The Church of Scientology’s application for the construction of a new mega car park and event facilities at their UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex have been recommended for approval by Mid-Sussex District Council despite concerns from residents and environmentalists.
Accounts filed today by the Church of Scientology’s UK operating arm show the organisation has more than tripled its expenditure on legal fees over the last five years and is spiralling into debt, while income appears to have flatlined.
Developers overseeing the Church of Scientology’s proposals for a mega car park and mammoth event marquees to host their annual IAS gala are now claiming the 5 hectare construction scheme is only a “minor development.”
The Church of Scientology have resubmitted proposals for a major redevelopment of their UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex claiming their annual IAS event brings more benefit to the UK economy than the Eurovision Song Contest.
Former Scientologists and residents of East Grinstead have joined forces to host an event later this year calling for greater awareness of the church of Scientology’s coercive tactics and growing influence in the town.
Earlier this month Scientology representatives admitting during a Mid-Sussex District Council hearing that their biggest annual event was not a religious ceremony. But that begs the question, what type of event is it?
The Church of Scientology’s official membership body, the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) wants to double the number of paying parishioners this year, a leak document shows.
Hard manual labour, long work hours, cold oats and milk for breakfast.. and a relationship with a 30-year old member of The Jive Aces: that’s what life looked like for 14 year old Zoe Hancock. In a damning new interview, yet another victim of abuse has stepped forward and detailed the horrors of life at the Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex.
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 Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) have called for the rejection of proposals to redevelop the Church of Scientology’s UK headquarters near East Grinstead, Sussex, describing them as “deplorable.”
