In the latest blow to Scientology’s plans to expand their UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex the local Highways Authority have submitted a letter calling the application “insufficient” and “open-ended”, demanding further information before approval is granted.
The Church of Scientology has submitted a lengthy, 43 page attack in response to an application to review the Premises Licence at their UK headquarters after a series of major events they hosted created “chaos” in the local town.
Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex were seen delivering bottled water to vulnerable residents after the town suffered from a major water crisis, photos show.
The number of UK work visas sponsored by the Church of Scientology has quadrupled over the last 3 years, new figures released by the Home Office show.
Careful analysis of past planning applications made by the Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex has revealed their current plans to redevelop huge swathes of land into a giant car park appears to extend beyond their property boundaries. [continue reading…]
The Church of Scientology have formally amended a planning application submitted in September to include the redevelopment of 5 hectares of land and installation of three structures spanning 80,730sq ft at their UK headquarters near East Grinstead.
The Church of Scientology played games with West Sussex Highways for several months at the taxpayer’s expense
On this day 26 years ago, the UK Charity Commission rejected Scientology’s application for charity status, concluding it “does not benefit the public.” The ruling dealt a major blow for Scientology in their efforts to claim legitimacy through government recognition and juxtaposed their success with gaining IRS tax exemption in the United States 8 years prior.
Earlier this year we shared some of Scientology’s yearly statistics from their UK headquarters and analysed what that means in terms of their so-called ‘expansion’. And now we’re six months into 2025 we’ve been sent some updated stats that suggest Saint [continue reading…]
A recently resurfaced witness statement submitted by a Scientology official to the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) admits the controversial Church were aware of a case of child sexual abuse within it’s UK chapters and that the victim was forced to “deal with her own guilt about what had happened”.
