Judge cites ‘obsession’ with financial gain as group is fined $400,000
PARIS - A Paris court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than half a million euros — but stopped short of banning the group as requested by prosecutors.
The group's French branch immediately announced it would appeal the verdict.
The court convicted the Church of Scientology's French office, its library and six of its leaders of fraud. Investigators said the group pressured members into paying large sums of money for questionable financial gain and used "commercial harassment" against recruits.
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Isn't scientology the belief of aliens and no medications and other wacky stuff?
ReplyDeleteYeah-I think Germany bans them too.
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