" Laguna Beach resident Susan Elliott said she's among those whose efforts to combat alleged abuses in the Church of Scientology have been met with spy tactics and harassment at her doorstep. "

" Elliott confirmed that she was spied on by Paulien Lombard, a former Scientologist featured in a recent OC Weekly cover story. In fact, she first confirmed the spying in a comment posted on in the online version of the story, where readers may recall how Lombard described sitting outside of Elliott's home for hours. "

" It is understood that this time the complaint has been made by an individual with close links to the Church of Scientology, the celebrity sect whose members include Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta and which strenuously denies it is a cult. A Scientology spokesman denied that the complaint had been made by the church. "

" A day after enduring hours of lurid and highly damaging court testimony by a former Church of Scientology official who is being sued by the church, the church's lawyers abruptly threw in the towel Friday. "

" On Thursday, an appeals court in Paris upheld a conviction against the Scientology organisation for organised fraud, assessing a $US530,000 ($A496,463.87) fine to the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Paris and a $265,000 fine to its bookstore. "

Scientology trying to recruit by using Occupy Wall Street themes?

" Two new books will make analysis of the Church of Scientology's history and character easier. Janet Reitman's Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011) is, as she intended it to be, "the first objective modern history of the Church of Scientology." A careful, tireless reporter—she first wrote about Scientology for Rolling Stone, in 2005—Reitman elaborates a more thorough and more human account of Scientology's complicated history than has ever been available. Hugh Urban, a professor of religious studies at Ohio State University, has written an equally essential work in The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion (Princeton University Press, 2011), which is more concerned with the questions Scientology raises than about Scientology itself. "

Animal liberation crazy cites multiple Scientology anti-psychiatry sources, with predictable results.

Scientology's anti-New Yorker parody, or Why political humor tends to fall flat.

" The Anonymous vs. Scientology marches will occur on April 16 in the following cities; New York City, Irving, TX, Santa Rosa, CA, Nashville and Scientology’s U.S. base, Clearwater, FL. "

" according to the organization's many critics, including friends and family of dead, damaged, or disappeared Narconon clients, the chain of rehabs is little more than a front group for the Church of Scientology. They allege that unsuspecting clients pay as much as $30,000 for “treatment” consisting of a bizarre detox process that poses serious health hazards, followed by indoctrination in Scientology masked as drug rehabilitation. By preying on people who are desperate and vulnerable—and therefore prime candidates for conversion—Narconon serves as one of the church’s main sources of revenue and recruitment. "

Downsizing LA public television station may sell its historic studio lot to the Church of Scientology.

" The Los Angeles television station, which is struggling to rebuild viewership after its recent split from PBS, plans to move its operations to a smaller location, real estate brokers said. Station officials have been touring potential sites, brokers said. "

100th birthday of L. Ron Hubbard

" John Connolly is a well-known, and well-liked, character in New York media circles. ... And according to the two highest ranking Scientology officials to ever leave the church, he's been a paid informant for the cult for two decades. "

" Quite a lot of the New Yorker revelations were old hat to those who've read the reporting of The Los Angeles Times or the St. Petersburg Times. This raises the question of how, even after over thirty years of nonstop debunking and informing, Scientology can still be a thriving concern, still answering the very same allegations and using the same tactics they've employed for decades on end. "

side-by-side comparison of Hubbard's Notice of Separation from the National Archives with the photocopy provided by the Church of Scientology, with notes about discrepancies

" A Chicago judge will decide this month whether a city code prevents protesters who oppose Scientology's teachings from expressing their discontent any time the church's doors are open or only during its conventional Sunday worship service. "

Scientology and its critics have been warring on Wikipedia for years. The sockpuppetry continues.

Scientology and its critics have been warring on Wikipedia for years. The sockpuppetry continues.

"Searching for Web sites about Scientology that are not sponsored by the church (an activity prohibited when they were in the Sea Org), they discovered that hundreds of other Scientologists were also defecting — including high-ranking executives who had served for decades. "

"The Times is not alone in wondering why the group has not already been investigated. An increasing number of people, including this writer and many other Catholics are asking the very same question. "

history of Chanology

full text of the Paul Haggis resignation letter to Thomas Davis: Prop 8, disconnection, and fair game

Besides the obvious, note the Scientologist's continued concern with the "group" Anonymous.

"How could any self-respecting Christians vote for Sarah Palin if she is getting political advice from a man who believe Jesus molested little boys, had sex with men and belongs to an organization which not only advocates abortion, but forces them on its most devout members? They’d have to be NUTS to follow that bizarre train of logic."

video of representatives of CCHR, a subsidiary of Scientology

"Not only have ALL the 1-star reviews of Dianetics been removed, now amazon.com has erased all the discussion boards ABOUT that fact." Also, evidently Amazon considers critique of research method to be an attack on the author.

articles and books critical of Scientology

""This this poor young woman has been tortured enough at the hands of psychiatric medicine," Cruise stated to reporters. "She has just taken the first step towards the only true mental wellness possible in this lifetime.""

organizing information for protests of Scientology, February 10

"All told, it is, as the universal verdict goes, "unintentionally hilarious." Unintentional, because it's supposed to be serious. It is supposed to make Scientology look intense and cool and badass and righteous..."

"Scientology uses strictly scientific methodologies to undo the damage done 75 million years ago by the Galactic Confederation's evil warlord Xenu... Conversely, Fictionology is essentially just a bunch of make-believe nonsense."

"This is the context Scientology will not tell you about. I have met too many good people who say Scientology was founded by a liar, L Ron Hubbard; that it attacks its critics without mercy; and the celebrities who endorse it have not the foggiest idea"

"Tom Cruise is the new “Christ” of Scientology, according to leaders of the cult-like religion."

"Update: many BB readers who are also fans of South Park have pointed out the eerie similarities between this cluster of news and The Super Adventure Club."

"So, apparently Foley has gone to a detox center in Clearwater, Fl. What's in Clearwater? Scientologists! So, I followed my intuition and did a little Googling, thinking perhaps Foley is drying out with the Sea Org there..."

"Gay sex with children, underage drinking, gross emails and IMs, Congress, the Republicans, Macaca, rehab- you were probably thinking there was no possible way this story could get better. Oh ye of little faith,how about a heaping helping of Scientology?"