church of Scientology." Over the past few days, a remarkable letter was published in four parts at the blog of Marty Rathbun, a former high-level Scientology official who has left the church and now criticizes Scientology's leader, David Miscavige. In the letter, written to Scientology's current national spokesman, Tommy Davis, 'Crash' director Paul Haggis explains why he is leaving Scientology after 35 ...
Oct 5, 2009
Google and Twitter slow to take down slanderous impersonation of a Scientology critic — Village Voice
Mar 13, 2009
Scientology gets its ass kicked in the desert — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Wise Beard Man tipped us recently that KESQ, a local television station in Palm Springs, California, has put together a pretty terrific 5-part investigation of Scientology. Why Palm Springs? Well, one of Scientology's stranger facilities is located in the California desert, well away from the prying eyes of big-town journalists. For years, the Hubbard cabal in Hemet, California has been able to push around local politicians and law enforcement, convincing them, for example, that protesters at the desert site should be ...
Jan 15, 2009
How not to protest Scientology — Village Voice
Jan 15, 2009
Jason Beghe to Anonymous: Grow up — Village Voice
Sep 19, 2008
Will Smith shows off Scientology brainwashing — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Sep 16, 2008
Jason Beghe is still denouncing Scientology – This time in Germany — Village Voice
Aug 12, 2008
Isaac Hayes was no expert Scientologist — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
As Rob Harvilla, the Voice music editor, pointed out to us yesterday, there was one really awful detail in the news this weekend about the death of the legendary Isaac Hayes - that the 65-year-old singer was found next to a treadmill which was still running. Chilling. Naturally, there's been some speculation in the press about Hayes and his religion, the wacky cabal of L. Ron Hubbard worshippers at Scientology. Hayes was one of Scientology's high-profile celebrity members, which (supposedly) led ...
Jun 30, 2008
Scientology's crushing defeat [What Scientology paid $8 Million to hide] — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Six years ago, when I was a reporter at New Times LA, ''I’d written several stories about Scientology (Los Angeles is one of its headquarters), and I was about to uncork the longest one yet—a 7,000 word piece about an embarrassing, $8 million defeat Scientology had just suffered, when the weekly paper suddenly folded. That unpublished story has been sitting in storage ever since. Fast forward to 2008, and the world of reporting on Scientology has changed radically, thanks in part ...
May 27, 2008
Jason Beghe turned away at NY Scientology building — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Jason Beghe tried to get inside the Scientology building on E. 46th Street yesterday, but was turned away by three beefy security men who told him it was their job to keep him out. The confrontation happened while a contingent of about 50 protesters from the anti-Scientology “Anonymous” movement cheered on Beghe from across the street. Members of Scientology itself didn’t make an appearance during the late afternoon protest. Beghe, who had tipped off the Anonymous activists that he’d be making ...
May 16, 2008
Scientology Reacts to the Voice — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
If you watched Tommy Davis on CNN last week, you know that Scientology isn’t very adept at public relations. I was reminded of that now that I’ve been reminiscing about what it was like to write about Hubbardites back in the day, and writing numerous stories about Jason Beghe. Yesterday I heard from Los Angeles-based Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw, my old friend, who noticed that I’m back on the Scientology beat. Pouw and I go back a long way. When I ...
May 14, 2008
Jason Beghe to Scientology mouthpiece Tommy Davis: 'You're losing your soul' — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Scientology defector Jason Beghe on Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis: "You see the eyes, the lying that he's doing. Anybody can see that this guy is not clean. It's clear as day." Last week, John Roberts of CNN grilled Tommy Davis, a Scientology spokesman, who was predictably evasive about what L. Ron Hubbard's wacky minions are up to. 'Disconnection,' the church policy of splitting up families in order to shun critics of the church? Never happens, Davis claimed. And as for that ...
May 8, 2008
Scientology Spokesman Gives Non-Answers on CNN — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
CNN’s John Roberts this morning, trying to get a typically squirrelly Scientology spokesman, Tommy Davis, to answer some basic questions about L. Ron Hubbard’s outfit... Roberts: “There are some people, and one of them is a correspondent for the Village Voice, who says the basic tenet of the Church of Scientology is to rid the body of space-alien parasites, to clear oneself.” Davis: “Well, John, does that sound silly to you? I mean it’s unrecognizable to me.” The shout-out from CNN ...
Apr 29, 2008
Former Scientologist Actor Wants His Confessional Files Back — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Two weeks ago, in a YouTube video and an interview in the Voice, Jason Beghe denounced Scientology as a "rip-off" that "brainwashed" its members. A veteran actor of films and TV, Beghe recently left Scientology after 12 years in the controversial church, during which he estimates he spent a million dollars on classes and training in Scientology’s arcane practices. Beghe went public with his newest offensive against the church last night by posting online a letter addressed to Scientology leader David ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 25, 2008
Nightline Swings at Scientology, Misses — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
What do you expect when a program as mainstream as Nightline tries to take on a moving story like the new, growing opposition to Scientology? Certainly not something this weak. Stumbling in the footsteps of a recent terrific story by John Cook at Radar, Nightline tried to tell the story of Jenna Miscavige Hill last night. Why is her story important? She’s niece to the tiny leader of Scientology, David Miscavige, so her defection, and subsequent allegations about how her family ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 21, 2008
Jason Beghe on Scientology: The Full Interview — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Apr 8, 2008
Scientology's first celebrity defector reveals church secrets // 'I was Miscavige's favorite boy,' says veteran TV actor Jason Beghe — Village Voice
More: web.archive.org, rickross.com
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Veteran television actor Jason Beghe tells the Village Voice that the Church of Scientology will be feeling blindsided by the YouTube video of him that hit the Internet on March 14. Long-held frustrations with the church motivated Beghe to leave Scientology seven months ago, after he had spent about 12 years in the organization as one of its most celebrated success stories. Over the course of about a year, he negotiated his "disassociation" with the church, trying to give every indication ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 11, 2008
What to get L. Ron Hubbard for his birthday — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
L. Ron Hubbard, the pulp fiction writer who gave the world Battlefield Earth, as well as a nuisance known as Scientology, would have turned 97 years old this Thursday, March 13. Ron’s been worm food for more than a score of years now, so it probably won’t matter to him that the best birthday party being held in his name will take place a couple of days late. On Saturday, March 15, the surprisingly upstart, leaderless movement known as “Anonymous” will ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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