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Ever since the Church of Scientology’s sprawling UK headquarters were located just three miles up the road, the sedate town of East Grinstead in Sussex has grown accustomed to life on the edge of a parallel universe. But nothing could have quite prepared it for the events of the past three days.
First came reported sightings of Tom Cruise and his pregnant fiancée, Katie Holmes, being chauffeured to Saint Hill Manor, the remote Georgian house which the Scientology founder, L Ron Hubbard, bought as his world base 45 years ago. Then John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, arrived at the same location in their private jet.
Bulky security staff prevented ordinary mortals sneaking into the three-day annual gala thrown by the “sinos”, as the church’s members are known locally, but those inside the cordon on Saturday night watched Cruise win a standing ovation for donating £2m to the International Association of Scientologists since joining it 15 years ago
news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article323797.ece
First came reported sightings of Tom Cruise and his pregnant fiancée, Katie Holmes, being chauffeured to Saint Hill Manor, the remote Georgian house which the Scientology founder, L Ron Hubbard, bought as his world base 45 years ago. Then John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston, arrived at the same location in their private jet.
Bulky security staff prevented ordinary mortals sneaking into the three-day annual gala thrown by the “sinos”, as the church’s members are known locally, but those inside the cordon on Saturday night watched Cruise win a standing ovation for donating £2m to the International Association of Scientologists since joining it 15 years ago
news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article323797.ece
