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Scientology on trial in France

Title: Scientology on trial in France
Date: Monday, 25 May 2009
Publisher: BBC News
Main source: news.bbc.co.uk

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The Church of Scientology has gone on trial in the French capital, Paris, accused of organised fraud. The case centres on a complaint by a woman who says she was pressured into paying large sums of money after being offered a free personality test. The church, which is fighting the charges, denies that any mental manipulation took place. France regards Scientology as a sect, not a religion, and the organisation could be banned if it loses the case. It is the ... [Read the rest at news.bbc.co.uk]