Robert de Grimston


Robert de Grimston was a founder of The Process Church of The Final Judgment in the 1960s. He was born in Shanghai, China.
Created in partnership with Mary Ann MacLean , they met while they were members of the Church of Scientology in London. The Process held that God is made of four separate parts equally worthy of worship -- Jehovah, Christ, Lucifer and Satan --- and that a person must worship all four in succession to gain enlightenment. Their newsletter was in vogue during the era of flower power, and featured articles about the Rolling Stones, Charles Manson and the like.
While de Grimston is remembered as "The Christ of Carnaby St." and as the head of the Process Church, some scholars believe that,"far from being the uncontested leader of The Process, Robert de Grimston was but the mouthpiece of Mary Ann. the charismatic facade, behind whom the real leader of The Process could act, detached and isolated from the majority of members."
Robert and Mary Ann divorced in 1974, at which point Mary Ann and several original members of the group continued as the Foundation Church of the Millennium, which later became Best Friends Animal Society.