Alex Barnes-Ross

KEY FACTS

PATHETIC, DISTURBED HARASSER

Alex Barnes-Ross travels across the UK to spout his bigotry in a town that wants nothing to do with him—much like the Church that rejected him over a decade ago.

HATEMONGERS

Alex Barnes-Ross

Alex Barnes-Ross is a grifter with a history of mental instability who was rejected from Church of Scientology staff more than a decade ago. This is no doubt Barnes-Ross’ motivation for his role today engaging in harassment of local officials and community leaders in an area he has no connection to, in a town where he doesn’t live—while using social media to literally beg for quid to pay his bills.

BACKGROUND

In 2011, having been introduced to the Scientology religion, Barnes-Ross pleaded to become a staff member at the London Church of Scientology. Shortly thereafter, he was dismissed.

Barnes-Ross begged to return and was granted a second chance, whereupon he was again shown the door.

Apparently at a loss on how to make a living—with tens of thousands of pounds in university debt—Barnes-Ross decided to attempt to profit from his obsession with the Church and his bitterness over its rejection of him, creating a YouTube account where he rebranded himself from an unqualified former staff member to an anti-Scientology “apostate.”

Barnes-Ross has since posted repeatedly about his mental instability, his low income, his difficulty making rent and his need for donations from the small group of anti-Scientologists who watch his videos on YouTube.

It was no surprise, therefore, that Barnes-Ross began engaging in acts of bigotry for profit. In order to service his own bizarre hatred—stemming from being removed from a group he desperately wanted to belong to—Barnes-Ross even went so far as to attempt to block the Church’s charitable actions in support of local nonprofits, youth and underprivileged, vulnerable communities in East Grinstead, the site of the Church’s U.K. headquarters. He has done this through online and in-person harassment of individuals who have partnered with the Church to uplift East Grinstead, a town Barnes-Ross has no connection to.