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PARIS 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 ...
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Maureen Dowd Kathleen Parker Caroline Baum Thomas Ricks
This is the second time that Maureen Dowd and...
Kathleen Parker have published on the same subject. Is it eerie or cool? Do they have a psyhic pundit link, or do they meet for coffee once in awhile? "There is no doubt in anyone's mind ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... "Scientology can no longer hide behind freedom of conscience," - Catherine Picard, after a French court fined the club almost $1 million for "organized fraud". ...
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Civil Commotion —
... A French court has found the Church of Scientology guilty of fraud and fined it $900,000. The same court declined to shut down its operations in France on the grounds that members would simply continue their activities anyway. But when you look closely … well, dang, the only difference that I can see between the Scientologists and all the other pious folk is one of degree: Investigating Judge Jean-Christophe Hullin spent years examining the group’s activities, and in his indictment criticized what he called the Scientologists’ “obsession” with financial gain and practices he ...
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