Operation Chanology

On this day 10 years, ago an Internet group named Anonymous called for demonstrations against the Church of Scientology globally. Anonymous then allied with old Guard Scientology critics along with ex-members. Over 7,600 people attended the peaceful protest in front of 108 Church of Scientology locations across 17 countries. The protest was timed to coincide with the birthday of Lisa McPherson. Lisa McPherson was a Scientologist who died in 1995 under mysterious circumstances.  At first, the Church of Scientology was held responsible and faced felony charges in her death. The charges were later dropped.

Internally, The Scientologists believe that Anonymous is being funded by evil psychiatrists. When the protests took place, many Los Angeles churches closed their doors, locked up, shuttered the windows and urged members to stay home. After the February 10th 2008, protests, some members of Anonymous reported being followed, having their vehicles damaged, being filmed through their windows, and other strange occurrences. It has never been proven that agents of Scientology did those things, but the timing was very suspicious.