The peculiar experience of being targeted by Scientology We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement “Ben is being promoted by Sputnik International straight from Moscow,” an anonymous Scientology-linked account tweeted at me on April 7. “No surprises here.” “Now that it is clear that this article is a paid false report, let’s check the rest of your ‘work’.” A Scientologist from Sydney attacks the reporting of The Age and SMH in one of nine videos published in the last week A month ago, I wrote an investigation in Sydney Morning Herald that looked into how Scientology shifted tens of millions of dollars into Australia’s tax and scrutiny-friendly jurisdiction. It showed how Scientology held extensive assets here for both Australia and the UK and examined its extraordinary wealth against its dwindling number of adherents.