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Scientology 'faces French trial'

Title: Scientology 'faces French trial'
Date: Monday, 8 September 2008
Publisher: BBC News
Main source: news.bbc.co.uk

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The Church of Scientology in France will be tried in court for "organised fraud", according to legal sources. The lawyer for one of the plaintiffs behind the case told the BBC that if convicted the controversial Church could be banned. The Church has faced stiff opposition in France as well as Germany, where it has been declared unconstitutional. The French branch of the Church of Scientology said it had been cleared of "numerous" similar charges. It said such charges should not ... [Read the rest at news.bbc.co.uk]