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  • Blogs

    September 27, 2012

    Salvatore Cordileone: Gay Rights Advocates Will Protest Archbishop-Elect Installation Mass

    Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

  • News

    September 12, 2012

    Scientology and "The Master": What the Film Shares with the Church

    Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    Greening Our Religion

    Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2012

    Tainted Saint: Mother Teresa Defended Pedophile Priest

    Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

  • News

    November 2, 2011

    Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

    Next Thursday, Oakland Bishop Salvatore Cordileone will be installed as the San Francisco Archdiocese's Archbishop. Over the course of his career -- which began at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Calexico, a border town 122 miles east of San Diego, with a population that's 97 percent Latino -- Cord ... More >>

  • 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

    August 8, 2011

    Evangelicals Speak Out in Favor of LGBT History Bill

    Todd FerrellLast week, SF Weekly reported that antigay group Stop SB48 had started collecting signatures for a referendum to overturn the FAIR Education Act, the nation's first law requiring public schools to include LGBT history in the curriculum. We were contacted by The Evangelical Network, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Peninsula Priest Held in 'Private' S.F. Location As Abuse Investigation Moves Forward

    ​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    Let Him Prey: High-Ranking Jesuits Helped Keep Pedophile Priest Hidden

    ​A Menlo Park priest placed on leave following improper conduct with a 17-year-old parishioner has been relocated to a "private" location in San Francisco while an internal investigation of the incident moves forward, according to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.Father William Meyers, pastor of S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Nationalist Anarchists to Burn at Least One Koran

    About to create a furor again. ​The leader of the Bay Area Nationalist Anarchists, the white nationalist group that got beat down by black bloc anarchists at an immigrant rights march last year, will join the right-wing furor over Sharia law by burning a Koran on Friday at a to-be-disclosed locati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    San Francisco Court Says Sikh Man Can Sue Newspaper for Libel Over Terrorist Remarks

    Libel Cost More​A San Francisco appellate court has sided with a 73-year-old Sikh man who claims that a local newspaper libeled him when it published content linking him to incendiary terrorist remarks.Hardev Singh Grewal, an interpreter for the Alameda County Superior Court, can sue the Punjab Ti ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2010

    Shout Out to the Satanists

    Libel Cost More​A San Francisco appellate court has sided with a 73-year-old Sikh man who claims that a local newspaper libeled him when it published content linking him to incendiary terrorist remarks.Hardev Singh Grewal, an interpreter for the Alameda County Superior Court, can sue the Punjab Ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    What Do S.F. Rabbis Eat Before and After Yom Kippur? We Asked Five to Enlighten Us

    Ben Golub/FlickrA bagel and lox is a break-the-fast tradition. But is it rabbi-approved?​Rabbis are the sages who spiritually guide us, teach us the lessons of the Talmud, officiate and celebrate with us on joyous occasions, and console us when we've lost a loved one. With Yom Kippur and its 2 ... More >>

  • News

    June 23, 2010

    Preschool supporters say investor cut shady deal with Catholic Church

    Ben Golub/FlickrA bagel and lox is a break-the-fast tradition. But is it rabbi-approved?​Rabbis are the sages who spiritually guide us, teach us the lessons of the Talmud, officiate and celebrate with us on joyous occasions, and console us when we've lost a loved one. With Yom Kippur and its 2 ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    A Secrecy Fetish

    District Attorney Kamala Harris is going too far in protecting Catholic pedophiles.

  • 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

    March 25, 2010

    Ex-S.F. Arhcbishop Given 10-1 Odds Becoming Next Pope

    What are the odds?​The Irish bookie site Paddypower is laying down 3-to-1 odds Pope Benedict XVI  will be ousted over accusations that he was behind misdeeds such as helping shield a priest who purportedly raped hundreds of deaf boys. But when God shuts a door, he opens a window -- and if a P ... 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 >>

  • Film

    August 19, 2009

    Ocean of Pearls

    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

    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 >>

  • Film

    May 13, 2009

    Angels & Demons has a need for speed

    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

    March 26, 2009

    San Francisco 'Lesbyterian' Seeking Ordination Derailed on Procedural Grounds

    Lisa LargesA San Francisco lesbian's 23-year quest to be ordained a Presbyterian minister will have to continue for God knows how much longer. While the San Francisco Presbytery in January took the monumental step of approving Noe Valley's Lisa Larges as a candidate for ordination, the church's regi ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 25, 2009

    Charlie Varon's visionary Rabbi Sam leaves audiences rapt

    Lisa LargesA San Francisco lesbian's 23-year quest to be ordained a Presbyterian minister will have to continue for God knows how much longer. While the San Francisco Presbytery in January took the monumental step of approving Noe Valley's Lisa Larges as a candidate for ordination, the church's regi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    San Francisco 'Lesbyterian' Seeks Ordination

    Lisa LargesEven if the Presbyterian Church refuses to ordain Lisa Larges a minister, there's no denying the San Francisco woman has shown the patience of Job. Larges -- a "practicing lesbian" and practicing Presbyterian at Noe Valley Ministry (does that make her a lesbyterian?) -- was first blocked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Supes Huddle in Closed Session to Gossip About Catholic Church and Landmark Trees

    I wish I were a supervisor. Then I could have only three meetings this week. I kid, of course: It's hard work pretending to take this stuff seriously. Monday, Feb. 22 10:30 a.m. -- City Operations & Neighborhood Services Committee If I had to pick one word to describe this meeting, it wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Following the Money: Disclosure Discrepancies from Yes on 8, Mormons Persist -- and Grow

    On Monday, we wrote about how the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints' recent disclosure of how much it contributed to Yes on Prop. 8 was nearly $90,000 more than the amount Yes on 8 reported receiving from the Church. After several days of sifting through additional forms provided by the Calif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Doing the Math: Discrepancies in Contribution Dates, Values on Disclosures from Yes on Prop. 8, Mormons

    The Mormon Church's recent "Oh, that $190,000!" disclosure to the California Secretary of State regarding its contributions to pass Proposition 8 and derail same-sex marriage should lead to a renewed bout of number-crunching from the Fair Political Practices Commission. Well, here's where to start: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Everyone Look Busy: 'Black Pope' Headed to San Francisco

    Born in Spain, educated in Japan, now 'Black Pope'America now has a black president. And next week San Francisco will be getting a visit from the Black Pope. No, this has nothing to do with the deeper meanings of the Vatican's white smoke and dark smoke, and Pope Benedict XVI was not a black member ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Hardline Catholics: Just Because You Gays Can't 'Marry' Doesn't Mean We Should Have to Pay Taxes!

    San Francisco and Catholics just ain't gettin' along these days (if they ever did). We recently wrote about the Catholic Right urging believers nationwide to tell Mayor Gavin Newsom he's responsible for the recent graffiti on Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro because Newsom permits na ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    The 666 Days of Christmas

    San Francisco and Catholics just ain't gettin' along these days (if they ever did). We recently wrote about the Catholic Right urging believers nationwide to tell Mayor Gavin Newsom he's responsible for the recent graffiti on Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in the Castro because Newsom permits na ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    Brokeback Mohammed

    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

    August 13, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Anonymous 101

    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 >>

  • News

    August 13, 2008

    Scientology's Antagonists

    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.

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