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Struggling Scientology school seeks financial support from parents

A private Scientology school in Sussex, which lost its ability to sponsor visas for international students earlier this year, has appealed to parents to donate money in a desperate attempt to rescue the charity from financial hardship.

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Scientology school loses visa status after Home Office inspection

Scientology’s private school in Sussex, which recently came under fire after the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) raised serious safeguarding concerns during a routine inspection, has had it’s visa-granting status revoked by UK Visas & Immigration. Greenfields School, which charges fees of [continue reading…]

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Greenfields School responds to safeguarding concerns after ISI inspection

Following a recent inspection, Greenfields School has written to parents addressing a number of safeguarding concerns raised by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). The Sussex school has close ties to the Church of Scientology and uses L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘Study Technology’ and ‘Ethics Conditions’.

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Profile: Peter Hodkin, Scientology UK Lawyer

Integral to Scientology’s recent legal victories in the United Kingdom is solicitor Peter Hodkin. A lifelong Scientologist, his law firm Hodkin & Company have represented the Church of Scientology for decades. Hodkin plays a vital role in Scientology’s campaign for religious [continue reading…]

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Scientology’s UK Shell Companies

In the United Kingdom, Scientology operates through an Australian-registered charity named Church of Scientology Religious Education College, Inc. (COSRECI). However, when they applied (and were rejected) for charity status in 1999, they did so under another entity, Church of Scientology (England [continue reading…]