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Church of Scientology

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Ethicstrouble, San Francisco Scientology Defector, Taunts Church

    The Mysterious Ethicstrouble: gloating from inside the org.​After a monthlong silence, the self-professed Scientology member who spoke with the SF Weekly about deciding the church was a cult has posted a new message online -- virtually taunting the church for its inability to figure out the identi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Scientology Policy Keeps Lori Hodgson, San Jose Mom, from Visiting Son in Hospital

    Lori Hodgson, ex-Scientologist, with her kids before they "disconnected" from her.​Our sister paper, the Village Voice, posted a disturbing piece today from the frontline of a Scientology scandal. Lori Hodgson, a South Bay mother who recently defected from the Church of Scientology, has been livin ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2011

    SF Weekly Letters

    Lori Hodgson, ex-Scientologist, with her kids before they "disconnected" from her.​Our sister paper, the Village Voice, posted a disturbing piece today from the frontline of a Scientology scandal. Lori Hodgson, a South Bay mother who recently defected from the Church of Scientology, has been livin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Amy Scobee, Prominent Ex-Scientologist, Says San Francisco Apostate Is Legit

    ​This week on the Snitch, we published an extended interview with ethicstrouble, the purported Scientology apostate who is now just playing the game, waiting for the so-called church to collapse to get out.  Ethicstrouble would only talk to us over the phone, so we were unable to claim with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Scientology Apostate Part IV: Deciding the Church Was a Fraud

    ​For our final post -- for now -- from the self-proclaimed Scientologist apostate inside the San Francisco Church of Scientology, we talk to ethicstrouble about the path to deciding that Scientology was a hoax. "The reason I'm talking to you is I want this thing to fall apart," ethicstrouble told ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Scientology Apostate Part III: Anonymous' Effect on the Org

    ​Earlier this month, Anonymous claimed their first potential defector from within San Francisco's Church of Scientology. Meanwhile, the church's president, Jeff Quiros, told SF Weekly the masked protesters' presence has only buoyed the public's interest in the org. This week, we've posted the stat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Scientology Apostate Part II: Life In the Org

    Ethicstrouble sounds off on life in the San Francisco org​Yesterday, we posted documents purportedly smuggled out of a trash bin of San Francisco's Church of Scientology by ethicstrouble, a self-proclaimed church member who has decided Scientology is a money-sucking farce and wants out. Two promin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Scientology Apostate Part I: San Francisco Church's Stats

    ethicstrouble speaks. ​A couple weeks ago, the masked Anonymous protesters who've been organizing protests outside San Francisco's Church of Scientology for the last three years received a jolt of affirmation. A self-proclaimed Scientologist logged onto the group's local message board with the han ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Ex-Scientologists Say San Francisco Apostate's Graphs Are Legit

    Experts say they look like the real deal.​In a blog posted by our sister paper, the Village Voice, two former high-ranking Scientologists say the statistics that a self-professed San Francisco Church of Scientology member claimed to have smuggled out of the church's trash bin appear to be real. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Scientology vs. Anonymous: Spin War Over a Potential Defector

    Are Anonymous protests making Scientology's recruits skyrocket?​There's more intrigue surrounding the debate over who won the latest battle in the three-year war between San Francisco's Church of Scientology and Anonymous - the Internet-born movement of masked protesters outside the Columbus Stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Anonymous Claims First Supporter Within San Francisco Church of Scientology

    Getting results?The San Francisco-based Anonymous demonstrators who have waged a protest against the city's Church of Scientology for three years may have won over their first potential defector -- a person who posted on the group's message board this week as a "cult member in hiding" to let them kn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2011

    Truth 1, Evil Empire 0

    Getting results?The San Francisco-based Anonymous demonstrators who have waged a protest against the city's Church of Scientology for three years may have won over their first potential defector -- a person who posted on the group's message board this week as a "cult member in hiding" to let them kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Top 10 Weirdest Recent Couples in Music

    We found out last week, from a variety of tabloidy sources, that 50 Cent and Chelsea Handler are currently -- well, not exactly hooking up, but having intimate conversations in a bar and talking about maybe hooking up. W.T.F. people? We'd like to take this opportunity to pat Chelsea on the back for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    'Anonymous' Anti-Scientologists Subject of Academic Paper

    ​At the Pacific Sociological Association conference in Oakland today, a gaggle of academics from the U.C. Irvine will be presenting their research on the Anonymous protesters of the Church of Scientology, the movement we covered in a 2008 cover story. The paper is titled "Project Chanology, Scient ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Church Of Scientology Hires Journalists To Investigate Critical Newspaper Coverage

    http://captions.illmeyer.com​The Washington Post presented the latest evidence today that journalists are hard-up for jobs and cash: Three respected investigative reporters have sold their services to the Church of Scientology to pick apart the St. Petersburg Times' series of scathing investigativ ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2010

    Authentic amigos at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant

    http://captions.illmeyer.com​The Washington Post presented the latest evidence today that journalists are hard-up for jobs and cash: Three respected investigative reporters have sold their services to the Church of Scientology to pick apart the St. Petersburg Times' series of scathing investigativ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2009

    Devolution

    http://captions.illmeyer.com​The Washington Post presented the latest evidence today that journalists are hard-up for jobs and cash: Three respected investigative reporters have sold their services to the Church of Scientology to pick apart the St. Petersburg Times' series of scathing investigativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Bay Links: Steak, Scientologists & NOMA

    Mission Mission​Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Palace Family Steakhouse closes. [Mission Mission]Yikes. We weren't the only ones who didn't like Kylie Minogue's U.S. debut. [Merc]Ruh-roh. Scientologists  suck in an unwitting passerby. [SF Citizen]Dude behind the Obama "death poll" is from Palo Alto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Anonymous Hones Battle Plans For Scientology Protest of Psychiatric Convention This Weekend

    I'm Spartacus!So the Church of Scientology will be out in droves this weekend to protest the American Psychiatric Association's convention at Moscone Center this upcoming Saturday through Thursday. The Citizens Commission for Human Rights, the anti-psychiatry activist arm of Scientology, will have f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Anonymous Plans Counter-Protest of Scientology's Protest of Psychiatry Convention in San Francisco

      It looks like the Church of Scientology will be out in force to protest the upcoming American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco next month. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Scientology's anti-psychiatry activist arm, will apparently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Steam Bath: Downtown S.F. Denizens Duck Boiling Water as Workers Pump Pipes

    Boiling water, steam, and Scientology. Just another morning downtown. Downtown shoppers, commuters, and the ubiquitous statuesque blonde Scientology pamphleteers enjoyed the odors of a YMCA steam room and hopped over puddles of near-boiling water as steam workers pumped out flooded pipes today. A pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Purged From SF Schools, Scientologists Woo Weeuns Out of State

    By Matt SmithFour years after San Francisco Chronicle reporter Nanette Asimov repelled a Scientology infiltration of California classrooms, the cult has moved to New Mexico, where believers hoodwinked the mayor of Las Cruces into allowing the indoctrination of third-graders.Asimov's 2004-2005 inves ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    I Am Shocked: SFist Readers Vote to Kill the Gratitude

    Our friends over at SFist have just announced the "winners" of their "Wish You Were Dead Pool," for which they asked readers about San Francisco institutions that they'd like to kill for the new year. While the clear front-runner is the Church of Scientology, we were surprised to see Café Gratitud ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Our friends over at SFist have just announced the "winners" of their "Wish You Were Dead Pool," for which they asked readers about San Francisco institutions that they'd like to kill for the new year. While the clear front-runner is the Church of Scientology, we were surprised to see Café Gratitud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    Video: Anonymous Protests in the Bay Area

    Our friends over at SFist have just announced the "winners" of their "Wish You Were Dead Pool," for which they asked readers about San Francisco institutions that they'd like to kill for the new year. While the clear front-runner is the Church of Scientology, we were surprised to see Café Gratitud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    Video: Anonymous Yacht Party at Sausalito on 8/8/08

    Our friends over at SFist have just announced the "winners" of their "Wish You Were Dead Pool," for which they asked readers about San Francisco institutions that they'd like to kill for the new year. While the clear front-runner is the Church of Scientology, we were surprised to see Café Gratitud ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Anonymous 101

    Our friends over at SFist have just announced the "winners" of their "Wish You Were Dead Pool," for which they asked readers about San Francisco institutions that they'd like to kill for the new year. While the clear front-runner is the Church of Scientology, we were surprised to see Café Gratitud ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Scientology's Antagonists

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    Bay to Breakers, Tree Show IV, Oyster Fest and The Dirtbombs - Your Monday Morning Hangover

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Metallica Dedicate Website to New Album

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    The Fall of Cardburg, Elton John and Anonymous vs. Scientolgy at Powell Station - Your Monday Morning Hangover

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Happy Birthday, L. Ron Hubbard! Have Some Comeuppance With Your Cake

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    Behold the Glowing Ethereal Transbay Transit Temple

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Scientology May Be Faker Than You Thought

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    Art Explosion

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to ... Scientology?

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007

    Newsom Honors Cult With Its Own Day

    An ex-Scientologist and an army of online pranksters attempt to bring down the controversial religion.

  • Culture

    August 16, 2006

    Release the Kraken

    A kitschy adaptation of the myth of Perseus, complete with tequila shots

  • Music

    May 24, 2006

    Stealing riffs and loser beats

    A kitschy adaptation of the myth of Perseus, complete with tequila shots

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Hate Mail Mon Amour

    We pay tribute to those who love enough to write

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 12, 2005

  • News

    October 12, 2005

    My Life Is a Musical

    Infiltrator turns San Francisco into the backdrop of his very own Broadway production!

  • News

    October 5, 2005

    Sign of the Cult-Buster

    Anti-cult crusader Ford Greene and the town of San Anselmo are staging a nasty public fight over Greene's strident anti-Bush political signs. But is that an old religious enemy we see behind the curtain?

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, August 17, 2005

  • News

    August 3, 2005

    World Recruiting Championships: Scientology Versus Crunch Gym

    How hard can it be to tell a health club from a religion?

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    Wars of the Tom

    Tom Cruise has been getting into all sorts of weird confrontations, all over the place. But he's still your Tom Cruise, right? Take quiz, find out.

  • Calendar

    May 11, 2005

    Getting Lucky

    Spill salt, break mirrors, and cross your fingers at the Superstition Obstacle Course

  • Film

    November 21, 2001

    Reel World

    Why a drop in tourism could mean unexpected trouble for local arts groups

  • Calendar

    May 14, 1997

    Savage Love

    Why a drop in tourism could mean unexpected trouble for local arts groups

  • Calendar

    July 5, 1995

    The Tale of an Asp

    Why a drop in tourism could mean unexpected trouble for local arts groups

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