12 Scientology v the Internet

In the mid-1990s Scientology tried to shut down its Internet-based critics using law suits and court-authorised raids. They have been paying...

7 John Peeler's Story

For Scientologists who grew up in the movement walking away from it and adjusting to the outside world can be a traumatic experience. John P...

10 The RPF: "Scientology's Gulag"

Former members of Scientology’s Sea Organization remember the movement’s harsh punishment programme, the Rehabilitation Project Force with p...

8 Life at the Base

Former residents at Scientology’s International Base recall a harsh regime where every aspect of life is tightly controlled. “I worked for m...

6 Jeff Hawkins' Story

One of the new wave of Scientology defectors describes why he devoted decades of his life to the movement: and why he finally quit. Jeff Haw...

3 The Case against Miscavige

High-level defectors from Scientology are beginning to speak out about the movement’s leader, David Miscavige and the beatings they say he ...

2 Accusing Miscavige

Former Scientology executive are speaking out against the movement’s leader, David Miscavige, accusing him of ruling through violence and in...

4 A History of Violence

For celebrity member Tom Cruise, Scientology’s leader David Miscavige embodies everything that is good about the movement: but some former c...