Reading our recent review of The Complex by John Duignan, you may have come across the term Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF), which Duignan describes as “a dark prison complex”. You may have been skeptical about the nature of the RPF. I was, too, when I first …
The Washington Times recently reported the curious appointment by Governor Martin O’Malley of John P. Coale to the Board of Directors of UMMS (University of Maryland Medical System). Coale is a high-ranking Scientologist and trial lawyer who got rich from the “tobacco wars” and has particpated in …
It’s a cold winter night. We shuffle into a cozy basement black-box theatre. We are surrounded by a warm and friendly crowd. The lights dim, and the story begins. A group of children between the ages of eight and twelve are putting on a holiday …
The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of The Church of Scientology by John Duignan with Nicola Tallant, Merlin Publishing, Dublin. The Scientologists have been doing their damnedest to stop the international publication of John Duignan’s memoir The Complex. Following legal representations, it is …
As events unfold in Mumbai, India, there are already murmurings among Scientology front groups about how best to take advantage of the tragedy. The Way To Happiness, a booklet written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, has the honour of an organisation (the innocuous-sounding Association for Better Living and Education) dedicated …
The Church of Scientology’s “Celebrity Centre” On Sunday, November 23 in Los Angeles, California, a former Scientologist wielding two samurai swords was shot dead by a security guard as he approached the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre. Police initially detained the security guard for questioning, but later released …
Further to our earlier coverage here and here, this morning I received an e-mail from Aoife Barrett, editorial director of Merlin Publishing, the brave Irish publisher who is resisting the Church of Scientology’s attempts to silence John Duignan. She supplied me with the following statement …
This protester would only give his name as “Xenu” The Church of Scientology’s latest attempt to silence its critics isn’t quite going to plan. Tottenham Court Road had to be cordoned off today to accommodate members of the online coalition known as “Anonymous” protesting outside the …
Update: Merlin, publishers of The Complex, have provided us with a statement. Update: We have now published a review of the The Complex. On 7 October, John Duignan, who spent 22 years inside the secretive and dangerous cult of Scientology, published The Complex: An Insider Exposes the …