A group of former members of the Church of Scientology today hand-delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street, calling on the UK Government to launch an inquiry into abuse within high-control groups and to close legal loopholes that allow such practices to continue.
The chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology in the United Kingdom lashed out after an East Grinstead Town Councillor forwarded an internal memo raising concerns about their operations, Scientology Business can reveal.
East Grinstead Town Council has issued a statement, reaffirming its position that it sees no issue with the Mayor and Councillors attending events at the Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters and refusing to meet with survivors who live and work in the town.
A Mid-Sussex District Councillor heckled an ex-Scientologist as he raised questions about the Mayor of East Grinstead’s attendance at events hosted by the Church of Scientology, Tony Ortega reports.
The UK has opened an inquiry into safeguarding children within faith communities and is expected to address abuse within the Church of Scientology, Alex Barnes-Ross reports
Ex-Scientologists in the United Kingdom have responded to an inquiry into cults, their recruitment methods and effects opened by the Parliament of Victoria in Australia.
These are just a handful of accounts, written by former members who experienced Scientology’s abusive practices first-hand, in their own words.
The Parliament of Victoria in Australia has opened an inquiry into high control groups, which could end in disaster for the Church of Scientology’s UK operations.
Lawyers representing the Church of Scientology this week confirmed that the annual IAS gathering that occurs at their UK headquarters does not involve any form of religious worship.
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.
