Posted on 10/28/2009 5:17:33 AM PDT by paudio
A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities.
The group's French branch said it would appeal the verdict.
The court convicted the Church of Scientology's French office, its library and six of its leaders of organized 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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High Lord Cruise-Zeno will not be pleased!
He can always climb into his personal UFO and use it to write abusive messages in French Corn Fields.
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