The Church of Scientology has gone on another of its rabid mad dog attacks. This time, the Church’s target is Leah Remini and ABC News. In a series of letters, the Church […]
Scientology: Refunds and Repayments of Monies on Account
1992: In its third series of responses to the IRS in support of its 1023 application for 501 (c)3 tax exemption, the Church of Scientology complained to the IRS that is was […]
How Scientology’s 1970s infiltration scandal led to the creation of its IAS slush fund
(Authored by Jeffrey Augustine, this essay was originally published by Tony Ortega at the Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for archival purposes) July 8, 1977: The FBI conducts a massive raid […]
If the Sea Org doesn’t legally exist, how does it run Scientology?
(Authored by Jeffrey Augustine, this essay was originally published by Tony Ortega at the Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for archival purposes) Last week, Underground Bunker contributor Jeffrey Augustine began explaining […]
What Happens After You File an IRS Form 13909 on the Church of Scientology?
Okay, so you’ve filed your Form 13909 on the Church of Scientology. What happens next? What does the IRS do? The IRS webpage details the steps it takes after it receives your […]
How to Simply and Effectively Report the Church of Scientology to the IRS
In his outstanding op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times, director Alex Gibney took a bold public stand in demanding that the IRS and the US Congress hold the Church of Scientology […]
Church of Scientology Policy Outlawing “Joking & Degrading”
Saturday Night Live has just done a magnificent parody of the Church of Scientology and its 1990’s promotional video We Stand Tall. What must the Church of Scientology think? I can tell […]
How Did the Church of Scientology Wiretap Nicole Kidman?
In the HBO documentary Going Clear, former #2 Scientology executive Mark “Marty” Rathbun reveals that Tom Cruise drifted away from the Church of Scientology in the 1990’s. During the fifteen month period […]
Scientology, Monique Yingling, and HBO
Church of Scientology Attorney Monique Yingling wrote a letter to Jay Ward Brown of Levine Sullivan Koch Shulz, LLP (scroll down). The subject of the letter is Yingling’s allegation that Alex Gibney […]
Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s Fake Purple Hearts and Bronze Star!
L. Ron Hubbard: Stolen Valor The Church of Scientology has long claimed that founder L. Ron Hubbard won two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and 19 other combat medals in WWII. The […]