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As a former Scientology London staffer and with his annual protests of the IAS gala at Scientology’s UK headquarters, Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England, Alex Barnes-Ross is uniquely positioned to judge the severity of the ransomware data breach of Saint Hill that emerged this week. He’s had a chance to digest the information that was leaked, and offers us these thoughts…
The potential impact this will have on the Church of Scientology here in the UK cannot be underestimated. Although the number of documents we’ve seen so far is limited, they represent a significant and major breach of Scientology’s systems, and it’s clear the hack went deep.
One of the documents is a Knowledge Report — what Scientologists write about each other as part of their internal snitching culture. Although the KR we’ve seen isn’t hugely implicating, it does suggest the hackers have gotten hold of the Ethics filing system, and that’s potentially huge. Scientology holds personal information about every single one of its parishioners, and this KR mentions an “Out-2D” situation (or somebody cheating on their partner, in normal English). Ethics files, and particularly KRs, will hold mountains of incriminating information and demonstrates how involved the Church is in its members’ lives. If there are any incidents of criminality, rapes, child sexual abuse etc., these will all be documented in excruciating detail in Knowledge Reports. If the hackers choose to release more of these, it will almost certainly have major consequences for the Church.
We’ve also been given the financial planning spreadsheets for the IAS events in 2024 and 2025. A couple of things stood out for me here. First, we now know that Scientology paid Deadline, the security company who are hired exclusively to man the front gates and handle us protestors, £29,217 in 2024 and £25,113 in 2025 for their services. On top of that, there’s a budget for security cars, accommodation, food and other related expenses.
They also spent £74,326 in 2024 and £32,260 in 2025 on close protection officers. The only executive in Scientology who gets close protection is David Miscavige himself, so we now know exactly how much his security costs for the one week he is in the UK for the IAS event.
The spreadsheet also separates expenses incurred by CSI and COSRECI. CSI is Church of Scientology International, the US-based “mother church,” which officially does not have any presence in the UK. They are not registered as an overseas entity that trades in the UK, and this evidences that they are indeed engaging in business activities here — something HM Revenue & Customs will certainly be interested in. COSRECI is the Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc., their Australian-registered entity through which all UK activities are funneled. On paper, COSRECI is entirely independent of CSI and this document proves the two are inextricably linked — and again, something that has not been declared on Scientology’s business filings here in the UK.
Perhaps most entertaining is the line item called “Perimeter/Gate handlings”, which amounted to £4,700 in 2024 and £2,500 in 2025. The document describes this as “construction of screens and bushes hire/purchase for main gate.” These are the illegal obstructions Scientology placed by the entrance to Saint Hill in order to interfere with us protestors — and which the Highways Authority ordered were removed.
There was also £1,100 allocated in 2024 specifically for “fence mesh” at the Stables entrance. This is undoubtedly in response to us protestors gathering there in 2023 with our signs and chanting during the opening of the new Qual building. I noted at the time how bizarre it was that there was a clear line of sight from the main road to the opening ceremony, and similarly how we could see straight into the field where Tom Cruise landed his helicopter at this year’s event.
The spreadsheet includes £480 in both years for a dog search of Saint Hill Manor “before visit.” There would be no reason to search the Manor, which stands as a shrine to L. Ron Hubbard for most of the year and open only for pre-booked tours, other than if Miscavige or Tom Cruise were staying there. Considering that Miscavige likes to stay elusive, and his name is forbidden from appearing on documents like this, the ambiguity is an indicator of something we suspected, but haven’t been able to prove: Miscavige stays in the Manor during the IAS event.
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Scientology ransomware data breach: Alex Barnes-Ross on how bad it really is
As a former Scientology London staffer and with his annual protests of the IAS gala at Scientology’s UK headquarters, Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England, Alex Barnes-Ross is uniquely positioned to judge the severity of the ransomware data breach of Saint Hill that emerged this week.
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