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Spain seizes Scientology leaders

Title: Spain seizes Scientology leaders
Date: Wednesday, 23 November 1988
Publisher: San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Main source: scientology-lies.com
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Police arrested 69 people in a raid on a hotel and accused 45 of them of fraud, illegal association and forgery for being members of the Church of Scientology. Among those held was Heber Jentzsch, 53, of Los Angeles, worldwide director of the faith, and two unidentified Americans, judicial sources said. In 1986 and again last June, Spain's Justice Ministry rejected a petition by the Church of Scientology for accreditation as a legitimate religious institution on the ground that the group's ... [Read the rest at scientology-lies.com]